Tuesday, January 24, 2012
They call for a compromise and also agree to review interlocal agreement that governs OPC.
The Rochester City Council continued to voice their opposition Monday night to the 2012 Older Persons’ Commission budget and approved an alternate budget for the OPC board to review. Councilmembers also said they weren't interested in pursuing a lawsuit against the OPC. They voted to form a subcommittee to review the interlocal agreement that governs the organization. Since the OPC budget was submitted to all three governing communities in the fall, the Rochester City Council has voted against it, while Rochester Hills and Oakland Township voted in favor of it. Much of the discussion Monday night revolved around whether the municipal parties should be reviewing line items like pay increases or just look look at the budget's bottom line. “…
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City of Rochester
400 6th St, Rochester, MI
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Older Persons' Commission
650 Letica Dr, Rochester, MI
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Wednesday, January 18, 2012
A special meeting tonight will seek the public's input.
How should Rochester Hills fund police services? It's a question that a committee of elected officials and citizen representatives are hoping residents can help answer tonight. The Police and Road Funding Technical Review Committee was formed in 2008 to study funding strategies for police services and roads. A special meeting tonight will focus on police: two millages that support police services are set to expire next year. The 6:30 p.m. meeting at Rochester Hills Municipal Building is open to the public. Rochester Hills contracts with the Oakland County Sheriff's Office for police services, which cost $8.7 million in 2011. Currently, the city's general fund supports about 47 percent of police services. About 43 percent of the police …
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City of Rochester Hills
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Oakland County Sheriff's Office - Rochester Hills Substation
750 Barclay Cir, Rochester Hills, MI
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Wednesday, June 29, 2011
The exercise was part of a public workshop organized by U.S. Rep. Gary Peters at Berkley High School.
The Collaborative Center at Berkley High School was transformed into a mini-Washington, DC, on Tuesday night as U.S. Rep. Gary Peters (D-Bloomfield Township) asked participants in a public workshop to take a crack at solving the federal budget deficit. Approximately 155 people of various political stripes, ages and cities of residence turned out for the event hosted by Peters, who was joined by Sara Imhof of The Concord Coalition, a nonpartisan budget watchdog group based in Arlington, VA. Peters got things started by framing the gravity of the situation. During the 2011 fiscal year, he said, the United States' federal budget deficit is expected to hit $1.4 trillion dollars. Read another way: The federal deficit is expected to reach $1,400…
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Berkley High School
2325 Catalpa Dr, Berkley, MI
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Friday, May 13, 2011
Education funding activists, including those from Royal Oak, aim message at lawmakers in Lansing, including Gov. Rick Snyder.
Lansing has seen bigger and perhaps more enthusiastic rallies than Thursday's gathering to support education funding. The activists were undaunted by crowd size. All they cared about was making Michigan's lawmakers hear words like those spoken from the Capitol building's steps by Chris Greig, Farmington Area PTA president. "We have the money. We have a surplus in the K-12 school aid fund," said Greig, who attended the rally with a group from the Farmington Area PTA. "We've collected $455 million more than what we originally thought, already this year. We are projecting an additional $500 million to be reported by the House Fiscal Agency on Monday. We have the money for K-12 education. We must, we must invest in our future today." Greig …
Patricia Kane
9:38 am on Tuesday, March 20, 2012
The only reason this came about was information from the State--I and others had mentioned and blogged about this openly at meetings for quite some time. This is a step in the right direction-but it is still higher than what a premium can be purchased for-- but again It is a start towards a compromise. The wheels at OPC are slow to turn. more ›