Holds special meeting ; <v * ?:• • • -j ♦ ■ - ~t : •IIV w an ts 2 h u lls BY BRIAN LYSAGHT said Clerk Esther Huh i ig. “ Pc lice and It took tWo [meetings, but the fire are dear to their hurtjs.” Plym outh Township Board of Trustees The board on Tuesc«y appr< ved 5-2 unanimously a^r^ed to seek voter the proposal to seek at < itional nillage, a p p r o v a l o f'a two mill proposition but seeking unanimoii s support, held a N o v . 5 . special meeting Thurday morning. Voters will be asked to authorize a Breen and Trustee Jtm Irvim voted two mill levy for police and fire ser­ against the measure ' Tuesday vices. If approved, the township second vote on the im e re operational levy will total four mills Thursday, both changed thei: for 1986. enough, said Supervisor and the m easure passet I M aurice Breen, to fund services at their Breen said he vote! e s d a y c u r re n t le v e ls. because board appi n o t A five mill township proposal failed unanimous. Irvine v o te d 5-2 at the polls July 29. Township and agaiftst the measure Tuesday :ause city voters will consider an eight-tenths he was concerned milljajge label f o r of a mill district library request, also police and fire might cbfet the township N o v . 5 . ' \ j state revenue sharing i o n e y a s it d id (A BRANHAM WAS CROWNED SALEM HOMECOMING The board met Tuesday Sept. 23 for C a n to n . QUEEN FRIDAY NIGHT. Bnukus, a seaior, was escorted by Fell Lyle, also a crowded, four-and-one half hour He said if the toWijship earmarks a senior at Salem High School. (Crier pboto by Chris Boyd) . meeting during which citizens voiced millage “you are run i concern over public safety - especially t h a t y o u a r e g o in g t o le ik e s o m e ih tin e y fire department - funding cuts. in Lansing sometime bjefween no|v and C antonn t m an survives Though some board members said the year 2,000. they preferred unearmarked millage, ' “These things have k w ay o f c t m in g most agreed earmarking would better out o f the woodwork £ i^d biting jfou, M e x i c o C i t y e a r ensure the proposal’s passage. Irvine said “ I think voters Will buy it better if State Rep. Gerry Lijv had tol^l the BY DAN NESS the 19-story Maria Isabel Sheraton it’s earmarked for police and fire,” board each mill wo t e a r n ; b o u t ‘The ohly way . can describe it, is hotel on the Peseao De La Reforma, a $80,000 in state sharu! revenue next that it was Iike~h four-hour horror main street through' the city of 18 year but Canton Toyui:ship lost over movie condensed into four minutes,’’ million people at the time of ihe quake. $450,000 in state monies when the state said Willi: Pike, 47, of Canton, a The official death toll of the quake Department of Management a n d survivor o the Sept. 19 Mexico City reached 5.200 Monday, I but the Budget (DMB)~ ruled <p in to n ’s s j ecial earthquake number is expected to rise, according assessment levies didn : qualify fo rthe P ik e , engineer t for Ford M otor to rescue officials in Mexico City. 2l4 i state revenue. C o . in born, was staying in a hotel Americans are missing and presumed Law, who spoke tc th e b o a r d in downtown Mexico City for a d e a d , a c c o rd in g t o th e U .S . E m b a s s y . phone from Lansing T h u rs d a y , business seminar when the earthquake Pike thought he would be one of the Plymouth Township vyould noi h it. m is sin g . affected by the DMB lin g t h a t “It didn’t shake or tremor like I “I think back on it,” Pike said, C a n t o n . ' thought eirthquakes would,” Pike “and I was totally convinced I was a Breen said the foi said. “ It was like being on the ocean.” d e a d m a n ! ” Pike was; staying on the 14th floor of I'he hotel Pike was staying in sustained extensive damage,] but did not collapse in the quake because of g r a n t the steel superstructure supported it, P ik e said.- j “ It had to be a genius that designed BY BRIAN LY Richard Myers. that hotel,” Pike said. A N D D A N The city plans to expand the. preven non Plymouth crime Neighborhood Watch program with Of the 50. Ford employes at the h lo n - programs received a bij; bpost part of the grant monies, Sincock said. hotel, none were killed and minor th e day, when it was annci need thtli ai Plymouth Currently has- five Neigh­ scratches from falling debris were the city had.been awarded a S i t 5 0 0 borhood Watch groups, and the city only injuries suffered, Pike said. ta te Justice Assistance.Gran: From thh e f t hopes to get two or three more going Pike woke up the morning of the O ffice o f Crim inal Justijc); w ith in t h e y e a r, S in c o c k s a id . disaster, Thurs., Sept. 19, showered ■ “ W e’re pretty happy b o u t i t , ” sa id The city had applied for a two-year Coat, oa pg.8 Paul Sincock, assistapi t o th e c ity grant July 126. Several goals of the m a n a g e r. crime prevention program will have to The one-year grant > rill allow th e be altered] to fit into a one-year Plymouth Police DepiJtment to e x - program , Sincock said. pand on crime prevent on programs The police department hopes to a n d s t a r t n e w o n e s , S in e jfclk s a id , reaiicn approximately half of the city’s M ost sm aller city polipp d e p art: n ts . adults. and school-age.c b children through piust use existing funds fb r th e ir im e crime preveppon programs under the prevention efforts,. w' i i c h c a n b e grant, Sincock said. difficult, Sincock said, The police also hope, to perform “Most towns aren’t like Defoit, ijjiome surveys, to determine how prone DICK SHOMO, OF THE where .they have a v h o le c im e the house is to burglaries, Sincock said. PLYMOUTH VfW POST, was prevention bureau with large staff,” The police > department will use getting it all on film at the “bike Sincock said. existing staff members in the crime rodeo’’ held Saturday* The Plymouth “You know, this is h e f ir s t law prevention program, Sincock said, police department! with the VFW, enforcement grant monejy availabl: for T h e g r a n t was only one of 41 grants sponsored the event. (Crier photo by years, literally years, ai d I’m r:ally a p p ro v e d in the state for crime Chris Boyd) tickled we got it,” said Police Chief p re v e n tio n , Sincock said. J I Myers e v lk j&ytfem ■incredible99 9 fomia ComfortSystems,Inc. N ew 911 fo r C ity, Assuming neighboring communities S I N C E 1 9 7 8 P Y B R IA N L Y S A G H T joined, the system would cost the City The M idwest's M ost Experienced Installers Western Wayne County police and fire officials learned last week about of Plymouth approximately $675-• • the enhanced 9-1-1 emergency phone $1,750 per month depending on the system; that it is modem, proven service and $11,000-$30,000 for in­ effective, and expensive. stallation; Plymouth Township $800- Solariums • Hot Tubs $2,200 per m onth and $12,000-$37,000 Michigan Bell -Telephone Co. for installation; and Canton Township Spas • Saunas representatives pitched the system to $1,000-$3,000 per m onth and $13,000- police and fire officers from $48,000 for installation. Plymouth, Plymouth Township, Plymouth Township Police Chief At-Home Leisure Products Westland, Van Buren Township, Carl Berry said the costs of the system THE COMMUNITY CRIER: October 2,1985 Tayjor, Belleville, Ypsiianti and others are not so extreme when considered T h u r s d a y a t P ly m o u th T o w n s h ip H a ll. with the its track record for saving FREE INSTALLATION T n e s y s te m , w h ic h is u s e d in C h ic a g o "lives. thru October 31,1985 with presentation of this ad andlplanned for Oakland County, is a Berry said a millage levy could be (Does.not include electrical hook-up) sophisticated 9-1-1 emergency call considered to fund the system.