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CITY, TOWNSHIP OFFICES

Melvindale

GENERAL INFORMATION

City Hall: 3100 Oakwood Blvd., Melvindale, MI 48122; 1-313-429-1040

Origin of name: After early land developer Melvin Wilkerson.

Area: 2.7 square miles

Population: 10,480

Major employer: Melvindale-Northern Allen Park Public Schools

Web Address: www.melvindale.org

CITY OFFICIALS

Mayor: Stacy Striz; 1-313-429-1051

Clerk: Diana Zarazua; 1-313-429-1052

Treasurer: Kalley Hess; 1-313-429-1065

Council: Wheeler Marsee (mayor pro tem), Nicole Barnes, David Cybulski, Steven Densmore; Michelle Land and Carl Lovet.
Terms of all elected officials will expire in 2019. The general election is on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November.

CITY DEPARTMENTS

Administrator/Finance: Richard Ortiz; 1-313-429-1059

Interim Police Chief: John Allen; 1-313-429-1070

Fire Chief: Joseph Murray; 1-313-943-2841

Community Center: Jackie Daniels; 4300 S. Dearborn; 1-313-914-2178

Parks and Recreation: Jake Wolan; 4300 S. Dearborn; 1-313-908-4130

Public Works, Building and Safety: Larrie Ordus; 1-313-715-1557

Senior citizen housing: Cynthia Telfer, Coogan Terrace, 3501 Oakwood Blvd.; 1-313-429-1095

Senior Programs: Sandra Law; 4300 S. Dearborn; 1-313-914-2178