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Photo feature, Big Rapids City Commissioner Lorrane James
The next time your at a Big Rapids park, you might notice a park worker driving a brand-new GMC Sierra 3/4-ton 2-wheel drive pickup truck. That's because, on January 12, 2011, a Department of Public Works truck number 214 was involved in a major accident on an icy road. The truck, that was used year-round by the Parks Department for transportation and hauling... |
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 Big Rapids City Manager Newsletter For January 22, 2010
January 22, 2010
OPTOMETRY BUILDING
Construction continues on schedule. This week the taps have been made to the City Utilities. Ferris reports that teaching in this building is expected one year from now.
The construction of the East Campus apartments are a little ahead of schedule. A tour is planned for the next meeting of the City-Ferris Staff.
The next big project at Ferris is the rebuilding of the Mechanical systems for the Star-Arts-Williams buildings.
RIVER SAFETY PROJECT
Gary...
 Big Rapids City Manager Newsletter For January 8, 2010 January 8, 2010 CENSUS The City will be volunteering space for an employee of the Census Department at City Hall from mid-March to mid-April. We have purchased (thru a grant) some T-shirts and other advertising items to help with the Ferris Census. This employee should be valuable to the City and County as a resource for a proper census. COSTS As an item of interest related to the avigation easement costs, the City has incurred legal and engineering fees of $9,200 for survey, title and document...
 City Manager Newsletter For December 11, 2009
December 11, 2009UNION NEGOTIATIONS
The Supervisors Union at the Police Division is nearing completion. A fundamental ‘agreement’ has been reached on all non-financial issues, with language and positioning remaining to be finalized. Pay issues are also ready to receive Commission input. With the Supervisors unit coming together, we look forward to Police and Fire discussions slated for 2010.
FUNDRAISING EVENTS
With another successful luncheon for United Way, the City has...
 Big Rapids City Manager News Letter For November 20, 2009 November 20, 2009BRPOA Three very important topics were reviewed at the meeting. First, Don Jones is attempting to raise several thousand dollars to purchase software and two laptops for the Inspection/Fire Division. This program will record the internal rooms of structures, detail the access points for utilities, outline hazards on the site, and delineate parking, fire hydrants and other outside features. It also connects with internet sites, which give firefighters...
 CITY OF BIG RAPIDS UNOFFICIAL GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS NOVEMBER 3, 2009 ELECTIONS
MAYOR – Vote for 1
Jared Crockett - 196Mark J. Warba - 479
COMMISSIONER – Vote for 2
Owen Bruce Everitt - 169Bob Hendrickson - 199Tom Hren - 97Lorraine James - 286Jim Nystrom - 145Dan A. Rothstein - 306
CHARTER REVISION COMMISSION – Vote for 9
Pamela Fleming - 322Thomas J. Hogenson - 438Robert Krueger - 366Luanne Rothstein - 374Mary Ryan - 344Alma M. Wortley - 322Ruth York - 273
CHARTER REVISION PROPOSAL
Shall there be a general revision...
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 Big Rapids City Manager Newsletter For Friday October 30, 2009 October 30, 2009
RETIREMENT
Bruce Everitt announced his retirement this week and will be leaving November 5. Jack Fraser will be serving as interim plant manager. Don, Roberta and Steve had a long discussion with Jack concerning the operation of the plant, his abilities, and the plant’s ability to maintain success through the remainder of the construction process. Jack is extremely upbeat about the plant, the processes, and personnel that will be guiding...
 Big Rapids City Manager Newsletter For October 23, 2009 October 23, 2009
WATER BOND RATING
The City periodically is updated for bond ratings for the water system. Its A3 rating has been confirmed. This is pretty amazing considering the state of the economy and the challenges to public financing. Four reasons were cited for this success: 1) “constant customer base remaining the same”, 2) “our intention to implement water rate increases”, 3) “Ferris being a constant customer, which assists in...
 Big Rapids City Manager Newsletter For October 16, 2009 October 16, 2009 LIBRARY DONATION
Pat Schnaffer, a board member of the Friends of the Library, worked with Rosalinde Parsons to make the Friends a part of her estate. When Rosalinde passed away recently, she remembered the library in her will, which resulted in a donation of $25,233.07 to the Friends. It is the expectation that this donation will be added to the Fremont Foundation account and be used for library programs, books and other needs of the Community...
 Big Rapids City Manager Newsletter For October 9, 2009 October 9, 2009
WWTP MASTER PLAN MEETING
All the Wastewater Treatment Plant staff, Don Greiner, and Prein, and Newhof met to review the next round of needs at the plant after the present construction is complete. There was some division over the timing (now or after the present construction in complete), but all confirm the need for continuous quality improvement. Probably a revisited will be done at this time, to be reviewed after the construction is complete unless there are...
 Mecosta County Commissioner News Reel For October 1, 2009
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Click on video to play. Dr. Frederick Guenther showed up at the Mecosta County Commission meeting to give an update of the "affiliation agreement" between Spectrum Health and the Mecosta County Medical Center.
On May 14, 2009, The Grand Rapids News reported that "the agreement is...
 Big Rapids City Manager Newsletter For September 25, 2009 September 25, 2009
CHAMBER FORUM
The Chamber will be scheduling a candidate forum for City offices, October 7, 2009 at 6 p.m. at City Hall.
DAVE CAMP
Dave Camp visited Big Rapids to tour Wolverine World Wide to see the consolidation efforts at the plant and celebrate this success in his district. Wolverine announced that 125 jobs had been added in the past several months and another 150 would be added by the end of the year. This was certainly confirmed by the overflowing...
 Big Rapids Facade Project Almost Done, Says Director Of Neighborhood Services; Mark Gifford
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Monday 21, 2009, Full Video Of Mark Gifford's Big Rapids Facade Update.
 Big Rapids City Manager Newsletter September 11, 2009 September 11, 2009
MUNICIPAL ELECTION
LAST CALL FOR RESIDENTS INTERESTED IN SERVING AS A CITY MAYOR, COMMISSIONER OR A CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION COMMITTEE MEMBER TO FILE THEIR PETITIONS, BY 4:00 P.M., ON SEPTEMBER 15, 2009
DAVID EISLER MEMORANDUM TO FACULTY AND STAFF
Attached is a memorandum to the faculty and staff of Ferris. While it is a thank you to those individuals, it is also a very interesting analysis of the present direction and demography of the Ferris institution. It...
 Big Rapids City Manager Newsletter September 4, 2009
September 4, 2009
MUNICIPAL ELECTION
LAST CALL FOR COMMISSIONERS AND CHARTER REVISION CANDIDATES.
SEPTEMBER 15 IS THE FINAL DAY TO SUBMIT PETITIONS FOR OFFICE!
HOLIDAY
Be sure to participate in all the events of the holiday weekend. There is the festival, music, ball games, antique gatherings…and really good food!!
The Public Safety Department personnel will be doing demonstrations for family day Saturday at the park, (seatbelt use, Officer Jesse...
 Big Rapids City Manager Newsletter August 28, 2009 August 28, 2009 REMINDER TO ALL…PETITIONS FOR CITY COMMISSION AND THE CHARTER REVISION COMMISSION ARE DUE SEPTEMBER 15. PLEASE RECRUIT FOLKS OR WHATEVER IS NECESSARY TO HAVE AT LEAST 9 INDIVIDUALS FOR CHARTER REVISION COMMISSION. THIS SEEMS TO BE AN ‘UNKNOWN’ OPPORTUNITY AT PRESENT!!!
BOOK SALE
Friends of the Library have been working for more than a month to sort books and get ready for the annual book sale next week. The sale begins next...
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 Big Rapids City Manager Newsletter For July 2, 2009
RIVER STREET PARK
The Northland Soccer Club has started on the earth moving for their new soccer complex at River Street Park. Topsoil is being stockpiled on the east side to overlay the ground once the final elevation has been bulldozed. Completion of this portion of the project is anticipated within two weeks.
DOWNTOWN VSCI PROGRAM
Bids have been finalized for the Wayfinding portion of the project and the Art Works is nearly complete. The façade project is...
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Big Rapids City Manager Newsletter For May 22, 2009
May 22, 2009
HAWORTH
Attached is a kind letter from Haworth indicating thanks for the accommodation the City made for their cleanup efforts in the National Forest. A bigger thanks to Allied Waste who agreed to haul the debris from the City dumpster. Haworth needed to use the city facilities as they have a ‘0’ garbage policy at the plant. ALL refuse is recycled or reused in some manner. They have no dumpster, as they have no garbage stream. Kudos to Haworth and that kind of...
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 Big Rapids City Manager Newsletter For May 1, 2009
May 1, 2009
MECOSTA COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER CT SCAN
The Mecosta County Medical Center is temporarily adding a concrete access for a CT scanner just west of the Emergency Access for Emergency Personnel. It is anticipated that this portable unit will be in place for six weeks while the Medical Center makes arrangements for a more permanent arrangement. The site is off Locust Street and away from the sidewalk; although a small portion of the temporary structure will encroach on the South side of...
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 The Big Rapids City Manager Newsletter April 24, 2009 GREEN TOWNSHIP Attached are two communications from Green Township. One concerns the library funding issue, in which the township is most happy to participate at the present rate, but not in increasing measure. The second concerns the User Study that the township feels should continue on the present format – but discussions should precede which would create a document more aligned with the real world.FINANCE SOFTWARE
The City is moving away from Eden software to BS&A. Eden is...
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 Fighting For A Gate At Big Rapids Hemlock Park On Monday April 7, 2009, Recreation Director Jill Buse presented the park and recreation boards recommendation to not put a swinging gate on the entrance of the playscape at Hemlock park.
In her presentation, Buse presented a list of things from the National Playground Safety Institute, that should never be found on a playground. On that list was "swinging gates and doors". Her boards recommendation was to have benches placed outside and around...
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 Big Rapids City Commissioners Say No To Federal Stimulus Funding Monday March 16, 2009, Big Rapids City Commissioners voted to turn down a Federal stimulus package to renovate the Waste Water Treatment Plant. In order to receive the 1.6 million in stimulus funding. The project would have to comply with the "Federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act".
According to Big Rapids City Manager Steve Sobers, "construction on the plant started early this month and there is a time table issue. Sobers said, "we have already bid...
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 Where To Vote In Mecosta County This information was provided by the Mecosta County Clerk
If you live in:
You can vote at:
Phone Number:
AETNA
Township Hall - 196 N. Cass Street, Morley, MI
(On the north end of Morley on US-131)
231-856-4480
AUSTIN
Township Hall - 14132 Pierce Road, Stanwood, MI (Located between 140th and 155th Avenues)
231-823-9704
BIG RAPIDS
Township Hall - 14212 Northland Drive, Big Rapids, MI (At Township Fire Hall on 131 south of Big...
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Mecosta County Election Results For August 5th 2008
MECOSTA COUNTY
AUGUST 5TH PRIMARY ELECTIONCOUNTY
Information Provided by the Mecosta County Clerks OfficeREGISTER OF DEEDS – VOTE FOR 1
CANDIDATE
PARTY
VOTES
Tony L. Case
Republican
945
Karen Hahn
Republican
2547
COUNTY ROAD COMMISSIONER – VOTE FOR 1
CANDIDATE
PARTY
VOTES
Nile W. Denslow
Republican
1609
Randy Maxwell
Republican
1767
DRAIN COMMISSIONER – VOTE FOR...
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Mecosta County Primary Candidates For 2008 This is a run down of political candidates running in the August 5, 2008 primary election in Mecosta County Michigan "D" for Democrat and "R" for Republican. The candidates that win the August 5, 2008 Primary Election will move on to the General Election in November.This Information was provided by the Mecosta County Clerks OfficeThese are the County Candidates
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
Peter Michael Jaklevic - R
SHERIFF
John W. Sonntag -...
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