

Township road advisory committee update
By Dana Casdei Last April the Bloomfield Township Road Advisory Committee – made up primarily of volunteer residents – held their inaugural meeting and this week they brought their first update to the board to present all they had found out about township’s roads during the last six months. “We won’t be hearing solutions tonight, this is simply fact finding,” said chairman Jeff Salz. The overall verdict is that Bloomfield Township roads are in poor condition, with over 80 p
Oct 16


Changes for Jax Kar Wash site plan okayed
After a 7-0 vote from the Bloomfield Township Board of Trustees in favor of the new site plan, the existing Bloomfield Car Wash at 4025 Telegraph Road in the township is on its way to becoming an improved Jax Kar Warsh.
Oct 16


Police department renovations architect hired
Several long-awaited updates to the Birmingham police station inside city hall at 151 Martin Street are on the horizon after Birmingham City Commissioners approved the selection of MCD Architects to begin designing a new and improved police garage, interview room and dispatch center, along with a new sally port, during the Monday, October 6, meeting.
Oct 9


Baldwin, city still talking about service charges
Baldwin Public Library officials and officials from the City of Birmingham are continuing discussions started this past spring about the...
Oct 9


Zoning consultants topic of joint meeting
Birmingham City Commissioners and Planning Board members held a joint workshop meeting on Monday, September 29, focusing on the hiring of a consultant to assist the city in updating the existing zoning ordinance.
Oct 2


Forest Lake Country Club renovations okayed
The Forest Lake Country Club will look quite different next summer thanks to the Bloomfield Township Board of Trustees vote on Monday, September 29, in favor of proposed renovations.
Oct 2


Township adding human resources director
The employee agreement for Jennifer Haring, Bloomfield Township’s new human resources director, was approved 7-0 by the board of trustees at their meeting on Monday, September 8.
Oct 2


Flu shots for township seniors October 24
The Bloomfield Township Senior Center will be offering flu shots provided by University of Michigan Ambulatory Care Immunization on...
Oct 2


Private/public partnership plan moves forward
Birmingham officials are getting closer to implementing a city policy allowing for private/public partnerships that could prove of...
Sep 25


City manager Ecker gets increase in salary
Birmingham City Commissioners, on a split vote, have agreed to raise the base salary of city manager Jana Ecker by seven percent....
Sep 25












