Wednesday, May 16, 2012
City officials will present the 2012-13 budget proposal to Trenton City Council members for approval on May 21.
One of the strongest points in the 2012-13 budget proposal is the fact that there are no lay offs according to Trenton City Administrator Jim Wagner. The budget proposal will be presented to Trenton City Council members for approval on May 21 at Trenton City Hall. Wagner said city officials and council members were able to come to an agreement on several issues, resulting in a balanced budget at a public budget hearing Monday night. "We worked together as a team," Wagner said. "Mayor Pro-tem (Terrence Teifer) did a very commendable job in bringing all of us together." The budget requires taking $250,000 from the fund balance, but Wagner said the important thing is that people get to keep their jobs. "We made some general fund assumptions …
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Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Trenton High School students took over the city for a few hours on Tuesday.
For a few hours Tuesday morning, Trenton High School students took over the reigns of Trenton City Hall and, with the help of city officials, managed to keep the city running as smoothly as ever. Trenton students participated in student government day, when high school students take on the roles of city officials and learn what it's like to run a city. Trenton Mayor Kyle Stack welcomed students in the lobby at city hall, where snacks and refreshments awaited the future leaders. Students were assigned specific city positions ranging from mayor to clerk, city council to city administrator and everything in between. The morning concluded with a mock city council meeting in the council chambers, where students tackled an agenda filled with …
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Residents who sign up for a Sam's Club membership at Trenton City Hall receive a $10 gift card.
Employees of Sam's Club have set up shop in a conference room on the first floor of Trenton City Hall to encourage residents to sign up for memberships. Lorene Rome and Dolores Palacio said they are signing residents up for memberships from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Tuesday and Wednesday. "Anyone in the city of Trenton that comes in today (and tomorrow) gets a $10 gift card when they sign up," Rome said.
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Monday, May 14, 2012
A new ATM machine at Trenton City Hall will save residents a trip to the bank. Trenton
Residents can save a trip to the bank now that a new ATM machine has been installed at Trenton City Hall. The machine was installed in March between the City Clerk's Office and the Treasurer's Office on the first floor of city hall. The fee for using the ATM is $2.50. It's available for use during regular business hours. City Hall is open from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
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Trenton City Council members approved a budget hearing that is open to the public.
The money raised would be put in the City of Trenton computer equipment fund.
Trenton officials will be selling aging equipment on eBay after council members voted in favor of the recommendation at Monday's city council meeting. Theresa Monthei, network administrator for the City of Trenton, will be placing aging radios and computer equipment on the popular website in the next few months. All proceeds from the sale would be placed in the city's computer equipment fund. For mor information contact Trenton City Hall 734-675-8600.
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Friday, May 11, 2012
Trenton residents were unhappy, to say the least, about a recent decision to cancel a Splash Park at Elizabeth Park due to high levels of sulfur in well water.
The decision to cancel a highly anticipated Splash Park at Elizabeth Park has some residents angry and asking questions. These are quotes pulled directly from the Trenton Patch Facebook page. Now, we want to hear from you. Respond to these quotes or offer your own thoughts about the new pavilion going in place of a Splash Park.
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Wayne County has new plans for the highly-anticipated Splash Park at Elizabeth Park.
The highly anticipated Splash Park at Elizabeth Park will not be completed as planned according to Beverly Watts, director of Wayne County Parks. Watts said sulfur levels in nearby well water were "too high for our liking." "The safety of the people is our primary concern," Watts said. Construction crews drilled and tested a number of different areas for clean well water, but did not find water with sulfur levels low enough to be used safely. Instead, the newly cemented area will be covered with a pavilion for picnic tables and benches, according to Watts. "We think it's wonderful, and we didn’t have to pay any more money to get this done," Watts said when asked about the change in plans. "We are very excited that we could go to plan 'B,' …
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Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Trenton City Council members voted in favor of salary reductions and increased health care costs for non-union city employees Monday night.
In a vote that quote "shocked" Trenton Mayor Kyle Stack, city council members voted in favor of salary reductions and increased health care costs for non-union city employees at a regularly scheduled city council meeting Monday. The changes affect 31 current employees. Also, a number of retirees, whose benefits mirror the most current employee health care costs, will be affected by the increase. "I didn't have a clue that that was going to be presented last night," Stack said. "I was a little shocked when it was brought up to be voted on." Stack added the changes had been discussed in several previous budget study sessions, but was not aware Councilman Tim Taylor would be asking council members to vote last night. Taylor made a motion to …
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Trenton City Council members approved a budget hearing that is open to the public.
Trenton City Council members approved a public hearing for the proposed 2012-13 budget at a regularly scheduled city council meeting Monday night. The hearing is slated for 7:30 p.m. May 21 at Trenton City Hall. "For the sake of the public, obviously many of our study sessions are not attended by the public or televised, but just to give an idea where we're at," Mayor Pro-Tem Terrence Teifer said. "We've spent the last month-and-a-half working on the budget that was prepared by administration and the council's been through all of the departments...this is probably one of the most difficult budget times I've ever been involved with particularly as a councilperson." The city is facing a $3.1 million budget shortfall, and cuts must be made …
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Ian
4:41 pm on Friday, May 11, 2012
As ridiculously wasteful, and puzzlingly incompetent this is, I have to admit that I'm personally glad that it won't be finished. I wasn't looking forward to the increased vehicle and pedestrian traffic that would have resulted. At least there is still the Kennedy center. It isn't free, but you get a lot more room to enjoy yourself, and it seems to have a portion of the pool fit for every age and… more ›