Outgoing Mount Clemens Metropolis Commissioner Barb Dempsey reads her farewell speech in the course of the Nov. 3 Metropolis Fee assembly.
Picture by Dean Vaglia
MOUNT CLEMENS — On the eve of election night time in Mount Clemens, a lot of the Nov. 3 metropolis fee assembly was dedicated to congratulating the one official within the room who was assured to be gone.
Metropolis Commissioner Barb Dempsey held her final scheduled assembly on metropolis politics in early November, marking the tip of a 36-year political profession that noticed her function mayor from 2005 to 2019.
“Serving this neighborhood has been one of many biggest honors of my life, and I’m really grateful for the belief and assist you (Mount Clemens residents) have given me over time,” Dempsey stated. “Native politics isn’t just insurance policies and procedures. It is about individuals, relationships and the shared dedication to creating our metropolis a greater place for all. I’ve been lucky to work with fellow commissioners, metropolis workers and passionate neighborhood members who share a deep dedication to creating Mount Clemens a greater place for all. Their encouragement, recommendation (and) friendship has carried me via each triumphs and challenges – and there have been many. To everybody who has supported me, supported me and in our shared imaginative and prescient has believed, thanks. Your belief in me has been an important assist. I’m an unbelievable supply of inspiration and I’ll all the time cherish the reminiscences we now have created collectively. I’m extremely lucky to have been a part of this journey and witnessed first-hand the energy, kindness and resilience of our residents.
Fellow commissioners, starting from comparatively new faces like Spencer Calhoun to fee veterans like Laura Fournier, mirrored on Dempsey’s profession in politics and her function on the town fee. Calhoun’s gratitude centered on how Dempsey helped him higher perceive the town, and in addition highlighted Dempsey’s volunteer work.
“Thanks for that and for the opposite individuals you actually made an impression for, with the Crocker Home (and) the Mount Clemens Neighborhood Coalition,” Calhoun stated. “The volunteer spirit is on the core of who Mount Clemens is and for many individuals, once they consider Mount Clemens, you consider you. Thanks on your years of service and good luck for the longer term.”
Fournier’s tribute to Dempsey included carrying an outdated title tag from when she was mayor, that includes two steel items on a transparent base with the town’s seal within the middle.
“It stood out wherever we went, so I believed I might put on that as a reminder,” Fournier stated, exhibiting the title tag across the room. “I want you (Dempsey) the most effective and luxuriate in not having to fret about this.”
Whereas most commissioners had one thing to say about Dempsey’s place in metropolis politics (Commissioner Jill Yore was not current), Commissioner Theresa McGarity stood out by giving Dempsey yellow roses.
Golf cart updates
When the fee permitted the primary studying of its ordinance on Oct. 20 to permit golf carts entry to pick out metropolis streets, the ordinance’s second required approval was granted by way of unanimous vote on the consent agenda.
Commissioners additionally permitted a decision authorizing inspection charges for golf carts. Inspections begin at $20, with a free preliminary re-inspection if obligatory, though the second and all subsequent inspections value $20. There isn’t any cost for golf cart registration stickers.
Parking replace by submit
In the course of the portion of the assembly reserved for administrative feedback, Metropolis Supervisor Gregg Shipman responded to an Oct. 20 public query about whether or not the town was doing something about submit workplace worker parking close to Clinton River Drive, Beyne Road and Rohns Road. The town had beforehand handed ordinances to determine parking permits for space residents and their visitors, that are freely obtainable to these residents and are at present being distributed. Enforcement of the restricted parking will start on Monday, November 10.
Name workers author Dean Vaglia at (586) 498-1043.
