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General Elections Results

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Results as of November 8,
2011 at 10 PM EST

Mayor

Winner

Jonathan D. Dropiewski

City Council

3 council position winners

Deborah S. Wilkins

Kenneth R. Wrobel

Gary Borden

School Board

2 school board position
Winners

Mark Przybylo Winner

Norm Haase

Proposal

Should the millage for the City of Flat Rock be increased an additional 1.75 mills ($1.75 per $1,000 of taxable value) for a period of five (5) years, 2012 to 2017, both inclusive, to provide funds to be allocated equally for the operations of the police and fire departments to maintain current service levels, in addition to such other funds as may be allocated by the City Council, raising an estimated $656,250 in the first year the millage is levied?

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Flat Rock City General Election – Tuesday, November 8, 2011

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Vote November 8thMayor

Vote for not more than 1

  • Jonathan D. Dropiewski

City Council

Vote for not more than 3

  • Deborah S. Wilkins
  • Kenneth R. Wrobel
  • John Bergeron
  • Gary Borden
  • Chandler D. Lindamood
  • Ricky L. Tefend

School Board

Vote for not more than 2

  • Norm Haase
  • Mark Przybylo
  • James A. Clements

Proposal

Should the millage for the City of Flat Rock be increased an additional 1.75 mills ($1.75 per $1,000 of taxable value) for a period of five (5) years, 2012 to 2017, both inclusive, to provide funds to be allocated equally for the operations of the police and fire departments to maintain current service levels, in addition to such other funds as may be allocated by the City Council, raising an estimated $656,250 in the first year the millage is levied?

  • Yes
  • No

The Farmer’s Market Returns

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FR Farmers Market - Pete-and-Jans-Trees a fall color display

After a weekend off for the Riverfest, the Farmer’s Market returns to Huroc Park.  Come and pick up some fresh vegetables and fall goods.  Pete and Jan’s Trees are offering a variety of pumpkins for display or cooking, corn stalks, live trees and even a fishing charter on Lake Erie. Pete and Jan’s along with other vendors welcome you, come check it out.  The market is at Huron River and Arsenal roads in Flat Rock and will be open until mid October.

Riverfest Committee “Thanks” To Everyone

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Flat Rock Riverfest  Feeding-the-Animals

The Flat Rock Riverfest Committee says “Thanks” to everyone who supported it and everyone who attended.   “From the entertainment to the venders, everything was first class.”, was a comment from a local citizen after walking around this year’s Riverfest.  She enjoyed the music of Alexander Zonjic and his band.  A comment from another local citizen was that everyone they talked to said this was done after a 10 year gap.  Mayor Jonathan Dropiewski was on stage in the
evening and thanked Gary Bordon and the entire Riverfest Committee for all of its hard work and thanked the citizens for attending after a long awaited return.

WELCOME TO FLAT ROCK

The first Euro-American settlers in Flat Rock were Michael Vreeland and his five grown sons between 1811 and 1820. Michael had been captured by British Rangers during the Revolutionary War and released after American independence.

The family purchased 800 acres (3.2 km2). The town was called the Village of Vreeland until 1838 when the Vreeland family sold off the majority of the land and relinquished control of the area. The Vreeland families built the first grain and lumber mill, having brought the grinding stones from New York.

Descendants of Michael Vreeland still live in the town and attend Flat Rock public schools, being the seventh generation to reside in the town their family founded.

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