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January 17, 2013
MINUTES OF REGULAR ROMULUS CITY COUNCILMEETING
December 26, 2012
Romulus City Hall Council Chambers, 11111 Wayne Rd. Romulus, MI 48174
The meeting was called to order at 7:30 p.m. by Mayor Pro-Tem LeRoy Burcroff.
Present:
John Barden, LeRoy Burcroff, Linda Choate, Celeste Roscoe, William Wadsworth, Eva Webb.
Excused:
William Crova.
Administrative Officials in Attendance:
Alan R. Lambert, Mayor
Ellen L. Craig-Bragg, Clerk
Stacy Paige, Treasurer
1.
Moved by Barden, seconded by Choate to accept the agenda as presented.
Roll Call Vote: Ayes
- Barden, Burcroff, Choate, Roscoe, Wadsworth, Webb.
Nays
- None.
Motion Carried
Unanimously.
12-391 2A.
Moved by Wadsworth, seconded by Webb to approve the minutes of the regular meeting of the
Romulus City Council held December 10, 2012.
Roll Call Vote: Ayes
- Barden, Burcroff, Choate, Roscoe,
Wadsworth, Webb.
Nays
- None.
Motion Carried Unanimously.
12-392 4A.
Moved by Wadsworth, seconded by Roscoe to adopt a resolution to recognize Karen La Belle's years
of service as the director of the Romulus Chamber of Commerce.
Rol l Cal l Vote: Ayes
- Barden,
Burcroff, Choate, Roscoe, Wadsworth, Webb.
Nays
- None
Motion Carried Unanimously.
4.
Moved by Barden, seconded by Choate to accept the chairperson's report.
Roll Call Vote: Ayes
- Barden, Burcroff, Choate, Roscoe, Wadsworth, Webb.
Nays
- None
Motion Carried Unanimously.
12-393 5A.
Moved by Wadsworth, seconded by Webb to concur with the administration and approve the re-
appointment of Cathy Freitag, David Paul and Michael Prybyla to the Planning Commission with terms to expire
on January 31, 2016.
Roll Call Vote: Ayes
- Barden, Burcroff, Choate, Roscoe, Wadsworth, Webb.
Nays
- None
Motion Carried Unanimously
.
12-394 5B. Moved by Roscoe, seconded by Choate to concur with the recommendation of Abbie Akins,
Assistant Finance Director, to introduce Budget Amendment 12/13-7 to address the Street Lighting Fund's June
30, 2012 deficit fund balance in the 2012/2013 fiscal year. This budget amendment will serve as a deficit elimi-
nation plan with the State of Michigan.
FUND/DEPT.
CURRENT
AMENDED
ACCOUNT NO.
ACCOUNT NAME
BUDGET AMENDMENT BUDGET
STREET LIGHTING FUND
Expense
219-4610-746.74-43
Street Lighting Payment to Admin
14,000
(1,589) 12,411
Fund Balance
219-0000-390.00-00
Street Lighting Fund Blance (42,522) 1,589
(40,933)
To reduce the "payment to administrator" due to the reallocation of internal personnel cost.
Roll Call Vote: Ayes
- Barden, Burcroff, Choate, Roscoe, Wadsworth, Webb.
Nays
- None
Motion Carried Unanimously.
12-395 6A1. Moved by Webb, seconded by Roscoe to schedule a public hearing (in accordance with P.A. 198 of
1974 as amended) on January 14, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. in the Romulus City Hall CouncilChambers, 11111 Wayne
Road, Romulus, MI to consider issuance of an Industrial Development District for Detroit Thermal Systems,
6505 Cogswell.
Roll Call Vote: Ayes
- Barden, Burcroff, Choate, Roscoe, Wadsworth, Webb.
Nays
- None
Motion Carried Unanimously.
12-396 10. Moved by Barden, seconded by Wadsworth to adopt a memorial resolution for the family of Brandi
Hamilton.
Roll Call Vote: Ayes
- Barden, Burcroff, Choate, Roscoe, Wadsworth, Webb.
Nays
- None
Motion Carried Unanimously
.
12-397 11.
Moved by Barden, seconded by Wadsworth to authorize the city treasurer to disburse funds as listed
in Warrant 12-24 in the amount of Seven Hundred Six Thousand, Three Hundred Seventy-Nine Dollars and
Sixty-Two Cents. ($706,379.62).
Roll Call Vote: Ayes
- Barden, Burcroff, Choate, Roscoe, Wadsworth, Webb.
Nays
- None
Motion Carried Unanimously
.
12.
Moved by Wadsworth, seconded by Roscoe to adjourn the regular meeting of the Romulus City Council.
Roll Call Vote: Ayes
- Barden, Burcroff, Choate, Roscoe Wadsworth, Webb.
Nays
- None
Motion Carried
Unanimously
.
I, Ellen L. Craig-Bragg, Clerk for the City of Romulus, Michigan do hereby certify the foregoing to be a true
copy of the minutes of the regular meeting of the Romulus City Council held on December 26, 2012.
Publish: January 17, 2013.
CITY OF ROMULUS
BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS
NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING
36300 EUREKA
KRC LOGISTICS
Pursuant to Michigan Public Act 12 of 2008 (amended Public Act 110 of 2006, The City and Village Zoning
Act), notice is
hereby given that the City of Romulus will hold a public hearing at
7:00 p.m. on Wednesday,
February 6, 2013 for the purpose of considering variance requests. The public hearing will be held at the
Romulus City Hall Council Chambers, 11111 Wayne Road, Romulus MI 48174-1485.
The Board of Zoning Appeals has set the public hearing to consider variances from the City of Romulus Zoning
Ordinance as follows:
1. Variances to Section 8.04(b)(3) and (5), 11.12(c)(4), and 13.02(c) to allow semi-trailer storage in the front yard
setback and greenbelt. A setback and greenbelt of 75 feet is required while a setback and greenbelt of 25 feet is
proposed.
The subject property is located on 36300 Eureka Road. DP#82-80-116-99-0001-700. Copies of the application
are available for review at City Hall during regular business hours.
All interested parties are encouraged to attend and will be given an opportunity to comment on said request.
Written comments may be submitted until 12:00 noon, Wednesday, February 6, 2013 and should be addressed to
Carol Maise, City Planner, Planning Department, 11111 Wayne Road, Romulus, MI 48174-1485.
Ellen Craig-Bragg, City Clerk
City of Romulus, Michigan
Publish: January 17, 2013
R
OMULUS
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St. Mary School
to host open house
Cold case investigation
leads to murder conviction
3 promoted in Romulus
Schools search for new
superintendent under way
Martin Luther King march set
St Mary Catholic School in Wayne will be
among the parochial schools across the
country “raising the standard” in education
duringCatholic SchoolsWeek
The national designation will take place
from Jan. 27 through Feb. 2 celebrating the
theme “Catholic Schools Raise the
Standards.” At St. Mary, the week will be
marked with an open house from 11 a.m.
until 2 p.m. onSunday, Jan. 27.
The event is open to all those interested
in classes for preschoolers through the 8th
grade. Teachers and administrators will be
on hand to meet with the public and the
classrooms and work done by students will
be ondisplay, according to a spokesperson.
Students from the middle school will be
demonstrating a dissection in the science
laboratory, too, during the open house.
Tuition amounts for the 2013-2014 school
year will be available, as well as possible
grant information; and registrations will be
taken., she said.
“Please join us and see what Catholic
Schools have to offer you and your family. If
you are looking to “raise the standards” in
the area of education, then this just may be
the place for you,” she added.
Those who call and pre-register at (734)
721-1240 will be entered into a drawing for
one free tuition fee for the 2013-2014 school
year for new families.
St Mary School is located at 34516
MichiganAve. inWayne.
Three officers have been promoted in the
Romulus PoliceDepartment.
Chief of Police Robert Dickerson
announced the recent promotions of Lt.
Damien Hull, Sgt. Derek Turner and Sgt.
Roger Salwa.
Hull was hired in 1997. From 2000 to 2002,
he was assigned to crime prevention in the
Community Policing Unit (COPS). From 2005
to 2010, he was assigned to the CHIEF Task
Force Narcotic Unit with the Federal
Bureau of Investigation. He has served as an
evidence technician since 1999 and is a
supervisor with the police Honor Guard. He
also is a recipient of the MADD (Mothers
Against Drunk Drivers) Lifesaver Award.
Hull was promoted to sergeant in December
2010 and to lieutenant inNovember 2012.
Turner joined the Police Department in
1997. He was assigned to the patrol division
through 2000, when he was assigned to the
COPS unit, where he was assigned to men-
toring at-risk young people. In 2001, he was
assigned as the juvenile officer at Romulus
Middle School. From 2004 to 2007, he was
assigned to the patrol division. In 2007, he
was assigned to the traffic unit. Turner was
promoted to sergeant in October 2012 and is
currently assigned to themidnight shift.
Salwa has been amember of theRomulus
police roadpatrol since hewas hired in 2001.
He has been a departmental field training
officer since 2006. Since 2011, he has served
as a firearms instructor and a defense tactics
instructor.
Salwa was promoted to corporal in July
2010 and was promoted to sergeant in
December 2012.
Judge Vera Massey Jones found Richard
Douglass guilty of seconddegreemurder in a
death that occurred more than three years
ago during a bench trial in Wayne County
Circuit Court last week.
A cold case investigation by detectives
from the Wayne Police Department uncov-
ered evidence pointing to Douglass as the
perpetrator of the homicide and he was for-
mally charged on June 21, 2012, nearly three
years after the lifeless body of Joey
Kasprowiczwas discovered inWayne.
Douglass, 57, was accused of killing
Kasprowicz, 25, whose body was discovered
in a field behind the Wayne Bowl bowling
alley onMichiganAvenue onSept. 21, 2009.
Evidence introduced at the trial showed
that the defendant used blunt force trauma
to kill Kasprowicz. Massey issued her verdict
at the end of testimony from witnesses and
arguments by assistant Wayne County
Prosecutor Steve Kaplan and defense attor-
neyWilliamWinters.
In a bench trial there is no jury and the
decision regarding guilt or innocence is
made by the sitting judge.
Douglass' sentencing date is set for Jan.
24.
The search has begun to replace the
Romulus Community Schools superintendent
following the retirement of Carl Weiss whose
last daywith the district wasDec. 31.
Members of the board of education have
chosen the Michigan Association of School
Boards to conduct the search for the new dis-
trict leader and as part of that process, Marie
Miller fromthe organizationwill conduct com-
munity meetings to allow the public the
opportunity to comment.
Future meetings are currently planned for
2 p.m. Jan. 31 at the Romulus Board of
Education board room and again the same
day at 6 p.m. in the Romulus High School
auditorium.
Miller will provide an overview of the
search process and ask for input fromcommu-
nitymembers regarding the criteria to be used
in evaluating candidates.
Letters or cards listing ideas and view-
points about characteristics and competencies
of a superintendent are being accepted at
Superintendent Search Services, Michigan
Association of School Boards, 1001 Centennial
Way, Suite 400, Lansing, MI 48917 until Jan. 31.
The Romulus Community Celebration of
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day will see a slight
change of venue this year.
Due to the change at Cory Elementary
School-it is now a day care facility-the annu-
al march will begin at Romulus Middle
School, said City Clerk Ellen Craig-Bragg.
From there, participants will travel down
Wick Road to Wayne Road, and up Wayne to
Romulus High School. The roads will be
closed at the time. A shuttle service will be
available from the high school back to the
middle school.
The theme of the event this year is
'Moving Forward: Making Humanity a
Career.' Anyone interested in taking part in
the march should meet at the middle school
beginning at 7:30 a.m. Jan. 21. A continental
breakfast will be served. The march begins
at 8 a.m.
There will also be a traditional celebra-
tion of Dr. King at the high school auditorium
that begins at 9:30 a.m.
Pastor Nelson Anthony Henry is the
keynote speaker.
“He's a life coach and a motivational
speaker,” saidCraig-Bragg.
The event is sponsored by the City of
Romulus and the Romulus Ministerial
Alliance. Anyone iswelcome to attend.
Romulus Mayor Alan Lambert, Sgt. Derek Turner, Lt. Damien Hull and Chief of Police Robert
Dickerson.
Mayor Lambert, Sgt. Roger Salwa and Chief Dickerson.