City Council Taps Detroit Firm for Attorney

.--------------------------------:---------------~ Haag & Sons • Book Bindery Jac Sprin~port, Mi 49284 492 WAYNE COUNTY'S OLDEST WEEKLY NEWSPAPER ... ESTABLISHED 1869 Put j edit on Num)Or usps 396380 .'\'01 114,No, 14,Four Sections, 36 Pages, Plus 2 Supplements WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13,1982-NORTHVILLE, MICHIGAN TWENTY-FIV~ CENTS City council taps Detroit firm for attorney By JEAN DAY firm was made after council members Ayers, G. Dewey Gardner and Paul Close contender for the post was the school issues. She cited the tentatively Gardner and Ayers, stating he felt heard presentations from the two other Folino stated they agreed that all seem- Livonia firm of Cummings, McCLorey, upcoming matter of a summer school Kohl's firm had to lie his first choice for James R. Kohl, 38, a Northville resi- finalists for the post that has been va- ed exceptionally qUalified. Davis and Acho which would have been tax collection as an example of possible the expertise it offered. : • dent, and the legal firm of Plunkett, cant since August 10 when Philip A Northville resident since 1974, Kohl represented by Johnson, a Northville conflict of interest. She added she Ayers then' made the motion to 'ap- Cooney, Rutt, Watters, Stanczyk and Ogilvie completed his service with the and his family live at 1034Springfield resident at 312West Main. would not feel right in asking him to point Plunkett, <;:ooney,Rutt, Watters, Pedersen with which he is affiliated will city. Drive. His selection was made con- It was Johnson's association with the resign his board post, as he indicated he Stanczyk and PederSen, which was become legal counsel for the City of Council member J. Burton DeRusha tingent on City ,Manager Steven board of education that caused Ayers would if council requested. seconded by Gardner and pasSed NorthVille by unanimous action of city and Mayor Paul Vernon, who earlier Walters and Police Chief Rodney Can- and Gardner to have concerns about his Gardner also emphasized he felt unanimously. council Monday night. had interviewed six candidate firms to non being able to "resolve the being able to vote on school-city related Johnson's contributions on the board All three firms received hi~ ratings The unanimous choice, however, narrow the selection to the three distance" between Kohl's Detroit office matters. have been too valuable to lose. in different 'areas from council came after defeat of an earlier motion finalists, emphasized repeatedly that and police headquarters in preparation "We would be losing both ways," It was this concern, stated by both, members. Also considered was to select a Livonia firm represented by "the city would be well-served by any of of police and 35th District court legal Ayers said, explaining she as a council that caused the initial motion of Sempliner, Thomas, Tiplady and Boak Christopher Johnson, also a Northville the three." work .. member would not feel he could advise DeRusha, seconded by Folino, to ap- of Plymouth. John Thomas, one of the resident and a current member of the An hour was scheduled for each When this is done, the council official- the city on school matters and that as a point Johnson's firm to be defeated by a four partners, made the coun'cil presen~ board of education. firm's presentations Monday night; ly will enter into agreement with the taxpayer she would not feel he could three-two vote. • SelectIOn of the 82-member Detroit afterward, council members Carolann firm. vote on the board of edu.$ation in city- Vernon voted against the motion with Continued on Il-A Bell proposes' new plan for schools By MICHELE McELMURRY trends. "If we are to believe the futurists,'~ Renovation of Northville High School, 'Instead of closing schools, we should be he explained, "then we must realize our realignment of the present grade struc- society is going thrOUgh the 'third ture and future facility use for the in- /opening schools to part of the cOlnmunity wave.' stitution Special Education Program "We are moving from an industrial are the primary components of a long- which prest(ntly isn't being serviced by society to an information society," he .range plan proposed for the Northville them.' noted. "Within the next 10 years, we'll School District by School Superinten- be retraining our work force from an in- dent George Bell last Tuesday evening. Georl!C Bell, dustrial society to an information socie- The superintendent outlined his pro- ty. posed plan to approximately 125 School Superintendent "I firmly believe public schools will residents, staff members and ISEP be the center of 'that retraining opera- parents attending the open meeting at tion." Northville High School. His proposal Noting the increased number of will be brought to the Northville Board However, he pointed out that "it is gram into the four elementary schools, women returning to the work force, &nd of Education October 25 for its ap- clear a long-range plan is long overdue Bell's long-range plan entails a further in particular, Northville's substantial for this district. expansion of the Community Education senior citizen population, Bell stressed pr~v~. al "As I go through the Northville Program, retention of all facilities, the need for an expanded community e s propos complies with a Public Schools' archives, I see the both K-12and ISEP, implementation of education program. charge set forth earlier this year by the board constantly criticized for not hav- board of education. The, board re- . a middle school grade structure and a "Instead of closing schools," he said, quested, in .April that the ~chool ad- m~ a long-range plan. renovation of Northville High School - "we should be opening schools to part of ministration formulate a "long range Th~ proposal pn;sented h~re tomlP,lt which would necessitate the approval of the community which presently isn't, facUitY Use plan by OctoDeri982':whiCh~ay.gwe !ISso.mething ~o!>egm~lth .. a bond-issue. beingservicedhy.l4em.Y~. "'r would include ... a recommendation,' Unlike earher proposals whICh m- . In prefacing his remarks, Bell em- He noted that the ,expansion of the grade level realignment, identification ~ud~ plans to close down. one of the phasized the schools' responsibility to "neighborhood school concept" would of a building or buildings for closure district ~ ~ven sch~ls or mr?rporate the community and the necessity to and a definition of the impact of in- the InstItutIon SpecIal EducatIOn Pro- keep pace with future educational Continued on Il-A creased use of district facilities by the ISE Program." The board's recommendation was made in response to a Citizen's Ad- visory Committee report directing the administration to identify an elementary school for closing and study a restructuring of the present grade level Apple dumplings to help offset the district's declining \ enrollment. Sara Gauvin puts her apple where her mouth is while Jason In presenting his outline last Tues- day, Bell said he felt the October • McDonald eyes the activity at Parmenter's Cider Mill Saturday. deadline established by the board of The character board they stand behind is but a part of education was "a tough one to follow" Parmenter's new children's play area. Record photo by John especially in light of his recent arrival Galloway in the district. Bell has been Nor- thville's supe~intendent about 13weeks. I Proposals crowd November ballot There are seven proposals facing Michigan is also one of eight states PROPOSAL A • :\llchlgan voters in the November 2 and several local governments con- electIOn. ducting a referendum on the nuclear After losing a ballot proposal two Thrce deal with utility rates and the weapons freeze proposal. years ago to restrict legislative im- munities, supporters will try again thIS pubhc service commission. One is a Sliger/Livingston reporters have proposed constitutional amendment to November. prepared stories regarding the cam· Proposal A, as it is known this year, guarantee minimum staffing of the, paigns on each of the seven issues statc police department, another would would allow state legislators to reform which will be presented in The Record their existing constitutional exemption allow the legislature to restrict its own in two parts. Today, proposals A, Band constitutionally-granted privileges, and from civil arrest and civil process dur- C are examined, ~tll1another would ban enforcement of ing legislative sessions. "due on sale clauses" in home mor- Next week, the remaining proposals Legislators who backed restricting .lgages will be outlined. legislative immunity two years ago- known then as Proposal G-said atten- tion was drawn to the civil protection enjoyed by lawmakers after some of Student enrollnlent drops the state's traffic laws were changed from criminal to civil infractions to free up district court dockets. ~~~~~.'" for 1982-83 school year Unforseen was the possibility that .-~ . legislators could invoke their civil im- \~ .,. ,<-*,~ Northville Public Schools student ment and Winchester Elementary munity for those offenses as well as enrollment once again has dropped School is 13 students shy of its 1981-82 others, such as the decriminalization of ahout four percent with an estimated enrollment of 491. possession of small amounts of mari- Norman Witt with the sawmill he renovated from a 'pile ofjunk' • 114 fewer students attending classes Silver Springs Elementary School's juana in some cities. " thIS fall. enrollment has dropped by only six The proposal to restrict legislative Fourth Friday enrollment figures students this year in comparison to last. immunity that was on the November show 3,421 students enrolled in this However, with 310 students, it has the 1980ballot did not get much publicity at Witt sets sawmill buzzing again year's K·12 program in comparison to lowest enrollment of all four elemen- the time as three controversial tax-cut l .

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