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Township Board Meeting Mike Kressler - Supervisor Joe Lunsford - Treasurer JoAnn Wilkie – Clerk Bob Davis – Trustee Elgin Childs - Trustee HOPE TOWNSHIP BOARD MEETING HOPE TOWNSHIP HALL, 7:00PM SEPTEMBER 9, 2008
BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: MIKE KRESSLER, SUPERVISOR JOANN WILKIE, CLERK STARLEEN HEATH, TREASURER BOB DAVIS, TRUSTEE ELGIN CHILDS, TRUSTEE
CALL TO ORDER: MIKE CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER BY LEADING THE PLEDGE TO THE FLAG AT 7:00PM. BUSINESS FROM FLOOR: TIM HOLSWORTH WAS PRESENT TO DISCUSS NEW OPTIONS FOR OUR PENSION PLAN. THE BOARD HAD THEIR PENSION TAKEN OUT OF PAYROLL INSTEAD OF SOCIAL SECURITY. THE TOWNSHIP IS NOW OPENING UP OPTION TO ALL PEOPLE WORKING FOR TOWNSHIP. TIM IS GOING TO LOOK INTO MORE OPTIONS FOR 25 OR MORE DONATORS AND SEE IF THERE IS A LIMIT AS TO HOW MUCH THE BOARD AND THE TOWNSHIP CAN PUT IN. HE WILL GET BACK WITH THE BOARD. RUDY TURK WAS PRESENT AT AUGUST MEETING WITH PICTURES AND A MAP OF THE WATER SITUATION AROUND HIS PROPERTY. GENE SMITH WAS PRESENT AND SAID HE WOULD LOOK INTO THE SITUATION AND GET BACK WITH RUDY AND BILL MAXWELL. WILL REPORT NEXT MONTH. CLERK’S MINUTES: THE MINUTES FROM THE AUGUST MEETING HAD BEEN DISPENSED EARLIER. BOB MOVED AND MIKE SECONDED TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. MOTION CARRIES. TREASURER’S FINANCIAL REPORT: STARLEEN GAVE FINANCIAL REPORT FOR JULY AND AUGUST MONTHS END. PROPERTY TAXES ARE COMING IN DAILY AND AT LEAST 90% COLLECTED. TAXES GO INTO COUNTY TREASURER ON OCT. 1. BOB MOVED AND ELGIN SECONDED TO ACCEPT THE FINANCIAL REPORT. MOTION CARRIED. OUTSTANDING BILLS: A LIST OF THE BILLS WERE DISPERSED WITH THE CLERK’S MINUTES. IT WAS MOVED BY ELGIN AND SECONDED BY BOB TO PAY BILLS. ROLL CALL VOTE WAS POLLED- STARLEEN YES BOB YES ELGIN YES JOANN YES MIKE YES PAGE 2 9/9/08
FIRE DEPT.: 5 MEDICAL RUNS-2 PUBLIC ASSISTS. JOHN IS GETTING PRICES AROUND TO COMPARE FOR INSURANCE COMPARISONS. JOHN WILL CONTACT INSURANCE AGENT AND MEET TO DISCUSS LARGER COVERAGE. THE COMPUTER IS DOWN AT FIRE STATION, THE SOFTWARE NEEDS TO BE UPDATED. MIKE COSTON IS WORKING ON GETTING COMPUTER GOING. PARK: MIKE LINCOLN HAS POLE BUILDING STARTED. PYRAMID COMPANY HAS THE WALKWAY STARTED AROUND THE PARK. THE PRICE FOR THE PAVEMENT WILL BE LOWER AS MIKE, BOB DAVIS, JIM HOCKAMEYER AND ANDY KOBISA MEASURED THE FOOTAGE THE TRACK WILL ACTUALLY BE. ORIGINALLY THOUGHT TO BE 3120 AND ACTUALLY WILL BE 3064 FEET MAKING A 56 FOOT DIFFERENCE. PLANNING COMMISSION: THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE OCT.2 AND ANOTHER MEETING SET FOR OCT. 22. THEY WILL BE GOING OVER THE ZONING ORDINANCES AND UPDATING THE ORDINANCES PLUS ADDING THE NEW ORDINANCES THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAS ADOPTED. BOB MADE A MOTION TO PAY FOR ANYONE WANTING TO ATTEND THE PLANNING SEMINAR AT FRANKENMUTH ON OCT. 14. ELGIN SECONDED AND MOTION CARRIED. WATER : DISTRICT #1 HAS REQUESTED THAT HOPE MAKE A DECISION BY SEPT. 30 AS TO IF THEY WANT TO SIGN THE CONTRACT TO PAY THEIR SHARE OF THE LARGER LINE COMING FROM THE CITY. OTHERWISE THE HOOKUPS WILL BE SOLD TO OTHER TOWNSHIPS THAT WOULD LIKE TO EXPAND THEIR WATER LINES. MIKE ESTIMATED IT WOULD COST $20.00 PER PARCEL FOR FORTY YEARS TO PAY FOR THE LARGER WATERLINE. THERE ARE 1070 PARCELS IN HOPE TOWNSHIP. RESOLUTION TO SIGN CONTRACT TO PAY HOPE’S PORTION OF EXPANDING THE 12 INCH WATER LINE FROM CITY AND BOOSTER STATION.
MIKE MADE THE MOTION TO JOIN THE DISTRICT #1 TO PAY FOR THE EXPANSION OF THE LINE AND BOOSTER STATION. JOANN SECONDED AND A ROLL CALL VOTE WAS POLLED- AYE MIKE KRESSLER NAY ELGIN CHILDS JOANN WILKIE STARLEEN HEATH BOB DAVIS RESOLUTION HAS BEEN DECLARED PASSED.
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CEMETERY: THE NEW WHITE FENCE HAS BEEN INSTALLED AT THE CEMETERY. THANKS TO WILBUR HAVENS, BOB DAVIS, MIKE KRESSLER, DON DICE, ANDY KOBISA AND DOUG SHOFFNER WHO BROUGHT HIS TRACTOR AND PTO POST HOLE DIGGER OVER TO HELP. THE WORK WENT A LOT FASTER AND MUCH EASIER. SUPERVISOR WILL SEE ABOUT GETTING MORE FENCE TO FINISH THE FENCE UP TO THE DRIVEWAY. ELGIN WILL BRUSH HOG THE NEW PLANTED AREA. TOWNSHIP CODE AUTHORITY: THE TCA IS LOOKING FOR A NEW ELECTRICAL INSPECTOR. THEY HAVE A FEW TO CHECK WITH. MEETING WILL BE SEPT. 15 AT 5:00PM AT COUNTY BUILDING. THE RECEPTIONIST, AMY’S, HOURS HAVE BEEN INCREASED. WIXOM LAKE IMPROVEMENT BOARD: THE FUNDING HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR FOUR MORE YEARS. ROAD COMMISSION: THE MID-GLADWIN ROAD IS READY FOR GRAVEL. BAKER ROAD HAS NOT BEEN STARTED YET. THE NEXT MEETING FOR THE ROAD COMMITTEE WILL BE HELD SEPT. 18. UNFINISHED: PAYNE’S: BOB MADE A MOTION TO HAVE PAYNE’S PROPERTY CLEANED BY OCTOBER 31 AND THE TOWNSHIP PAY THE BILL AND THEN CHARGE TO THEIR PROPERTY, IT WAS SECONDED BY STARLEEN AND A ROLL CALL VOTE WAS POLLED- BOB YES ELGIN YES STARLEEN YES JOANN YES MIKE YES BLINDS- HALL LORI FOUND PRICES OF $58 EA. AND $85.00 TO INSTALL ALL OF THEM. IT WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY $600.00 FOR EVERYTHING. ELGIN MOVED TO PURCHASE THE BLINDS AND HAVE THEM INSTALLED. IT WAS SECONDED BY BOB AND MOTION CARRIED. NEW BUSINESS: IT WAS MOVED BY BOB AND SECONDED BY MIKE TO PAY FOR THE EXPENSES FOR BOARD MEMBERS GOING TO MTA CONVENTION IN JANUARY AT DETROIT. MOTION CARRIED. THOSE GOING ARE-BOB AND KAREN, JOANN & GUEST AND ANDY.
MOTION TO ADJOURN BY ELGIN @9:35PM. JOANN WILKIE HOPE TOWNSHIP CLERK |