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January 29, 2015
CITY OF INKSTER, WAYNE COUNTY
2015 - 2016 FINAL STATEMENT
Wayne County Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG)
In compliance with federal guidelines, the City of Inkster approved final projects and
funding levels for Inkster's allocation of the 2015 - 2016 Wayne County CDBG
Program funding as follows:
ACTIVITY
LOCATION FUNDING
Administration
City-Wide
20,948
Code Enforcement
City-Wide
142,112
Housing Rehabilitation
City-Wide
15,000
Public Services (Neighborhood Clean Up) City-Wide
31,422
Total Estimated Request Allocation
$209,482
The estimated amount reflects no change from the 2014 - 2015 allocation. The
above activities meet HUD's National Objectives by benefiting low and moderate
income persons and aiding in the prevention or elimination of slums or blight. To
submit comments, please contact M. Jeannie Fields at 313.563.7709.
Posting Date: January 22, 2015
Publication Date: January 29, 2015
CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF CANTON
ACCESS TO PUBLIC MEETINGS
The Charter Township of Canton will provide necessary, reasonable auxiliary aids and services to individuals with disabilities at
the meeting/hearing upon a two week notice to the Charter Township of Canton. These services include signers for the hearing
impaired and audio tapes of printed materials being considered at the meeting. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary
aids or services should contact the Charter Township of Canton by writing or calling the following:
Gwyn Belcher, ADA Coordinator
Charter Township of Canton, 1150 S. Canton Center Road
Canton, MI 48188
(734) 394-5260
Published: January 29, 2015
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ELLEVILLE
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OMULUS
Romulus welcomes new employees to city staff
City of Belleville council meeting sets new record
Romulus welcomed two new
Romulus police officers, a part-
time animal control officer, and a
part-time ordinance officer to
the ranks of the Public Safety
Department.
New police officers Rodney
Cofield and Bristo Bell, ordi-
nance officer Bonnie Freeman,
and the animal control officer
Rae Lipkowski were officially
sworn into office last week.
Cofield, a 2009 graduate of
Romulus High School, holds a
bachelor's degree in Criminal
Justice from Adrian College,
where he also played college
football. He is a recent graduate
of the 126th Michigan State
PoliceTrooper Academy.
Bell is a 2004 graduate of
River Rouge High School and
holds a bachelor's degree from
Olivet College, where he also
played college football. Bell has
five years of police experience
between the Calhoun County
Sheriff's Department and the
River Rouge Police Department.
He is graduate of the Wayne
County Regional Police
Academy.
Freeman comes to the
Ordinance Department from the
Oakland County Treasurer's
Office, where she was a deputy
treasurer working with personal
property tax collection. Prior to
that, she worked for Wayne
County Sheriff's Department as a
police lieutenant, including
more than a decade working in
the Special Operations Division,
until her retirement in 2008.
Lipkowski is a lifelong
Romulus resident and Romulus
High School graduate. She
began her career as a volunteer
at the Romulus Animal Shelter.
Two years later, her love of ani-
mals has allowed her to segue
her volunteering efforts into
becoming a part-time animal
control officer.
At an official swearing-in cer-
emony, Romulus Mayor LeRoy
Burcroff welcomed the new
hires and spoke about core val-
ues, customer service, team-
work, and family.
Members of the Belleville City
Council set a historic record for
themselves during the first meet-
ing of 2015. The meeting lasted
only 3minutes.
According to official minutes
of the meeting, it was convened
at 7:30 p.m. onMonday, Jan. 5 and
officially adjourned at 7:33p.m.
The only item on the agenda
was the approval of expendi-
tures. Council members voted to
approve the payment of
$62,479.59 in accounts payable
and $5,144.50 in engineering fees
to Hennessey Engineers. Also
approved was $1,600 for the
Department
of
Public
Service/Water Operations and
$16,014.50 for S-2 grant manage-
ment.
After the unanimous vote to
approve the payments, the coun-
cil meeting was officially
adjourned. Reportedly, there
were only eight members of the
public in the council chambers
for the historically short meeting.
In attendance were Belleville
Mayor Pro-tem Jack Loria,
Mayor Kerreen Conley and
Councilmen Tom Smith and Tom
Fielder. Councilwoman Kim
Tindall was absent and excused
because shewas ill.
Also in attendance was City
Manager Pro-Tem Lisa Long
who also acts as city clerk/treas-
urer, who took minutes of the
meeting. City Manager Diana
Kollmeyerwas inFlorida.
In the audience were
Planning Commissioner Mike
Renaud, Police Chief Hal
Berriman, and a reporter.
City Clerk Ellen Craig-Bragg, left, Romulus Recreation Coordinator Tanya Cofield (mother of newly sworn
in Ofc, Rodney Cofield, Ofc. Rodney Cofield, Ofc. Bristo Bell, Mayor LeRoy Burcroff, Animal Control
Officer Rae Lipkowski, Ordinance Ofc. Bonnie Freeman, Public Safety Director Jadie Settles and City
Treasurer Stacy Paige were all on hand for the new employees official swearing in ceremony last week.
“In this environment, that's a result that
we would be extremely pleased with, as
your external auditor,” Audia said.
He said those gains came despite the
low city millage rate-Romulus can levy, by
city charter, only 10 mills for general gov-
ernment purposes while most like-sized
municipalities can levy 20.
“You folks continue to get an amazing
amount done,” he said. “Your value to
your citizens, relative to the tax on the city
bill, continues to be a very high value.”
He said ongoing challenges remain,
including the Personal Property Tax legis-
lation that was introduced last year-legis-
latures have voted to eliminate it and,
while they indicated that other revenues
would be available to municipalities, that
remains anunknown.
Mayor Leroy Burcroff said he was
pleased with the audit and praised the
work of Finance Director Suzanne
Moreno, who was hired halfway through
the fiscal year.
“(The audit) shows that we've made the
right decisions to help move the city for-
ward,” he said.
Audit
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Time to remember
The City of Romulus, Romulus Community Schools and the Romulus Ministerial
Alliance organized the 16th annual city celebration of the live of the Rev. Dr. Martin
Luther King last week. The theme this year was "The Time is always Right to do what
is Right". The community celebration began at 7:30 a.m. at the Romulus Middle
School for coffee, hot chocolate and a prayer to start off the unity march at 8 a.m.
down Wick Rd. to the Romulus Senior High School. After the march, breakfast was
served in the high school cafeteria just prior to a ceremony in the auditorium which
included students and participants from the Romulus School District, religious leaders
and city, county and state officials.