Allen Park election results

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 [...]

Revenue is at forefront of Wayne mayoral races

In Allen Park, two candidates with opposing views on taxes are vying for the mayoral seat left vacant by Gary Burtka, who resigned in May due to a cancer diagnosis.

In the running for the seat are Matakas, a lawyer and former school board member, and Babbage, a former Allen Park City Council member and [...]

Allen Park warns of police, fire layoffs if millages fail

Allen Park— More than 30 police, firefighters and other city workers in Allen Park have been notified they could be laid off Dec. 1.

The city has two proposed millages on the Nov. 8 ballot, and if residents reject the proposals, the employees will be laid off.

The proposals include a five-year, 3.5-mill police and [...]

ALLEN PARK: Deficit reduction plan passed, layoffs pending

The City Council has approved massive budget cuts.

The council voted 5-2 on Oct. 11 to adopt a deficit reduction plan that was presented two weeks earlier. Councilman James Flynn and Councilwoman Beverly Kelley voted no.

“With regrets,” Mayor Tony Lalli said as he cast his vote.

The plan calls for the lay-offs of nine [...]

Marijuana grow house busted

ALLEN PARK — A man who is both a licensed user and a caregiver under the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act had all of his plants and equipment seized after it was discovered that he was in violation of the act.

A neighbor in the 15600 block of Warwick Avenue complained to police Sept. 16 that [...]

ALLEN PARK: Police Dept. in need of over $5,000 of roof repairs

ALLEN PARK — The police department needs a new roof. Due to a lack of funds however a repair job is the best that can be accomplished for the next couple of years.

The roof repairs will cost about $5,200 dollars and be paid for out of drug forfeiture funds, not the city’s general fund.

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ALLEN PARK: City facing grim debt reduction plan

ALLEN PARK — Carl Johnson did everything but wear a grim reaper costume at Tuesday’s City Council meeting.

Johnson — a representative of Plante & Moran, the city’s contracted finance director — brought with him a debt reduction plan proposal that calls for massive layoffs, cuts in every department, closing the community center and ice [...]