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EASTPOINTE — The Eastpointe City Council’s first pick for a city manager withdrew his application.

On Oct. 14, the City Council voted to extend an offer to Brian Wood, the current assistant city manager in Glenarden, Maryland, to fill the city’s vacant city manager position. The City Council also voted to extend an offer to Flint Economic Program Development Manager Ryan Madis in the event that Wood declined the position.

At a special meeting held Oct. 27, the City Council voted to receive and file the letter of withdrawal from Wood and directed City Attorney Richard Albright to extend a contract to Madis.

During the public comment portion of the meeting, several people spoke out against the city’s proposed road diet on Nine Mile Road, and some criticized the City Council fo

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