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GRANT TOWNSHIP REGULAR BOARD MEETINGHeld at the Grant Township Hall 230 Gratiot Street Copper Harbor, Michigan 49918 Minutes for Tuesday, August 14th, 2007
Call to OrderClerk Kelly Coltas called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. and led the assembly in the pledge of allegiance. Roll CallPresent were Clerk Kelly Coltas, Treasurer Karen Karl, Trustee Gary Barker and Trustee Roxann Smith. Absent was Supervisor Meg Vivian
Supervisor’s Remarks and Correspondence § Remarks A much appreciated Thank you to Chip Sestock for work in the park. § Correspondence No correspondenceMonthly ReportsTreasurer’s ReportTreasurer Karen Karl read the Treasurers Report. § Motion to accept the Treasurers Report as given put forth by Coltas/Smith, all were in favor, and motion carried 4-0. Utility Board Sludge removal this fall or spring was discussed, with the probability of doing it in the spring. At the same time a new aerator system will be put in. DDA No quorum Public Safety CH Fire Dept. Regular monthly meeting Aug 1st, 07 with only 3 members present. Items discussed were, upcoming 1st Responder training in September and an anti –terrorism training. The annual brat and hot dog sale in the park for the Art in the Park on August 18th and 19th was planned. 4 members helped on radio communications during the Copper man Triathlon on Aug 4th. 4 members were sent to the Ferrell gas propane demonstration, held in Ontonagon on July19th, there were hands on demos and the members that attended felt it was very useful. At mid month training session all systems on the pumper foam truck were exercised, with 6 members in attendance. Page outs 2 1st Responder call outs and 1 brush wild fire call out. Due to the extreme dry conditions the CH Fire Chief expressed a desire for extreme caution with anything flammable. LLB Fire Dept The LLB Fire Chief was unable to attend meeting and tried to send the report in via e-mail but the system was down. So the report was not received. 1st Responders 2 Call out CH, 1 in LLB. 911 A winter rescue sled has been ordered for Copper Harbor, is being paid with proceeds from the Sheriff’s Rural Development Grant and last winter’s Fund Drive receipts.A wheel device to be used with the First Responder’s gurney for mountain bike trail rescue has been ordered. It is being paid for using Sheriff’s First Responder Funds.Mr. Powers attended a meeting in Marquette on the 13th at which the funding for 911 services was discussed. When passed, house bills 410 and 411 will provide for a charge of between 15 cents and 25 cents on all devices that can access 9-1-1. This includes wire line, wire less and VOIP services. The initial charge will be 19 cents. This is a charge administered by the State. Keweenaw County will not add any additional charges at this time. The bills are set to sunset in 2011. Planning CommissionNo report this month. Old BusinessHunter’s Point: Received preliminary scoring information-of 350 points. Deborah Apostol, Supervisor Recreational Grants Unit, visited Copper Harbor August 8th and 9th. She thoroughly toured Hunter’s Point Phase 2, reviewed the preliminary scoring and gave suggestions for increasing our point count. Our supplementary data is due by October 5th. Our Fund drive is now over half way to our goal of $50,000.00. We were not successful in our request for an Izaak Walton League grant. We were invited to reapply next year. We will have a Hunter’s Point Table at Art in the Park this coming weekend. Township Truck will be table, until next month. Several people voiced opinions that the warranty should be taken into consideration as well. So the Board will look into that and we will revisit this next month. Haven Park: Joe Langdon said the pavilion was 99% done. At last tally was about $9500.00 all together with just a few outstanding bills and should come in at the budgeted amount. It is being used and there has been excellent comments on it. The conduit for power is not in yet, as they are looking at a different entry location. All in all it has turned out quite beautiful.
New BusinessCemetery Boundaries: In a recent survey it has been discovered that the Cemetery boundaries and not correct. The 1926 survey was wrong. At this point what the township owns contains no bodies, and adjacent property owner (Clyde Wescoat) has the bodies on his property. The Township and Mr. Wescoat have agreed to a swap of properties of with the township receiving and additional .63 acres of land. This will allow the Township to have more Cemetery lots at their disposal, as well as regaining the property now know as the Copper Harbor Cemetery and will allow the Township to recover the cost of $2000.00 for the swap and additional land.
1st Responders: Johanna Peters has expressed a desire to attend 1st Responder classes this fall. She has already contacted Sheriff Lahti and the Township Supervisor of her desire. The Township Supervisor will write a letter of support for her. Next Months meeting will be held in Lac La Belle. It will be held at the Haven Park Pavilion, unless the weather is bad, then it will be in the fire hall. CommentsTom Boost CH Fire Chief noticed that the fire hydrants had been painted and was curious as to who had done them. We lose the prisoner workers after the 18th of August due to State cut backs. We do have some options on other workers. Chip Sestock who had painted the old fire hall said that the fire hall is in need of some repairs to the fascia boards. He also would like to see the street signs painted as they are in need of some maintenance as well. He was hoping to be able to have some sort of sprinkler system for the park set up to keep the dust down for Art in the Park but the township does not have hoses or sprinkler available. Tom Boost CH Fire chief volunteered the CHFD to use the fire equipment to hose down the park as the can do that in short order and do not pay for water. That will be done on Wednesday and Friday. Ned Hewachuck would like to go on record saying the Board needs to address the absenteeism of Board members. He finds it distressing that members miss meetings. Dick Schaefer would like the Board to consider quarterly meetings in Lac La Belle. The Clerk pointed out of all the Board members she is the only one who actually objects to that, as she is responsible for records that have to be taken out of the Township Hall and transported. The monthly meeting is first and foremost a business meeting to pay bills etc and there are important documentation that goes along with that.
Meeting adjourned at 7:03 p.m. Meg Vivian Kelly Coltas Grant Township Supervisor Grant Township Clerk |
