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Detroit Extortion charges mention Hamtramck contractors

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Our city attorney and towing contractor are in The Detroit News today:

In July 2004, the contractor gave $25,000 to a political action committee. The contractor told the PAC to give the money to Kilpatrick’s political campaign, according to prosecutors.

Also in July 2004, Gasper Fiore made a $25,000 donation to Allen Brothers political action committee, which donated the same amount to Kilpatrick’s re-election campaign on the same day, according to state records.

More recently, Allen Brothers has represented the City of Hamtramck since May of 2005.

In June 0f 2008, City Manager Don Crawford decided to search for a new law firm. According to sources, Crawford was unable to reach him by telephone for several days.

June 11, 2008, a non-election year, Mayor Majewski held a fundraiser that was primarily attended by city contractors, developers, and contractors of the Hamtramck Housing Commission. Allen Brothers PAC donated more to the Mayor’s campaign fund than any other attendee: $1000.

June 21, 2008, Don Crawford tried to replace Allen Brothers with the firm Kirk & Huth.

June 24, 2008, the city council reinstated Allen Brothers by adding his confirmation to the agenda between the terms of city managers Crawford and Cooper, a day that Nevrus Nazarko was acting manager.

Special meeting 2/09/12: agenda 2

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***Notice***
A Special Meeting of the Hamtramck City Council will occur on Thursday, February 9, 2012, at 7:00 PM. The meeting will be held in the City Council Chambers, 2nd floor of City Hall, 3401 Evaline, Hamtramck, Michigan.

PRELIMINARY MATTERS
1. Call to order
2. Roll call
3. Pledge of allegiance to the flag
4. Public Comments – for purposes of this Special Meeting, comments are not limited to the agenda items.

SPECIAL BUSINESS
1. RESOLUTION TO AMMEND A NEIGHBORHOOD STABILIZATION PROGRAM II DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH LABOR FUND MANAGEMENT ADVISORS LTD, LLC TO REHABILITATE, AND BUILD NEW CONSTRUCTION SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSING

2. RESOLUTION TO AMMEND A NEIGHBORHOOD STABILIZATION PROGRAM II DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SOLUTIONS TO REHABILITATE, AND BUILD NEW CONSTRUCTION SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSING

ADJOURNMENT

NOTE: Anyone planning to attend the meeting who has need of special assistance under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is asked to contact the city clerk’s office at (313) 876-7700.

Professional Legal Services

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There are no confidentiality claims attached to the following communications, and they are about city business, so I’m going to assume that there will be no objections to my posting these e-mails that have been making the rounds.

On January 6 at 4:43 p.m., Mr. Cooper sent an e-mail to the city council, mayor and finance director, instructing them to look in their mailboxes for documents related to the upcoming budget meeting. His explanation of budget variances included this section about the budget of the city attorney:

Department 229: Legal
Line Item Title: Professional Services
Line Item Number: 101-229-801.000
% of Budget Used: 42.35%
Explanation: This item has been added [to the variance report] due to bills for November and December not being processed due to the retirement of Pat Swider. With the inclusion of these two monthly bills this line item will total $219,057.27, a total budget used of 79%. With all of the services being provided this line item may end up approximately $160,000 over budget based on current usage. The budget for this line item is $275,000 for the fiscal year.

At 9:11 p.m. the same night, Jim Allen sent the following to the city clerk, the mayor, and city council by replying to a notice for the upcoming budget meeting:
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City council 1/24/12: agenda

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PRELIMINARY MATTERS

  1. Call to order
  2. Roll call
  3. Pledge of allegiance to the flag
  4. Agenda approval
  5. Proclamations/presentations/recognitions/announcements
    1. AUDIT PRESENTATION BY ALAN C. YOUNG & ASSOCIATES, PC. Representatives from Alan C. Young & Associates, PC and Plante Moran will present findings and answer questions regarding the City of Hamtramck, Michigan Financial Report with Supplemental Information for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2011.
    2. Presentation – 2012 Metro Times Hamtramck Blowout Music Festival

Chris Sexon, Metro Times Publisher

  1. Public comments: Agenda items (5 minutes allowed per person)

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