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Bill Bullard presents Debbie M...

ROSE TOWNSHIP, Michigan – According to Oakland County Register of Deeds, Bill Bullard, Rose Township Clerk Debbie Miller is “ahead of the curve,” after recently earning the title of Certified Municipal Clerk.

Bullard lauded Miller’s efforts during the Wednesday night Rose Township Board of Trustees meeting before presenting her with a plaque.

“Becoming a Certified Municipal Clerk is quite an achievement – it takes a lot of time and effort, and it takes a lot of initiative because certification for a clerk is not currently required under state law right now.”

Bullard said a bill requiring that township, city and village clerks are certified is currently moving through the state  legislature and that all Michigan clerks will eventually be required to become certified.

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HOLLY, Michigan – Holly’s historic Battle Alley was the backdrop Wednesday morning as Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson and a host of other state, county and local officials attended a celebration in which nine Main Street Oakland County (MSOC) communities were recognized for their perfect scores in the accreditation process by the National Main Street Center in Washington DC.

“I’m really excited about this program because it works and the proof is in the pudding – the proof is right here in Holly,” Patterson said.

Among the nine communities recognized for receiving a perfect score of 10 on the accreditation evaluations were Farmington, Ferndale, Franklin, Highland, Holly, Lake Orion, Ortonville, Oxford and Rochester.

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Resident Buster Winebrenner pr...

HOLLY, Michigan – Thanks to the number crunching skills of a Holly resident and former village employee, village officials will be looking into ways in which they can possibly tweak the budget to prevent personnel cuts from occurring in the police department.

In April, council approved a budget proposal to close a $146,249 gap through several employee layoffs, hourly reductions, and a key change to the village’s liability insurance carrier.

On Tuesday, Buster Winebrenner presented a four-page "Budget Reduction Plan," which he labeled “Out of the Box Thinking.” Concerned about even a remote possibility that the police department could face layoffs, Winebrenner suggested all managerial and police department employees forego salary increases by 2 percent, and reduce retirement contributions to no more than 10 percent for 2012/13.

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HOLLY TOWNSHIP, Michigan – The discovery of what appeared to be a possible toxic substance dumped at a park and ride lot located along Grange Hall Road west of I-75 caused a motorist to summon the Michigan State Police Monday night.

Upon further examination, North Oakland County Fire Authority was called, who in turn, called on the assistance of the Oakland County Response Team – an Oakland County fire department-funded organization made up of skilled men and women trained to respond to any potentially hazardous material situation.

Dumped into the ditch bank surrounding the southwest corner of the parking lot, firefighters built a makeshift dam to prevent the estimated 200-gallons of dark, oily fluid from draining any further.