Councilwoman McGlothin argued that starting with Fruitport’s notice in April 2011 that it was exiting its water contract with Muskegon Heights, the township’s authority to negotiate a new deal alongside Norton Shores ceased to exist.
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The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives of the Department of Justice delivered a letter to Muskegon Heights Police Chief Lynn Gill recognizing Heights officer James Goins for apprehending Solomon Fox on June 7, 2011.
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The first meeting will be an informational session and will take place at Muskegon Heights City Hall in the council chambers at 6:30 p.m. on April 30. The council is open to all youth ages 13 to 17 living in Muskegon County.
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Webb Chemical currently pulls 10% of its staff from within the city limits of Muskegon Heights. Webb CFO and owner Brad Hilleary indicated that many jobs available of late or will be available soon are warehousing jobs. Ability to operate a forklift is necessary, but more importantly chemical handling experience is of high importance. “Chemicals scare people,” said Hilleary. “I need that comfort level of someone who’s had that experiences before.”
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The timing of the festival makes it the last 5K before the annual Seaway Run, which the festival’s organizers hope will spur interest. Mayor pro tem Kimberly Sims and city staff indicated that the festival would be contacting organizers of other run and walk vents in the area to invite those events’ usual participants to run in the Heights 5K.
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Dean sees blight fighting as his first priority, followed by increasing the customer service quality of the departments. Dean also suggested at Monday’s meeting that he hopes to make the inspections department a “revenue-neutral” area of the city government.
Read MoreThe Muskegon County Medical Control Authority awarded each firefighter certificates for “exemplary work in AED and CPR”. These are only awarded to people when the recipient of their treatment is released from the hospital in a healthy state.
Read More“The Strand is older than the Frauenthal,” said councilwoman Patrice Johnson of the former Michigan Theater on Western Avenue in Muskegon, which is about 7 years younger than the Strand and received a renovation over a decade ago. “I think that’s a really big deal.”
Read MoreAside from decisions pending from the school district about winterizing its Glendale, Roosevelt and Lindberg buildings, city clerk Sharon Gibbs noted that census figures due to arrive in August may reorganize precincts further. Until then, the City Clerk’s office chose to go to the city council for the temporary move.
Read MoreChief Gill indicated that members of the city’s police force previously ran the auction of items and were paid overtime to run the event.
Mayor Darrel Paige indicated that having professionals like Midwest Liquidators could help drive final buying prices higher. Professional auctioneers are more skilled and could generate more revenue than the police force could.
Read MoreNew fiber lines will not need to be run to city hall for the service, as the city’s police and fire departments already have the lines; this is a significant cost savings for implementation. New phone equipment will need to be purchased, and will cost $40,000 over 5 years. According to the city’s finance department, this will still save the city $7,000 a year for until the equipment is paid off; after that, savings of roughly $15,000 a year will be achieved.
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