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the ability to close, at least temporarily,
Union Street at Ann Arbor Trail to incor-
porate the green space in front of the
Wilcox House. Sincock mentioned that
Union Street was not open to Ann Arbor
Trail 43 years ago.
Wolcott said one of the goals of the proj-
ect was tomake the parkmore usable year
round and replace the current center-
piece fountain which has withstood
decades of use.
“We want to make something that has
lasting appeal to as many people as possi-
ble,”Wolcott said.
Wolcott explained that brick pavers,
trees and landscaping would be installed
in an effort to strengthen the connection to
Union Street and harmonize the area in
front of the Wilcox House. Union Street
would be closed by the use of large
planters that could be moved for special
events and festivals, according to the plans
presented.
Other improvements include new mov-
able park benches, receptacles and other
outdoor furniture. An 18-inch high wall
will run the full length of Main, from
Penniman to almost Ann Arbor Trail
according to theDDA sponsoredproposal.
Jeff Horvath, CEO of Wesco Fountains,
said the focus of the design was to “cele-
brate historic, economic, natural and cul-
tural amenities and strengthen connectivi-
ty to downtown.” Landscape architect
Marc Russell of Russell Design of
Northville said the design was an effort to
connect the park more strongly to the sur-
rounding streetscape. The plan to move
the fountain 21 feet to the west, he said,
would bring it to the center of the park
when the green space in front of the
Wilcox House across Union Street was
included.
He said that some of the trees in the
park are diseased and many of the
Norway maples need to come down as
they are not suited for the conditions.
There are plans to sell engraved pavers
on the main north-south sidewalk of the
park as fundraisers to offset some of the
expense,Wolcott explained.
More information about the project is
available
at
downtownplymouth.or/documentCenter/V
iew/382 and renderings are available at
downtownplymouth.org/DocumentCenter/
View/382..
Following protests from sever-
al residents, Plymouth Township
officials did not act on a pro-
posed contract changewithRizzo
Environmental Services last
week. The proposed change, on
the agenda for the second time,
was a resolution to exercise a
contract option to facilitate auto-
mated trash pick-up in the town-
ship. The item was listed on the
meeting agenda for considera-
tion by the board of trustees on
Sept. 27 and then revisited Oct.
11. Attempts to revise the current
township solid waste contract
failed after prolonged discussion
and continued adverse public
comment. There was no consen-
sus among officials who were
unable to even call a vote on the
matter as members remained
silent when asked for a decision.
According to the language of
the $11 million contract with
Rizzo, the township was allowed
to change from curbside hand
collection to automated pick-up
utilizing rolling carts of 64 or 96
gallons belonging to Rizzo.
Residents complained that the
carts would be difficult to handle
for seniors, were generally
unwieldy and inconvenient to
store.
The contract revision with
Rizzowould have increased costs
by 76 cents permonth, per house-
hold. With approximately 8,600
residential household stops in
the township, the increase
amounts to $78,432 annually. It is
estimated that, if approved, the
new revised contract would have
generated more than $470,000 in
revenue for the trash hauler dur-
ing the remaining 6 of the cur-
rent 7-year contract, notwith-
standing their internal costs for
the carts nor the potential reduc-
tion inworkforce labor costs with
the automation option.
Rizzo is the company current-
ly embroiled in federal charges
of bribing municipal officials.
That investigation and charges
against a Clinton Township offi-
cial made headlines last week
when federal agents charged
Trustee Dean Reynolds of
Clinton Township with accepting
bribes of $50,000 and $70,000,
allegedly from Rizzo, for his
favorable vote on contracts with
that township. The bribe-giver
also provided and paid for
Reynolds' attorney during his
divorce as compensation for his
contract vote, according to the
charging documents.
A published statement from
Rizzo spokesperson Joseph A.
Munem said, “In this, as in all
matters, we're cooperating with
the legal authorities. We will fol-
low their guidance so long as it
may be required in the coming
weeks. We will continue to focus
on delivery of our services, and
to demonstrate to our employees,
partners and customers that we
remain the premier provider of
environmental services in our
community.”
Munem was involved in the
recent political campaign of
defeated township Supervisor
Shannon Price when it was
alleged hewas responsible for an
internet site critical of Price's
opponent in the township super-
visor election.
State Rep. Kurt Heise, who
defeated Price as a write-in can-
didate for the supervisor's posi-
tion during the primary election,
subsequently took Price to task
about the site at a regular public
meeting last January. The inter-
net site is critical of a Heise's
House Bill which would allow
future prisoners to be eligible for
release if they have served their
minimum sentence. Heise said
the site was the work of Munem,
“a political activist who is also
the head of government relations
forRizzoEnvironmental.”
According to a Michigan
Department of State Bureau of
Elections record of reported con-
tributions for the Price cam-
paign, Rizzo Environmental
Services PAC donated $1,000 in
2016.
The federal investigation is a
wide-ranging probe of political
corruption in local governments,
according to a spokesman for the
FBI, and is concerned primarily
withMacombCounty.
According to the Recycling
Today
website,
Rizzo
Environmental has been sold to
GFL Environmental Inc., a
Toronto-based firm. The acquisi-
tion was completed early this
month and the newly-formed
company is a subsidiary of GFL
to be called GFL-USA. Rizzo
Environmental currently pro-
vides collection services to more
than 40 municipalities in
Southeastern Michigan. Its recy-
cling operations, with three com-
mercial recycling facilities, serve
customers in lowerMichigan and
northernOhio.
According to the website,
Rizzo's current management
team, led by Chuck Rizzo, Jr., will
remainwithGLF-USA.
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Don Howard
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The federal investigation
is a wide-ranging probe of
political corruption in local governments,
according to a spokesman for the FBI...
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Residents criticize proposed trash contract
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Proposed Kellogg Park fountain drawing.
