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MINUTES OF THE SIXTY-SECOND SPECIAL MEETING OF THE
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LIVONIA
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 8, Chapter IV of the City Charter,
the above meeting was held on May 2L4, 1961, at 33001 Five Mile Road, Livonia,
Michigan, and was called to order by the President of the Council at approximately
10:5L4 P. M. Roll was called with the following result: Present-- .Sydney B.Bagnall,
Jack Salvadore, William N. Ponder, James R. McCann and Rudolf R. Kleinert.
Absent-- Austin T. Grant and John T.Daugherty.
By Councilman Kleinert, seconded by Councilman Ponder, it was
#361-61 RESOLVED that, upon the recommendation of the Mayor and City
Attorney and pursuant to Chapter V, Section 14 (h) of the City Charter, the
Council does hereby retain the law firm of Miller, Canfield, Paddock and
Stone as special legal counsel, to represent the City of Livonia by
exhausting all available administrative appeals and remedies and by
commencing all legal actions that may be necessary and available, on
behalf of the City, in order to obtain a competent determination as to
the reasonableness, validity and legality of the present local assessed
value, County equalized value and State equalized value of the City of
Livonia and in this connection to do all other things either necessary
or incidental to the above; that for these services the Council does
hereby authorize payment to such special counsel of the minimum fees
prescribed in the current Detroit Bar Association fee schedule; and
that notwithstanding any of the above, the Council reserves the right
to request and receive, from time to time, progress reports indicating
the status of all proceedings and also the right to discontinue such
legal services at any time, upon payment of the fees earned to the
date of such discontinuance.
A roll call vote was taken on the foregoing resolution with the following result:
AYES: Salvadore, Ponder, McCann, Kleinert and Bagnall.
NAYS: None..
On motion of Councilman Ponder, seconded by Councilman McCann and
unanimously adopted, this 62nd special meeting of the Council of the City of
Livonia was duly adjourned at 10:58 P. M., May 214, 1961.
MARIE W. CLARK, City Clerk
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