Reformer Picked for Civil Service
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Section Grosse Point~ News A 30, Per Copy 36 Pages - Three Sections - Plus Insert Pubilihed al second Cia.. Man.r at lhe GROSSE POINTE, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 1983 $13 Per Year VOL 44--NO 13 Poat Office al Delroll, MichIgan Reformer picked for civil service Barbara Gat- By Mike Andrzejczyk took offIce J an 1 term, IS a "very hIghly qualified how many case!:>wele pending be- torn, who helped person WIth some 30 years WIth fore the comml'>Slon write Wayne Bal bard Gattorn. former char- Under the charter, the commls Ford Motor Co In the labor I ela County's new ter commISSIOner and unsuccess- slOn becomes a part of the per- hons field," Ms Gattorn ~dld Because of the change~ 10 the comml!:>slOn'<;functIOn. It Will take charter, will have ful candIdate for the Wayne Count~ ::.onnel depm tmellt Members, who an opportunity to ComnU::.SlOn, thIs week was are paid on a per dIem baSIS, WIll Appomted to a four-year term time before It begin'> to functIOn was Henry KOldk of Hamtrdffick, smoothly, MI'> Gattorn ::.Hld Un- Implement the named to sen e on the county serve SIX,year staggered terms, new rules as a- CIvil Servile CommISSIOn fOI two but the fIrst appollltments WIll a former member of the county tJl \\e get organIzed and hear the first couple of cases, r can't be too member of the yeal ~ by ExecutIve WlIllam serve tel m!:>of two, four or SIX CIVil service comffilS::.lOn who wdl county'. three- add continUIty to the new com ~peclhc 011 bow we \\ JlI bl:' or Lucas years person civil ser- mISSIOn, Luca!.>' press !>ecIetdl y gaIll7ed," !>he ::.aHI 'I'm vel y plea~ed to sen e the Under the new commiSSion, Bill Johnson saId KOlak also vice commis- The dppollltment!> are subJelt to sion. County Ex- county executive," !:>aldMs Gat 'the much abused system before !.>erved on DetrOIt's CIvil servIce cC:-:!1r~~t~c:-: ~~ tho R()~rrl of ec !.!!'ve I)fflt'.'!r tV! ii, .;:, ~h-... s~~J ~(form of the lhe [Jew did I tel "l,vulct ch~ngc board CIvil servIce department had been slgnlflCantly," Mrs Gatlorn said ComlnJ::.'>lOners, but no hear Illg::. William Lucas "one ot my pllorllleS" dUring her "We'll answer to the personnel dI- SlIlce the comnllSSlOn has not ha ve yet been ..,et appointed her to term a::. charter comml::.SlOner rector, but as you know, we'll be met for three months, there Will the commission and In her campaign for county Independent In the past, the clVll be some catchll1g up to do, M::. The Wayne County Board of Monday. commIS~lOner, ",hlch !:>heI~l to servIce commiSSIOn, has, III effect, Gattorn saId The thrf'e appolO- Commissioners last week ap- John Hel tel last No\Cmber been the personnel department" tees were to meet Tuesday to dIS- cuss and orgamze proved Executive Lucas' reor- The primary purpose of the cIvIl ganization plan affecting more service commISSion IS to review Named as chairman of the "We'll have to catch up, that'!> than 20 departments. The story commISSIOn was LeVI Jackson, a and decIde gllevance ca!.>es of for sure," Mrs Gattorn said. add- is on Page SA. classIfied personnel and persons DetrOit reSident who IS a retired mg there was some dIspute over contesting CIVIl servIce test re- Ford Motor Co executIve with sults Luc a!:>term Inated the old labor relations experience Jack- CIVIlservIce commiSSIOn when he son, who will serve a six-year Housing issue splits homeowners for your information By Susan McDonald "thinly disguised attempt to bring THE PARK NOW contains .no required for multiple-family hous- By Tom Greenwood Public school properties won't low-income persons into Grosse condommium Units, according the Ing under the ordinance. be future sites for semor citIzen Pomte under the guise of helpmg 1980 census, and less than 28 per- Other revisions to the zoning or- housing in the Park under a revIs- semor CItizens." cent of its 4,990 housing umts are dinance made after the hearing ed zoning ordinance scheduled for Other residents saId zoning the renter-occupIed P ark reSidents adoption later this month. include tighter language restric- Just look at U8 glitter, The only real common three schools for more dense de- who seek smaller, more carefree tions on height variations that denominator is wealth, living space when their children Don't try to buy the latest ed- City planners Originally zoned velorment would encourage the may be granted by the council the land that Defer, Pierce and loca school board to close and sell leave home are often forced to and a new provision that will re- Ition of "W," the fashion tab- leave the community. City plan- Sta8h the trash Trombly schools now occupy for facihties In the Park The Grosse qUIre 2(){} foot setbacks for most loid put out by Women's Wear Pointe Board of Education is cur- ner Charles Leman says that lack Daily. The March 25-April 1 Is- What's brown and black and more dense, multiple-family de- homes built along the lake, ac- velopment in the new zoning or- rently considering a plan to close of alternatIve housing is the rea- cording to Crawford The revised sue, which features an 11 page been attracting more than a schools because of a greater than son the Park's number of semor section on Detroit, has been few double takes on the Hill re- dinance Their goal was to prOVide ordinance also establishes min- 40 percent declme III enrollment citizens has actually dechned m sold out in most local book- potential sites for alternative Imum lot frontages according to cently? housing that could prevent elderly over the decade the last decade, contrary to area stores demographic trends the avera~e on the street whpre If you said the new trash re- Pointers from leaving the com OPPOsItion to the plan was not the proposed lot IS located, Craw- Pictures and print dedicated ceptacles, go to the head of the munity when they decide to sell entirely unanimous, however One ford saId. to Grosse Pointe abound, with - current events class. their single family homes dIssenter, a frail elderly woman Under the reVised zoning map, The new zoning law has been stood up to the predominantly promment local reSidents and school sites Will be placed III the~ reViewed extensively by the city's landmarks scattered through- The contamers, made of wood BUT THAT proposal met with mIddle-aged crowd and asked and metal, appeared about two nearly unanimous oppOSItIOn from single family reSidential zone, ac- ordinance review committee- and out the secllon them to conSIder theIr future m cordIng to City Manager John planning commission, which held weeks ago and number about 20 more than 70 persons who packed the cIty Interestmgly enough, while m all Money was federally a public hearlllg on the new zon- Crawford While some areas of the public hearing earlier this month The commission is sched- the section is titled, "Detroit- provided through the Commun- ing map earlier this month. The "You don't reahze what it does the cIty remam In the more dense, Quiet Living," little of the Ity Development Block Grant citizens expressed fear that al- to an older person when they have multIple-family zone, they are uled to consider adoption of the paper IS devoted to DetrOit it- program ternative housmg developments to leave the commumty they've sectIOns that are already fully de- ordinance at its Tuesday, April 19, spent their entire life In," she veloped and It IS unhkely a devel- meetmg The council is expected self While the decor fits in nicely may change the residential char- acter of their neighborhoods. One s:ud "We need housmg (or semor oper could accumulate the mm- to see the proposal at its meeting Most of the space is dedIcat- With the new ornamental lights man alleged the proposal was a Citizens WE' nee<ryoul help" Imum fIve-acre parcel which is on Monday, April 25 ed to Grosse Pomte, Bloomfield on the Hill, the thing that Hills, Cranbrook, Franklin and seems to tickle most reSIdents Metamora WIth a smattermg of IS that the trash containers DetrOIt here and there have locking tops Attempted Photo wIse-Grosse Pomte re- Word on the street has It that ceives a lot of covera~e The the locks are there to keep front page of the sectIOn fea- people from stealing all the Inurder ture!:> Nicol Stroh m front of trash Actually, it turns out that Perched her herb garden, with an ac- they're not too far off base companymg photo of a pro- VISion laden table In the Stroh A spokesman from the Farms and pretty warrant kItchen There's also a Illce CIty Hall said the locks are front entrance shot of the Coun- there to prevent vandalism, Although Charlie the try Club of DetrOIt, later de- namely kids getting in to toss macaw looks comfortable scribed as one of "DetrOIt's the trash around perched on fourth-grader issued oldest clubs with one of the Other upcomlllg Improve- Danielle Fields' arm, she By Tom Greenwood most coveted memberships." ments WIll include grates and isn't quite so sure about the Oh yes, there's also the Stroh's guards for the new trees and Farms police will charge a eye-to-eye encounter. Char- Bournemouth Road woman With front door Lots of doors here some new benches WIthout lie and some of his reptile locks two counts of attempted murder Other photos Include the and feathered friends visited In the March 23 stabbmg of the Grosse POinte Yacht Club, ("a Ides of March Barnes elementary school suspect's mother and housekeep- larger, more Informal and last week as part of a Life er .,ome say less snobby club than March 15th may not have Science Foundation presen- the Little Club") plus the smal- been the best day ever for Accordmg to police records, a tation offering hands-on con- nelgh.bar called last Wednesday ler, more formal and supposed Julius Ceasar, but It turned II1to tact with live animals.