WEDNESDAY, JAN. 20, 2021
LATEST CITY NEWS & UPDATES
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Kevin Edmond has been appointed the new fire chief for the city of Sterling Heights. Sterling Heights City Council confirmed the appointment on Jan. 19 following a thorough national recruitment search performed by GovHR and an in-depth candidate evaluation process.
Edmond replaces former Fire Chief Christopher Martin who retired last September following a 31-year career with the Sterling Heights Fire Department.
Edmond has been in fire service for 30 years, most recently as the fire chief in Collinsville, Illinois. He began his professional firefighting career in 1990 with the city of Mentor, Ohio and progressed steadily through the ranks, serving as a firefighter/paramedic, Lieutenant Battalion Chief and Deputy Fire Chief.
“We found Chief Edmond to be a visionary leader who embraces our City’s philosophy of continuous improvement,” said Sterling Heights Mayor Michael Taylor. “Throughout his career, he has demonstrated a commitment to his professional development through certifications and industry service, and he has already started talking about ways we can grow our already impressive Insurance Services Organization (ISO) rating from a two to a one here in Sterling Heights. That’s the kind of forward thinking and spirit we expect from our City leadership, and Chief Edmond wholeheartedly embodies that spirit.”
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Over the past year, the Macomb County Department of Roads has led the team responsible for preliminary plan development to reconstruct a portion of Mound Road. Through research, public input, assessment of business and community needs, and extensive planning, the design-build construction is close to its beginning phases. There are three parties involved in the construction process, including Macomb County and the cities of Warren and Sterling Heights.
Key needs have been determined for the project and will soon issue a request for proposal to the short listed design-build teams to submit proposal and bid prices to complete the multi-year project. The selected Design-Builder will be responsible for final design and construction of the project beginning as early as this summer.
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The 19 Mile Road reconstruction project, from Clinton River Road to Schoenherr Road, re-opened on Jan. 19 to two-way traffic.
The project included the construction of a uniform 3-lane pavement, sidewalk improvements, drive approach and local road approach replacement, signal and signage improvements, and landscaping improvements including over 60 new tree plantings.
The project also included a significant improvement to the underground infrastructure with the replacement of nearly one-mile of watermain, including new valves and hydrants, and the replacement of 64 water service leads.
Work will continue over the next week with minor items that will be done under flagging operations. In the spring, the project will be completed with permanent restoration, Gainsley Drive mast arm traffic signal installation, sidewalk gap completion near Schoenherr, and project close out items.
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The Sterling Heights Police Department recently began implementing an innovative Trap, Neuter and Return (TNR) program to reduce feral cat populations thanks to the approval of a $5,000 grant.
Through the TNR program, the Sterling Heights Animal Control provides inquiring residents a trap and a voucher. Once the feral cat is trapped, the resident can transport them to All About Animals veterinary clinic where the voucher can be redeemed as payment to have the cat neutered or spayed and vaccinated. The resident can then transport the trap back to where the cat was originally secured for release.
“This program offers a more efficient and humane way for our animal control officers to work in partnership with our residents to prevent an increase in the feral cat population in our community,” said Sterling Heights Police Chief Dale Dwojakowski. “This TNR process is practiced in hundreds of communities in all different types of settings, and in many cases, kittens and cats who are friendly and socialized may even be adopted into loving homes. In the past, many of these cats would end up being euthanized in shelters. This program helps prevent that.”
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Sterling Heights is partnering with Forgotten Harvest to host a Mobile Food Pantry at Delia Park (3001 18 Mile Road).
Each Thursday in January, Forgotten Harvest will be at Delia Park for car-only drive-up mobile pantry distributions from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. To keep everyone safe and healthy, food will only be distributed to the trunk of vehicles.
The Forgotten Harvest Mobile Food Pantry gives us the opportunity to assist families in our area. Recipients are assured of a healthy assortment of meats, dairy, produce and fresh fruit — foods that may otherwise be unaffordable and unavailable to families without the help of the program.
Below are upcoming dates and times of the Mobile Food Pantry at Delia Park (3001 18 Mile Road):
Thursday, Jan. 21 4:30 - 7:30 p.m.*
Thursday, Jan. 28 4:30 - 7:30 p.m.*
*or until food has all been distributed
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The city of Sterling Heights has been awarded two tree planting grants. The first grant of $4,000 through DTE will plant new trees in section 12 of the City and the second grant for $2000 through the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will plant trees in the most needed section(s) of the City.
The City's cost to plant trees is $265 per tree, so these grants equate to 23 total trees. In total, the City will be planting an estimated 100 trees through its annual tree planting program. The Department of Public Works will be running the $50 residential tree discount in May as has been done in the past.
See the link below for the City's tree policy.
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Watch last night's council meeting on our SHTV YouTube channel here.
View meeting packet and agenda here.
You can also watch the live meeting via:
- Comcast Channel 5 (Viewing)
- WOW Channel 10 (Viewing)
- AT&T U-Verse Channel 99 (Viewing)
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