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February 9, 2017
W
AYNE
- W
ESTLAND
Westland creates new department, director
Joint fire contract ends
Classified
Velma Louise Franklin
died Jan. 25, 2017
Ms. Franklin was born June
20, 1928 in Montgomery,
AL to the late Clarence and
Lula Shaw. She attended
the public schools in
Montgomery and graduat-
ed
from
George
Washington Carver High
School. Ms. Franklin loved
her family and the church.
Family was always impor-
tant, especially celebrating
the holidays. By reading
the Bible daily, she was
well prepared to encour-
age, to inspire and devote
her life to Jesus Christ. She
was a talented individual
and had indefinite number
of hobbies, interests, and
skills. Ms. Franklin worked
at Wayne County General
Hospital for 25 years prior
to her retirement in 1983.
Among her survivors are
her two daughters, Carolyn
and Rose (Richard Jr.); four
grandsons; seven great-
grandchildre; her nieces,
other family members and
a host of friends. Interment
was at Glen Eden
Cemetery in Livonia. Final
arrangements
were
entrusted to the Penn
Funeral Home in Inkster.
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1997 GMC
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2001 FORD
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1989 OLD
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2000 BUICK
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2001 FORD
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2006 MDODGE
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2005 CHEV
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2004 MAZDA
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2002 PONT
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2004 CHEV
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1997 FORD
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1997 CHEV
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2003 FORD
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2002 PONT
1G2HX54K024207740
2009 CAD
1G6KD57Y69U121985
2012 ART
4UFTZSNW9CT123170
FORD
3FAHP0JA7CR394029
2002 MERC
WDBRF61J32F153163
2004 CHEV
1G1ZT52884F138377
2004 FORD
1FMYU93175KA96412
2002 FORD
1FMYU60E02UB90301
1999 PLY
1P3EJ46X7XN570461
2003 FORD
1FAFP55U03G134586
2001 VW
3VWDD21C21M449802
CHRY
2C4GP54L93R215771
2003 PONT
1G2NE55MX5C742669
2001 LINC
5LMFU28R71LJ33358
2001 FORD
1FMYU02111KA82111
1997 MERC
4M2DU55P2VUJ42790
2002 CHEV
2G1WF52E929212413
1998 FORD
1FTZR15X6WPB17316
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The Westland Ordinance
Department has a new name
andnew leadership.
The former ordinance depart-
ment will be referred to as the
Department of Neighborhood
Services and will be led by
Hassan
Saab,
Westland
Construction and Maintenance
Superintendent for the
Department of Public Service.
Saab has been with the city
for two years and has 23 years of
experience with the Wayne
County Department of Public
Service. He holds a Ph. D in
structural engineering and a
masters degree in civil engineer-
ing.
The new Department of
Neighborhood Services will
encompass all services that were
previously handled under the
ordinance division, including
commercial ordinance enforce-
ment which was assigned to the
fire department in 2009
In 2011, fire department per-
sonnel also began to perform
residential ordinance enforce-
ment in the city with a main
focus at that time on vacant
homes. The effort was a move to
concentrate on addressing blight
throughout the city, according to
a statement from the mayor's
office.
Those additional responsibili-
ties dramatically increased the
ordinance workload in the fire
department and ultimately led to
hiring subcontractors to help
perform the required inspec-
tions and enforcement. On a
daily basis, the Fire Marshal
Division had a “dramatically
increased workload taking and
receiving complaints and hand-
ing disputes of charges,” accord-
ing to themayor's office.
“This new transition puts the
focus back on critical ordinance
issues, re-branded with a new
vision and new processes will go
into effect to streamline opera-
tions and promote pro-activity.
This will allow the Fire Marshal
Division to focus on the life and
safety of our business owners
and residents,” noted Mayor
WilliamWild.
“The city worked hard to
ensure this transition was seam-
less and without interruption of
services to residents.
“Under Saab's new leader-
ship, I am confident that resi-
dents will begin to see improved
services
through
the
Department of Neighborhood
Services,” he concluded.
Contact the Department of
Neighborhood Service at
or call
(734) 713-3733.
It was a short-lived marriage but
ended amicably.
The intergovernmental agreement
between the Wayne and Westland fire
departments ended without much ado
Feb. 1, four months ahead of the contrac-
tual expirationdate.
Wayne Mayor Susan Rowe said the
decision to end the four-year arrange-
ment was mutual and that the split was
“amicable.”
“This will not impact fire services in
either community,” she said. “This is an
amicable split andwill allowus to pursue
a fire authoritywithanother community.”
Rowe said that the split would not
impact the dispatch operation which is
shared with Westland or impact Mutual
Aid in case of a severe fire emergency.
Staffing will not be impacted in the
Wayne Fire Department, Rowe said,
where a federal SAFERgrant has funded
the hiring of four firefighters, “and we
have posted for threemore,” she added.
Westland Fire Chief Michael
Stradtner will continue to oversee both
the Wayne and Westland departments,
which is a cost-savings for Wayne, Rowe
said.
The change will see only Wayne fire-
fighters responding toWayne calls, unless
the situation necessitates a call for
Mutual or Automatic Aid. The dispatch
assignment map has been realigned to
the former call areas for assignment by
dispatchers, that is Wayne firefighters
sent to Wayne calls and Westland fire-
fighters sent only to Westland calls.
Under the joint agreement, which includ-
ed a re-labeling of equipment and vehi-
cles, Westland firefighters were covering
a portion ofWayne.
Rowe was scheduled to attend a
Westland City Council meeting and Wild
a Wayne meeting to ensure a complete
understanding of the early termination
by officials. Both councils voted to
approve the split and both mayors said
this was an effort to ensure that the
change ended on a positive note for the
communities.
“This was, financially, the best deci-
sion for us,” Rowe said. “We are looking
at other avenues, other alternatives,” she
added.
In addition to the fire chief, the two
communities continue to share the serv-
ices of Department of Public Services
Director Ramzi El-Gharib and have been
discussing the merger of the two district
courts, the 18th in Westland and the 29th
inWayne.
moved to Dearborn where Mr. Demmer
met Jimmy Spitler while playing baseball
on the church men's club team. The two
became friends and decided to form a
business partnership.
The men approached their idea for a
car dealership to Ford Motor Co.,
Chevrolet, Plymouth and Pontiac execu-
tives. Finally in the spring of 1957, Ford
Motor Co. approved the men for an Edsel
dealership.
They opened Spitler-Demmer Edsel in
September of 1957 in a former gas station
with a one-car showroom, in what was
Nankin Township, at the corner of
Glenwood and Wayne Road. The Spitler-
Demmer dealership eventually moved to
35540 Michigan Ave. West in Wayne,
although the Edsel was discontinued in
1960. Mr. Demmer acquired the entire
dealership in 1975 and eventually moved
the dealership, now called Jack Demmer
Ford, further west on Michigan Avenue to
the current site, which has been exten-
sively remodeled and expanded during
the years.
Mr. Demmer had also acquired a Ford-
Mercury dealership in SouthLyon and his
two sons, Bill and Jim, eventually joined
himin the auto business.
In 1994, he expanded his business
interests and founded the Community
Bank of Dearborn with board members
from the former Dearborn Bank and
Trust. He purchased a Lincoln Mercury
dealership in Farmington Hills in 1998,
and in 2000 he acquired Krug Lincoln-
Mercury in Dearborn, one of the largest
Lincoln-Mercury dealerships in the coun-
try.
His longevity and success did not go
unnoticed. When Ford Motor Co. recog-
nized Mr. Demmer's 50 years in business
in 2010, he didn't hesitate to remind them
that including his time selling the Edsel,
his dealershipwas actually 53-years-old.
Mr. Demmer was known throughout
the area for his contributions to the com-
munity and his support and involvement
in various charities and civic organiza-
tions.
“JackDemmer was a true bluemember
of the extended Ford family. And he treat-
ed everyone who came to the Demmer
Ford and Lincoln dealerships as a mem-
ber of his own extended family. Jack also
brought our Ford values to life through his
many contributions to the community,”
said Mark LaNeve, vice president, Ford
Marketing, Sales andService.
In addition to his wife of 68 years,
Margaret, and sons, Bill (Sharon) and Jim
(Linda), Mr. Demmer is survived by his
four daughters, Patricia (Tom) Groszko,
Susan (Bill) Hermann, Marianne (Art)
Nelson and Jean (Colin) Zick; 21 grand-
children and 19 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a daugh-
ter-in-law, Shirley, neeDudek, Demmer.
Mr. Demmer was entombed at Holy
Sepulcher Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be sent in
his name to the Monsignor Herbert Weier
Scholarship Charitable Trust, Kelly's Kidz
Foundation, Penrickton Center for Blind
Children, Starfish Family Services or
AngelaHospice.
Demmer
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