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The union granted more than $500,000 in wage and benefit concessions to maintain employment for its 200-plus members. The deal gives the district a chance to erase a deficit and begin to rebuild its reserves. The board approved the deal unanimously July 10 after holding an executive session that lasted 36 minutes. Union representatives declined comment. Board members praised the union for giving up some benefits and keeping the students as their focus. You guys have given and given to us, Board of Education President Lisa Slawson said. You guys have always been there for us. We cant thank you enough.
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A simple procedure turned into a heated discussion about cost cutting for the Saline Board of Education July 10. The board approved a renewal of its membership in the Michigan Association of School Boards, typically a simple housekeeping matter, 5-2 with trustees David Holden and David Zimmer dissenting. The issue for them is whether the boards moratorium on discretionary spending on MASB-related activities was applicable to membership. The board instituted the moratorium earlier this year as a symbolic gesture to its unions that the board was willing to make concessions, as well. Assistant Superintendent Steven Laatsch, subbing for vacationing Superintendent Scot Graden, listed many benefits of membership in the MASB. Among those are contact with the organizations attorney and access to financial information about any other district across the state. Laatsch acknowledge the moratorium, but said his
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Phillip John Holland, a 33year-old Livonia man, has been charged for the burglary of a licensed marijuana growing facility on July 5 in Pittsfield Township. Township police identified Holland as the suspect who tried to steal nearly $40,000 of

marijuana from the facility in the 4800 block of Carpenter Road, according to police. Holland was arraigned July 6 on two felony charges, according to the Washtenaw County prosecutors office. Hes been charged with breaking and entering a building with intent to commit larceny, a count punishable by up to 10 years in prison, and possession

with intent to deliver marijuana, punishable by up to four years in prison and a fine up to $20,000. He was scheduled to return to the 14A District Court service center for a preliminary examination of the evidence against him at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday.
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