Ogilvie's Service Terminates After Primary
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IDa- Be .. reported to CIlIIDCil Iha1 be tyCJOalX:il_~ aDd DeRusha 1I'ere meeting 1ri!b 3D at- VftUIIIl'eI'e2l1s iD the statement Ibm klrDey Tuesday eo had eapressed m- tenS iD the position Be said the city bas received umm iDquities" from four different ~ t1IU of nom Police, family mourn trooper beiDNorthviJle.. ""We Im"e resumes from t1IU ortbree and 1riII get them for you from all, " he Yore than 300 family members, told CDIDcil. ~ The discussion on the city attorney rela1i1'es and officers attended a came at the end of the two-and-cH1alf fuDeral mass for Midligan State Police ho!Jr alUDcil session during vilidl SpecialisVI'roO VICki ADD Moreau- Ma)-or Vernon read <3 se...en-page st.ate- DeVries at Our Lady of VICtory Catholic Cburth, 7iO ThayeI', at 11am. Mooday. Moreau-DeVries,. 28, wbo formerly had been assigned to the KorthviIlepost and wbo lived in Novi in Echo vaney subdivision, was killed at 1:30 am. Thursday when berpolice car orerturn- ed on 1-696 near 1-275. See other photos ~ - on page 5-A ~ J 1 \ State, city and township police as well I" as sberiff's officers representing most " 1 of lower Michigan, along with Ohio and Indiana State Police, made up a majori- ~ ty of the three mile processional with" t ". ~raliillYaDd'»I~IfltiV~r1t'" -ute" Holy . Sepulchre Cemetery in Southfield' wb1!reshewas bmied.', '!bey assembled first at Casterline Funeral Home in Northville wIiere visitation was held and then proceeded t9 the church. According to state police, Moreau- DeVries apparently feIl asleep at the wheel causing the car to veer left, hit the median on 1-696 at 1-275 and ffip end over end Police said she was returning to the Northville post from a criminal in- vestigative assignment near the end of her afternoon shift when the accident occurred. Also, police confmned there was narcotic evidence in the car which Rec:onS ptIolo by STEVE P.:aiT Continued on5-A Dave DeVries tries to dry the tears after the funeral for his wi,fe Vicki Tax tribunal rejects township petition By KEVINwn.soN and therefore-did not benefit in March. review to conduct a special December While the township bas not yet Michael Gibson of Kerr, RusseIl and session to correct the error. Section established its millage rate for the 1982 Hopes for a small reduction in pro- Weber, attorneys to the township, wrote 211.53b of Michigan property tax law tax year, most board of trustees perty valuations were dashed recently a letter to township officials explaining allows such corrective sessionS when members have gone on record sup- when the Michigan Tax Tribunal re. the tn"bunal's stand and the townships "there has been a clerical error or porting a roll back of last ,)'eaI'"s Ievy to jected a Northville Township appeal for options in response. mutual mistake of fact" between offset increased assessments. assessors and taxpayers. correction of an error in calculation for Essentially, Gibson related that tile The board met earlier this month to Dave Bach (and Andrew), Michael Kaley model 'head bobbers' 1982taxes. tribunal may have granted the reduc- establish a millage rate, but tabled the The "The Countymay not react favorably townshipargued that an error in tion had Wayne Countypetitioned with issue until its August session while to be sold at senior class sidewalk sale booth the sales study used to compute valua- to such a mass correction of errors," the township for correction of the error, Gibsonwrote. "However, 1feelthat this awaiting the outcome of the tax tions resulted in a state equalized which he said was the way such appeals tn'bunal hearing. Rejection of the peti- valuation for township homes approx- section can be used to correct the errors "historically" have been handled. for those persons who did not go the tion means the township millage rate Sidewalk sale will feature imately 0.8percent too high. Countyof- "However, in our case the county felt will likelybe 3.56mills. ficials did agree to correct the error for (March) Board of Review and receive and was upheld by the tax tribunal that reductions in their assessments." use in future years' tax collections. notwithstanding the error, equalization This includes 2.86 mills rolled back bargains, crafts, antiques But the tax tribunal ruled that the for Northville Townshipwas 50 percent Heintz said the township is exploring from the 2.98 miIllevy from last year; township board of review had reduced oftrue cash value," Gibsonwrote. this option for feasibility, It would be a plus an addition 0.7 mills authorized by voters in November for funding of the the 1982total township SEV by more Hesaid the key point inthis argument "massive" undertaking to notify all $4 police department. The rollback might . All 178 spaces for this year's have been sold. Some regulars like the than million while the error totalled was the township board of review ac- property owners who did not file in doWntown sidewalk sale being spon- man who sells old tools come every roughly $1 mUlion.The tribunal opinion March that they may bring cases in have been smaller had the petition for was that the error had been compen- tions reducing total equalized value by reduced assessments been granted. sored by the Northville Merchants' year - infact, he has rented twospaces about $4.7 million. December, she said. Association saturday have been sold, this year." sated for on an individual basis in Charles Lapham has announced. In addition to craftspersons and anti- evaluation of tax appeals by the local Heintz's greatest concern was ad- que dealers, several "businessmen-for- board . dressed by county tax officials, . Hesaid the remaining twowere taken however, he noted. 'arly last week and he now has a a-day" who Indicated they will have Clerk Susan Heintz said the township alUnglist started. items like telephones and stained glass is pursuing alternatives that might "One brighter point is that George Saturday's sale from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ,have taken about 30 percent of the allow for a second board of review to McEachren of Wayne County (Bureau willbe the first since the Mainstreet '78 grant the 0,8percent (or less) reduction of Taxation) has indicated the error to homeowners who did not file appeals will not be cumulative," Gibson wrote, J)rojectwas completed. Beeause of the Continuedon4-A Antique Car Club, the annual mirrowed streets, Lapham explained, "He told me that the error will not be TOWNSIDP PLANNING Com- rolled forward Intosubsequent years, If mission cancelled Its regularly show will feature more than 350 Spaces have been somewhat redesigned cars on display at the track and a With several added along the side of the 3().monthequalization sales study is scheduled meeting Tuesday Two residents vie for post used Inthe future. " night due to lack of business. The flea market dominated by NOrthvilleDrogs. automotive items. Admission is , .Lapham added that all that is needed To gain any reduction in the current commission session has been of Livonia at 10 p.m. Mary Killeen, a rescheduled for next Tuesday, $1. nOW Is good weather. In event of a Two Northville residents are among year, however, Gibsonadvised that the August 3 at 8 p.m. In township doWnpour before the sale begins, he the 12 applicants to be intervlew~ by registered nurse at Henry Ford township has only twoalternatives. The FEATURED IN this week's Hospital, will conclude tonight's Inter" hall. 41600 Six MUe Road. To be mild,Itprobably will be delayed a week the SChoolcraft College Board of Tax Tribunal's decisionmay be appeal- considered are site plans for a free Sunday Concert-In-the-Park 0·August7. Tmstees In Its search for a new board views at 10:30p.m. ' ed before the Michigan Court of Ap- sponsored by the Northville Arts Other candidates to be Interviewed church and associated school , 'the annual sidewalk sale, a summer member toreplace Nancle Blatt. peals. proposed for a large parcel of Commission will be the Nor- clearaway with local merchants offer· LoisWinters of 1046Bristol Court and between August9 and 11include Wesley thville Community Band under L. Berry, Jr. of Livonia, Mary UbI of He advIsed "It would be difficult to property on the west side of Hag- iog bargains In their stores and at out" Paul R. Dawson of 21219 Chlgwidden win an appeal ...because we would have gerty Road just north of Five the direction of Robert Williams. door tables In front, Lapham said, has are among the candidates to be Inter- Plymouth, William Warren of Livonia, The concert will be held from 2-3 Carol Juarez-Beach of Garden City, to show an abuse of discretion by the Mlle.