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SEARCH FOR NEW CITY MANAGER BEGINS IN ROYAL OAK BY TAYLOR CHRISTENSEN ROYAL OAK — City Manager Joe Gacioch’s separation agreement has officially been approved by the Royal Oak City Commission as of Jan. 12. The agreement ends Gacicoh’s employment, leaving him with $135,950.22 in severance, according to the separation agreement document. The payment is to go toward Gacioch in the form of a one-time lump sum payment equal to nine months of his base salary, amounting to $151,487.39. “This lump sum payment shall be made at the second regular pay ocSee SEVERANCE on page 16A
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City Commission approves first reading for PUD at 111 N. Alexander BY TAYLOR CHRISTENSEN tchristensen@candgnews.com
LEFT: Members of the Clawson High School Orchestra play music while people arrive for a day of service on Martin Luther King Jr. Day Jan. 19. The cities and school districts of Clawson, Berkley and Royal Oak combined to organize the day. TOP: Amid cold winter weather, attendees participate in a walk. ABOVE: Teal Dimitrie and her son, Summit, 6, of Huntington Woods, work on making blankets that will be given to homeless people.
ROYAL OAK — The Royal Oak City Commission approved the first reading for a planned unit development at 111 N. Alexander Ave., north of 11 Mile Road. The owner of 111 N. Alexander Ave. has requested that the property be rezoned from one-family residential to planned unit development to construct two new buildings. See DEVELOPMENT on page 14A
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