Bloomfield Hills By The Numbers

At their montly meetings, the Bloomfield Hills City Commission receives and approves reports collected from the heads of major departments. Here are some of the significant numbers within:

12,275

The number of miles logged by Department of Public Safety police vehicles patrolling the city during the month of August. It was a bit more than last year's total for August (10,503). Fire vehicles logged 272 total miles, less than the 296 recorded from August 2010.

431

The number of citations issued by the Department of Public Safety throughout the month of August. This is a slight increase from August 2010 (419).

64

Total work hours spent by the Department of Public Works employees to patch city streets on six occasions in August. Crews used a total of five tons of cold patch on South Kensington, Hickory Grove, Lahser and Vaughan roads.

18

The number of special tent plan reviews and inspections by the Department of Public Safety, largely dealing with the Woodward Dream Cruise. They also conducted three special event inspections during the month.

Nearly Doubled

The number of commercial permits issued by the city almost doubled over this point last year (37-19). That translates into $19,671 in revenue from permit purchases, with a largest portion due to the total gutting and remodeling of the former Dickinson Wright building on Woodward Avenue, just north of Lone Pine Road. The building will be the new home to the Edward Rose Company, a multi-state property management company.

Residential permits are also up (63-43) from last year, totaling $31,183 in permit fees. The department issued four stop-work orders for projects without proper permits at four different residences.