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VOL. 28, NO. 8 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2012 Weave the Web:
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Lee Grant, the fire chief for the city of Belleville for 20 months, and a volunteer firefighter for Belleville since 2005, resigned as Bellevilles fire chief last week. In a two-paragraph let-
ter from Grants attorney Scott E. Combs to City Manager Diana Kollmeyer effective 3 p.m. last Friday, Grant submitted his resignation. The letter refers to Grants involuntary resignation, and that he is being forced to resign. A portion of the letter
from Combs reads, It has unfortunately become clear to us that Mr. Grant cannot acquiesce in the improprieties and the inappropriate actions taking place in the city. Kollmeyer has proposed that Brian Loranger, the assistant Fire Chief for Belleville who had been
on a leave of absence, be appointed to replace Grant. Loranger was the assistant fire chief for the city. The issue will be discussed at Bellevilles City Council meeting at 7:30 tonight. Grant replaced interim chief Bill Emerson in June 2010. Emerson, now
retired, replaced Darwin Loyer as Bellevilles Fire Chief after Loyer resigned to become Van Buren Townships Fire Chief in 2009. Jerry LaVaute is a special writer for Heritage Newspapers. He can be reached at glavaute@gmail. com or call 1-734-740-0062.
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Toward the end of Tuesdays Van Buren Township Board of Trustees work study meeting that began at 4 p.m., a recent memo that had been delivered to township elected officials was discussed. The memo, VAN BUREN according TWP. to Trustee Jeff Jahr, said that the township reserved the right to monitor township e-mails. The authorization to do this was in a bylaw that elected officials had previously approved. Upon learning that some of their emails had been read by Township Supervisor Paul White, several officials were surprised to learn that the township policy which they had approved was being applied in that manner, and suggested that the policy be clarified to exclude such practices. White said that he had recently read the e-mails
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