December 23-2', 1
HP Council nixes con
By Derrick C. Lewis present Assistant to the
S14U Writ., Mayor �d acting Assistant
Director o{ Public Safety
John Colbert.
TIle question of residency Council Pre ident Linsey'
surfaced a, i as the city Porter and Councilwoman
council failed to approve Christine Franklin were con­
eentr cta for the Director of cerned about renewing
Public Safety, and the po i- Emerson', contract because
tion of Assistant Director of he i not a resident of Higb­
Public afety at last land Park and his lack of fire
ondlY's meeting. safety training.
Mayor Martha Scott ub- Porter pointed out that a·
mi tted a request for the. few Highland Park residents
renewal of Public Safety - in the police department are
Director Marshall Emerson's qualified to become director
contract, and a request to of Public Safety.
enter into a contract with, Concern wa also voiced
sibili ties, leadership roles,
field trips, outreach to High-
cadets on Detroit land Park se�ior.citizens, and
personal aspirations.
radio show I�terviewed were Cadet
Senior Master Sgt. Kurt Jef-
ferson, Jr., (12th grade),
Cadet Chief Master Sgt.
Ela ha Lewis (12th) and
Cadet Staff Sgt. Cheynne
Farmer (11th). The cadets
were accompanied by the in­
.tr uct o r. Lt. Col. Robert
G rant (Ret.)
The HPCHS unit earned
three Meritorious Unit
award from the Air Force,
1987 through 1989, before
ri ing to Honor Unit status in
1990. Thi de ignation is
re erved for the top 20 per­
cent of all 316 AFJROTC
units in the nation.
The ROTC uni twas
chosen for the interview for
its rise to Honor Unit status,
community service activities
and current public interest in
the mi Ii tary.
The program "Salute to
School " publicizes success-
Mayor to host Iul students and program in
Annual Children's Detroit area schools.
The Air Force Junior
Christmas Party ROTC (Reserve Officers
lHGHLAND PARK T Mayor Training Corps) was e tab­
Martha G. Scott will host the li hcd at HPCHS in Septem­
Mayor' Annual Children's ber 1977, when the new
Christma Party on Saturd�y, huilding opened. There are
December 22, 1990, cgm- now 110 cadets in the pro­
n,in� at 1.0:00 a.m. The ac- . gram. Sgt. Arthur Hood as­
uv u y Will be held at the sists Lt. Col. Grant.
Highland Park Community Each cadet receive fun
College Auditorium to the a ademic credit, five per.
fir t 500 children under 12 year. up to three years, with
years old: ' no military obligation after-
A special guest Keith H,ad- ward. The cadet can receive
dri.lI. M�gician and. Ventrll�- crcdi t toward college' ROTC,
qUIS!. Will perform In a r:naglc and higher rank and pay if
act. AI 0 on hand w.llI. be entering the service.
. Santa Claus to sing
Christma Carols and present
Christmas gifts to all
childre in attendance.
For more information con­
tact the Department of Parks
and Recr arion at 69-5262.
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Three HPCHS
Three Air Force Junior
ROTC cadets from Highland
Park Community High
School were interviewed at
WW Jews RAdio 95 studios
Dcc. 6 for the station's
"Salute to Schools" feature
series.
Three interviews, three
minutes each, conducted by
station Communi ty Affairs
Director Alvenia Rhea Hull,
will be broadcast at the fol­
lowing times on WWJ (950
AM): Sunday, Dec. 23 at 9:53
a.m., 1 :53 p.m., 9:23 p.m.;
Tue day, Dee. 25 at 10:51
a.rn.: 2:51 p.m. and 7:51
p.m.; and Thursday, Dec: 27
at 9:52 a.m., 1 :43 p.m. and
X:51 p.m.
The students spoke about
the purpose and tructure of
the ROTC, their re pon-
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A REQUEST TO enter
into a contract with Carrol
Lock as Consultant to the
Finance Department failed,
with Heath and Porter voting
yes, and Downe and
Franklin voti ng no.
Porter's vote wa ba cd on
his concern for the survival
of the Finance Department.
He ·aid the department I. In I
need of help, and jhe addi- r---------
tion of Lock to the staff �� Sen
would en ure greater ef-
ficiency from the depart­
ment.
Franklin indicated a
resume did not come with the
contract proposal, which is a
council rule, and prevented
her from voting on the con­
tract .
Other item, the eouncil
authorized the payment of
$224,30Q in agreed settle-
ments for three case, Mc­
Cune v. City of Highland
Park (CHP), Harris v. HP
and Payton v. CHP.
The council al 0
authorized four clo ed es­
sion reque 1S trom the
�tt rn y' office. It wants
to diu the. ca e 0 f R m­
ze v, CHP and Ginottr v.
CHP, a ettJement strate y in
Keith Eaddy CHP, an
ae
for-
about an e calatlng pay scale
in Emerson's contract which
ould take his pay to
S58,000 in three years.
Porter thinks tne amo nt is
too much, compared itb
similar communities' u lie
afety di.rectors.
THE COU CIL vote 2-
2 on tbe reque t, with Porter
and Franklin voting DO, �nd
Councilmen Comer Heath
and Dwight Do nes voting
yes.
The request for Colbert's
contract died because of lack
of support. The council did
not think that Colbert would
be effective as both the As­
sistant to the Mayor and As-
istant Director of Public
Safety, of which he is now
doing, being "on loan" to the
Public Safety Department.
'. Franklin said she was dis­
sappointed at the mayor for
bringing the contract back to
council after the council
failed an earlier request.
The council did express a
desire to leave Colbert in his
position as Assistant to the
Mayor.
Highland Park residents
voted overwhelmingly in
November for a charter
amendment which require
aJl city workers to live within
the city. The amendment did
110t apply to nonre ident city
workers, who presently had
contracts with the city.
esiden
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opinion in cla of Fr nces
T rry, and tri 1 and settle­
meat strategi in pending
litigations.
From Community
Develepment, a request to
a� rove the final draft of the
city's Five Year Plan for sub­
mi sion to the s ta te as
ta led pending further in r­
mat on;
request for reco id r­
ing the reuse of the Phoe ix
Mbtel si te was not con­
sidered, and once again, con-
cerned citizens voiced their
opposition to the proposed
development of two fa t­
food restaurant on the site.
THE COUNCIL DID not
accept two bid propo als sub­
mitted at the last council
meeting, because of a citizen
concern for better paying.
job being located on the
site.
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