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BOARD SHORTS BILL FOR STATE OF THE TOWNSHIP CLINTON TOWNSHIP — The last meeting of a politically deadlocked group brought one final flash-up on Feb. 26 as the Clinton Township Board of Trustees voted 3-3 on paying the bills for the State of Clinton Township address.
Originally part of the procedural payment of bills, Trustee Mike Keys had the bills for the annual event removed from the consent agenda for a separate vote. Keys’ dispute with the bills is the use of township funds for the event, which is a fundraiser for the Macomb County Chamber. “I was just shocked and appalled to see again the number of tickets bought by each
A Macomb County Department of Roads worker installs JVISmade heaters on a traffic signal light in November 2023.
department, but then even our own cable and community relations and media services department — the department that promotes the event and then records the event, is working at the event — each of their staff members have to pay a $30 ticket to attend that same event,” Keys said. “I think that it’s wrong that we’re using township resources and staff time to host a fundraiser for a
nonprofit or an organization. I don’t know any other organization that gets that type of treatment from Clinton Township, but I also think it’s wrong to funnel township taxpayer money from our departments directly to the chamber.” Keys voiced opposition to this use of township funds to the Fraser-Clinton See BILL on page 5A
ROADS DEPARTMENT TRIALS NEW TRAFFIC LIGHT TECHNOLOGY
Photo provided by JVIS USA
BY DEAN VAGLIA dvaglia@candgnews.com
MACOMB COUNTY — Despite some odd winter weather, cold-weather traffic safety concerns have not melted away. The Macomb County Department of Roads has teamed up with Sterling Heights-based manufacturer JVIS USA to pilot a new piece of technology to keep road users safely moving in snowy weather. Three intersections along Jefferson Avenue have had half their traffic signal lights outfitted with JVIS CoreHeat heaters around the lights, which aim to keep snow and ice from blocking the signals. “Unlike the incandescent light bulbs that were in traffic signal lights predominantly up until a few years back, the new lighting systems are all LED-based,” said Bryan Santo, director of the Macomb County Department of Roads. “The incandescents previously generated heat when they were plugged in and working. The LED lights that we’re using now are more energy efficient, more reliable, but they do not produce any heat source.” Primarily a builder of heating components for cars, JVIS came across the problem for the LED traffic lights and found a new way to apply its technology. Development on the traffic light heaters brought the company’s electronic engineering groups together to design temperature and moisture sen-
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