The Fries Ballroom at the Grosse Pointe War Memorial was filled Monday night (April 23) with City residents eager to learn more about Grosse Pointe's master-plan update.
In updating Grosse Pointe City plan, officials find everybody has an opinion
The City of Grosse Pointe hasn't had an updated master plan in eight years, and a preliminary public meeting about the process drew a full house – but a divided one – at the Grosse Pointe War Memorial on Monday night (April 23).
A brief "visual preference survey," during which attendees were asked their opinions on a variety of development ideas for the Village and the Beaumont Hospital area, grew widely mixed responses, suggesting that any significant construction in the area will not be a slam dunk with residents.
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Grosse Pointe City Council preps for more cuts, two-year budget plan
The Grosse Pointe City Council started its budget work at Monday’s (April 16) meeting with the now-familiar message from city management: Brace for cuts.
On the chopping block: several vacant public service positions, a school crossing guard job at Notre Dame and Waterloo, city sponsorship for fireworks and concerts in the Village, snow plowing for private roads, and the police canine unit.
City Manager Pete Dame told the council to expect out-of-balance expenditures this year even though every department’s budget has been decreased.
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Grosse Pointe City Council approves a package of marina improvements
Improvements are coming at Grosse Pointe City's marina, as the City Council on Monday (March 19) approved a number of recommendations by the city’s Marina Committee.
One is installation of a ground fault monitoring system to warn of any unsafe electrical currents in the water.
The Neff Park marina meets all electrical codes and standards and has no electrical lines near the water, the council was told. But problems can be created by boaters with improper wiring aboard.
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Grosse Pointe City will look for cuts as a million-dollar deficit looms
The Grosse Pointe City Council heard news Monday (Feb. 13) that's been coming for some time: The city faces a $1-million deficit in 2013-14.
City Manager Peter Dame said that although he estimates the city will be on budget for this fiscal year, which ends June 30, the council should craft a two-year budget to gain control of the shortfall.
Dame said the retirees’ health-care fund will be gone by the end of this year. “We are looking at serious changes for how we provide services,” said Dame.
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Grosse Pointe City Council agrees to shared fire-services agreement
The approval of the intergovernmental agreement on shared fire services was the main topic at the brief Grosse Pointe City council meeting Monday evening (Dec. 12). City Manager Peter Dame outlined a presentation on why the agreement was needed.
With consolidating dispatch services first on the list, now is the time to move on to sharing fire services. According to Dame, after six months of review, all five Grosse Pointe communities have agreed to the terms regarding of the agreement, which are:
automatic mutual aid between departments for working fires;
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Wearing his dress blues, incoming Grosse Pointe City Public Safety Director Stephen Poloni takes the oath of office from City Clerk Julie Arthurs at Monday's council meeting, as members Jean Welpert, John Stempfle and Andrew Turnbull look on. Poloni most recently held the same position in Grosse Pointe Shores and succeeds the retiring James Fox. Photo by Jacob Newby.
Grosse Pointe City faces a decline in fund balance; Mack Ave. bond OK'd
A preliminary five-year financial projection revealed that Grosse Pointe City's fund balance, which currently sits at just under $2.8 million, is expected to slowly decline to the point of a deficit position by June 30, 2015, according to city finance director Kim Kleinow, who presented her projections at Monday's (Nov. 14) City Council meeting.
Kleinow said this projected deficit does not take any potential city expenses or revenues into account. City manager Peter Dame cited declining property values.
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Mack Avenue streetscape project is on, over some Grosse Pointe City objections
Grosse Pointe City's council unanimously approved two major Mack Avenue projects during its Monday (Oct. 17) meeting -- decisions not popular with a few of the affected property owners.
A water main replacement, which will cost about $1.16 million and be paid for with a bond through the City’s Water & Sewer fund, was approved. It is designed to increase the water pressure inside houses and other buildings along Mack Avenue.
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Grosse Pointe City council makes anti-school of choice unanimous
As expected, the Grosse Pointe City Council passed a resolution opposing mandatory schools of choice. With the unanimous decision at its Monday (Sept. 19) meeting, the council becomes the fifth and final Grosse Pointe municipality to answer Gov. Rick Snyder's education-reform proposal with a resounding "no thanks."
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Grosse Pointe City Council approves Neighborhood Club, water-main bond
Correction: An earlier version of this story stated the council approved a sewer bond issue. It was a water main bond issue. The story has been corrected, and GrossePointeToday.com regrets the error.
The City of Grosse Pointe council breezed through a short agenda Monday (June 6), unanimously approving a water main bond issue, the Neighborhood Club’s final plans for a new facility and a restaurant patio expansion.
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