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April 11, 2013
ABSTRACT
WAYNE CITY COUNCIL MEETING NO. 2013-12
April 2, 2013
A Regular Meeting of the City Council was held Tuesday, April 2, 2013 at 8:00 p.m. at
Wayne City Hall, 3355 S. Wayne Rd. ALL MEMBERS PRESENT. APPROVED: minutes
of regular meeting of March 19 and special meeting of March 26; held public hearing for
Comm. Redev. Dist. #2013-01 and it was adjourned; requests from Annapolis Hospital for
Red October Run, October 5, 2013 and Seventh Day Adventist; bid awards to Frank's
Landscape for Streetscape Maintenance and Weed Cutting; rescinded the bid from Owens
Landscape; Great Lakes Landscape for fertilizer; Loewe Paint for Museum painting;
Nancy Chiasson to Library Boad until Feb. 2018; call public hearing for May 7, 2013 for
Comm. Redev. Dist. #2013-02; PSA with ETC for CDBG; 4th year of contract with Hart
Pavement Striping; PSA with Growing Hope for 2013 Farmers Market; called Special
Meetings for April 22, 23, 24, 29, 30 at 7:00 p.m.; consent calendar. Received and filed
Communications and Reports. Adjourned at 10:00 p.m.
Matthew K. Miller
Publish: April 11, 2013
City Clerk
CITY OF WAYNE
NOTICE OF LAST DAY
TO FILE PETITIONS FOR
MAYORAL AND CITY COUNCIL ELECTION
The City of Wayne will hold an election on November 5, 2013, for the purpose of electing
a Mayor and three persons to the City Council. A nominating petition and Affidavit of
Identity with Campaign Finance Act Compliance Statement, must be filed with the City
Clerk in order for a name to be placed on the ballot. Also, persons who wish to be a can-
didate for office may not be in monetary arrears to the City. Nominating petitions are
available at the City Clerk's Office. Petitions must be submitted with a minimum of 25
but no more than 50 signatures of persons registered to vote in the City of Wayne.
Petitions may be filed at the City Clerk's Office no earlier than April 30, 2013, but no later
than 4:00 p.m. on May 14, 2013. Persons, who wish to withdraw their petitions after fil-
ing, must do so by 4:00 p.m. on May 17, 2013. If more than two persons file valid peti-
tions for the office of Mayor or more than six persons file valid petitions for the available
City Council seats, a Primary Election will be held on August 6, 2013. The petition dates
of the filing, withdrawal deadline and the date for a Primary Election, are according to
recently enacted election consolidation legislation by the State Legislature.
Publish: April 18, 2013
Matthew K. Miller
City Clerk
CITY OF WAYNE
PUBLIC NOTICE
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the City Engineer for the City of Wayne has determined
that the building/structure located at 3584 Barry, in the City of Wayne is a dangerous
building in accordance with City Ordinance 1472, Sections 1 through 3. In order to protect
the public health, safety and welfare, the owner/interested persons, Thomas E. Martin,
Catherine E. Martin and County of Wayne Treasurer, Raymond J. Wojtowicz must com-
plete the alterations, repair or rehabilitation, or in the alternative, the demolition and
removal of the building, structure or portion thereof within 90 days or by the public hear-
ing, whichever occurs first. If the alterations, repair or rehabilitation, or possibly the dem-
olition and removal of the building, structure or portion thereof, are not completed prior to
the public hearing set for June 19, 2013, at 1:30 p.m. at City of Wayne, City Hall, 3355 S.
Wayne Road, Wayne, Michigan, the owner/interested persons are required to appear
before the hearing officer and show cause why an order should not be issued to demolish
or make the building/structure safe and further that cost thereof shall become a lien
against the property unless such alterations, repair or rehabilitation, or demolition and
removal is made within the time period specified.
Matthew K. Miller, City Clerk
March 28, 2013
April 4, 2013
April 11, 2013
CITY OF WAYNE
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
The City Council will conduct a Public Hearing on May 7, 2013, at 8:00 P.M., or as soon
thereafter as may be heard, to consider the establishment of Commercial Re-development
District #2013-02 at 33200 Michigan Avenue, Wayne, MI, pursuant to Act No. 255 of the
Public Acts of 1978, as amended. The establishment of such a district is a prerequisite to
consideration by the City Council of any application for commercial tax abatement that
may be filed. The public hearing will afford an opportunity for the owners, residents and
taxpayers to appear and be heard regarding establishment of the the proposed District.
The hearing will be held at Wayne City Hall, 3355 S. Wayne Road, Wayne, MI 48184.
Inquiries: Peter J. McInerney, Community Development Director (734) 419-0118.
Matthew K. Miller
Publish: April 11, 2013
City Clerk
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OMULUS
Cross trained
New system employed in
Public Safety Department
Health meeting planned
When it comes to public safety in Van
Buren Township, officers take their job
descriptions seriously.
Whether police or fire officers, the new
philosophy of Interim Public Safety Director
Greg Laurain and Fire Chief Dan Besson is
pretty simple: Do what needs done to protect
the public. The pair have implemented some
new and more comprehensive efforts to
cross train officers to complete tasks that
were previously only performed by one
department or the other.
These days, police officers who have been
trained on fire hydrant preparation carry
hydrant wrenches in their police cars, so if
they arrive at the scene of a fire before the
fire engine and fire fighters, police officers
assist fire personnel by preparing the
hydrant. When fire personnel arrive, pre-
cious minutes can be saved, and fire fighters
can immediately get to work, according to a
release fromthe department.
On the other hand, the entire public safety
department is committed to keeping the trav-
eling public and personnel safe when there
are incidents on or near public highways and
roadways. When an incident requires fire
fighters to concentrate on life safety, police
officerswill handle routing traffic around the
incident until fire fighters become available.
Similarly, and as incidents allow, fire fighters
will transition into positions to relieve the
police officers from traffic control points.
Doing so assists police officers, so they are
able to get back to their investigation, the
issues of a serious car crash, or other law
enforcement duties, the release indicated.
Van Buren fire fighters are well-versed in
traffic control techniques based on the rec-
ommended guidelines of the National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA), Michigan Department of
Transportation (MDOT), and interdepart-
mental StandardOperatingProcedures.
Utility 2, a support vehicle housed at Fire
Headquarters, is well-equipped with barri-
cades, traffic cones, safety flares, and signs to
help warn and direct approaching drivers.
Both fire fighters and police officers comply
with the Federal Highway Administration
law on wearing conspicuous traffic vests
while directing traffic in high speed zones in
order to gain the driver's attention, the
release continued.
On-duty officers trained as fire fighters
now carry their fire gear in the trunks of
their police cars. While on duty as a police
officer, if there is a need to respond in the
capacity of a fire fighter, an immediate
response is nowavailable. This newpractice
represents the best use of resources avail-
able, while an added bonus is fiscal conser-
vation: If a cross-trained police officer transi-
tions into a fire responder, no blended-rate
hourly cost increase is incurred.
Instead, these employees are serving in
the capacity of a public safety officer, the
release said.
This collaborative effort to implement
these new practices enhance police and fire
services and provide an even more efficient
and comprehensive level of safety and serv-
ice to residents, according to the statement
fromthe township.
The National Kidney Foundation of
Michigan Inkster Partnership for aHealthier
Community will host a meeting for city resi-
dents at 11:30 a.m. April 23 at the YWCA of
Western Wayne County, located at 26429
MichiganAve.
Those who attend the meeting will have a
say in transforming the community into a
place that supports and promotes healthy
lifestyle choices. A healthy lunch will be pro-
vided, a spokesperson said.
April is recognized as Minority Health
Month and the kidney foundation and coali-
tion are educating communities on how to
manage and prevent diabetes, which is dis-
proportionately higher in many minority
groups. Diabetes is the leading cause of kid-
ney failure, causing over 40 percent of all
cases, although kidney failure can be pre-
vented or delayed with proper control and
management of diabetes. Nearly 26 million
Americans have diabetes-8.3 percent of the
U.S. population. Additionally, African
Americans are four times more likely to
develop kidney failure from diabetes than
Caucasians, she said.
A company with a long history in the City
of Romulus will get a little help as it tries to
remain competitive.
United Brass Manufacturing, Inc., at 3900
Huron River Dr. will get a 50-percent tax
abatement on new machinery designed to
upgrade the facility, approved by a unani-
mous vote of city council members at their
meeting last week.
“What we're looking to do with this proj-
ect is to build and purchase new equipment
that will help remain competitive,” said Jim
Donahee of UnitedBrass. “We are a 100-per-
cent made in the U.S.A manufacturer and
we make 99 percent of everything we sell.
We're looking to increase our investment in
theCity of Romulus.
Donahee's grandfather started the com-
pany inRomulus in 1953.
They forge brass, copper and bronze into
industrial products that are sold to other
manufacturers.
The new equipment will cost about $1.4
million and will help the company create
four to six jobs in the community.
City council members voted unanimously
to approve the 6-year abatement. Council
President Leroy Burcroff praised the com-
pany's long history in the community. United
Brass hasn't asked for any kind of tax abate-
ment since about 1986.
“It's the backbone of industry, the way
things used to be done,” saidBurcroff.
“If we can help continue that success and
give a little support, the council is open to
it.”
The council has a regular rating system
for proposed tax abatements that looks at a
number of details, such as the amount of the
investment, number of jobs created or
retained, and whether the company owns
property or leases it.
“Itmet all the criteria,” saidBurcroff.
“It's good to do business with people like
yourself,” Councilman William Wadsworth
told Donahee and his son who was also in
the audience. Wadsworth made the motion,
which was approved 5-0. Councilmen
William Crova and John Barden were
absent.
City grants tax abatement
On the air
The Romulus High
School Wingspan
newspaper journal-
ism class took a field-
trip to Channel 7
News Feb. 5. This
was the second year
Dr. Jaime Nelson was
able to take her stu-
dents to sit in on a
live news taping and
tour of the station.
Twenty-two students
were able to talk with
the news anchors and weatherman, tour the studio, and learn about how the news sta-
tion functions.
Van Buren Police officer Louis Keele demonstrates the fire safety equipment now available
in the truck of patrol cars as part of the cross training effort in the public safety department.