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    The document summarizes local news stories from Belleville, Michigan. It reports that the Belleville fire chief resigned after being forced to do so, and the assistant fire chief will replace him. It also discusses the Van Buren Township supervisor reading other officials' emails, which some found surprising. Additionally, it outlines plans for the Van Buren Public Schools to consolidate services and implement best practices to increase state funding by $1.1 million.

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    The document summarizes local news stories from Belleville, Michigan. It reports that the Belleville fire chief resigned after being forced to do so, and the assistant fire chief will replace him. It also discusses the Van Buren Township supervisor reading other officials' emails, which some found surprising. Additionally, it outlines plans for the Van Buren Public Schools to consolidate services and implement best practices to increase state funding by $1.1 million.

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    SPORTS

    Bellevilles Delahaye headed to state finals See Page 1-C

    INSIDE

    Good manners never go out of style See Page 1-B

    The
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    VOL. 28, NO. 8 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2012 Weave the Web:
    Make sure to click on www.heritage.com around the clock for the most in-depth coverage. See most popular storie s....Michiganders rate Ann Arbor states most popular city.

    Fire Chief Lee Grant resigns after 20 months


    By Jerry LaVaute
    Special Writer

    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-

    Supervisor read other ofcials emails


    Bylaw allows monitoring of township email
    By Jerry LaVaute
    Special Writer

    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
    PLEASE SEE EMAIL/3-A

    The Belleville View is looking for Community Bloggers!


    If you live in the greater Belleville area and are interested in writing about local events, news and views or even your own interests and hobbies, please contact David Veselenak at dveselenak@heritage. com.

    The Man in Black makes an explosive entrance into the chilly waters.

    Taking the plunge


    Diving into Belleville Lake for a good cause
    If both initiatives are successful, the state aid would increase revenue to the school district by $200 per student. The plan to consolidate school services must be submitted to the state by June 1. A committee will be formed to develop and to propose specific actions. Schools Superintendent Michael Van Tassel said, Its now a choice. In the future, we will have to do this, referring to the gradually increasing expectations for schools by the state. In a separate, yet related action, the board unanimously adopted a Best Practices Incentive resolution. The state requirement is that a school achieves at least four of five best practices identified by the state. The Van Buren Public Schools had achieved four of the five requirements,

    See page 13-A for story and photos

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    Plan approved to increase revenue allocation


    School district to raise state funding by $1.1 million
    school districts revenue allocation from the Michigan VAN BUREN State ofmillion, by: The Van by $1.1 SCHOOLS Buren Public Developing a Schools Board of plan to consolidate Education unanimously school services, and approved a proposal by Implementing the best Finance Director Karen practices in the school Moffitt to increase the district.
    Special Writer

    INDEX
    Editorial Calendar Sports Page 6-A Page 3-B Page 1-C

    By Jerry LaVaute

    including: That a school district be the policy holder of its insurance plans The adoption of a resolution to consolidate school services Posting the performance data dashboard on the schools website Obtaining competitive bids from suppliers for select services
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