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ALLEN PARK — Several clerical employees could learn their fates as early as this evening. The City Council meets at 7 p.m. for a work session that could involve discussion of plans to lay off a handful of clerical employees and switch the hours of three appointees from full- to part-time. The city is working [...] ALLEN PARK MAYOR 4-year term, elect 1 100% of precincts reporting William Matakas 5,052 56% David Babbage 4,005 44% TREASURER 4-year term, elect 1 100% of precincts reporting Mareen Armstrong 4,094 56% Nancy Teets 3,282 45% CITY COUNCIL 4-year term, elect 6 100% of precincts reporting Bob Keenan 4,351 11% Angelo DeGiulio 4,126 [...] Gov. Rick Snyder’s plan to eliminate the state’s personal property tax has cities around Michigan worried that, if it is approved by the Legislature, they will lose millions of dollars in revenue and they have no idea how, or if, it will be replaced. Personal property taxes are levied on businesses and taxes for items [...] City officials told the Downtown Development Authority on Tuesday they were able to meet the $1.1 million bond payment on the 104-acre property formerly known as the Allen Park Studio Center. City officials were considering pulling money from the DDA and swapping those funds with restricted city funds to make the payment on the property. [...] The Downtown Development Authority tabled discussion Thursday on a money swap proposal that would help the city make a bond payment. The city has a bond payment of nearly $1.1 million due this month on its 104-acre property formerly known as the Allen Park Studio Center. Without the swap, officials say the city could default [...] Allen Park residents angered by the prospect of losing their fire department asked City Council members at a meeting Tuesday night to reconsider their position. More than 200 residents filled council chambers to express concern over the council’s plan to lay off all 26 members of the fire department if the union does not agree [...] Feds Investigate Allen Park Over Bond Deal: MyFoxDETROIT.com |
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