candgnews.com MAY 28, 2025 Vol. 38, No. 11
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Clintondale Community Schools faculty members and supporters picket along Little Mack Avenue on the evening of May 12, protesting the lack of a contract ahead of the district’s Board of Education meeting that evening.
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CLINTON TOWNSHIP — Clintondale Community Schools faculty, joined by supporters and faculty from other Macomb County school districts, picketed outside of the district’s May 12 Board of Education meeting at Clintondale High School. They were there to protest the lack of a contract between the Clintondale Education Association and the district. The picket comes 253 days after the last contract expired on Aug. 30, 2024, and after 60 of the district’s 102 faculty members have left their positions. “For 19 years we’ve only had two years without a concession,” said
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Harrison Township board votes to go back for bid on sediment project HARRISON TOWNSHIP — On May 12, the Harrison Township Board of Trustees voted 7-0 to go back for another bid to remove sediment in the Archer/Lakeshore canal area as part of a special assessment district project. According to items attached to the meeting’s agenda, the residents in the district originally had a preferred con-
tractor. That contractor could not take on the project due to insurance and staffing concerns and the residents put in more effort to find another one. “There was an individual who was interested in doing the work with that new system and the previous contractor had said that he may have solved their insurance and staffing issues, resulting in Wade Trim preparing a request for proposals (RFP) for the project,” the item stated. “One bid was received on Wednesday, May 7th, but the
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proposal has not been thoroughly reviewed.” At the meeting, Harrison Township Clerk Adam Wit said the item went out to bid once, but due to some confusion in the process it went out to bid for a second time. They received one bid, but, after further review, the estimated price came in over what was signed for in the petition, Wit said. When a special assessment district is set up, Wit said, they get a price estimate and the residents sign on for a speSee SEDIMENT on page 9A
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