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REGULAR BOARD MEETING
JULY 14, 2015
Lou Fitz, Supervisor,
called the meeting to order @ 7:00pm
Prayer offered by Johnny
Gates
Pledge of Allegiance, led
by L. Fitz
Roll call, officials
present: Lou Fitz,
Supervisor-266.5040
Vicki Gates, Clerk-510.2597
Brandy Myers, Treasurer-bmyers42780@yahoo.com
Sharon Young, Trustee-266.8432
John Fairbanks, Trustee-266.8023
Agenda-S. Young -motion to
approve agenda as revised; J. Fairbanks seconded; passed 5-0
Minutes approval-J.
Fairbanks-motion to approve June 9, 2015 regular meeting minutes;
S. Young seconded; passed
5-0
Minutes approval- J.
Fairbanks-motion to approve June 20, 2015 special meeting minutes;
B. Myers seconded; passed
5-0
Board Member Reports:
L. Fitz, Supervisor
1.
Received new
tables, chairs & flagpole
2.
Set date for Ice
Cream Social, August 2, 2015 @ town hall, ran ad in Bulletin Board News for two
weeks
3.
Attended an MTA
class
4.
Read a letter
from SEE Twps Fire Board discussing the creation of “a committee to explore the
feasibility of a new centrally located fire station,” to invite “all three
supervisors and an additional two
citizens from each township to form a fact-finding committee”
5.
Read letter to
IATA thanking them for the use of Skinner Park to conduct the Annual Trash Day,
and requesting the first Saturday in June of 2016 to hold another Trash Day
V.
Gates, Clerk
1.
Election on
August 4, 2015-appointed precinct workers
2.
Dropped service
with ATT-they issued a refund check; and contracted with Golden Communications
for local & long distance calling (also
dropped TransWorld for long distance)
3.
Will be attending
an MTA class on June 15, 2015 with B. Myers in Cadillac
4.
Approval of non-periodical
bills
·
J. Fairbanks-motion
to approve payment to Election Source for supplies, tabulator coding, ballot chart, and maintenance contract on
tabulator; S. Young seconded; passed 5-0
·
S. Young-motion
to approve Apex sketching software for assessor ($235); J. Fairbanks seconded;
passed 5-0
·
S. Young-motion
to pay A1 Services for Trash Day ($5,296.53 + $4 for tires in cash); J.
Fairbanks seconded; passed 5-0
·
J.
Fairbanks-motion to approve new color printer for office (Vicki will order from
Amazon, not to exceed $125-out of Clerk Capital Outlay); S. Young seconded;
passed 5-0
·
S. Young-motion
to approve three required election ads published in the BBN; B. Myers seconded;
passed 5-0
·
J.
Fairbanks-motion to approve an ad for two weeks in the BBN for the ice cream
social; S. Young seconded; passed 5-0
·
J.
Fairbanks-motion to approve payment to Accident Fund for Worker’s Comp
($881); V. Gates seconded; passed 5-0
5.
Requesting board approval
on bills paid in June, including Big Bass Lake SAD-J. Fairbanks-motion to
approve bills; S. Young seconded; passed 5-0
6.
Correspondence-MTA
Book of the Month-L. Fitz-motion to purchase FOIA (Freedom of Information Act)
Book; S. Young seconded; passed 5-0; read letter of complaint concerning
cemetery upkeep
7.
Discussed
quarterly report “Income Statement Compared with Budget”
B. Myers, Treasurer
1.
Read Treasurer’s
report for June-S. Young-motion to accept Treasurer’s report;
L.
Fitz seconded; passed 5-0
Public Comments: varied
Dignitary Reports:
·
County
Commissioner-J. Fairbanks-County looking at resumes for an administrator; J.
Fairbanks will be on a committee to investigate possible ambulance stations in
Irons and/or Luther; County finished its audit; County hired Tammy Ghent for
emergency management position
·
Assessor-letter
read from Bob Englebrecht supporting new Equalization director, Al Encisio
·
Fire
Dept-Marilyn Zdebski- fire department report given
·
Road
Committee-Sharon Young-motion to appoint a new road committee following an ad
being posted for two weeks in a local publication indicating that applicants
are being considered for the road committee. Following an analysis of Elk
Township road conditions, the committee will report to the township board
within 90 days with recommendations for the use of township road funds. There
will be no expenditures from the road fund until the report is complete and
accepted by the township board unless an emergency arises affecting the safety
of the motoring public; amended motion by L. Fitz to include Sharon Young &
Paul Maples resignations from the road committee & noting the Board
accepted resignations with deep regrets, S. Young seconded amendment; J.
Fairbanks seconded given motion; passed 5-0
Old Business:
·
Trash Bins-after
much discussion J. Fairbank made motion to table until August; B. Myers
seconded; passed 5-0 (L. Fitz will ask A1 representative to attend meeting)
·
Budget workshop
date-V. Gates-motion to set March 17, 2016 @ 7pm as a budget workshop; B. Myers
seconded; passed 5-0
·
Lake County
Website-L. Fitz-motion to table until August meeting; J. Fairbanks seconded;
passed 5-0
·
Road Fund-J.
Fairbanks-motion to table until further information is gathered; L. Fitz
seconded; passed 5-0
·
Resolution-L.
Fitz-motion to adopt L4029 by Resolution; V. Gates seconded; passed 5-0
·
Fire Dept Support
Group-B. Myers-motion to pay two bills for support group supplies out of fire
department line item in budget ($73.08 total); J. Fairbanks seconded; passed
5-0
New Business:
·
Annual Meeting
Resolution-J. Fairbanks-motion to establish an Annual Meeting for the last
Saturday in March; S. Young seconded; passed 5-0
·
Little Manistee
Watershed-J. Fairbanks-motion to direct the Supervisor to sign the LMWCC
Partnership Agreement for the Little Manistee River Watershed Management Plan;
V. Gates seconded; passed 5-0
·
Insurance-S.
Young-motion to approve the insurance plan from Burnham & Flower & pay
the yearly policy fee ($3645, including increase for 3% property value
increase); J. Fairbanks seconded; passed 5-0
·
Cemetery-V.
Gates-motion to direct the Supervisor to correspond with the parties involved
in burying cremains without approval; S. Young seconded; passed 5-0
Public Comments:
Varied
S. Young-motion to
adjourn; V. Gates seconded; all in favor
Adjourned @ 10:15pm
Respectfully submitted,
Vicki Gates, Clerk
7.16.15
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