Monday, December 17, 2012
Grosse Pointe Woods, Grosse Pointe Shores and GPPSS to hold regular meetings this week.
Here are the highlights of what's happening this week in the Grosse Pointes: 1. Grosse Pointe Woods City Council Meeting, Dec. 17 at 7:30 p.m. The council will discuss appointments for various commissions, a second reading of a proposed ordinance ammendment regarding solar system zoning and bid contracts for rubbish, landscaping and property assessment. The full meeting agenda can be viewed here. 2. Grosse Pointe Public Schools Meet & Greet, Dec. 17, 6 p.m. GPPSS will hold a community reception for the administration’s recommended candidate for Director of Special Education Stefanie Hayes from 6 – 6:45 p.m. in the Brownell Middle School cafeteria, 260 Chalfonte, Grosse Pointe Farms. All are welcome. 3. Regular Meeting of the GPPS…
Monday, November 19, 2012
School Board meets Nov. 19, Woods to hold public hearing on St. John's Helipad, Farms to hold hearing on animal ordinance changes and Shores to hold a variance public hearing.
Three cities in the Grosse Pointes have regularly scheduled meetings this week with public hearings and the Grosse Public Pointe Schools Board meets. Below is a brief summary of each of the hearings and links to the meeting agendas. GROSSE POINTE WOODS Grosse Pointe Woods City Council will hold a public hearing on Monday, Nov. 19 for a special land use permit request by St. John's Hospital for a temporary helipad to be located in its North parking lot. The hearing will be part of the Council's regularly scheduled meeting at 7:30 p.m. The Grosse Pointe Woods Planning Commission adopted a resolution recommending approval of the site plan review and the special land use on Oct. 23. The entire agenda for the Nov. 19 meeting can be found …
Monday, October 29, 2012
City of Grosse Pointe holds public hearing for new master plan.
Here are the highlights of what's happening this week in the Grosse Pointes: 1. Grosse Pointe City Planning Commission Public Hearing, Oct. 29 at 7:00 p.m. The planning commission will review the proposed Master Plan with public comment. The public hearing will be held at the Grosse Pointe Unitarian Church, 17150 Maumee Ave., Grosse Pointe, Michigan. 2. Grosse Pointe Woods City Council Committee of the Whole, Oct. 29 at 7:30 p.m. The concil will discuss three position openings in the Department of Public Safety, the Building Department and the Assessor. The full meeting agenda can be viewed here. 3. Regular Meeting of the GPPS School Board, Oct. 29, 7:00 p.m. The Grosse Pointe school board will hold its regular meeting on Monday…
Monday, October 1, 2012
Last day for residents to apply for GP Farms Council Opening, 1st Congressional District Candidate Debate, North-South Football Tailgate, Library Costume Sale, After Six on Kercheval.
Here are the highlights of what's happening this week in the Grosse Pointes: 1. Today is the deadline for GP Farms residents to submit letter of interest, resume and answers to city hall for consideration to the city council for the vacant seat. http://www.ci.grosse-pointe-farms.mi.us/ 2. The Grosse Pointe Woods City Council will be meeting this evening at 7:30 p.m. in the Grosse Pointe Woods Community Center. Among other things, the council will be discussing: 3. The League of Women Voters of Grosse Pointe will host a discussion and primer of the Ballot Proposals on the November 6th ballot on Tuesday, Oct. 2 in the Grosse Pointe Woods City Council Chambers at 7:15 p.m.. 4. The League of Women Voters of Grosse Pointe has invited 1st …
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
The absence of a public comment period makes many Woods residents angry at last night's Town Hall.
The Grosse Pointe Woods Town Hall meeting began with City Treasurer DeeAnn Irby giving a presentation that outlined the tax increase proposals that residents will see on the November ballot. The Proposals The city is asking residents to approve two millage increases in two separate proposals: Each mill equals about $600,000 in revenue for the city. For a property owner, a mill is equal to 1/1000th of a dollar so for every $1,000 of taxable value a property owner pays $1 in property tax. For a home with a taxable value of $100,000, homeowners would pay $185 annually for the first millage request and $214 annually for the second millage request. The council could have approved a 0.4 mill increase without voter approval, but instead decided …
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
The Woods’ new ordinances replace the old fireworks code to be in line with new state law and allow for harsher punishments for drivers convicted of operating a vehicle while intoxicated with blood alcohol levels that exceeds 0.17 percent.
The Grosse Pointe Woods city council approved two new ordinances this week addressing fireworks and drunk drivers. The new ordinances tweak the old city fireworks ordinance to be in line with recent state legislation governing consumer fireworks use and the other allows local authorities to prosecute drivers whose blood alcohol content levels exceed 0.17 percent with an elevated charge with harsher penalties. New fireworks ordinance tracks state law The Woods’ former fireworks ordinance prohibited a person from possessing, using or exploding different types of fireworks which are now allowed under the state’s new fireworks law. While it was still a valid ordinance outside of the thirty days that the state allows fireworks to be used, the …
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Grosse Pointe Woods settles four commercial tax tribunal appeals with CVS, Krogers, Pointe Plaza and the Grosse Pointe Hunt Club.
On Monday, Grosse Pointe Woods City Council agreed to transfer more than $80,000 from the city’s general fund to refund four commercial property owners for real estate taxes from the years 2009, 2010 and 2011. The four businesses—CVS, Kroger, Pointe Plaza and the Grosse Pointe Hunt Club—had tax appeal cases pending in the Michigan Tax Tribunal until June when Woods City Assessor Ginger Soles and City Attorney Don Berschback signed stipulated agreements to settle the cases. According to a report by Woods City Treasurer, Dee Ann Irby, the refunds were issued to the property owners by Wayne County Treasurer’s office and a bill for Grosse Pointe Woods’ share, $90,189.23, was received on Aug. 5. Irby stated that because the cases were settled …
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Grosse Pointe Woods City Council sets asides money from the city's budget for street improvements.
A resolution to set aside $50,000 toward improving local streets in Grosse Pointe Woods was approved unanimously at Monday's city council meeting. City Treasurer and Comptroller Dee Ann Irby said the council simply designated money from the city's budget that was not expected to be spent. "I'm thinking there may be about $50,000 that's not spent of (the budget)," she said. "Normally it would just dump in to the generic general fund savings account, but because our roads need some significant repairs, I want the council to hold that just for local streets." The process was formally referred to as "committing" a fund balance to the Local Street Fund, but Irby said that no new money is being used on this project. "It's just like reserving it…
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Grosse Pointe Woods already has a reserve of salt from last year's mild winter.
The Grosse Pointe Woods City Council approved the Detroit Salt Company as the city's wintertime salt provider and allocated $50,000 in total toward the purchase—as needed—of salt for this year's winter season at Monday's city council meeting. Detroit Salt Company was the cheapest of four companies bidding for the contract, selling its salt at $46.09 per ton, while the nearest competitor was more than $5.00 more. During the meeting, City Administrator Al Fincham explained that last year's mild winter resulted in 400 tons of salt being unused. He added that the city typically purchases about 1,000 tons of salt for winter. To buy the 600 tons of salt to reach the expected 1,000 tons needed will cost approximately $27,650 — which is well below…
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Monday, June 18, 2012
Grosse Pointe Woods City Council approves a near identical $7,000 contract with the current court recorder.
Grosse Pointe Woods is retaining recording clerk Shirley Wohlfield for the upcoming year after the city council unanimously approved the $7,000 contract with her for the 2012-2013 fiscal year at Monday's city council meeting. At the meeting, City Attorney Charles Berschback said this year's contract with Wohfield was nearly identical to last year's. According to the city's agreement with Wohlfield, she will be compensated in return for recording court hearings of the city of Grosse Pointe Woods. Grosse Pointe will also be leasing recording equipment to Wohlfield for $1.00 for the year.
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John Hetzler
9:32 am on Wednesday, September 26, 2012
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