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FEBRUARY 5, 2025 Vol. 22, No. 3
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Ferndale to conduct public interviews with city manager candidates BY MIKE KOURY mkoury@candgnews.com
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Ferndale interim City Manager James Krizan reviews the options for a restoration operating millage at the Jan. 27 City Council meeting. Photo by Patricia O’Blenes
FERNDALE SETS MILLAGE RESTORATION PROPOSAL FOR MAY ELECTION BY MIKE KOURY mkoury@candgnews.com
FERNDALE — The city of Ferndale officially has put forth a millage restoration proposal for residents to consider in May. The Ferndale City Council approved at its Jan. 27 meet-
ing the ballot language for the restoration of its operating millage, with the council deciding to set a proposal of 5.445 mills, which was the same millage restoration voters approved in 2015. This proposal will be on the May 6 election ballot. The official ballot language reads, “This proposal will restore a portion of the City’s operating millage which has been See PROPOSAL on page 6A
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FERNDALE — The city of Ferndale will be hosting public interviews Feb. 6 with the finalists for its open city manager position. Ferndale has been undergoing a search for a new city manager since Joe Gacioch left in December for the same role in Royal Oak. After completing its search process, the city has decided on three finalists. The three finalists are Vester Davis Jr., former city manager of Springfield; James Krizan, the interim city manager and assistant city manager in Ferndale; and Colleen O’Toole, the former city manager of Saline. Mayor Raylon Leaks-May said a big positive for her is that all three candidates have city manager experience, which is something that not every applicant for this position had. “All of them have appeared to have researched