FBI wastes no time on request
By Charles Sercombe That didn’t take long. After about only two weeks from when the city council asked the FBI to investigate the invoices of contractors, agents…
IT contractor earns over half million in seven years
By Charles Sercombe In our third and final installment of a look at the invoices of four major contractors with the city, this week we review ADR Consultants. The company…
City splits on fire grant
By Charles Sercombe That was a short layoff. Just a week after laying off 12 firefighters, the city has called all of them back. That’s because the…
City paid $2 million for street and water line repairs
By Charles Sercombe Last week The Review published the invoices submitted by city contractor Platinum Landscaping. We ran into Hamtramck Director of Public Works Steve Shaya in…
City will ask FBI to look at contractors’ billings
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck Common Councilmembers gave Acting City Manager Kyle Tertzag a mixed message at Tuesday’s council meeting. On the one hand, a bare majority of the council rejected…
Contractor was paid a hefty sum for snow plowing and lot clean-ups
By Charles Sercombe For the past four years, the city has relied on one company to plow and salt emergency route streets when it snows, and to do lot clean-ups.…
City Hall Insider10/5/12
What is our City Council up to these days? We have the highlights of the latest council meeting. By Charles Sercombe We last left off with the city council meeting…
Long election ballot will mean long voter lines
By Charles Sercombe Get ready to spend some extra time filling out the Nov. 6 election ballot. Hamtramck’s ballot is two pages long and features not only a slew of…
Will layoff of firefighters save the city money? Only time will tell
Updated Oct. 1, 7:30 p.m. By Charles Sercombe The talk of the town on Monday was about the layoff of 12 firefighters, which is nearly half of the department. According…
CM search gets a reboot
By Charles Sercombe The search is on. After a number of starts and stops, the city council agreed to renew the search for a permanent city manager. At Tuesday’s city…
