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NOTICE OF
PUBLIC AUCTION
On November 21, 2017 the
Westland Police
Department will conduct
a public auction of
impounded, abandoned
vehicles. The auction will
begin promptly at 11:00
am at Westland Car Care,
6375 Hix Rd., Westland,
MI, County of Wayne,
where the following vehi-
cles will be offered for sale
to the highest bidder:
2000 Chevrolet
MONTE CARLO
2G1WW12E3Y9211873
2008 HONDA CRV
5J6RE48538L040772
2001 FORD FOCUS
1FAFP343X1W346640
2009 FORD FOCUS
1FAHP33N09W202926
2006 FORD FOCUS
1FAFP34N96W199543
2003 PONTIAC
GRAND AM
1G2NW12E83C177857
2008 CHEVROLET
IMPALA
2G1WB58KX81274466
2004 LINCOLN TOWN
CAR
1LNHM81W24Y634910
1996 TOYOTA TACOMA
4TAWM72N0TZ140206
1996 VOLVO 850
YV1LS5543T1335987
2004 CHEVROLET
EXPRESS G1500
1GBFG15TX41127826
1997 FORD VAN
1FDKE37L9VHA96274
2004 SUZUKI
FIREN-
ZA
KL5JD52Z14K058894
2002 PONTIAC MONTANA
1GMDV03E32D199790
*All vehicles are sold in "as
is" condition. Bidding on
all vehicles will start at the
amount due for towing and
storage. Vehicles may be
deleted from this list at any
time prior to the start of the
auction.
VEHICLE
PUBLIC
AUCTION
THE FOLLOWING
VEHICLES HAVE BEEN
DEEMED ABANDONED
AND WILL BE SOLD AT
PUBLIC AUCTION,
NOV. 29, 2017
11:00 AM
AT
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8964 INKSTER RD
ROMULUS, MI 48174
2000 MERC
1MEFM55S3YG644258
2003 CHEV
2G1WX12J039423559
1997 PLY
1P3ES27C9VD286099
2013 NISS
1N4AL3APXDN428665
2001 GMC
1GKCS18W61K199944
2006 HONDA
2HGFG12896H512554
2005 DODGE
1D4HB48N95F568131
2008 SATURN
3GADL63768S594316
1998 GMC
1GKCT18WK524555
2002 BUICK
1G4HD54KX2U150664
2004 MAZDA
JM1BK343941200819
2006 LINC
3LNHM26186R623552
1996 MAZDA
4F4CR17U3TTM29595
2006 FORD
3FAHP07186R167766
2003 CAD
1G6DM57N830124870
2000 LINC
1LNHM87AXYY917573
2004 DODGE
1D4GP45R84B566252
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ROMULUS COMMUNITY SCHOOLS
36540 Grant Road
Romulus, MI 48174
A Public Hearing on its proposed 2017 Hold Harmless
millage tax levies will be held by the Board of Education
of the Romulus Community School District on:
Monday, November 20, 2017
at 5:45 p.m.
in the
Board of Education Office
36540 Grant Road
Romulus, MI 48174
COPIES OF THE PROPOSED L-4029 WILL BE AVAILABLE
FOR REVIEW IN THE ROMULUS ADMINISTRATIVE
OFFICE BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 8:00 A.M. AND 4:00 P.M.
ON November 17, 2017
Romulus Board of Education
Publish: November 16, 2017
Belleville
Voters in Belleville chose
Jesse Marcotte and Thomas
Fielder to serve on the city
council during the Nov. 7 ballot-
ing.
Marcotte, 34, won the most
votes with a total of 214, or 27
percent of the total vote. He was
appointed to fill a vacancy on
the council last November and
was a first-time candidate for
office.
Fielder, 72, received 185
votes, or 23 percent of the total
votes. He is a lifelong resident of
the city and is retired from a
teaching position at Belleville
High School. He earned his
bachelor of arts degree at the
University of Michigan. Fielder
formerly served as mayor of
Belleville and has been on the
city council since 2013.
Other candidates included
Jeff Vernon, who received 18
percent or 148 votes. Vernon, 48,
was a first-time candidate. Kelly
Bates, an occupation supervisor
at the University of Michigan
Health Center, received 145 or
18 percent of the votes.
Also on the ballot was Gwen
Hooks who garnered 94 votes or
11 percent of the total. This was
her first bid for public office.
She is employed as a Health
ResearchScienceSpecialist.
Marcotte and Fielder will
each serve 4-year terms on the
BellevilleCityCouncil.
Romulus
Voters in Romulus chose
seven candidates to serve on the
city council for the next four
years, and returned incumbent
Mayor LeRoy D. Burcroff, Clerk
Ellen Craig Bragg and
Treasurer StacyPaige to office.
Voters also opted to approve
one proposal from the Romulus
Schoolswhile defeating another.
Burcroff and Craig-Bragg
were unopposed in their bids
for re-election while Paige was
challenged by Ursula L. Wester.
Paige received 2,518 votes or 70
percent of the total whileWester
garnered 1,073 votes or 29 per-
cent of the total.
Top vote getter in the city
council race was incumbent
John Bardenwho received 2,376
votes, or 12 percent of the total.
He was followed closely by first-
time candidate Tina Talley with
2,065 votes or 11 percent of the
total. Incumbent William
Wadsworth, the longest-serving
member of the council, won
1,996 votes, or 10 percent of the
total while incumbent Kathy
Abdo received 1,872 votes or 10
percent of the votes cast.
Incumbent Celeste Roscoe won
1,646 votes or 8 percent of the
total.
Long-time civic activist
Virginia Williams won her first
term on the council with 1,609
votes or 8 percent of the total
andEvaWebb, a former council-
woman, garnered 1,405 votes, or
7 percent of the total.
The council terms are 4-
years.
Candidate Edward Martell
received 1,201 votes, Sharon
Walker garnered 1,101 votes,
incumbent Harry Crout
received 1,011 votes, Tomeka
Boles received 852 votes, Paris
McCarthy received 843 votes
and Jess McAnally was the
choice of 700 voters.
The school district requested
voter approval of two proposals,
Hold Harmless and Sinking
Fund. The Hold Harmless pro-
posal was approved by voters
with 53 percent, or 2,097 yes
votes as opposed to 1,824 or 46
percent no votes. The Sinking
Fund proposal, however, was
narrowly defeated, with 2,034 no
votes, or 51 percent of the totals,
and 1,890 yes votes, or 48 per-
cent of the ballots cast.
The current sinking fund
expires next year and the Hold
Harmless, a renewal/reduction
from 5.1314 to 2.5 mills, expired
last year.
The Sinking Fund would
have been an increase from .075
mills to 3 mills and would have
cost taxpayers about $3 for every
taxable $1,000 inproperty value.
“Obviously, the board of edu-
cation, while thankful the com-
munity supported the Hold
Harmless operating millage,
which will not raise their taxes
beyond what they paid in 2016,
is disappointed that the Sinking
Fund issue failed to gather
enough community support to
pass,” said Robert McLachlan,
secretary of the Romulus
Community Schools Board of
Education.
“The needs are not going
away, and repairs will only cost
more as time goes by. The board
of education has already
ordered the closure of the ath-
letic complex at the middle
school due to safety issues we
cannot afford to address at this
time.
“The board has not discussed
whether another attempt to
place the issue on the ballot or
not. The board will, however,
begin having conversations
about what facilities we will be
able to continue to maintain
while balancing the need to con-
tinue, and improve, our academ-
ic program for the students we
serve,”McLachlan said.
The Sinking Fund money
could only have been used for
facility repairs and mainte-
nance to the school buildings,
which are, on average, 50 years
old. Sinking Fund money was
also earmarked for technologi-
cal updates, security camera
updates, lighting, carpet, tile,
boilers, water tanks, roofs, park-
ing
lots,
athletic
football/soccer/track facilities
and other repairs. These funds
cannot beused for salaries.
The Hold Harmless levy
authorization will not increase
taxes over the amount property
owners paid last year. The Hold
Harmless millage asked for a
maximum levy of 2.5 mills -
while the previously authorized
levywasmore than twice that, at
5.1314 mills. Last year, officials
said, Romulus Community
Schools levied only 1.3137 mills,
which is the expected levy with
the approval of the request last
week.
lic hearing,” she added. “The
planning commission holds the
public hearing and that's where
resident input comes. That's
what's important. It's at the pub-
lic hearing level that we pick up
the stuff that we don't pick up as
part of a standard review.”
Council members said they
liked the concept of streamlining
development, but were con-
cerned about the commission
granting final approval on some
uses.
“I think we, as a body, are
elected by the people to repre-
sent them,” said Councilwoman
Kathy Abdo. “The planning com-
mission, although they do a won-
derful job, but they don't have to
answer to the people like we
do.”
She also pointed out that the
council meets three times a
month and can get approval for a
special and use on the agenda a
week after the planning commis-
sion votes on it, if necessary.
Councilman
William
Wadsworth agreed. “If someone
gets something built next to
them and they want to complain,
they call us. They don't call the
planning commission,” he said,
adding that the planning com-
mission, according to the city
charter, is just a recommending
body. “We have a good system
and I think it works.”
Councilwoman
Celeste
Roscoe, who said she attends
planning commission meetings,
said the commission is always
thorough in their review and
they catch any potential negative
issues when they look at pro-
poseddevelopments.
“[A project] doesn't just scoot
on through the first time or even
the second time,” she said.
“Usually by the time everything
is buttoned up and put in place,
all the issues have really been
taken care of. It's a very good
group of people that sit on the
planning commission and
they're very knowledgeable and
they go through everything with
a fine-toothed comb.”
The council did not act on the
proposed amendments. Maise
said she would tweak the pro-
posal and bring it back before
the council at a future date.
Councilwoman
Sylvia
Makowski said she would be
open to the idea of stream-lining
the process if council agrees on
theway it is handled.
“I do like that [we're] looking
to streamline it; I think that's a
positive,” she said. “I've heard in
the past that it's a little difficult
to do business in Romulus and
we don't want that perception.”
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