ST. CLAIR SHORES Last month, the City Council approved an amendment to its animal and fowl ordinance prohibiting retail pet stores from selling dogs, cats, rabbits or ferrets in order to reduce the demand for puppy mills and other commercial pet breeding.
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Mayor concerned station will negatively impact neighbor
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ST. CLAIR SHORES Stating that there had been “ample opportunity” for Kroger to plan for a gas station on the site of its newest store on Harper Avenue at Nine Mile Road before another owner built one on the corner, City Council voted 6-0 to deny site plan approval for a Kroger gas station on the same property.
Mayor Kip Walby told Kroger’s representative at the April 19 City Council meeting that, when the company was in front of City Council in September 2017, city officials asked if they would take over the then-vacant gas station on the corner of Nine Mile Road and Harper Avenue.
St. Clair Shores extends contracts for trash, landscape services and more
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ST. CLAIR SHORES City Council voted to extend contracts with several large companies, stating that the terms being offered were likely better than any they would receive through the bidding process.
The largest of the contracts was that of Green for Life, the city’s solid waste hauler since 2016. The company, which took over the contract that had been awarded in 2013 to Rizzo Environmental Services, proposed extending its contract at the current price for an additional five years, while also providing additional services to the city. Whereas under the current contract, St. Clair Shores pays $28,000 for one household hazardous waste collection day, it would receive two of those collection days at no cost, and extend the large brush pickup and chipping service year-round.