Archive: September 2020

Council Member Report from Zach Michels Fire Station Visits I wanted to update Council on my visits to fire stations.  This calendar year, I have visited 5 fire stations and will continue to visit additional fire stations every week or two.  A summary of the fire stations I have visited and some thoughts Read more

Council Member Report from Zach Michels What the Signs Really Say… A Fact Check Bad information has no burden of proof to stop its rapid trajectory. To check the spread of bad information, I offer the following report. In his June 17, 2020, report, Mayor Keough states:  “Within the past week or so, two Read more

Dexter Fire Truck Below is the fire truck used by the Dexter Fire Department, as told to me by folks with a longer history than mine, at the time the current fire station was first opened in 1955.  This apparatus has many notable features, like spoke wheels, crank starter, single leaf-spring suspension for the Read more

Council Member Report from Zach Michels I had completed another report that I was going to submit before learning that two items I had submitted for the next meeting agenda would not be on that agenda.  (That following one item I had submitted for the previous meeting that did not appear on the agenda.)  Read more

In order to avoid any appearance of a potential conflict of interest, I want to make everybody aware that I have been offered and accepted a position with Carlisle Wortman Associates. While their relationship working as the City’s planning consultants has been long established and predates my time on Council (and Read more