Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Let's all play together, nicely...

At the last regularly scheduled board meeting, the board put away the claws (mostly) and asked/listened to the public's opinions. Some highlights:

Summer taxes will be mailed soon, and must be received by the treasurer no later than Sept 14th in order to avoid late fees. The postmark will no longer be honored, it must be received by Sept 14th.

Lake County will have their own substance abuse counselor.

Thanks goes out to Chad at The Boat House for shutting up his shop in order to fix a pump on a fire truck in use at K & K grocery during the recent fire.

Recycling is going on every Sat at Sauble Twp and everyone's accumulated wealth is welcomed (no hazardous waste): paper, metal, plastic, and glass only.

Heritage Bay has made petition to pave their roads (again), and the board has made a commitment to look into the costs of such a project.


Midget Lake Special Assessment District has more than enough monies for treatment for this year, so the board made a decision to reduce assessments to $41/parcel.

TRASH DAY: JULY 23rd @ SKINNER PARK, 9-1 pm

TOXIC WASTE CLEAN UP: OCT 8th @ WENGER PAVILION in Baldwin, 9-12 noon

The Board agreed to have a long awaited structural analysis completed on the current township hall by Nordlund Associates; this business will provide a report with recommendations.

And, finally, Frances Arquette cleared up the reason for a closed session during the June 3rd special meeting:
She called a closed session for the board in accordance with the Open Meetings Act for the following reason:
"(1) ...to hear complaints or charges brought against a public officer, employee, staff member, or individual when the person requests a closed hearing."

1 comment:

  1. It's been a long time since there was a civilized township meeting and it was nice that everyone "played nice" and shared their toys. However, as a skeptic, I know that this will not last. Now that there is a firm plan to have a structural analysis done, things will get heated up again when the results come in. We need to stay vigilant in attending all meetings (especially those sneaky special ones) to insure that we know what the next steps are going to be taken in the renovations to the township office. We do not have a township HALL, we have township offices only.

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