Dearborn Federation
of Neighborhood Associations
Meeting
Minutes for January 06, 2010
The
January meeting was cancelled in order for the DFNA
members to attend Mayor O’Reilly’s town hall on the
2010 Census.
Mayor
O’Reilly hosted Dearborn Heights Mayor Dan Paletko,
Congressman John Dingell and Ahmad Nassar, representing
the United States Census Bureau. The meeting took place at
7:30 pm on 01/06/2010 in the City Council meeting room,
Dearborn City Hall.
The
dignitaries informed the assembled residents of the
importance to the City and State on an accurate census
count. The census is used for the following items:
·
Allocate in
excess of $300 billion dollars for community programs and
services such as education, housing, community
development, health care for the elderly and job training.
·
State and
local governments use information for construction of
schools, libraries, other public buildings, highway safety
and transportation needs as well as police and fire.
·
Social
service programs.
·
Representation
in the United States house of Representatives and in the
Michigan state legislature.
There
are positions open for employment with the census, a
qualification test is required. For
employment and other census related information contact:
www.census.gov/detroit
Public
information 1-866-861-2010
The
next DFNA meeting will be 02/03/2010 @ 7:30 pm in the
Mayor’s conference room.
These
minutes have been compiled and submitted by Dave Tillman,
Secretary DFNA.
http://www.dfna.org