1998 Joint Public Service Awards winners

Outstanding Joint Public Services Projects

First Place
Fire Department Merger
Charter Township of Plymouth; City of Plymouth

Shared Administration Building
City of South Lyon; South Lyon Community Schools

Merit Award
1998 Community Calendar
Lake Orion Community Schools; Orion Township Public Library; Township of Lake Orion; and Village of Lake Orion

Joint Purchase of an Educational and Recreational Site
City of Novi; Novi Community Schools

Honorable Mention
Community Based Service Program

Detroit River Coastal Communities Consortium

Hazardous Incident Response Team

Livingston County 9-1-1 Public Safety Project

Military Base Conversion: A Partnership in Economic Development

Oakland County Geographic Information System

Rural Recycling Project

Varity Kelsey-Hayes Industrial Development Project

Youth and Family Program

Outstanding Project Leadership

First Place
Jere L. Michaels, Livingston County Commissioner

Honorable Mention
Rodney Cook, City Manager, South Lyon

Distinguished Leadership in Joint Public Services

First Place
Jeffrey L. Potter, Mayor, City of South Lyon

Outstanding Public/Private Partnership

First Place
Business to Business Partnership
Ann Arbor Schools, Planning & Business Division; Johnson Controls, Inc.

Eight Mile Boulevard Association
Eight Mile Boulevard Association

Out-Wayne County Homeless Coalition
Out-Wayne County Homeless Coalition

Port Huron Neighborhood Housing Corporation
Port Huron Neighborhood Housing Corporation

Honorable Mention
Bridge Street Bridge

Comprehensive Community Health Models/School Health Initiative

Environmental Interpretive Center

Littles and Bigs Program

Senior Citizen Nutrition Program

Work First Transportaion Program

In all, 26 nominations were received for the 1998 awards. Details of award winners and all other entries are featured in a publication, Award Winning Joint Projects, (June 1998), available in the SEMCOG library.