Hope
Township Board Meeting
April 14, 2009
Andy Kobisa - Supervisor
Starleen Heath - Treasurer JoAnn Wilkie – Clerk
Bob
Davis – Trustee
Mary Jo Letts - Trustee
HOPE TOWNSHIP BOARD MEETING
APRIL 14, 2009, 7:00PM
HOPE TOWNSHIP FIRE HALL
BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: ANDY
KOBISA, SUPERVISOR
JOANN WILKIE, CLERK
STARLEEN HEATH, TREASURER
BOB DAVIS, TRUSTEE
MARY JO LETTS, TRUSTEE
VISITORS:
LIST
ATTACHED TO CLERK’S MINUTES
CALL TO ORDER:
THE SUPERVISOR CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER AT 7:00PM BY LEADING
THOSE PRESENT TO THE PLEDGE TO THE FLAG.
BUSINESS FROM THE FLOOR:
RUDY TURK WAS PRESENT AND INFORMED BOARD THE FLOODING
CONDITION AT HIS PLACE HAD NOT BEEN TAKEN CARE OF. THE COUNTY
ROAD COMM. HAD STATED THEY HAD AN IDEA TO HELP RID THE STANDING
WATER BUT NOTHING HAS COME OF IT. SUPERVISOR WILL CHECK BACK WITH
RD. COMM. AND GET BACK WITH RUDY.
CLERK’S MINUTES:
THE MINUTES FROM THE MAR. 10, 2009 MEETING HAD BEEN DISPERSED
EARLIER. IT WAS MOVED BY BOB AND SECONDED BY MARY JO TO APPROVE
THE MINUTES WITH THE CORRECTION OF THE PARK WILL BE USING WOOD
SLIDING DOORS. MOTION CARRIED.
TREASURER’S FINANCIAL REPORT:
IT WAS MOVED BY MARY AND SECONDED BY BOB TO ACCEPT THE
FINANCIAL REPORT AS OF MARCH 31, 2009. THE MOTION CARRIED.
OUTSTANDING BILLS:
THE OUTSTANDING BILLS LIST HAD BEEN DISTRIBUTED EARLIER. IT
WAS MOVED BY BOB AND SECONDED BY STARLEEN TO PAY THE BILLS. A ROLL
CALL VOTE WAS POLLED-
BOB YES STARLEEN YES MARY JO YES
JOANN YES ANDY YES
DEPARTMENT REPORTS:
FIRE CHIEF WAS ABSENT BUT SENT THANK YOU’S FOR SUPPORT DURING TIME
OF LOSS OF HIS FATHER. THERE WAS A GRASS FIRE BEHIND HOUSE ON
BOMBAY ROAD. FIRE CHIEF
REPORTED BY PHONE-4/20/09:9 RUNS IN MARCH, 8 MEDICAL AND 1
MUTUAL
RUN FOR A STRUCTURAL FIRE WITH
EDENVILLE FIRE DEPT. OUR INSURANCE CO. COMPLETED A CHECK OVER FOR
RISK MANAGEMENT CONCERNING THE FIRE DEPT.’S POLICIES AND DRIVER’S
LICENSE OF PEOPLE WHO WOULD BE DRIVING FIRE TRUCKS. FIRE CHIEF IS
LOOKING INTO REQUESTS. BUDGET FOR 2009-2010 WILL BE COMING UP
SOON.
PARK REPORT:
BIDS FOR NEW GATE HAVE BEEN OBTAINED. PARK MEMBERS ARE WORKING ON SIGN
TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE GRANT MONEY FROM FOUNDATIONS FOR THE WALKWAY
AND NEW BUILDING. ALSO NEED SIGN TO STATE NO MOTORIZED VEHICLES ON
WALKWAY. THE BOARDWALK WITH MEMORIAL NAMES HAS BEEN CURLING UP ON
THE ENDS OF THE BOARDS. PARK MEMBERS HAVE DECIDED TO PUT NAMES ON
SIDE OF BUILDING AND REPLACE WALKWAY WITH CEMENT.
PLANNING COMMISSION:
RUDY AND BOB ATTENDED THE SEMINAR IN MT. PLEASANT. THEY FELT IT WAS
GEARED MORE TO HEAVIER POPULATED AREAS. MAY 6 IS THE NEXT PLANNING
COMM. MEETING AT TOWN HALL.
WATER DIST:
THE PETITION LANGUAGE HAS BEEN TENTATIVELY APPROVED BY TOWNSHIP WATER
BOARD NOW IT NEEDS TO GO TO OUR LAWYER TO BE REVIEWED. THEN THE
DOOR-TO-DOOR AND MAIL (FOR THOSE WHO OWN PROPERTY IN HOPE TWP. BUT
LIVE ELSE WHERE) SURVEYS WILL BEGIN. THE COUNTY NEEDS TO MAKE A
COMMITMENT TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR PART OF THE COST FOR THE
NEW MAIN LINE EXPANSION PROJECT. THEY HAVE MET ONCE BUT DID NOT
COMMIT TO THEIR FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY.
CHAPEL/CEMETERY:
BOB MOVED TO CHANGE THE PRICE FOR A FOUNDATION POURED FROM THE PRESENT
OF $.40 FOR A SQ. INCH TO $.45 PER SQ. INCH. MARY SECONDED THE
MOTION AND A ROLL CALL WAS CALLED-
STARLEEN YES
BOB YES MARY JO YES JOANN YES ANDY
YES
TOWNSHIP CODE AUTHORITY:
A PERMIT FOR SHEARER RD. AND MAXWELL ROAD WERE DRAWN FOR HOPE TWP.
MAXWELL ROAD IS FOR THE TOWER. FINANCIAL BALANCE IS $41338.58.
APRIL 27 IS NEXT TCA MEETING @5:00PM.
WIXOM LAKE IMPROVEMENT BOARD
REPORT:
NO REPORT YET.
HOPE TWP. ROAD ADVISORY
COMMISSION REPORT:
FOUR PEOPLE FROM MIDLAND COUNTY RD. COMM. AND JIM HOCKAMEYER MET WITH
SUPERVISOR, PERTAINING TO THE BAD CONDITION OF E. CURTIS ROAD OFF
OF MIDDLE ROAD. THE FIRST MILE HAS BROKEN UP WITH DIRT SHOWING
THRU THE ASPHALT. THE CITY HAS PUT REPAIRS OF $11,00.00 FIRST
YEAR, $6,000.00 NEXT YEAR AND AT LEAST ANOTHER $5,000.00 WOULD
HAVE TO BE PUT ON THIS YEAR. DEPAK REVIEWED HIS FIGURES AND SAID
THEY WERE HIGHER THAN LAST FALL WHEN HE GAVE THE COSTS TO JIM.
BECAUSE OF THE SITUATION HE WOULD HONOR THE FORMER FIGURE OF
$155687.00. THERE WAS $25225.00 CARRY OVER FROM LAST YEAR AND
THE COUNTY WILL PUT IN $37572.00. THAT WOULD LEAVE $92890.00 LEFT
TO PAY FROM ROAD MONEY THIS YEAR. THERE WILL BE A TWP. ROAD COMM.
MEETING ON APRIL 23 @7:00PM TO DECIDE WHETHER TO CONTINUE WITH THE
TWO OTHER ½ MILES OF ASPHALT OR DO SOMETHING WITH E. CURTIS RD.
THE ROADS WERE ½ MILE OF STARK RD., AND MIDLAND/GLADWIN CITY LINE
RD.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
PAYNE’S PROPERTY HAS GONE INTO BACK TAXES SALE FROM COUNTY. AT THIS
POINT THE COUNTY WILL CHECK WITH TWP., STATE AND SO FORTH BEFORE
BEING SOLD FOR BACK TAXES. TOWNSHIP DOES NOT WANT IT. THE BACK
TAXES PLUS THE CLEANUP COST WILL BE ADDED TO SALE OF PROPERTY.
NEW BUSINESS:
DISTRICT 13 MEETING AT VALLEY PLAZA ON MAY 27- BOB MOVED AND STARLEEN
SECONDED TO PAY EXPENSES FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE ATTENDING THE DISTRICT
MEETING. MOTION CARRIED. THOSE ATTENDING ARE- ANDY, BOB, RUDY,
JOANN, MARGE, ANN AND MARY JO.
1)
IT WAS MOVED BY STARLEEN AND
SECONDED BY BOB TO PAY RON THOMPSON FOR UPDATING THE WEBSITE
SOFTWARE FOR HOPE TWP.
MARY YES STARLEEN
YES BOB YES JOANN YES
ANDY YES
2)
IT WAS MOVED BY MARY AND
SECONDED BY BOB TO PAY EXPENSES FOR THOSE ATTENDING THE ACCOUNTING
AND PAYROLL SEMINAR. THOSE ATTENDING ARE STARLEEN, STARLA, JOANN
AND ANN BLAKE. MOTION CARRIED.
3)
SUPERVISOR HAD BID FOR
TOWNSHIP HALL REPAIRS. THEY TOTALED $5770.60. THE BOARD HAD TALKED
OF HAVING TWO BIDS SO DECIDED THAT EVEN THOU MTA STATED THE BOARD
DID NOT NEED TWO IT WOULD BE BETTER TO GO WITH TWO AS IN THE BOARD
MINUTES FROM LAST MONTH. THE TOWNHALL BUDGET WILL HAVE TO BE
AMENDED AT THAT TIME.
MARY MOVED TO ADJOURN.
HOPE TOWNSHIP CLERK
JOANN WILKIE
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