GRANT TOWNSHIP REGULAR BOARD MEETING

Held at the Grant Township Hall

230 Gratiot Street

Copper Harbor, Michigan 49918

Minutes for Tuesday, November 13^th, 2007

Call to Order

Supervisor Meg Vivian called the meeting to order at 6:01 p.m. and led the assembly in the pledge of allegiance.    

Roll Call

• Motion to adopt Agenda put forth by Coltas/Barker, all were in favor 4-0 motion carried.

• Motion to approve Minutes of Regular Board Meeting of 10/09/07, and work session of 11/08/07, put forth by Coltas/Smith, motion carried 4-0.

Supervisor’s Remarks and Correspondence

§         Remarks

No remarks

Monthly Reports

Treasurer’s Report

      Treasurer Karen Karl was absent, no report. 

Utility Board

Meeting was 10/16/07; lagoons have been drawn down for the winter.  The KML has be disconnected and drained.

DDA

No Quorum.

Public Safety          

CH Fire Dept.

Meeting was held 11/07/07, discussed winter rescue and the protocol to be used with the Ahmeek Village FD.  Did a number of in house items, Floodlights, draining Truck # 4, putting the ice rescue suits in the truck etc.  Art served chili and corn bread.  At the mid October meeting, went to Medora back flushed dry hydrants and fill tanker and dump it three times to simulate a run. 

No fire pages.

New Fire Truck:  Kevin Pomasl reported today that he has received the revised drawings and will send them out next week.  Chassis start is scheduled for last week of January with delivery end of February.  Statement has been received from Pierce for Chassis.  It is expected that a draw will not be necessary at this time, as local funds will cover the total bill of $77,450.00; this still has to be verified.  Rural Development called and enquired if we were interested in applying for another truck loan/grant.  They were informed most likely not.

LLB Fire Dept

No report.

1^st Responders

One call out with the Rally race on Brockway but was called off.

911

Committee approved sending a letter of concern to the MPSC concerning the loss of phone service during severe weather events (power outages).  The monthly meeting was moved to Mohawk on the Nov. 1^st at the request of Don Keith and back to Eagle River again after a complaint was lodged with the KCB at their meeting on Nov. 7^th.  The Keweenaw Operating protocols are being changed to recognize the rescue sled that has been provided to the Copper Harbor Fire Department.

Lighting Committee

The lighting committee met on 11/09/07 to discuss costs and selections.  After some discussion and a walk around the buildings and park areas to be decorated, it was decided to keep it fairly conservative this year and see how far the budget will stretch.  There have been some very generous donations, so the display should be fairly nice.

Old Business

Hunter’s Point: Mr. Powers met with Greg Kingstrom (UPEA) and walked area of viewing deck.   They will start design soon.

Spoke with Lisa McTiernan, grant coordinator, we ma have our final scoring results soon.

NOAA Project: Bids for base, electrical work, and tower installation were accepted at Wednesday nights KCBM.  Base went to MJO for a low bid of $8,060.00, electrical to Bay Electric for $1,580.00, and tower work to El-Com Services for $14,830.00.

Written approval has been received from NOAA and we are waiting on final approval from The State Historical Preservation Office before we can proceed.  It is anticipated that we will receive this and MJO has been asked to be prepared to proceed the week of November 26^th.  El Com Services has ordered the tower anchor bolts.

Sheriff Lahti has provided a weather radio for the Township Office.  Mr. Powers was kind enough to install batteries and program the radio.  It will work fine once we can get the signal.

New Business

The Board has been requested to do a partial pension plan surrender for Trustee Roxann Smith, so with that in mind the Clerk presents Resolution #25-07.

Approving Pension Plan Partial Surrender.

• Motion to approve Resolution #25-07 was put forth by Coltas/Barker and all were in favor.   Motion carried 4-0

Resolution#25-07 approved.

Comments

Chip and Nancy Sestock took a walk on Hunter’s Point and were pleased to report that other than a tiny bit of waste they found the park remarkablely clean.  Mr. Sestock also brought to the Boards attention that 5 or 6 shingles have been blown off of the Old Fire Hall and are in need of replacing. 

• Motion to pay audited bills and adjourn Coltas/Smith, all were in favor, motion carried 4-0.

Meeting adjourned at 6:20 p.m.

Meg Vivian                                                            Kelly Coltas

Grant Township Supervisor                                 Grant Township Clerk