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C
LASSIFIED
I
NKSTER
- W
AYNE
- W
ESTLAND
Donations sought for victims of Inkster fire
Mayor presents Westland council with balanced budget
Budget concerns blamed for reduced library hours
More than 10 families were left
homeless last week after a fire
ignited by embers from a barbecue
grill destroyed a section of the
DartmouthSquareApartments.
According to Wayne-Westland
Inkster Fire Department Assistant
Chief/Fire Marshal John Adams,
the emergency alarm came in at
about 1:30 a.m. Thursday. He said
that multiple fire units were dis-
patched from Inkster and Wayne-
Westland along with a truck from
Garden City to the fire in the 26000
block of Dartmouth, near Beech
DalyRoad andAnnapolis.
The fire, Adams said, was on the
third floor and had breached the
roof of the building. The blaze was
totally accidental, Adams said, and
“was preventable.”
“A resident on the third floor
had used a regular charcoal bri-
quette barbecue earlier and
embers somehow got into the
wooden balcony structure where
they eventually ignited.” He said
that firefighters were able to extin-
guish the blaze and then accompa-
nied families who had been evacu-
ated from the building into the
apartments to secure whatever
belongings possible.
“We were ensuring their safety,”
Adams said. “Many of themneeded
clothing.” Adams said the Salvation
Army andRedCrosswere on site to
help find temporary shelter for the
21 people evacuated from their
dwellings that are no longer inhab-
itable.
Adams said that the manage-
ment at Dartmouth, a low-income
housing community, did a “fantas-
tic job” helping relocate families
and residents.
“When we did follow up calls
today, we found that the apartment
management had already relocat-
ed some families to other units in
the complex,” he said.
Adams said damage to the build-
ing would probably be somewhere
in the $600,000 to $800,000 range
but that the good news was that
there were no injuries to residents
or firefighters.
“Many of these people, however,
lost everything,” he said.
Through the fire department
foundation, a 501 c 3 charity, dona-
tions are being accepted to help the
families who “need everything,”
Adams said.
“They need clothing, toiletries,
just about everything.” Donations
can be dropped of at the fire station
in Westland at 37201 Marquette or
at the Inkster station at 27717
Michigan Ave. Firefighters will also
pick up donations if residents call
(734) 467-3210 to make arrange-
ments. Information about what is
needed is also available at that
number and Adams suggested that
anyone wanting to drop off dona-
tions at the Inkster station call first
so there will be a firefighter on site
to accept the contribution.
Adams reiterated that this fire
was totally preventable and said
that he is working on an education-
al plan he will present to the
Inkster City Council members next
week.
“We need to act proactively,” he
said. “Inkster is a city with high
density and we need to reinforce
educational efforts to help prevent
these instances.”
Westland Mayor William R.
Wild presented city council mem-
bers with the first ever three-year
balanced budget at a study session
last week.
The 2014-15 fiscal year budget
of $58,645,289. projects a $5.6 mil-
lion fund balance by June 30, 2015,
and by June 2017, the city would
have $4.3 million in the fund bal-
ance, after using some of the
reserve for operations.
“As the budget process moves
forward, our goal is not to use any
fund balance,” Wild said. “We will
work to address operational needs
through increased revenues or
generating cost efficiencies.”
The budget numbers anticipate
an increase in property tax rev-
enue in the Act 345 millage along
with continued receipt of State
Economic Vitality Incentive
Program funding and a nominal
increase in State Constitutional
revenue sharing. The mayor, city
clerk, department directors,
AFSCME Local 1602 employees
and non-union court employees
will continue to contribute toward
their healthcare andpensions.
Staff changes include the hir-
ing of a Parks and Recreation
Director, instituting a park ranger
program, hiring a part-time court
security officer and recalling from
layoff two DPS employees with six
of the 11 on layoff in 2010 being
recalled back to work. The budget
reflects three additional part-time
ordinance officers who will be
cross trained to handle animal
control duties and funding to fill
the Public Service Director posi-
tion.
The budget is based on a contin-
ued shared dispatch arrangement
with the cities of Inkster, Garden
City and Wayne. It is expected that
Inkster, Wayne and Westland will
continue to contract a shared fire
chief.
The budget also includes fund-
ing for a new fire rescue unit, 20
newpolice vehicles and $50,000 for
energy upgrades in city buildings.
“Considering the city was fac-
ing a $50 million deficit only five
years ago, it is gratifying to know
that the actions taken then includ-
ing right sizing staff, delaying capi-
tal purchases and seeking cost
sharing from our team of employ-
ees has led to the ability to develop
multi-year balanced budgets, to
continue to provide high quality
city services and to grow our fund
balance so that Westland can
weather periodic economic down-
turns;” commentedWild.
“I'm proud of the efforts of my
administration, the support of city
council and the innovative ways
Westland provides municipal serv-
ice,” he concluded.
Hours at theWayne Library have
been reduced to 31 hours aweek.
New hours will be noon until 8
p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday and
noon to 5 p.m. Thursday, Friday and
Saturday. The library will be closed
onSunday andMonday.
The reduction in hours is due to
a severe drop in revenue which is
based on a dedicated 1 mill in the
city. The drop in home values has
reduced the funding by about
$360,000 a year, according to
Library Director Paulette
Medvecky.
Financial reports to the city
council indicate that property val-
ues in the city have dropped by
about 44 percent during the past
five years. The city is facing a $1.5
million budget deficit this year and
a projected $3 million deficit going
forward.
The library will also lose supple-
mental funding from the Downtown
Development Authority and the city
general fund, cutting further into
the operating revenue.
Medvecky said that she will
retire as full-time director June 30.
In August, she said she will return
as a part-time co-director at the
facility. She said the library will
hire a part-time co-director and that
the only remaining full-time library
employee will be John MacDonald
who is the technology director.
Currently there are about 16
part-time employees, some working
as fewas 2 hours perweek.
To advertise in
The Eagle,
call 734-467-1900.
Ocie Lee Carswell, Jr.
Sunrise: Dec. 3, 1954
Sunset: March 26, 2014
Ocie Lee Carswell, Jr, affec-
tionately known as Randy,
Pumpdawg and OsaBesa,
died March 26, 2014,
Mr. Carswell was the oldest
son of Deacon O.C. Lee
Carsell, Sr and the late
Aletha Jones Carswell. He
was a 1973 graduate of
Inkster High School where
he excelled in sports and
was a regional tennis cham-
pion. He earned his
Associates Degree at Henry
Ford Community College,
and pursued additional stud-
ies
attended
Ohio
Technology Institute and
Concordia College.
Mr. Carswell married Regina
Lewis Sept. 12, 19981.
During their marriage they
were blessed with two sons,
Ocie Lee Carswell, III and
Orlando Leon Carswell and
two daughters, Kelly Lewis
and
Kenyatta
Louise
Carswell (Dilip Saddi). Mr.
Carswell later had another
son, Prince Omari Lee
Simmons of Georgia and
recognized Miriam Lewis as
his daughter.
Mr. Carswell worked as an
athletic coach at Mukersi
Elementary School before
taking a job at Ford Motor Co
as a skilled tradesman. He
retired from Ford in 1992 and
worked at Inkster Public
Schools as a vocational
refrigeration instructor at
Milton Middle School. He
became the tennis coach at
Inkster High School in 1988
and later coached varsity
basketball.
Mr. Carswell was also the
manager of Parkland Coop
Town Houses before becom-
ing the co-founder and co-
owner of Quality Counseling
and Community Services, a
non-profit organization that
provided residential and
counseling services to trou-
bled youth.
Mr. Carswell served two
terms as trustee and vice-
president of the Inkster
Board of Education.
A talented player, Mr.
Carswell
represented
Michigan in the 2007 Jack
and Jill 8-Ball Doubles
Championship in Las Vegas
where he took second place.
Mr. Carswell was inducted
into the Inkster High School
Athletic Hall of Fame for his
outstanding
accomplish-
ments in tennis.
Funeral services took place
at New Jerusalem Missionary
Baptist Church where Mr.
Carswell was an active mem-
ber with the Rev. Dana L.
Darby officiating.
Final arrangements were
entrusted to the Penn
Funeral Home on Inkster
Road in Inkster.
Bobbi Scales
Jan. 25, 1968
March 26, 2014
Bobbi Scales died March 26,
2014.
Among her survivors left to
mourn her passing and
treasure her memory are her
three children, Ronni Jade
Scales, Justin Michael
Schaffer and Rodney Jay
Scales, II; a granddaughter,
Mauriana Nevaeh Harrell; her
mother, Lynda Schaffer; a
special friend Jerry Fisher of
Oshkosh, WI; her grandpar-
ents, Louis and Dolores
Mueller; a brother, Todd
(Sarah) Schaffer; nephews,
Taylor, Garret and Nathan, all
of Neenah WI; other relatives,
and a host of friends.
Final arrangements were
entrusted to the Penn
Funeral Home on Inkster
Road in Inkster.
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