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moved the voting machines to the middle
school, where voters in Precincts 1 and 14
would be casting ballots on Election Day.
Ron Witten of the city clerk's office demon-
strated to Williams how the tabulators
worked.
Craig-Bragg called the entire process was
a nice collaborative effort between the city,
schools, students and staff.
Eighth-grade history teacher Dan
McCabe said he encouraged all students to
vote for President, but said they also had the
opportunity to vote for candidates for U.S.
Senate, the House of Representatives, state
university seats and county level positions.
“We talked about the Electoral College a
lot in class,” he said. “We watch 'CNN
Student News,' have the kids stay up on the
debates and write about them. We had the
kids take a stand onwho they support and to
back it upwith the reading they do, so hope-
fully they could see how important this elec-
tion is.”
He said the text read by the students
broke down each candidate's position on
different issues.
Williams and parental volunteers Linda
Hardeman, Maria Schneider and Sylvia
Harris provided assistance during the mock
election, checking students' names off a
master list, handing them ballots, guiding
them to the voting booth, demonstrating
how to place their ballots into the voting
machine and even handing out “I voted”
stickers.
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Invitation to Bid
Sealed bids for Snow/Ice removal for the Westwood Community Schools will be accepted
until 3:00 PM, Thursday, November 8, 2012 in the Business Office, Westwood
Community Schools, 3335 S. Beech Daly, Dearborn Heights, Michigan 48125.
Specifications may be picked up at the above location beginning on Wednesday, October
24, 2012.
Publish: November 1 & 8, 2012
CITY OF ROMULUS INVITATION TO BID
ITB 12/13-06 POLICE VEHICLE CHANGEOVER
(1)
The City of Romulus, Michigan is seeking bids from qualified vendors to have fourteen new patrol
vehicles converted for use. The City anticipates removing useable equipment from existing fleet vehicles
and installing that equipment along with new equipment into twelve (12) 2013 Ford sedan interceptors
and two (2) 2013 Ford Interceptor Utility Vehicles.
(2)
A mandatory Pre-Bid meeting will be held at 10:00 a.m. on November 19, 2012 at the City of Romulus
Police Department located at 11165 Olive Street, Romulus, Michigan.
(3)
Qualified individuals and firms wishing to submit bids must use the forms provided by the City. Bid
forms and specifications may be obtained from the MITN system @ www.mitn.info.
(4)
Bids must be submitted in sealed envelopes and returned to the City Clerk's Office no later than 2:00
P.M., Monday, Novmeber 26, 2012. At approximately 2:15 p.m., local time all timely received bids are
to be publicly opened and read.
RESPONSE ENVELOPES MUST BE CLEARLY MARKED:
CITY OF ROMULUS CLERK'S OFFICE
ITB 12/13-06 POLICE VEHICLE CHANGEOVER
11111 Wayne Road,
Romulus, Michigan 48174
(5)
The City reserves the right to reject all bids and proposals and to waive technicalities.
(6)
For additional information contact Lynn A, Conway, City of Romulus, Purchasing Agent, by calling (734)
955-4568 or by emailing lconway@ci.romulus.mi.us .
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Thursday, November 08, 2012
Charter Township of Canton Board Closed Session Proceedings-October 30, 2012
6:00 P.M. - CLOSED SESSION - UPDATE ON UNION NEGOTIATIONS Motion by Demopoulos, supported by Williams, to move
from open session to closed session at 6:00 p.m. for the purpose of discussion of Union negotiations. Motion carried unanimously.
Members Present: Anthony, Bennett, Williams, Demopoulos, Taj, LaJoy, McLaughlin Staff Present: Gwyn Belcher, Kristen Kolb,
Wendy Trumbull; Deb Bilbrey-Honsowitz The closed session meeting was called to order by Supervisor LaJoy at 6:00 p.m. Motion by
Bennett, supported by Taj, to move from closed session to open session at 7:38 p.m. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Bennett,
supported by McLaughlin to adjourn at 7:36. p.m. Motion carried unanimously. - Philip LaJoy, Supervisor - Terry G. Bennett, Clerk -
Copies of the complete text of the Board Minutes are available at the Clerk's office of the Charter Township of Canton, 1150 S. Canton
Center Rd, Canton, MI 48188, during regular business hours and can also be accessed through our web site www.canton-mi.org after
Board Approval.
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CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF CANTON
ACCESS TO PUBLIC MEETINGS
The Charter Township of Canton will provide necessary reasonable auxiliary aids and services, such as signers for the hearing impaired
and audio tapes of printed materials being considered at the meeting, to individuals with disabilities at the meeting/hearing upon two
weeks notice to the Charter Township of Canton. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the
Charter Township of Canton by writing or calling the following:
Gwyn Belcher, ADA Coordinator
Charter Township of Canton, 1150 S. Canton Center Road
Canton, MI 48188
(734) 394-5260
Published: November 8, 2012
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R
OMULUS
- W
ESTLAND
Bid for shelter rejected
NorWayne history celebrated
It is a neighborhood of mayors, city coun-
cil representatives, city officials, state repre-
sentatives, county officials and school board
members.
Last month, the Norwayne community,
built in 1942 - 1943 marked the 70th anniver-
sary of its establishment at a Founders
Recognition dinner and at the Westland 2nd
Annual Octoberfest.
Norwayne is one of the oldest neighbor-
hoods in Westland, noted Mayor William R.
Wild.
Norwayne was built as part of President
Theodore Roosevelt's Arsenal of Democracy
to provide a permanent community of hous-
ing for workers in the defense industries,
with 1,500 residential units, schools, fire
house, churches, businesses and municipal
buildings in the 40s.
After World War II, returning servicemen
were given first priority to purchase these
homes from the federal government. This
makes Norwayne truly an All American
Community, as it provided the labor that
helped win World War II, provided housing
and services to returning veterans and
helped reduce the housing shortages in the
1940s,Wildnoted.
The neighborhood continues to provide
affordable housing for its current residents
and Norwayne has been home for many
people who have made their mark on
Westland, he added. In addition to the politi-
cal leaders, there have been many police
officers, clergy and other outstanding citi-
zens who have made the community their
home.
The current residents of the Norwayne
community, led by the Norwayne
Community Citizens Council, in partnership
with the City of Westland, neighborhood
churches, Wayne Westland Community
Schools and business owners, are striving to
create a more vibrant community of choice,
Wild said. The Norwayne Community
Citizens Council will organize the placing of
a historicmarker in the community late next
summer, marking the anniversary of the
Norwayne neighborhood and its importance
to the area,"Wild concluded.
If officials in the City of Romulus want to
sell the former Romulus Animal Shelter,
they're looking to get something close to
market value for the property.
The council recently rejected a bid to
purchase the old property, located at 35257
Goddard Road, because the offer was about
one-tenth of its estimated value. The bidder
offered $5,000, while the city assessor sug-
gested aminimumfixedprice of $48,000.
The council may not be interested in sell-
ing the facility at all, however. A second
motion, moved by Councilman William
Wadsworth, to put the property back out for
bid died for lack of support at the regular
meeting thisweek.
Councilman William Crova said it could
still beuseful.
“That building is very close and conven-
ient to (city hall) and personally I'm not in
favor of selling it,” he said.
Meanwhile, fundraising for the ongoing
operation of the new shelter continues. Rob
Mercier from the Public Services Credit
Union, said the credit union hosted an
adopt-a-pet day recently that saw four dogs
and two cats find new homes. Employees
also raised funds through a 'casual day' and
presentedWadsworth for a check for $200.
“They'll put it to good use,” said Council
President Leroy Burcroff of the donation.
“It'll help a lot of animals.”
Wadsworthagreed.
“I appreciate it, the city appreciates it,
and the dogs and cats will appreciate it,” he
said.
its proximity to all major forms of transporta-
tion. Romulus is one of very few small cities
in the country that offers immediate access
to an international airport, Detroit
Metropolitan Airport, for passenger and
cargo service. The city is intersected by
major railways and is at the nexus of two
major highways, Interstates 94 and 275.
Because of the airport and freeways,
Romulus is attractive to a variety of industry,
such as large property management firms
that lease to large freight forwarders/expedi-
tors, companies that rely on shipping by rail
and worldwide trucking companies that rely
on freeway access.
The communities were honored at a cere-
mony at UM-Dearborn on Oct. 30. The pro-
gram included video profiles of each of the
top performers. Support for eCities 2012 was
provided in part by the DTE Energy
Foundation, the Michigan Economic
Development Corporation and UM-
Dearborn's College of Business.
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Top honors
The Greater Romulus Chamber of Commerce named Wayne County Community
College, Western Campus, 9555 Haggerty Road in Belleville as Romulus Chamber of
Commerce President's Member of the Month, for October, 2012. Wayne County
Community College, Western Campus was selected for their continuous contribu-
tions to the success of the Romulus Chamber of Commerce and to the community.
Mike Dotson, Western Campus president and Cecile Taylor, Western Campus vice
president were presented a certificate by Bill Kren, chamber president and Karen La
Belle, executive director. Chamber Director Roger Kadau was also present. A history
on Wayne County Community College, Western Campus, as well as photos can be
found at www.romuluschamber.org, as well as on Facebook.