Se Seahulm Seniots Oversee City Seaholm High School seniors Touring the Municipal Building, in the work of the city government. ment about taxes and the operation Students participating in the helped to run the City of Birming- the Adams Fire Station and the The Civic Control Day Mayor, of parking meters. event not previously mentioned ham during the annual Civic Control Department of Public Works Build- Mike Morden, with the com- Chief of Police, Steve Jacobson, were Recreation Director, Nancy Day held Monday, April 24. ing on Eton Road enabled the stu- missioners Bill Collins, Mike found his job interesting as well as Thalacker; City Manager, Steve The day long event brought 26 dents to gain an insight into the Emery, Bill Purdy, Lynne educational. Traveling around the Willis; Director of Finance, John students from the classroom into operation of a democratic govern- Roberts, Donna Schwab and Jeanne ar ea with a polic eman enabled Steve Van Doren; City Assessor, Jan the offices and departments of many ment. Maurer worked during the after- to better understand the role of the Harris; City Planner, Judy Lucas; of the city officials. Students enjoyed seeing their noon setting up an agenda for the Police Department plays in the City Engineer, Jim Posther; Su- After a brief orientation period friends locked up in jail at the Po- Mock Commission Meeting held at community. perintendent of Public Works, Lynn conducted by Mr. Robert Richards, lice Station and the fireman 7:00 p.m. Nurses Nancy Madison and Sandy Kurth; Assistant City Manager, a Seaholm civics teacher, and Mr. demonstrating the use of the fire- Laurie Leitch, appointed city Seyfried visited schools and made Bob Fox; Fire Chief, Carolyn Robert Renning, city manager, in slide at the fire station. clerk for the day spent the after- home calls with their counterparts. LeVan; Building Inspector, Robert the city commission room, atwhich After the lunch period, students noon reviewing records of poS-t During the Mock Commission Emmett; Superintendent of Forest- time Mayor Florence Willett wel- returned to the Municipal Building commission meetings with Miss Meeting the students passed a res- ry and Parks, John Sampsom;Dog comed the group, the students were to meet their designated city Irene Hanley. olution with a unanimous vote to Catcher Tom Lutz; Electrical divided into three sections to tour officials. At this time the students Sid Sullivan, appointed treasur- thank the commission and city Inspector, Gary Ludwig and County the various offices and departments were allowed to actually participate er, talked withpeople in his depart- officials for the work they had done. Sanitarian, Hap Dunne. h an ibe
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