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ORDINANCE NO. 5-A-9
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE WESTLAND CITY CODE BY AMENDINGARTICLE VI, SECTIONS 50-181
TO 50-185, CONCERNING EMERGENCY RESPONSE COST RECOVERY
It is hereby ordained:
Section 1.
That Chapter 50, Article VI, Sections 50-181 to 50-185 of the Westland City Code are hereby amended
to provide as follows:
“Article VI. - EMERGENCY RESPONSE COST RECOVERY
Sec. 50-181. Purpose
. This Article is created and adopted to insure that the city shall, to the extent permitted by law, recover
the costs of an emergency response from the responsible party.
Sec. 50-182. Definitions
. As used in this section:
(1)
Emergency response
shall mean any response by the fire department, an entity operating at the request of the fire department,
or any other responder as set forth in the national incident management system (Homeland Security Presidential Directive 5), to
any call, including medical emergencies, for assistance from any person, property owner, government agency, emergency serv-
ice provider, or other entity.
(2)
Cost of the emergency response
shall mean the costs incurred in responding to an emergency event, except as may be limit-
ed by City policy. Costs include labor, equipment usage, and materials associated with investigation, removal, repair, abatement,
mitigation, monitoring, cleanup, analysis, collection costs and attorney fees.
(3)
Person
shall mean any individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability corporation, association, consortium, govern-
mental entity, or any other legal entity.
(4)
Hazardous materials response
shall mean any response to an event involving any chemical, substance, compound, mixture,
or other material defined as, designated as, listed as, or having the same characteristics as any substance, compound, mixture or
material listed as hazardous under federal or state law or regulation.
Sec. 50-183. Liability for expense of emergency response.
(1) Any owner, lessor, lessee, or operator of any property who is responsible for, or contributes to an emergency response shall
be liable for the expense of the emergency response.
(2) Any registered owner, lessor, lessee, or operator of any motor vehicle, the operation of which results in an emergency
response, shall be liable for the expense of the emergency response.
(3) Any public or private utility whose activities or facilities necessitated an emergency response shall be liable for the expense
of the emergency response.
(4) Any person owning, maintaining or operating a railroad shall be liable for the expense of the emergency response.
(5) When an emergency response directly benefits more than one person or property, each person and/or property benefitted shall
be jointly and severally liable for the payment of the expense of the emergency response. For purposes of an emergency response
involving a motor vehicle, occupants other than the operator and the registered owner shall not be liable for the expense of the
emergency response.
(6) Cost recovery for any hazardous materials response may be pursued in a civil action, pursuant to the Natural Resource
Environmental Protection Act (MCL 324.20135).
Sec. 50-184
.
Collection and billing of emergency response costs
.
(1) Collection recovery costs incurred by the fire department, including billing and collection costs, court costs, and attorney
fees, shall be assessed to a responsible party who fails to remit reimbursement for the costs of the provided emergency services
in accordance with the billing procedures of this section.
(2) Upon determination of responsibility for an emergency response, the fire chief, or his designee, shall prepare and deliver an
invoice of the charges imposed to the responsible party or parties for payment. The responsible party shall reimburse the fire
department, as directed by the invoice, for the charges set forth in the invoice within 30 days. The responsible party shall be liable
for any costs associated with the collection of the unpaid balance that remains after the expiration of 30 days.
(3) If the responsible party refuses to reimburse the city for costs and damages as provided in section 50-183(1), the city shall
have a lien for all unpaid costs and damages incurred by the city as above-described, and may enforce such lien in the manner
prescribed by the general laws of the state providing for the enforcement of tax liens if the person(s) has a legal or equitable own-
ership interest in the property where the emergency response occurred. The city shall also have the right to bring an action in the
appropriate court to collect such costs if it deems such action to be necessary.
Sec. 50-185
.
Severability
.
If any subsection, clause, phrase, or portion of this Article is, for any reason, held invalid or uncon-
stitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct, and independent portion of
this section, and such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining points of this section.”
Section 2.
That all other provisions of the Westland City Code shall remain in full force and effect.
Section 3. Severability.
The various parts, sections and clauses of this Ordinance are hereby declared to be sever-
able. If any part, sentence, paragraph, section or clause is adjudged unconstitutional or invalid by a court of competent jurisdic-
tion, the remainder of the Ordinance shall not be affected thereby.
Section 4. Repeal.
All other Ordinances inconsistent with the provisions of this Ordinance are, to the extent of such
inconsistencies, hereby repealed.
Section 5. Publication.
The City Clerk shall cause this Ordinance to be published in the manner required by law.
Section 6. Effective Date.
This Ordinance shall become effective upon publication as required by law.
Adopted: July 3, 2017
Effective: July 13, 2017
Published: July 13, 2017
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CITY OF WESTLAND
NOTICE OF MEETING
A petition has been presented to the Planning Commission of the City of Westland, Wayne County, Michigan:
Case #2130C, Proposed Rezoning from R-5 Single Family Residential to PUD, Planned Unit Development, Parcels #001-
99-0003-000 thru -0007-000, South Side of Ann Arbor Trail, West of Inkster Road Steve Schafer, and
Case #2130D, Preliminary Plan Approval for Proposed Chestnut Meadows PUD, Planned Unit Development, Parcels
#001-99-0003-000 thru -0007-000, South Side of Ann Arbor Trail, West of Inkster Road Steve Schafer.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that a public hearing of the City of Westland Planning Commission will be held at City Hall,
36300 Warren Road, Westland, Michigan at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, August 2, 2017.
Written comments may be submitted to the Planning Commission before 5:00 p.m. one (1) day prior to the scheduled meeting.
Kenneth B. Sharp, Chairman
Westland Planning Commission
Publish: July 13, 2016
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CITY OF WESTLAND
NOTICE OF MEETING
A petition has been presented to the Planning Commission of the City of Westland, Wayne County, Michigan:
Case #2202A, Proposed Land Division, Parcel #072-99-0003-705, NW Corner of Michigan and Henry Ruff, Brian
Williams (Warren C. Evans)
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that a public meeting of the City of Westland Planning Commission will be held at City Hall,
36300 Warren Road, Westland, Michigan at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, August 2, 2017.
Written comments may be submitted to the Planning Commission before 5:00 p.m. one (1) day prior to the scheduled meeting.
Kenneth B. Sharp, Chairman
Westland Planning Commission
Publish: July 13, 2016
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CITY OF WESTLAND
SYNOPSIS OF MINUTES
MTG. 13 7/3/17
Presiding: President Godbout
Present: Cicirelli Bryant, Coleman, Hammons, Herzberg, Johnson, Kehrer
115: JGHS Homecoming Parade 10/13/17.
- Crunch Fitness Charity 5K Run 9/9/17.
- Prof. Svcs. Agrmnt. w/Buccilli Group LLC for construction Inspection Support Svcs.: $60/hour
on as needed basis.
- IGA w/Wayne Co. Land Bank Corp. for use of Land Bank Svcs.
- SMART Contract allocating City's $82,726 in municipal & $109,843 in community credits to Nankin Transit.
- Purchase of SCADA System for DPS; Kennedy Industries; amt. not to ex. $23,165.
- Purchase of Ford F-250 for CD; amt. not to ex. $24,893.28.
- Purchase of 5 new Police Interceptor Utility Vehicles for PD; am.t not to ex. $152,114.10.
- Purchase of 2017 Police Interceptor Utility Vehicle to replace Vehicle #313; amt. not to ex. $30,422.82.
- Approval/Ratification of Emergency Expenditures for Cowan Rd. sewer line repairs; cost not anticipated to ex. $600,000.
- Intro Ord. 194-B-Non-Discrimination Ordinance.
116: Minutes of regular meeting on 6/19/17.
117: Adopt Ord. 5-A-9 re. Emergency Response Recovery Cost.
118: Contract w/AccuMed Billing Inc. for billing svcs. associated w/Fire Cost Recovery Ord. 5-A-9.
119: Appr. checklist: $1,871,013.26.
Mtg. adj. at 8:27 p.m.
James Godbout
Susan Hoff
Council President
Deputy City Clerk
Publish: July 13, 2017
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Inkster residents facing legal
action or criminal complaints
received a visit from law enforce-
ment officials last week.
Inkster Police Chief William
Riley said that investigators from
Inkster and officers from the
Wayne
County
Sheriff's
Department, Michigan State
Police, agents of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation, the
United States Marshal's Service
and the Bureau of Alcohol
Tobacco and Firearms conduct-
ed sweeps throughout Inkster
and the surrounding area June
29 and 30, serving outstanding
warrants.
Officers from the pooled law
enforcement contingencies
arrested 17 wanted individuals
and served nine felony warrants
and eight high-misdemeanor
warrants.
Riley said that the sweep of
law enforcement was directed
primarily at individuals wanted
for violent offenses.
Riley said the combined pool
of law enforcement agencies and
professionals was an important
effort.
“Combining our resources
has allowed us to utilize federal
and state resources to make
these arrests, and we will contin-
ue in the future tomaintain these
relationships, and work together
to rid Inkster of violent offend-
ers,” Riley said in a prepared
statement.
“I would like to thank all of
the agencies involved for their
support in this operation, and I
look forward to their continued
support in our city as we all work
to make our city a safer, better
place for everyone.”
Riley said the sweeps would
continue throughout the summer
in a combined law enforcement
effort, arresting individuals who
have been charged with crimes
in Inkster or who have outstand-
ing Inksterwarrants.
In addition to getting a good workout at
area gyms, gym-goers can do something for
the environment and help someone in
need. Midwest Recycling has placed a Shoe
Collection Station inside several gyms
throughout the area so that people can
donate gently-used shoes to help a person
inneed.
“It's only been six weeks since it was
placed in here and it looks to be about half
full,” said Brad Goodstein, owner of
RetroFit Studio. “People are donating and
it seems like they like being able to do
something good.”
Midwest Recycling in Inkster has part-
nered
with
HERO,
Homeless
Empowerment Relationship Organization,
in a shoe fundraising effort.
HERO is a non-profit organization dedi-
cated to help the homeless or at risk of
homelessness.
The Shoe Collection Fundraiser is col-
lecting shoes at local gyms to be reused,
recycled, and re-purposed. Rather than
these shoes being thrown into a landfill,
Midwest Recycling gives a portion to
HERO and ships the rest to second hand
sellers across the world including Europe,
Asia, South America, the Middle East and
Africa.
“This is truly about the environment,”
said Abe Hachem, president and CEO of
Midwest Recycling. “The program's expec-
tation is to make sure nothing goes to a
landfill. In addition, these products, which
are still in good condition, will be reused.”
The excess shoes are sold as a fundrais-
er forHERO.
“The box was full in a matter of no
time,” said Carrie Miller, manager of Title
Boxing Club in Canton and Northville. “It
was emptied out the other day and there
are already about four pairs in there. The
boxes have made people aware of both the
programand the need, it's great.”
Currently, there are Shoe Collection
Stations for recycled shoes inside more
than 20 gyms in Michigan including
Anytime Fitness in Westland and Canton
Township andHighVelocity, also inCanton.
Interim department director
named in Northville Township
Amy Prevo has been named as the
interimYouth Assistance Director for
NorthvilleTownship.
Township Manager Chip Snider
made the announcement of Prevo's
appointment last week. Her new title
became effective July 10.
“Amy brings extensive experience
and will add the necessary leader-
ship and depth that will assist our
transition with the retirement of cur-
rent Director Sue Campbell,” said
Snider.
Campbell currently works with
Prevo and has the utmost respect for
her experience and accomplish-
ments, Snider added. Prevo recently
has served as the associate director
for the Center of Educational
Outreach at the University of
Michigan inAnnArbor.
She earned her master's degree in
Educational Leadership with a con-
centration in guidance and counsel-
ing.
“Prevo has a solid background in
building andmaintaining strong rela-
tionships which continues the values
and commitment of Northville Youth
Assistance,” Snider concluded.
Boxes like this one can be found in local
gyms for the donation of shoes for a char-
ity collection effort.
Stepping up
Inkster firm sponsors environmental
effort to collect used shoes for re-use
