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The city council approved of the van donation by Jeff Frazier to the 29th District Court Work Program and presented Frazier with a plaque as a gesture of appreciation to
say thank you.
Van donated for 29th District Court Work Program

By Sarah Shurge get you off the road fast, and get you
“The court would like to thank situated as fast as possible,” said
Frazier’s Towing and Jeff Frazier for Frazier.
the donation to the City of Wayne for On March 15, 2022, the city
the use of the Court Work Program council approved the contract be-
to help keep the City of Wayne clean,” tween the Police Department and
said Denise Steffens, Court Adminis- Frazier’s Towing.
trator at the council meeting. “No one is ever happy to call a tow
On Tuesday, March 19th, the city truck, so everyone is always on the
council approved of the van donation defensive side. So to ease the pain,
by Jeff Frazier to the 29th District we try to be a better company for you
Court Work Program and presented – get there faster, be courteous, and
Frazier with a plaque as a gesture of give them a better option,” said Fra-
appreciation to say thank you. “Jeff, zier. “We’re also able to fix vehicles
I want to thank you on behalf of our Frazier’s Towing and Jeff Frazier donated a van to the City of Wayne for the Court right there, so we’re a one stop
citizens of Wayne. This is a big deal shop.”
for you to do this,” said Wayne Mayor Work Program. Frazier’s Auto Service Towing is
John Rhaesa. “I appreciate you nity and are always open to sugges- work program has three rows of located at 35830 Van Born Rd. They
thinking of that program and what tions. seating and plenty of room for trash provide 24-hour towing and the of-
we can do to make Wayne better that “The court program makes a dif- in the back. fice hours are 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. You
way.” ference out here. We’ve seen the be- “I was just scrolling through Face- can contact Frazier’s Towing by
The 29th District Court Work fore and after pictures,” said Mathew book and saw Judge O’Leary post phone at (734)329-2699 or email at
Program is designed to allow misde- Mulholland, Councilperson. The about the Work Program and found frazierandsonsllc@gmail.com. You
meanor offenders to fulfill their sen- work program was previously out she’d love to have a van. So I can find them on Facebook by
tence of an average of three to five merged with the 18th District Court kept my eyes open and came across searching “Frazier’s Auto Service
work program days or Community in Westland, but in 2021, it returned this van and it was perfect,” said Fra- Towing”.
Service hours. It is held at least one to the 29th District Court in the City zier. “Mr. Frazier, I’d just like to say
day per week, for four hours. They of Wayne. The Court Work Program Frazier started Frazier’s Auto thank you for the donation. It’s defi-
work picking up trash around the not only provides services to help Service Towing in 2014, about two nitely well appreciated. Plus it’s
city, park clean-ups, painting over keep the city clean, but defendants years after his dad passed away. His going to help us keep the city a little
graffiti under bridges and in the pub- can participate to avoid an alterna- father, Howard Frazier, was the orig- bit cleaner,” said Don Quarles, Coun-
lic parking structure. tive jail sentence. inal owner of Howard’s Towing. So cilperson. “And always, thank you to
“We have a lot of trash out there “This van will provide transporta- Frazier has been involved with tow- the court program for what you do.”
that we’ve been picking up with our tion for participants who do not have ing for around 20 years. Frazier’s To learn more about the 29th Dis-
work program and this [van] is going transportation, and now we’ll be able Auto Service Towing spells F.A.S.T. trict Court Work Program, you can
to help out tremendously because to clean up a broader area,” said for a reason. “That's actually how I follow Judge O’Leary 29th District
not everyone has transportation,” Steffens. Steffens has been the Court came up with the name when I Court’s Facebook page. You can sup-
said Steffens. They also try to fill the Administrator since November 2020. started the business. I want us to be port the Work Program by helping
work requests made by the commu- The van that was donated to the the fastest. I want to get there fast, to keep the community clean.
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