Preparations are already under way
for the 19th Annual Romulus Pumpkin
Festival, planned for Sept. 16, 17 and 18 at
RomulusHistorical Park, 11147Hunt St.
Each year, on the third full weekend in
September, the Romulus festival begins
with a night parade in which every entry
is lighted frombicycles to cement trucks.
Organizers said that thousands of peo-
ple line Goddard Road to wait for the
parade to pass by. On Saturday, the street
festival offers musical entertainment,
food, crafts and games for all ages.
Visitors can enter a pumpkin rolling,
pumpkin pie eating or a pumpkin seed-
spitting contest.
A popular attraction is the Classic Car
Show but many visitors come to relax and
listen to the music, organizers said. The
event is organized annually by the
Downtown Development Authority (DDA)
Pumpkin Festival committee, and is "a
harvest celebration that generates enthu-
siastic spirit and regenerates our sense of
community."
The original PumpkinFestival commit-
tee was established in 1996 and the first
festival took place in September, 1997.
The Pumpkin Festival Committee meets
at 6:30 p.m. the first Tuesday of the month
at Romulus City Hall, 11111 Wayne Road,
Romulus in the City Council Chambers.
Themeetings are open to the public.
For more information, call the
Pumpkin Festival hotline at (734) 955-
4577.
The Northville Historical Society will
sponsor the 2016 Heritage Festival
Victorian Clothing Sale from 1-7 p.m.
Wednesday, Sept. 7, Thursday, Sept. 8. and
Friday, Sept. 9 at Mill Race Historical
Village, 215 Griswold St. north of Main
Street.
Victorian era clothing and accessories
for adults and children will be available
for purchase from various vendors. Some
clothing is new, some gently used and
some is vintage.
There is a $2 admission charge per
adult visiting the sale.
Cash sales are preferred and some
vendors may not accept checks or credit
cards.
For more information, call (248) 348-
1845 from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. Monday
throughWednesday or email office@mill-
racenorthville.org
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Pumpkin Festival dates are set in Romulus
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MINUTES OF REGULAR ROMULUS CITY COUNCIL MEETING
July 25, 2016
Romulus City Hall Council Chambers, 11111 Wayne Rd. Romulus, MI 48174
The meeting was called to order at 7:30 p.m. by Mayor Pro-Tem Barden.
Pledge of Allegiance
Roll Call
Present:
Kathleen Abdo, John Barden, Linda Choate, Harry Crout, Celeste Roscoe, Sylvia Makowski,
William Wadsworth.
Administrative Officials in Attendance:
LeRoy D. Burcroff, Mayor
Ellen L. Craig-Bragg, City Clerk
Stacy Paige, Treasurer
1.
Moved
by Crout,
seconded by
Abdo
to accept the agenda as amended.
Motion Carried Unanimously
.
16-309 2A.
Moved by
Wadsworth,
seconded by
Abdo,
to approve the minutes of the regular meeting of the
Romulus City Council held on July 11, 2016.
Motion Carried Unanimously
.
3. Petitioner:
*3A.
Deleted from agenda.*
16-310 3B.
Moved by
Roscoe,
seconded by
Choate,
to approve PC-2015-029/030; Michigan Components
(28111 Northline), special land use request for a contractors storage yard. (Mr. Ray Parker, Hennessey
Engineering, presented the request for the special land use.)
Motion Carried Unanimously
.
4. Chairperson’s Report:
16-311 4A.
Moved by
Roscoe,
seconded by
Wadsworth,
to approve the Wickham Road Water Main
Improvement Contract with Blue Ribbon Contracting.
Motion Carried Unanimously
.
16-312 4B.
Moved by
Makowski,
seconded by
Roscoe,
to approve the settlement of a claim by Infinity in an
amount not to exceed $2,000.
Motion Carried Unanimously
.
16-313 4C.
Moved by
Wadsworth,
seconded by
Roscoe,
to adopt a memorial resolution for the family of Lee
Prybyla.
Motion Carried Unanimously
.
4.
Moved by
Roscoe,
seconded by
Choate,
to accept the Chairperson’s Report.
Motion Carried Unanimously
.
5. Mayor’s Report:
Mayor Burcroff presented a video of upcoming City events.
16-314
*
5F.
Moved by
Makowski,
seconded by
Crout,
to concur with the administration and authorize the
mayor and clerk to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Romulus and the 34 th
District Court for the purpose of pursuing the construction of a new 34 th District Court facility in the City of
Romulus.
Motion Carried Unanimously
.
16-315 5A.
Moved by
Makowski,
seconded by
Abdo,
to concur with the administration and adopt a resolution
in support of the Senior Alliance Annual Implementation Plan for Aging Services for fiscal year 2017 as pre-
sented.
Motion Carried Unanimously
.
16-316 5B.
Moved by
Wadsworth,
seconded by
Roscoe,
to concur with the administration and authorize the
mayor and clerk to enter into the on-going services contract with MKSK Studios for basic transportation plan-
ning consulting.
Motion Carried Unanimously
.
16-317 5C.
Moved by
Makowski,
seconded by
Roscoe,
to concur with the administration and adopt a resolu-
tion supporting the establishment of an industrial district for BKG Wahrman LLC.
Motion Carried
Unanimously
.
16-318 5D.
Moved by
Makowski,
seconded by
Roscoe,
to utilize existing funding from the elimination of a full-
time benefitted community services director position within the FY 16/17 Budget for the purpose of hiring a part-
time human resources director.
FUND/DEPT.
CURRENT
AMEND-
ED
ACCOUNT NO.
ACCOUNT NAME
BUDGET AMENDMENT
BUDGET
General Fund
Expense
101-747-702.000
Salaries - Community
Outreach/Services Directors 116,960 50,810 66,150
101-270-703.000
Part-Time Salaries
- Human Resources
– 46,750 46,750
101-270-715.000
Social Security
- Human Resources 5,050 2,900 7,950
101-270-715.001
Medicare
- Human Resources
1,180 680 1,860
101-270-720.000
Worker’s Comp
- Human Resources 340 480 820
To utilize existing funding from the elimination of a Full-time benefitted Community Outreach Director position
within the FY16/17 Budget for the purpose of hiring a Part-time Human Resource Director. This budget amend-
ment has no impact on General Fund, Fund Balance.
Motion Carried Unanimously
.
16-319 5E.
Moved by
Roscoe,
seconded by
Wadsworth,
to recognize the additional construction engineering
costs associated with the Wickham Road project and the offset of reimbursable revenues from the Michigan
Department of Transportation.
FUND/DEPT.
CURRENT
AMENDED
ACCOUNT NO.
ACCOUNT NAME
BUDGET
AMENDMENT BUDGET
Major Roads Fund
Revenue
202-000-547.000
STPU Grant (MDOT reimb) -
57,280 57,280
Expense
202-463-980.021
Wickham Road Project
110,550 57,280 167,830
To recognize the additional construction engineering costs associated with the Wickham Road project and the
offset of reimbursable revenues from the Michigan Department of Transportation.
Motion Carried
Unanimously
.
6A. Clerk’s Report:
16-320 6A1.
Moved by
Makowski,
seconded by
Crout,
to approve second reading and final adoption of Budget
Amendment 16/17-4, General Fund, which was introduced at the Council meeting of July 11, 2016.
Motion
Carried Unanimously
.
16-321 6A2.
Moved by
Wadsworth,
seconded by
Abdo,
to schedule a one-hour study session with Council on
Monday, August 8, 2016 at 6:30 p.m. to discuss the usage and leasing of Fire Station #1. The meeting will be
held in the Romulus City Hall Council Chambers.
Motion Carried Unanimously
.
16-322 6A3.
Moved by
Choate,
seconded by
Crout,
to approve the following dates for the 2016 City fall no-
fee yard sales: Thursday, Sept. 22 nd thru Sunday, Sept. 25 th with rain dates – Thursday, Sept. 29 th thru Sunday,
Oct. 2 nd .
Motion Carried Unanimously
.
6B. Treasurer’s Report
7. Public Comment:
A citizen inquired about the salary range for the new part-time human resources director. The same citizen asked
if any other cities expressed an interest in housing the 34 th District Court.
8. Unfinished Business:
Mayor Burcroff explained that human resources was once part of the chief of staff’s duties. Since the chief of
staff no longer has human resources duties, the salary for chief of staff now reflects that and a part-time human
resources director has been hired. Mayor Burcroff answered the question regarding the 34 th District Court – An
operating agreement was established in 1998 with Van Buren Township, Sumpter Township, Huron Township,
and the City of Belleville that Romulus would host the 34 th District Court and that agreement is still current. The
City of Romulus collects some of the fines and forfeitures from the operations of the court.
9. New Business
10. Communication:
Councilwoman Makowski read a list of upcoming events at the library.
16-323 10A.
Moved by
Makowski,
seconded by
Wadsworth,
to adopt a resolution recognizing the 63 rd wed-
ding anniversary of Arnell and Reasther Everett.
Motion Carried Unanimously
.
16-324
11.
Moved by
Choate,
seconded by
Makowski,
to pay Warrant 16-14 in the amount of
$2,749,644.29.
Motion Carried Unanimously
.
12.
Moved by
Wadsworth,
seconded by
Roscoe,
to adjourn the regular meeting of the Romulus City Council.
Motion Carried Unanimously
.
I, Ellen L. Craig-Bragg, Clerk for the City of Romulus, Michigan do hereby certify the foregoing to be a true
copy of the minutes of the regular meeting of the Romulus City Council held on July 25, 2016.
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OMULUS
Three City of Northville police
officers, Peter Davis, David
Randall and Matthew Duggins,
were each recognized with a
Lifesaving Award for heroic efforts
performed while on duty in two
separate incidents.
In April 2016, Davis and
Randall responded to a 911 call
from the husband of a 60-year-old
female, who was experiencing dif-
ficulty breathing. Upon arrival, the
officers assessed the woman and
found she was not breathing and
had no detectable pulse. They
began CPR and continued it until
an emergency medical unit
arrived and took over treatment.
After several minutes, a pulse
was detected and the woman was
transported to a local hospital. She
lived through the night but unfor-
tunately died the next day due to a
pre-existingmedical condition.
In September 2015, Randall
and Duggins responded to an
injury car crash at Main Street
and Northville Road, where they
discovered a 44-year-old male
driver was slumped over the steer-
ing wheel and unresponsive.
Randall assessed the man and
detected a pulse but it soon faded
and he stopped breathing. He and
Duggins began CPR and contin-
ued until they were relieved by
respondingmedical units.
Theman's wifewas in the car at
the time and a local shop owner
saw the accident and came over to
attend to the woman while the
police and emergency team
worked to revive her husband.
Once the man was stabilized, he
was transported to an area hospi-
tal.
Randall took the woman to the
hospital to be with her husband
and checked in on him the next
day. The man recovered and is
nowalive andwell.
“Typically, there are only one or
two Lifesaving awards given in a
year. It is one of the highest honors
you can receive as a police offi-
cer,” said Police Chief Michael
Carlson. “We all get into this busi-
ness to help others and if you save
a life, it doesn't get any better than
that.”
The three officers received
their Lifesaving Award, a rectan-
gular white ribbon with a center
red stripe, at a recognition cere-
mony this summer. Each now has
multiple Lifesaving Awards with
the Northville City Police
Department.
Northville Mayor Ken Roth
said, “The City of Northville is for-
tunate to have officers who are
dedicated to serving our commu-
nity and saving lives. The actions
of these officers who received the
Lifesaving Award represent the
ideal of a police officer.”
It is one of the highest honors
you can receive as a police officer.
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Officers honored for life saving efforts
