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Employee layoffs to be discussed tonight

Scott — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 20:24:57 +0000

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 election results

Scott — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 13:28:09 +0000

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 [...]

Cities face big loss if personal property tax is cut

Scott — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 02:25:29 +0000

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 makes bond payment

Scott — Thu, 05 May 2011 11:38:50 +0000

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.

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DDA, city may swap funds in order to pay for former studio property

Scott — Sun, 01 May 2011 01:28:22 +0000

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 rally for firefighters | Detroit Free Press | freep.com

Scott — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 12:19:22 +0000

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

Scott — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 12:16:49 +0000

Feds Investigate Allen Park Over Bond Deal: MyFoxDETROIT.com

Allen Park to lay off entire fire department

Scott — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 12:21:58 +0000

Blaming budget woes on a failed movie studio arrangement, the Allen Park City Council voted Tuesday night to issue layoff notices to its firefighters.

The notices are to be issued this morning and would take effect in 30 days, although Mayor Gary Burtka said he’s “hoping to negotiate to avoid that.”

The layoffs affect all [...]

Councilman suggests appointing committee of residents

Scott — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 17:23:49 +0000

At a “council works” meeting Saturday morning, Councilman James Flynn suggested appointing a committee of city residents.

The committee would be in response to residents’ requests for a town hall meeting about the Allen Park Studio Center.

Flynn said at the meeting that Mayor Gary Burkta could appoint a committee president who could then choose [...]

A look inside the deal between Allen Park and the failed Unity Studios project

Scott — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 21:36:38 +0000

An Action News Investigation of Unity Studios unhappy ending in Allen Park. We have some answers for taxpayers demanding to know what it cost them. It appears the city paid millions to land the studio and got very little in return.

The taxpayers in Allen Park are fighting mad about this movie deal that’s gone [...]