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ROMULUS - WESTLAND
ROMULUS - WESTLAND

Good neighbors

Westland police department slates series of community meetings

The Westland Police now move to tackle the con- Road.
Department has developed a cerns in other areas of the com- An additional meeting will
new community policing initia- munity.” take place at 10 a.m. July 31 at
tive called the Westland Police With the cooperation of Curtis Woods Park with a spe-
Neighborhood Safety Program. Westland residents, the cific focus on the neighbor-
Working in partnership with Westland Police Department hoods south of Cherry Hill to
neighborhood residents, the will be able to identify neigh- Palmer and from Newburgh
Westland Police Department borhood traffic concerns; East to Wayne Road. Curtis
will identify and resolve specif- neighbor disputes; vandalism; Woods Park is located at 36400
ic quality of life problems or potential drugs; thefts and Palmer Road.
concerns, police officials said. safety concerns. Police officers Wild, Police Chief Jeff
“Our police department will provide neighborhood spe- Jedrusik and members of the
kicked off the Neighborhood cific crime statistics and safety Westland Community Police
Safety Program in June at tips, officials said. Team will be in attendance for
Stottlemyer Park and we had a The next neighborhood safe- both of these meetings.
lot of great discussion and ty meeting will take place at 10 There will be regular meet-
engagement from residents in a.m. Saturday, July 17 at Voss ings scheduled throughout the
the surrounding area,” com- Park with a specific focus being year in order to specifically
mented Mayor William R. Wild. on the neighborhoods south of focus individually on Westland
“Recognizing that every neigh- Cherry Hill to Palmer and from neighborhoods, Wild said.
borhood has different concerns Venoy east to Henry Ruff. Voss Further information will land.com and https://www.face- Community-Partnership-
and public safety needs, we Park is located at 30600 Palmer available at www.cityofwest- book.com/Westland-Police- 548583351829011

Romulus reinstates delinquent water shut-off penalties

Those with late water bills in effective July 2 and includes the only applies to the current charges periods before July 1, 2021 must previous payment plan, officials
Romulus could be subject to a shut former provisions which include if the balance is not paid in full by contact the water department to said. Residents can contact the
off of service, city officials cau- water shut off for delinquencies of the due date, officials said. make arrangements for a payment water department at (734) 942-7560
tioned. $300 or more. Accounts with delinquent water plan on the past due amount. for more information or to make
The delinquent water policy in There is also a 10-percent bills more than $300 will be subject All customers will be eligible payment arrangements. Business
the city, deferred during the penalty fee assessed to water bills to disconnection. Those residents for a new payment plan, regard- hours are 8 a.m. until 4 p.m.
COVID pandemic, was reinstated beginning in July. The 10-percent who have unpaid water bills for less if they have defaulted on a Monday through Friday.
Candidate appeals removal from mayoral primary ballot

Whether William Asper's ally a Canton Township resi- name added to the list of candi- which he has owned since 2018 stamped “vacant.”
name appears on the Aug. 3 pri- dent. dates vying to replace incum- and that he owns several other He has admitted that he was
mary election ballot in Mayor William R. Wild and bent Wild. properties in Westland. not a Westland resident when
Westland will be determined by City Council President Jim Hart Asper has admitted that he According to city records, the he filed his petition for office
Michigan Secretary of State. serve on the commission and only registered to vote in Allegan property has not had but claims he will reside in the
Asper's name was removed made the unanimous decision Westland the same day he filed water service since June of 2020 Allegan Court home. He is ask-
from the list of viable mayoral to remove Asper's name from his petition to seek election and and does not have a valid cer- ing the secretary of state to
candidates by Westland City the ballot based on his residen- that he was not a Westland resi- tificate of occupancy. Mail sent force the city to invalidate any
Clerk Richard LeBlanc follow- cy status. dent when he filed seeking the to Asper at the address he pro- already returned absentee bal-
ing a meeting of the city elec- Asper has filed an appeal of office. vided on his candidacy paper- lots and then issue new ballots
tion commission where it was the June 2 decision to the secre- He claims that he was reno- work was returned to LeBlanc's that include his name as a can-
determined that Asper is actu- tary of state hoping to have his vating a home on Allegan Court office as undeliverable and didate for mayor.

Business

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Miles said. “I can stand here
today and say that we are proud
to partner with the City of
Romulus on the development
and announcement of Ecorse
Commons. Romulus is an up-
and-coming community, and
Northpoint is pleased to be the
jet fuel.”
The grand openings of
LaserShip, Pitney Bowes,
Hearn Industrial and DHL fur-
ther demonstrate the rapid
growth taking place across
Romulus, with nearly 30 new
businesses having launched in
the city over the past 18 months
as a result of FAST TRACK, an
economic initiative implement-
ed by the city to streamline the
review and planning process,
officials said. The 850,000-
square-foot Amazon develop-
ment is one that utilized the
FAST TRACK program, as well
as the 135,000-square-foot
Kroger fulfillment center.
'When we think about what's
happening here today in
Romulus, it's about more than a
$45 million dollar investment,”
Rahal said. “This is an old
Brownfield site that's going to
create jobs and increase invest-
ments, creating revenue for the
city, the county, the region and
local schools. This is a phenom-
enal development for this com-
munity, and I'm thrilled to be
here to celebrate its success.”