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August 23, 2018
Council OK’s repairs to Fish Hatchery Park
Former mayor named as counsel for Michigan League
Temple robbery suspect sought
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ORTHVILLE
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LYMOUTH
Fish Hatchery Park in
Northville will be the site of
some needed repairs soon.
Members of the Northville
City Council approved an inter-
governmental agreement with
Wayne County to fund a retaining
wall repair project in the park.
The $159,016 project will be
funded with two budget years of
Wayne County Park Millage allo-
cations, totaling $100,000. The
funds will help pay for replace-
ment of a portion of the retaining
wall that separates a pond from
the Johnson Creek in Fish
HatcheryPark.
Officials said the repairs will
prevent the collapse of the wall,
which would cause dirt and
other sediment from the pond to
flow into the creek. Because
attempts to obtain grant funding
from various organizations were
not successful during the past
two years, the scope of the proj-
ect was downsized and the total
amount of $159,016 is being fund-
ed by the Wayne County Park
MillageFunds.
The amount in excess of
$100,000 will come from later fis-
cal year allocations of the mill-
age, according to officials.
The contracts were awarded
to SME, of Plymouth, for design
and engineering, and TSP
Environmental, of Redford, for
removal and construction of 40
linear feet of the retainingwall.
Former Northville Mayor
Christopher J. Johnson has been
named as the new general coun-
sel for the Michigan Municipal
League.
Johnson, a 30-year career
municipal attorney, will now be
the legal counsel for the executive
director and board of trustees of
the organization and oversee the
legal issues of the league. He suc-
ceeds William Mathewson who
retired after 40 years with the
Municipal League.
Johnson, a founding partner
with the law firm of Johnson,
Rosati, Schultz & Joppoich, has a
long list of municipal defense cre-
dentials and professional mem-
berships. He is admitted to all
state and federal courts in
Michigan, the U.S. Sixth Circuit
Court of appeals and the U.S.
Supreme Court. Hewas named as
a Top Lawyer by Hour magazine
andDBusiness in 2010.
Johnson was mayor of
Northville from 1987 until 2015
when he opted not to seek reelec-
tion. He was chosen as the 2015
Citizen of the Year by the
NorthvilleChamber of Commerce
and also served on the Northville
Schools Board of Education from
1976 through 1987.
times and felt it was best to operate from
the main Northville Township fire station
onSixMileRoad.
“I can't stress enough how much we
appreciated the opportunity Plymouth
Townshipprovidedus,”Mutchler said.
Phillips agreed with Mutchler calling
them“goodneighbors.”
“Sincewe're hiring the three additional
firefighters we need…we will no longer
need Northville's assistance. Northville
has always been there when we need
them and we're confident that the friend-
shipwill continue,” Phillips said.
According to Phillips, even with the
combined fire services arrangement in
place it is necessary to “brown-out” or
close down one of the three Plymouth
Township fire stations on a regular basis
due the insufficient staffing levels, vaca-
tions, and sick days. He is operating the
department with overtime to keep the sta-
tions open asmuchas possible.
Northville Township, which is almost
equal in size and population to Plymouth
Township, has 27 full-time firefighters.
Phillips said the pending three new hires
set for this year would bring the Plymouth
Township department staffing to 24 from
the current 21.
Last month, members of the Plymouth
Township Board of Trustees approved a
ballot proposal for a public safety millage.
If approved by voters Nov. 6, the proposal
will impose a 1.2 mill tax levy to fund both
the police and fire departments in the
township. The millage request is needed
to aid the public safety funding and the
unfunded legacy payments, officials said.
Phillips described the need to replace the
rapidly aging fleet of fire trucks and ambu-
lance vehicles still in use by the township
as “critical.”
Board members recently approved the
purchase of a new $635,061 fire engine to
replace the obsolete 29-year-old open-cab
model that is now illegal in some areas.
The township has three aged fire engines,
the newest of which is 18-years-old. The
other two fire trucks are 26 and 29 years
old, according to department records.
Plymouth Township Police are seeking
help in identifying a woman seen taking
thousands of dollars from a donation box
at the Gurdwara Sahib Sikh Temple at
40600 Schoolcraft Road at 4:05 p.m. on
Sunday, Aug. 12.
The woman had been seen at the Sikh
Temple the previous two Sundays, accord-
ing to police reports.
Surveillance videos from the temple
show the suspect stuffing a purse with
cash estimated at between $2-3,000, then
exiting the building in a gray Ford Fusion.
The subject has dark hair, amediumbuild
and a tattoo on the inside of her left fore-
arm, according to police. The purse seen
in the video is described as “distinctive”
black, white and red with an over-the-
shoulder strap.
Anyone with information about he inci-
dent or the identity of the suspect is asked
to call Plymouth Township Police
DetectiveCharlieRozumat (734) 354-3246.
Don Howard
Staff Writer
Station
FROM PAGE 1
Donna Marie Keough
Donna Marie Keough,
76, of Plymouth,
died Aug. 19, 2018.
Mrs. Keough was born in
Detroit to Stanley and
Marion Baloh on Feb, 19,
1942. She was a graduate
of Fordson High School
and attended Henry Ford
Community College before
earning her bachelors
degree with honors from
the University of Michigan.
She was a teacher in the
Southgate schools before
her career at Pioneer
Middle School in Plymouth.
She was a long-time and
active member of the
Plymouth community and
was the exhibits director for
the Plymouth Historical
Museum for 25 years. She
was also an avid member
of the Plymouth Garden
Club. Mrs. Keough was a
supporter of many organi-
zations including the
Michigan Philharmonics
and the Gordon Hall
Historical Society in Dexter.
She and Susan Schrader
founded the Plymouth
Questors Group.
Mrs. Keough loved spend-
ing time with her family and
especially enjoyed taking
her grandchildren to the
library and Greenfield
Village.
Among her survivors are
her husband of 53 years,
William Keough; two loving
children Shawn (Chrissy)
Keough
and
Shane
(Colleen) Keough; four
grandchildren,
Carly,
Megan, Griffin and Brady
Keough; a brother, Bruce
Baloh; a nephew, Bruce
Jacob Baloh, and a niece,
Brandy Lynn Baloh.
Funeral arrangements were
entrusted to the Schrader-
Howell Funeral Home in
Plymouth. A funeral Mass
was planned for today,
Aug. 23, at St. John
Neumann Catholic Church
in Canton Township. In lieu
of flowers, memorial dona-
tions may be made to
Angela Hospice or the
Plymouth
Historical
Museum.
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