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GRANT TOWNSHIP REGULAR BOARD MEETINGHeld at the Grant Township Hall 230 Gratiot Street Copper Harbor, Michigan 49918 Minutes for Tuesday, December 11, 2007Call to OrderSupervisor Meg Vivian called the meeting to order at 6:03 p.m. and led the assembly in the pledge of allegiance. Roll Call
Supervisor’s Remarks and Correspondence
No CorrespondenceMonthly ReportsTreasurer’s ReportSupervisor Meg Vivian read the Treasurers report, in the Treasurers absence.
Utility Board No Meeting DDA No Quorum. Public Safety CH Fire Dept. The regular monthly meeting of the CHFD was held on Wednesday, December 5th, 2007 with 9 members present. Discussed the following, purchase of 2 helmets for use on the winter rescue sled and sheriffs snowmobile. Exercised all trucks. Aaron Rogers served 2 types of lasagna and 2 types of desert w/ice cream. At the mid November meeting all trucks were run, including foam systems with all members. Rechecked the location of all items on the trucks. There were two page outs in October on the same day. One at the KML to a possible fire that was a burnt out air make-up motion in basement unit. Should not have been on and also a downed wire on a tree at the east end of Bernard St. Both pages occurred after electric was restored on November 27th. LLB Fire DeptMonthly meeting held December 4th, 2007 at 6:00 pm. Six were present one excused. Charger re-installed on truck 1 and Red Power Diesel fixed pump drain leak. Title given to Fred Stukel, who purchased the 1973 former tanker chassis. Dredging at Montgomery Point and Betsy hydrants was not completed this fall. We will talk with Ray Rinne about this spring. 1st Responders 1st Responder call out on11/24/07, both Barker and Olsen out of position. Copper Harbor and Eagle Harbor responded to Delaware PI accident. A radio has been ordered for Johanna, who recently completed her 1st Responder training. 911 As was reported at the last meeting, the Committee approved sending a letter of concern to the MPSC concerning the loss of phone service during severe weather events (power outages). The first response from the MPSC indicated that they thought all the AT&T problems had been corrected and sent a form to report any further problems. They were under the impression that the Lac Labelle SLC was on an unplowed county road. That impression has been corrected and we are waiting further action on the part of the MPSC. A teleconference between involved parties is scheduled for this Friday. . Old BusinessHunter’s Point: Mr. Powers gave the report. He was very pleased to announce that the Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund Board has accepted our grant request for assistance in adding 122 acres to Hunter’s Point Park. It is a $2,200,000 project consisting of a $1,400,000 grant and an $800,000 local match. The local match consists of a $600,000 gift and the balance in a land donation by the owners. The grant is a “Phased Project” meaning that the grant will be spread over two years with the purchase completed sometime in 2009. Our final score, 380 points was not high enough to qualify for an award. After reviewing the scoring he (Powers) noticed a relationship between the Population Served Criteria and the Need For Financial Assistance Criteria. One indicated we were too small and the other indicated we had too high a per Capita Income to qualify for points in this area. Investigation showed that Per Capita Income statistics discriminated against Grant Township. They should have used Median Household income. Two letters were sent to the MNRF Board, and the second delivered to them at their December 4th pre-award meeting by his daughter who lives in Howell. Bill Olsen of UPEA provided the research on measuring Criteria, Dave Jukuri assisted in getting Representative Mike Lahti to make call on our behalf and Mike also enlisted the assistance of Senator Mike Prusi. Mr. Powers will meet with Greg Kingstrom and Bill Olsen (UPEA) to discuss the design of the viewing deck project. The design is well along and we intend to send it to the Trust Fund for approval in January. The schedule calls for bids to be taken in April of 2008. Mr. Powers will have an informal Board and HP Committee as soon as he receives the final drawings for review. NOAA Project: The base for the antenna tower has been formed up and was poured 12/10/07. The forms are scheduled to be removed early this week. The electrical work should be completed by Christmas. The tower is scheduled to ship on December 26th. An El-Com service intends to complete the tower installation the first or second week of January. Mr. Powers has written to Carl Pigors, NOAA Kansas City, asking when we can expect his phone work to be completed and when to expect him to arrive and install the transmitter. New BusinessGrant Township Park and Rec Plan 2009-2013 needs to be updated and we will need volunteers for a small committee to help update this plan. The committee will be formed in January and should include people from the north and south shore. Any one interested in serving on the committee please contact Supervisor Meg Vivian. Street Lighting: The street light at the west end of town was destroyed in an accident last summer. As it is the lighting for the fire hydrant at it’s base, it will need to be replaced.
Meeting adjourned at 6:30 p.m. Meg Vivian Kelly Coltas Grant Township Supervisor Grant Township Clerk |
