1999 Joint Public Service Awards Winners

Outstanding Joint Public Services Projects

First Place
CWW Firefighter Testing Program
Conference of Western Wayne; Schoolcraft Community College; Western Wayne County Fire Department Mutual Aid Association

Downriver Area Brownfield Consortium
Cities of Dearborn, Monroe, Riverview, Romulus, Taylor, and Trenton; Downriver Community Conference, Port of Monroe

Merit Award
Household Hazardous Waste Collection
Cities of Farmington, Farmington Hills, Novi, Southfield, Walled Lake and Wixom

St. Clair County Learning Academy - Day Treatment/Night Watch Program
St. Clair County Learning Academy

Honorable Mention
Courts and Law Enforcement Management Information System

Home Instruction Program for Preschool Youngters

Infant Mental Health Program

Ongoing Collaborative Partnership

The Partnership in Planning Initiative

Pointe Area Assisted Transportation Service

Pollution Solutions! -- Environmental Education Program

Red Wagon Program

Shared Information Network Consortium

Southfield Career Center

Speeding Awareness Project

Troy Community Kaleidoschope

Washtenaw County Traffic Counter Partnership

Water Treatment Facility Project

Holly High School Agreement

Outstanding Leadership in Joint Public Service

First Place
Bill Russell, Youth Services Director; City of Southfield

Merit Award
William Wagoner, Director, Livingston County Planning Department

Honorable Mention
Bill McSween, Director, Redford Township Parks

Mike DeVault, Superintendent, Macomb County Regional Educational Service Agency (RESA)

Mike Flanagan, Superintendent, Wayne County Regional Educational Service Agency (RESA)

Jim Redmond, Superintendent, Oakland Schools

Steve McGee, Assistant Fire Chief, Groveland Township

Outstanding Public/Private Partnership

First Place
Macomb County Youth Violence Prevention Council
Macomb County Youth Violence Prevention Council; Macomb County Intermediate School District

Merit Award
Strive
Oxford Area Community Schools; Rotary Club of Oxford

Honorable Mention
Cell Towers on Public Property

Chaplain Corps of Allen Park

Community Housing Rountable

Developing Affordable Home Ownership Opportunities

The 1999 Earth Day Festival

Facilities Building at Northville Community Park

Macomb County Human Services Coordinating Body

Public Policy in Emergency Management

The Villages of Taylor

Waterford Arts Partnership Program

The Ypsilanti Tree Endownment Program

In all, 37 nominations were received for the 1999 awards. Details of award winners and all other entries are featured in a publication, Award Winning Joint Projects, (October 1999), available in the SEMCOG library.