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Hospital Campus. We are still working
through the details and timing
and we will share more informa-
FROM PAGE 1 tion as soon as we can,” the hospi-
tal said in a prepared statement.
care facility eliminated last week Last week, Beaumont Health
in response to the impact of the system CEO John Fox said last
coronavirus on hospital revenue week that “Temporary laid off
across the entire system. With the employees can apply for
elimination of all elective and enhanced unemployment bene-
non-emergency surgeries and fits available through state and
treatments, revenue at the hospi- federal programs. As additional
tals has been drastically reduced, medical services are brought
according to hospital manage- back online at all our campuses,
ment. including Wayne, employees
Beaumont had laid off several could be asked to return to their
Wayne hospital employees and roles. These individuals can also
transferred others to hospitals continue to participate in their
within the system. Beaumont health insurance and
“As we have said from the other benefits at their current
beginning, we are going to reopen employee rates during the layoff
our Beaumont Hospital Wayne period.”
Shooting suspect arrested following foot chase

Michigan State Police have Police Department and the gunshot wounds. Witnesses told The Michigan State Police K-9 make contact with the man, he
arrested one man in connection Michigan State Police responded officers that the shooter had fled unit was utilized in an attempt to fled and a foot chase ensued,
with a shooting in Inkster last to calls from the area of New the area on foot. The injured locate the suspect in the shooting. according to police reports.
Tuesday, April 28. York Street and Princess, report- man, who was discovered lying Witnesses told police that a The suspect was apprehended
The arrest came in connection ing shots fired and a man next to a Range Rover, was trans- man matching the description of and taken into police custody.
with a shooting incident which injured. ported to a local hospital for the suspect had been seen enter- No further information about
left a local man wounded several When police arrived on the treatment by Inkster emergency ing and quickly leaving a resi- the incident was available
times, according to police scene, they found one man lying responders but no report on his dence in the neighborhood. although the investigation is
reports. Officers from the Inkster in the street suffering multiple condition was available. When officers attempted to ongoing, according to police.

Graphic winners

Graphic design students at the William D. Ford Career-Technical Center swept the recent contest to design the cover page for the Third Judicial Circuit Court Annual
Report. The Wayne Westland students won the top three prizes. First place was awarded to the design of graphic student Daytona Irwin, above left, who won a laptop
computer. Second place honors went to Hayla Thurmand, center, who won a $100 gift card and third place went to Lance Church, above right, who won a $50 gift card.

Furloughs

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rently being considered, he
said in a prepared statement.
Wild stressed that the fur-
loughs are not layoffs. He said
by furloughing the employees,
the city can continue to provide
them with benefits such as
healthcare while allowing
them to collect unemployment
insurance benefits.
“The idea of a furlough also
has the added expectation that
workers will return to their
jobs at the end of the crisis,
which is my goal,” Wild said.”
Wild said the decision isn't
one he came to lightly, and con-
siders all city staff “essential.”
The city will aim to start
bringing staff back to work
when Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's
Stay Home Stay Safe order
ends, currently scheduled for
May 15.
“It's important to note that
all of the workers at the City of
Westland are essential work-
ers,” he said.
“They would much rather
be at work doing their jobs and
collecting their paychecks so
they can pay their bills and
take care of their families.
These are loyal workers, some
who have been with the city for
decades and never expected to
see a day like this. Frankly,
none of us did.”
“The decision to place such
a large number of employees
on temporary furlough was dif-
ficult, but necessary to mitigate
the financial fallout from the
COVID-19 pandemic as munic-
ipalities across the nation are
projecting budget shortfalls in
the upcoming years,” com-
mented Wild.