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GRANT TOWNSHIP REGULAR BOARD MEETINGHeld at the Lac La Belle Fire Hall Lac La Belle, Michigan 49950 Minutes for Tuesday, September 11th, 2007
Call to OrderSupervisor Meg Vivian called the meeting to order at 6:02 p.m. and led the assembly in the pledge of allegiance. Roll CallPresent were Supervisor Meg Vivian, Clerk Kelly Coltas, Treasurer Karen Karl, and Trustees Gary Barker and Roxann Smith.
Supervisor’s Remarks and Correspondence § Remarks On the way to this meeting the Supervisor, Treasurer and Clerk took a side trip to Haven Park to look at the new Pavilion. The Pavilion is beautiful and speaks loudly for the community effort it took to build it. § Correspondence No CorrespondenceMonthly ReportsTreasurer’s ReportTreasurer Karen Karl read the Treasurers Report. § Motion to accept the Treasurers Report as given put forth by Coltas/Barker, all were in favor, and motion carried 5-0. Utility Board UB met 8/21/07, approved the minutes of last meeting. Dick Supina was present and discussed sludge removal for this fall or spring, at the same time the aeration system will be replaced. DDA No report, lack of quorum. Public Safety CH Fire Dept. No report. LLB Fire Dept Monthly meeting on 9/04/07, 6 present. Dredge permits filed and received from the MI DEQ for Montgomery Point Road and Betsy River Hydrants. Ray Rinne to do the dredging. Discussions on health alert letter from dept. of Health and Human Services. Physical fitness Generator had its battery replaced. Items on order for FD: 5 batteries for portables, a David Clark head set for truck, communications set up for Scott Air pack. Received 6 800MHZ portables from the Covington TWP FEMA Grant. Title applied for on th1973 Chevy. FMC pumper is on EBAY and Getting BIDS and inquiries already. Monthly Meeting held on August 23, 07 all members present. A mock fire scene was set up at the old gravel pit/stump dump near smith fisheries road in Bete Gris. The brush truck and pumper set up at the scene and the tanker was shuttling water from Bete Gris. 1st Responders Two call outs on the north end, one on the south. 911 No meeting.Planning CommissionNo Report Old BusinessHunter’s Point: The preliminary scoring indicated the grant totals did not match on Sections A2 and A4 of the grant request. The proposed resolution will correct that over sight. It adds $40,000 to the grant request and $10,000 to the Local Restricted Funds.
CHFD Pumper/Tanker: CH Fire Chief and Dick Powers visited the Pierce plant in Appleton WI on August 23rd to review the pre construction drawings. They requested additional grab bars to be installed in three locations and Fire Chief Tom Boost wanted a special reflective chevron to be placed on the back of the new truck as a safety measure, to improve visibility of the truck under adverse conditions. Also several no cost changes were made to permit better packaging of equipment. The added cost for changes will be $1,987.00; the cost will be covered by raised funds from the fire department events.
Township Utilities Truck: Questions from last meeting, Warranties were the same except the Chevy has 100,000 miles or 5 years and the Ford is 60,000 or 5 years, as mileage is not a concern (our present truck is 24 years old and has 30,000 miles on it) it is decided not to take that into consideration. The Board will go with the lowest Bid, which was the 8-cylinder Ford Truck package with plow etc.
New BusinessNOAA Weather Station: The plan to install a NOAA weather transmitter at the Copper Harbor Waste Water Treatment Plant is progressing. NOAA has declined to permit retransmission of an off the air signal but will pay for the monthly costs of a dedicated phone line. They may also pay for some of the installation costs. Grant Township’s responsibility will be to allow the equipment to be installed at the WW Plant and allow the transmitter to be connected to the building power supply. The estimated increase in electrical costs is $10.00 per month.
The Keweenaw Peninsula Chamber of Commerce has asked the Grant Township Board to consider a Resolution to preserve abandoned railroad grades as trail corridors. As Grant Townships main economy is tied up with Tourism, the Board felt this would be in their best interest.
The Keweenaw County Board would like Grant Township to consider joining with them and other Townships in forming a Brownfield Redevelopment Authority. In doing so it would help in obtaining grants to help in the clean up identified trouble spots in the County and townships. Upon consideration the Board felt this would be advantageous to all parties.
CommentsSupervisor has a roll up garage type door 10X10 that is available. Any one interested please contact her. Joe Langdon would like to thank the Board for their efforts to facilitate the acquisition of the Haven Park Pavilion. It is a welcome addition to the South Shore and has been in constant use.
Meeting adjourned at 6:45 p.m. Meg Vivian Kelly Coltas Grant Township Supervisor Grant Township Clerk |
