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SSOCIATED
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EWSPAPERS OF
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ICHIGAN
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AGE
2
October 13, 2016
W
AYNE
- W
ESTLAND
It’s official
New fire chief takes oath of office
State will not name financial manager in Wayne
Distinguished grads sought
01. Obituaries
02. In Memoriam
03. Cards of Thanks
04. Monuments
& Cemetery Plots
05. Personals/Announcements
06. Legal Notices
07. Attorneys
08. Entertainment
09. Lost & Found
10. Coming Events
30. Help Wanted
31. Help Wanted Sales
32. Help Wanted Drivers
33. Child Care
34. Specialized Services
35. Situations Wanted
40. Business Opportunity
42. Health and Fitness
43. Money to Loan
44. Music/Art Lessons
45. Adult Care
46. Private Schools/Instruction
47. Riding/Horses/Stables
50. Pets & Supplies
54. Rummage Sales
55. Estate Sales
56. Flea Markets
57. Antiques
58. Garage and Yard Sales
59. Auctions
60. Moving Sales
61. Misc. Items
62. Building Supplies
63. Business and
OfficeEquipment
64. Lawn & Garden Supplies
65. Tree Service
66. Landscape / Nurseries
67. Garden Plant / Supplies
68. Garden / Produce
70. Masonry / Brickwork
72. Cleaning Services
73. Musical Merchandise
74. Sporting Goods
75. Boats / Accessories
76. Remodeling & Renovations
77. Recreation Vehicles
78. Hunting / Fishing
82. Wanted to Buy
87. Room for Rent
88. Duplexes for Rent
89. Apartments for Rent
90. Condos/Townhouses for Rent
92. Business Places for Rent
93. Banquet Halls
94. Farm Land for Rent
95. Real Estate
96. Houses for Rent
97. Cottages for Rent
98. Manufactured/Mobile Homes
99. Flats for Rent
100. Will Share
101. Wanted to Rent
102. Storage
103. Business Property for Sale
104. Farms & Acreage for Sale
105. Mobile Homes for Sale
106. Houses for Sale
107. Condos/Townhouses for Sale
108. Lake and Resort
109. Income Property
110. Lots for Sale
111. Out of State Property
112. Commercial Lease
113. Real Estate Wanted
114. Auto Accessories
115. Autos for Sale
116. Antique & Classic Cars
117. Trucks & Vans for Sale
118. Freebies
119. Auto Repairs
120. Motorcycles
121. Autos Wanted
Classified
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or Weekly! Earn up to
$1200/week!! CDL-A, 6
mos
OTR,
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305-7223
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HEIGHTS POLICE
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THE FOLLOWING
VEHICLES HAVE BEEN
DEEMED ABANDON AND
WILL BE SOLD AT PUB-
LIC AUCTION ON
October 20, 2016
AT 2:00 P.M.
DALTON TOWING
1950 Bailey
Dearborn MI 48124
734-946-1336
2004 BUICK
RENDEZVOUS
3G5DA03EX4S570616
2001 BUICK
LESABRE
1G4HR54K71U242422
2003 CHEVROLET
IMPALA
2G1WF52E539108695
2002 CHEVROLET
CAVALIER
1G1JH12T127153502
1997 CHEVROLET
LUMINA
2G1WL52MXV1128040
2001 CHEVROLET
MONTE CARLO
2G1WX15K119352400
2000 CHEVROLET
BLAZER
2CNBJ18C9Y6906656
2006 CHRYSLER
TOWN & COUNTRY
1A4GP45R26B528882
2006 DODGE
STRATUS
1B3EL46X36N289493
2003 DODGE
NEON
1B3ES26C43D242754
2003 DODGE
82000 A
1B3ES56C43D200781
2005 FPRD
127276A
2FMZA51675BA59729
2001 FPRD
TAURUS
1FAFP52271G222342
2003 FORD
RANGER
1FTYR44V03PB10841
1997 FORD
RANGER
1FTCR10A7VPB52194
2001 FORD
TAURUS
1FAFP55S51G139438
2003 FORD
WINDSTAR
2FMZA52483BB62104
2004 FORD
ESCAPE
1FMYU03114KA26771
2009 GMC
JIMMY
1GKDT13W6Y2195444
1997 GMC
MPV
1GKDT13W2V2541730
1999 HONDA
CIVIC
1HGEJ6672XL034574
1998 JEEP
GRAND CHEROKEE
1J4GZ58Y2WC115728
2002 JEEP
GRAND CHEROKEE
1J8GW68J32C247729
2005 KIA
SEDONA
KNDUP132356673837
2000 MAZDA
MILLENNIA
JM1TA2226Y1608325
2002 OLDSMOBILE
SILHOUETTE
1GHDX13E42D177554
2003 SATURN
VUE
5GZCZ63B03S846302
PLEASE NOTE:
THE BIDDING WILL
START AT THE TOWING
AND STORAGE
CHARGES. There will be
additional auto parts for
sale.
The City of Westland has a new fire
chief for the first time in 16 years.
Last week, Michael Stradtner took his
oath of office as the new chief at the regu-
lar meeting of the city council. Stradtner
has been with the Westland Fire
Department for 21 years. He was hired in
January of 1995 afterworking for a private
ambulance company.
Stradtner's wife, Jennifer, was on hand
to see him take his oath of office adminis-
tered by Westland City Clerk Richard
LeBlanc. The couple has a 21 year-old-
daughter, twin 19-year-old daughters and
a son, 6.
“I promise to do the best I can to make
the fire department the best department it
can be,” said Stradtner, whomost recently
served as assistant fire chief/EMS coordi-
nator with the department. He is a gradu-
ate of LivoniaStevensonHighSchool.
MayorWilliamWild said that he looked
forward to Stradtner moving the depart-
ment forward and also said that he want-
ed to recognize former Fire Chief Michael
Reddy Jr. who was the youngest fire chief
ever appointed in the city. Reddy left his
city position after 16 years, and then led
the Wayne-Westland and Inkster fire
departments as an outside contractor
until accepting a new appointment as
assistant toWild lastmonth.
Stradtner will now also lead theWayne
Fire Department as part of the joint
agreement for services with that commu-
nity.
The audience was filled with firefight-
ers in attendance to show support for
their new chief along with friends and
familymembers of Stradtner.
Fears of a state-assigned finan-
cial manager in the City of Wayne
may be somewhat premature or
evenwithout basis.
City officials were notified last
week that Wayne does not meet
any of the various 19 conditions of
financial stress required by state
law for intervention in local
municipalities.
Mayor SusanRowe announced
publicly that she had requested a
state review following the defeat
of a fundingmechanism, Proposal
S, in the August election.
Currently, Plante Moran auditors
have predicted that the city will
be out of cash by late 2017 or early
2018 and the municipality cur-
rently faces a $1.9 million budget
shortfall.
Rowe, City Manager Lisa
Nocerini, Police Chief Alan
Maciag and Brian Camiller of
Plante Moran met with state
treasury officials last month to
discuss the financial situation in
Wayne. A letter from the treasury
department this week clarified
the position of the state and cited
the nearly $2.4 million fund bal-
ance in the city. The state treasury
letter suggested that the local offi-
cials make more spending cuts.
State officials also suggested that
the city change retiree health
care to a monthly stipend and use
labor negotiations to address
retirement costs.
Councilman Chris Sanders
said that while he was initially
gratified to hear the decision not
to intervene by the state and felt it
would allow the city to take
charge of their own destiny, fur-
ther reflection caused him some
concern. He said the decision
sends “mixed messages” to the
public.
Sanders said he, for one, was
sincere when telling voters that
there could be a state emergency
financial manager in the city
when he campaigned for the
defeated August millage. He said
that now it could appear that city
officials were attempting to mis-
lead the voters, which, he said,
was certainly never the case.
He added that the prediction
of state involvement was based on
past cases and on the information
that he and others on the city
council had been provided. He
said at the time that the inference
that he and others supporting the
millage were using “scare tactics”
was incorrect.
“I think this could leave the
wrong impression with our citi-
zens,” he said.
Sanders added that the city
still faces serious financial peril
and that he agreed with Rowe
that serious action is necessary.
foot building which had served
the City of Westland since 1966.
This allowed many city depart-
ments to be joined at one location,
providing the convenience to resi-
dents of a “one-stop shop”. City
officials evaluated several alter-
native locations, but none were as
cost-effective and structurally con-
ducive to the transformation into
a leading ecologically sound facili-
ty.
“Westland City Hall project has
received acclaim and awards
from multiple organizations,”
commented Mayor William Wild.
“The AWPA has awarded the
Westland City Hall project with
this award at the local, state and
now national level. It has
strengthened the city's profile as
one of southeast Michigan's lead-
ing innovative and environmental-
ly conscientious cities.”
The City Hall project was also
chosen as the winner of the
Michigan Municipal League
Community Excellence Award.
The newly-renovated Jefferson
Barns Community Vitality Center
also received the National
Community
Development
Association, Audrey Nelson
Community
Development
Achievement Award and the
National Association of Housing
and Redevelopment Officials,
National Agency Award of
Excellence.
“I am extremely proud of the
positive recognition that the city
has received for these recent
investments and equally proud of
the pride that our residents have
shown with these awards,” con-
cludedWild.
New Westland Fire Chief Michael Stradtner takes his oath of office from City Clerk
Richard LeBlanc.
Award
FROM PAGE 1
John Glenn High School is
seeking a graduate who has dis-
tinguished themselves in their
career field to be honored during
the graduation ceremony next
June.
The commencement ceremo-
ny traditionally includes a pres-
entation to a former graduate
who has achieved excellence and
the Faculty Council at the high
school is seeking nominations for
the honor, the Distinguished
Alumnus Award, this year.
School officials said that suc-
cess stories of graduates are a
positive motivation for the gradu-
ating seniors and the students at
the school.
Nominations for the award
are being accepted by Susan
Fishaw, counseling secretary at
John Glenn High School, 36105
Marquette, Westland, MI 48185.
For more information, call (734)
419-2332.
All nominations will be
reviewed by members of the fac-
ulty council who will select the
honoree for 2017.
