City Council Meeting 4/09/12 By Duane Donald The Council meeting this week (Monday 4/09/12) began with an extended work session wherein the current council had their formal group picture taken so everyone was looking their best (smile everyone). But matters quickly moved into budget talks and other matters after that. One of those “other matters” [...]
City Council Meeting 3-26-12 – Duane Donald – Monday’s council meeting began with a work session which was really a Ford Lake dredging proposal presented by Stantec. Representing Stantec was speaker Paul Malocha. Mr. Malocha showed the council several studies and proposals for various phases of any work that would have to be done [...]
City council meeting 3/12/12 – Duane Donald Unfortunately for me, I was laid up with a bad case of pneumonia during this council session. I was able to watch it online however and report it to you, the readers. I should have liked to been there to ask council for some clarification on this first [...]
City Council Meeting 2-13-12 – Duane Donald Yes, this Council meeting comes only one week after the last council meeting and now we go for a whole month (Mar. 12th) before the next meeting. There was once again a work session before the actual meeting but alas I was not able to attend. Some of [...]
The 2011 Election Results Click here for – Election Night Photos -Duane Donald The answer to the : And the winner is? All those below and any missed from the ballot. Getting involved in your community makes you a winner. -Dave MacPherson…Publisher of DMN I am sure most of you have seen the results or [...]
See the Video of the Debate following this article. The Great Debate – Duane Donald Wednesday, Oct. 19th 2011, the City Council Chamber played host to the only debate to be held this election year of all candidates running for the offices of Mayor and the three posts open on the City Council. Sponsored by [...]
Seminar brought together key stakeholders to discuss solutions State Rep. Rick Olson hosted a road maintenance best practices conference on July 26 at the Michigan Chamber of Commerce, welcoming transportation experts from across the state to discuss a host of issues related to funding, maintenance and value for money. More than 100 attendees at [...]
Pictured from left to right are Tom Truscott, a member of the Michigan Historical Commission, Rep. Olson, Thomas Russow and Sandra Clark, director of the Michigan Historical Center. Rep. Rick Olson, R-Saline, is pictured with Thomas Russow of Temperance in the state Capitol on June 9. Russow was in Lansing to accept the Governor John [...]
Candy Frye-Hines -Duane Donald /-/ I met up with Candy Frye-Hines this week to talk about her reasons for running for City Council. “Well, I’ve lived in Milan for thirty-five years and have worked for the city for twenty-five of those years in some capacity,” Frye-Hines said. “I retired as Deputy Clerk in 2007 but [...]
-Duane Donald /-/ When I spoke to Brett Moyer recently, I discovered that he’d served on our Milan City Council before, so I was interested in why he wanted to come back. Was there something you feel was left unfinished or something you’d like to see addressed that maybe isn’t being addressed? “Yes. To [...]
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