Berkley Council Appoints Ross Gavin to Fill Vacancy (City of Berkley, Dec. 19, 2017) Berkley, MI – The Berkley City Council is pleased to announce that Ross Gavin will serve as the seventh member of the 37th Berkley City Council. Gavin, appointed at the December 18th council meeting, fills the unexpired term that was created…
2017 Candidate Interview: Roslyn Grafstein for Madison Heights City Council (Crystal A. Proxmire, Sept. 21, 2017) Madison Heights, MI – Roslyn Grafstein is one of eight candidates running for three seats on the Madison Heights City Council. She will be joined on the Nov. 7, 2017 ballot by Mark Bliss, Ronald Butcher, Johnette P. Eggert,…
2017 Candidate Interview: Gabriel Costanzo for Walled Lake City Council (Crystal A. Proxmire, Sept. 5, 2017) Walled Lake, MI – Gabriel Costanzo is one of five candidates running for three seats on the Walled Lake City Council’s Nov. 7, 2017 election. Also on the ballot are Dan Lauffer, Bennett Lublin, John Owsinek and Robert Robertson.…
2017 Candidate Interviews & Issues (check for updates) Oakland County, MI- The Oakland County Times has a tradition of doing video interviews with candidates for local office. Several communities have local elections on Nov. 7, 2017 and we’re working hard to interview as many local candidates as possible. We do not endorse any candidate and…
2017 Candidate Interviews & Issues (check for updates) Oakland County, MI- The Oakland County Times has a tradition of doing video interviews with candidates for local office. Several communities have local elections on Nov. 7, 2017 and we’re working hard to interview as many local candidates as possible. We do not endorse any candidate and…
Interview: Dan Martin, Candidate for Ferndale City Council Re-election (video) (C. Proxmire, Sept. 2, 2015) Incumbent City Councilperson (and current Mayor Pro Tem) Dan Martin is seeking re-election to the Ferndale City Council. If re-elected this will be Martin’s third term. Martin is one of three candidates running for two seats. Raylon Leaks-May and William…
Every year the Ferndale Beautification Commission presents awards to residents and businesses that make improvements to their properties. The awards encourage creativity and pride in the community.
Last summer’s chicken coop discussions finally came to a vote at Monday night’s City Council meeting, with council voting unanimously to change the regulations and give potential chicken owners a framework to legally keep and house fowl on their property
Baker’s last City Council meeting was Dec. 19, 2011. In her four years on City Council, Baker was involved in many aspects of the Ferndale life and politics
Voters will be asked to choose from three candidates for two open seats.
Kaucheck shared information with Council and residents about fracking, which is a practice of drilling into the earth and pumping the ground full of high pressure water and chemicals in order to force up natural gas.
Though she’s only been at the helm less than two months, McGrath has already faced some interesting challenges – including damaging storms with power outages and navigating the State of Michigan’s new policies for revenue sharing.
Ferndale City Council had its fourth budget planning session on Wednesday, April 13, 2011. They heard presentations from the District Court, the Police Department and the Fire Department. Each department presented a slideshow describing what their legally-mandated responsibilities are and presenting budgets reflecting cuts of 15% and 20%.
Ferndale City Council met March 30, 2011 to move forward with the City budget for 2012 and 2013.
The Financial Committee, made up of 11 residents and 1 businessperson, has been meeting each Wednesday since September 15 to discuss ideas for how the City can get past the $3 million dollar deficit they are facing for Fiscal Year Ending 2012. There is not yet a consensus on what those solutions might be, but they are expected to report their ideas to City Council on November 2….(read more)
City Council held a special meeting on Monday, Sept 20, 2010 to discuss the noise ordinance.
A petition circulated by West Troy Street resident Sherry Wells and other residents in the Downtown Area calling for a new noise ordinance was submitted to the City Clerk last week, but it had too many invalid signatures to make it to City Council. There were 267 signatures on 25 sheets handed in, and 53 were not valid, mainly because people who had signed were not registered voters.