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ROMULUS
ROMULUS

Rest in peace

Cemetery board members plan

clean-up of holiday mementos

The history of a community vivors asking them to pay fees to
lives in cemeteries as Romulus operate the cemetery” which is
Memorial Cemetery Board in a deficit financial condition.
member Jan Lemon reminded The Romulus cemetery is
city officials during the April 25 managed by a city-appointed
regular council meeting. board of directors which has
“The Romulus Memorial continued to make improve-
Cemetery has more history than ments over the years, including
any community around us,” she a set of approved regulations for
told the members of the council. items left at graves. “The rules
“In the 13 years of the cemetery were designed to ensure every-
board, our cemetery is immacu- body is treated equally,” she
late and that couldn't be done said. Those rules dictate the
without the cooperation of the removal of all floral arrange-
council.” ments including wreaths and
Lemon told the council mem- grave blankets by April 1 and
bers that she was deeply con- the planting of flowers at graves.
cerned when she read a disturb- Flowers planted outside the
ing article in a local newspaper designated area will be
about the desperate condition of removed and the maintenance city council members that a Prohibited items at the lights and shepherd hooks.
Hillside Cemetery in Belleville of the plants is the responsibility clean-up of items left at gravesites include holiday and Those items will be removed
where, Lemon said, city officials of the individuals doing the gravesites during the Easter hol- Halloween decorations, yard and discarded as will picket
there “even suggested sending a planting. iday was planned. “We will be in ornaments, balloons, figurines, fences, decorative rocks, trees,
letter to the loved ones and sur- Lemon also reminded the there next week cleaning it up,” wind chimes, lanterns, solar shrubbery, and vegetable plants.
City to lease a portion of former court building

Romulus residents will soon community services available to portion of the building their staff
see a new neighbor, one that will Romulus residents. ” will use for a total of $50,000 over
provide a multitude of services to “They've ballooned in size due I believe it is a good plan the term of the lease, McCraight
the community. to the grant opportunities,” said. The agency will pay a pro-
Members of the Romulus City McCraight explained of the to get some revenue rated portion of any utilities that
Council agreed to lease 10,000 agency which provides covert from a vacant building... cannot be individually metered
square feet of the former 34th emergency rental assistance, or calculated. “I believe it is a
District Court building to the property tax assistance, food sup- good plan to get some revenue
Wayne Metropolitan Community port, emergency assistance pro- understood that was part of the department. If we are fortunate from a vacant building and pro-
Action Agency beginning May 21. grams and water remittance help plan when the new courthouse enough to get grants, phase two vide services for our residents,”
Mayor Robert McCraight made for residents. “So a lot of good was approved. would be to move our police McCraight said.
the request for approval of the opportunities available for our “What happened with that?” department over there. That's “I would prefer to wait and get
one-year lease of the court build- residents and for Wayne Metro,” she asked. why this is only a one-year lease,” our police department in there
ing at 11131 South Wayne Road he added. McCraight responded that he explained. The agency would rather than going with these leas-
during the April 25 regular meet- Councilwoman Virginia moving the police department occupy the western portion of the es with the Wayne Metro or any-
ing of the council members. Williams was opposed to the into the former court building former court building in an area one else,” Williams said.”
McCraight told the council lease of the building and said she remained the goal of the city but that can be easily separated from Williams cast the lone no vote
members that he felt the lease would prefer to explore ways to that the city was “still working on the remainder of the space. on the motion to approve the
would be a good fit for the com- move the city police department funding award approval of grant The community action agency community service agency lease
munity and would make multiple into the building. She said she applications to rebuild our police will pay $4,166 per month for the with the city.