GRANT
TOWNSHIP
BOARD MEETING
Held at the Grant Township Hall
230 Gratiot Street
Copper Harbor
,
Michigan
49918
Minutes for Tuesday, June 13th, 2006
Call to Order
Supervisor Meg Vivian called the meeting to order at 6:08 p.m. and lead in the pledge of allegiance.
Roll Call
Present were Supervisor Meg Vivian, Clerk Kelly Coltas and Trustee Gary Barker. Treasurer Karen Karl and Trustee Roxann Smith were absent.
§ Motion to adopt Agenda put forth by Coltas/Barker, all were in favor 3-0, motion carried.
§ Motion to approve Minutes of Regular Board Meeting of 05/09/06 Coltas/Barker. All were in favor 3-0, motion carried.
Supervisor’s Remarks and Correspondence
§ Remarks
Congratulations to Art Davis on passing the State and National Exams for EMT Specialist.
Spring Clean up will be June 17th, and 18th from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The Fire Departments will man the dumpsters during the open hours at both site in
Copper
Harbor
and Lac LaBelle.
LLB FD will be having a rummage sale at their fire hall on July 8-9th from 8-5 on Saturday and 8-12 on Sunday.
§ Correspondence
We received a letter from Senator Stabenow on congratulating us on our new pumper truck in LLB.
Monthly Reports
Treasurer’s Report
In absence of the Treasurer the Clerk gave the Treasurers report.
§ Motion to accept Treasurers report as given Coltas/Barker, all were in favor, motion carried 3-0.
Utility Board
Meeting was on 5/16/06. All were present except Rich Harrer ( he had a conflicting engagement). Discussions on pumping for the Mountain Lodge. They have being pumping at non-prescribed times and the volume is more than expected. Karen and Jessica have completed training for the new software package from BS & A. The Block foundation at the sewer plant is in need of repair and is being looked into.
DDA
Had discussions on
2nd Street
,
8th Street
and
9th Street
. They would like to have the sites cleaned up and slabs laid for bear proof containers. Benches for 8th and
2nd Street
and a picnic tables for 9th to be purchased as well as gravel walk ways to be put in. There will be signage posted on rules and hours the parks will be open. Surveys will need to be done on 8th and
2nd street
, to make sure of the boundaries. The DDA will pickup all cost associated with these improvements.
§ Motion to allow the DDA to move forward with the road end improvements. Motion put forward by Coltas/Barker, all were in favor, and motion carried 3-0.
The DDA has approached U.P. Engineering to put together a proposal to upgrade downtown Copper Harbor Streetscape. With no sidewalks along a busy highway it poses a hazard to pedestrians and cars alike. The proposal includes sidewalks (possible brick) new street lighting, parking, and storm drainage, possibly buried power lines. The proposal will cost $4,250.00, the DDA has the money to cover this cost and U.P. Engineering will go forward with looking for grant monies for this project. The thought is that even if the project could not be done right now it would be good to have on hand for future plans.
§ Motion to allow the DDA to move forward with the Copper Harbor Streetscape Conceptual Design, put forth by Coltas/Barker all were in favor, motion carried 3-0.
Public Safety
CH Fire Dept.
No call outs. No assists. Annual Spaghetti Dinner had a great turn out and netted about $2,500.00. The schedule for the trash day is set. They had a guest at their last meeting. A local diver, Mike Bussano, who is looking to help set up a dive rescue unit. He would need personal help, line control etc… we had three certified divers on our department now. Mercy Ambulance has sent a letter to all FD in area, they will no longer rescue off road, the various department will have to decide how to handle this and what equipment will be needed to facilitate off road rescue.
LLB Fire Dept.
One call out on 5/12/06 with a tree on a power line. No assists with 1st responders. Elections were held at their meeting of 6/6/06 and Richard Olsen was elected Chief with Joe Langdon and Gary Barker tying for 1st assistant Chief and Bud Koljonen being elected 2nd assistant. The resolution on the tie will be held at the next meeting. Don Johnson resigned as Secretary after 18 years of service, Richard Schafer was appointed to fill this position. Driver’s training was completed for Paul Campbell, Joe Langdon and Richard Schaefer. Mike Hyrkas is taking the old fire trucks. LLB FD applied for a DNR 50/50 grant to be used for a skid unit on the back of a pickup truck RE: wild –land fire fighting unit. The amount applied for is $16,000.00. If the grant is approved they will need to solicit bids for a new or used truck to haul this unit. Monies to be taken from the departments fund balance. They also received the letter from Mercy and Mike Bussano also came to their meeting to discuss a rescue/recovery unit in the north end of the County. LLB has finished the Homeland Security survey
1st Responders
No Call outs.
911
At & T came to meeting to try to solve the communication problem when a line is accidentally cut or chewed. 337 exchanges can be rerouted but not the 296 or 289, we have no back up in place at this time. They also dealt with the Mercy ambulance deal, and are going to be talking to all departments to figure out a manpower and equipment solution to the problem.
Old Business
The new sign for The Grant Township Hall/ Welcome center is almost complete with CHIA paying $750.00 the township was going to match CHIA but the cost exceed that by about $200.00, we did feel the larger design was superior.
§ Motion to pickup the cost over run on new sign, as the larger version was preferred. The amount being approximately $200.00 to $300.00. Motion put forward by Coltas/ Barker, with all in favor, motion carried 3-0.
§ Motion to have permanent banner signpost installed in
Township
Park
for events banners, put forward by Coltas/Barker all were in favor Motion carried 3-0.
Hunter’s Point Update: The path extensions are coming along nicely under Sam Raymond’s leadership. Steve Peters will be putting in Bridges this coming Father’s Day weekend. The signage has been designed and will be finished soon. The DNR emblems will be posted at the Cul-de-sac and at the North End of the Trail. The sign is 2x3 and will be put up on 2 posts. Our Lawyer has finished the Hunter’s Point Ordinance and upon the boards approval it will go into effect immediately following it being published in the paper which will be sometime in the week of June 19th –24th.
§ Motion to adopt the Hunter’s Point Ordinance # 2006-1, put forth by Supervisor Meg Vivian and seconded by Clerk Kelly Coltas. All were in favor, Ordinance # 2006-1 adopted 3-0. Two absent.
§ Motion to allow the Richard Powers to acquire the Community Service Plaque Recognition Plaque, commemorating the service of ex-supervisor Tom Beveridge to his community. Put forth by Coltas/Barker and all were in favor, motion carried 3-0.
§ Motion to authorize the purchase of the set of Arial photos from Richard Powers and to have a picture from them framed as a thank you to Mr. and Mrs. Crowell for the generous donation to Hunter’s Point and further to have dry mounted additional photo’s for all the Hunter’s Point committee members with cost not to exceed $150.00. Put forward by Coltas/Barker all were in favor, motion carried 3-0.
§ Motion to accept updated by-laws of the LLB Fire Dept. Coltas/Vivian, all were in favor, motion carried 3-0.
§ Motion to purchase 4 park benches, 3 for the north side of the
Community
Building
and one for the south side by the rest rooms. The total for these 4 benches are $1,045.00. The motion was put forth by Coltas/Barker with all being in favor, motion carried 3-0.0
§ Motion to accept the County’s 2006 Tax Rate request put forth by Coltas/Barker with all being in favor, motion carried 3-0.
§ Motion to pay audited bills and adjourn Coltas/Barker, all in favor 3-0.
Meeting Adjourned at 8:20 p.m.
Meg Vivian Kelly Coltas
Grant
Township
Supervisor
Grant
Township
Clerk
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