HIGHLAND PARK FOCUS
. Ar i rator ru I s offic r
claim that the city did "not
engage in "random" drug test-
mGHLAND PK. -An ar- iog, but had te ted officers,
bitrator ha ruled that two ere there were three situa-
public safety officer should tions creating grounds o'f
have fonowed order to take a . cion ---lack of attendance,
drug test, but their dismissal for failure to perform on the job, in-
not taking the test was too lormation provided that the of-
severe considering their fleer had used drugs.
longstanding service. . Emerson told The Michigan
The ruling . d the officers Citizen that there were times
hould be reinstated after tluat he would seek testing when
taking the test. two of the three situations ex-
Marshall Emerson, Director isted, if they were clear enough
of the Highland Par Depart-to raise strong suspicions.
ment of Public Safety (combin- T e arbitrator, Elaine Frost,
ing city police and fire service ), re d to be interviewed to
sho ed The Michigan Citizen a what her decision stating
copy of an arbitrator's decision such decisions were confiden-
on a grievance brought by two tial, stating that The Citizen
officer ho ere dismissed be- should go to the union or
cause of refusal to take a dru employer invol d for: a copy.
test. . Hazemy refused to provide
One of them, however, will I • The Michigan Citizen with the
be dem ted fter a number of Co n '11
mont , because of his fai ure to I U C
follow order contr
Officer abil Hazemy, HIGHLANDPK.Atit spe-
Pre ident ,of Highland Park's cia) meeting Monday City
police and firefighters union, C cil approved Sl06,OOO
repre enting the two police, bid by Adano Company for the
cl . med thi decision vic- demolition of t 0 Highalnd
tory for the 0 .officer in a par partment buildings at 73-
nd t ey took . t the . y Tl Stevens at John R. and 1127
policy of "random drug testing." W. Mc ichols,
Th document provided by It also approved a bid by All
Emerson upported Emerson's We ther Construction Com
pany to board up homes
I '
mu t ta e'drug
document, sta . that the ar
bitration document was "con
fidential , even though he said
he told the paper what in it. .
. Hazemy admitted at this
point that 0 e of the officers
was demoted.
He added, "If you doubt my
word, you can see the director
[Emerson] and he'll show it to
you."
Emerson said he would only
show the document, if the paper
"did not mention the names of
the officers involved.
In explaining the reason for
his drug testing policy, Emerson
said, "There is going to be zero
est
tolerance of, drugs."
Emer on emphasized that
his department. was relying on
citizens to give information to
police, so that it could stop
drugs.
"lf citizens have no faith in
the. department [and the fact
that officers themselves are not
on drugs], they won't give you
information."
Another important issue in
this case, Emerson said, was
that the police who had been
dismissed did not follow orders.
"If you can't follow orders,
you can't control crime." he
said.
or money for HPCC
HIGHLAND PK. State
Repre entative Ethel Terrell
(D- Highland Park) announced
th tHou e Appropriations
Committee approved addition
al stale fund for th Highland
Park Community College
(HPCC) in this year's higher
. education supplement I budget
bill, which is expected to be ap
proved by the full house.
"I'm delighted that] was able
to convince the chair, Dominic
J cobeui and th .her mem
bers (of the committee] to ap-:
prove the 3.2 percent increase
in state funds, [for the college)."
Representative Terrell, stated.
"This will provide an additional
$32,100."
"Many of my constituents
cannot fford rising tuition
costs t four-year coli g nd
univer iti " she ide "For thi
reason, they ve chosen to take
advantage of the fine academi
program offered by our col
lege."
Thi increase, � he id, "will
help the college to continue to
offer it many' benefits to the
people I represent and other
area rc id nts."
Ordinarily, you have
to match all three digits
to win in the Daily 3
Game. But now, two out
. of three ain't bad, either.
Becan now every
night for three weeks,
Augu t 7-26, just
match the last two of
three . gi of the
winning number in
exact rder on a Daily
3 Game -dollar
traigh , am get a
t t dollars.
, you
play the Daily 3 Game,
two OUt of three not only
ain't bad. I ' good, Ten
dollars good.
AUgust 7-26, 1989
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Council v
to r bd
carp Ing job
By 0 I
HIGHLAND PK. IThe .
Highland Pa� City CJuncil
voted to reopen bids for the car
peting of th Children's Room
of the Highland Park Library,
beca false information in an
ad advertising for bids.
The d, printed in the lJUly
29, 1989 Michigan Citizen,
stated tha the city w seeking
proposals for the carpeting of
·four buildings."
What ctually happened
that th Scott Administr .
had requested carpeting for
four building , bu the city
council turned do an but 0
ofth req .
N ar yan Thadani, Acting
Director for th Departme of
Public Work and City En
gineer, said h put in the ad by
mistake.
He said that bidder who
cam . to the city were told, t t
there w only one building in-
vowed. '
City Council "Attorney Vic
tori Abdellah said that if coun
cil members wished to ·act
conserv tively s possible" to
avoid possible law suits, they
should order a new advertise
ment.
Councilm,an Frau Ross . d
some companies might h ve
been "discouraged" about bid
ding on a large project of four
buildings, but would have felt it
wa fin ncially po ible for
them to bid on one
Councilman Com r Heath
made resolution th t the bids
be re dvertised, which un
aminou ly approved. •
However, council agreed to
carpet . second buildi that
til mayor wanted, the' Public
Works Building at 16480 Wood
ward Avenue.
Both Thadani and MiChael
Ferris, Deputy Director of
Finance, stated th t "several
people have been ini ured v
tripping on the carpet. d fall
ing down" and it has been
"repaired and p tched in 0
many places that it is simply not
repairable any longer."
"This," they aid "leaves the
city open to law uit ,
Workmen's Com pen tion
Claims, and lost st4ft time due
to injuri ." .
A report from Consolid ed
Risk Management Services, the
city' ri k manageme t com
pany, given to ciI to
"sub tant· te this si
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