GRANT TOWNSHIP REGULAR BOARD MEETING

Held at the Grant Township Hall

230 Gratiot Street

Copper Harbor, Michigan 49918

Minutes for Tuesday, June 10^th, 2008

Call to Order

Supervisor Meg Vivian called the meeting to order at 6:05 p.m. and led the assembly in the pledge of allegiance. 

Roll Call

Present were Supervisor Meg Vivian, Treasurer Karen Karl, and Trustees Gary Barker and Roxann Smith.

Absent was Clerk Kelly Coltas.

• Motion to adopt Agenda put forth by Roxann Smith and supported by Gary Barker, all were in favor 4-0 motion carried.
  
  
• Motion to approve Minutes of Regular Board Meeting of 05/13/08, and work session of 06/05/08, put forth by Gary Barker and supported by Roxann Smith, all were in favor 4-0 motion carried.

 

Supervisor’s Remarks and Correspondence

Remarks

Spring Cleanup will be on June 14^th and 15^th 2008.  Keweenaw Scrap Metal will provide bins for metal goods and tires and batteries.  White goods and even microwaves will be accepted.   No TV’s.  The Township will pickup the cost for 10 tires per household.

June 13^th, 08 will be the Copper Harbor annual Spaghetti Dinner, Silent Auction and Bake Sale.       

Monthly Reports

Treasurer’s Report

• Motion to accept the Treasurers report as given, put forth by Roxann Smith and supported by Gary Barker.  All were in favor, motion carried 4-0.

 

Utility Board

The May 28 coliform report came back okay. Two grinder pump alarms, just needed pump downs.

DDA

No quorum, no meeting. 
 

Public Safety 

CH Fire Dept:

Monthly meeting held June 4, 10 members present. Discussion; spring clean-up and spaghetti dinner to be held June 13^th and at the Mariner North.

Repairs to truck #2 scheduled.

The balance of the FEMA grant was finalized. The final check done tonight.

Discussed placement of truck #2 on E-bay.

All trucks exercised, all went fine until truck #4 left rear wheel was loose and almost fell off. No page outs for CHFD or First Responders. 

LLB Fire Dept.

Report from last month – Monthly meeting held on May 6, all present.

Nomination of officers, all the same. Discussion; ordering equipment schedules and contribution to Red Cross. The pancake breakfast did better than expected at $3200.00.

Monthly training held May 5, all were present, trained on brush fire operations.

Report for this month – Election of officers: Olson-Chief, Langdon-1^st Assistant,

Schaefer-2^nd Assistant/Appointed Secretary, Huwatschek-appointed Treasurer and

Erbish-Appointed Training Officer. Discussion: Spring clean-up 2008 DNR grant, issuance of equipment.

Monthly training held on May 14 and June 3, 1 absent. Trained on radio and SCBA. Trained on pumping. 

1^st Responders

1 call out at Lac La Belle 

911

The committee voted to ask the Keweenaw County Board of Commissioners for authority to purchase approximately $25,000 worth of 800 MHz mobile radios for the Emergency Response Organizations serving Keweenaw County.

AT & T will replace the batteries and chargers in the SLC’s in Lac La Belle, Copper Harbor and Eagle Harbor by the end of June.

The Gratiot Lake tower will have its antenna replaced this week and will be back in service as soon as Negaunee reprograms their consoles. 

Park and Rec Planning

The committee is attempting to get all formats integrated for UPE&A

• Motion to allow committee members to send all materials to finish given the work is integrated and reviewed by Deputy Supervisor, Richard Powers and passed to other board members and does not exceed $3,000.00 put forth by Meg Vivian and supported by Roxann Smith, all were in favor 4-0 motion carried.

Old Business

Richard Powers and Greg Kingstrom of UPE&A met with B&B Contracting reps on site and reviewed the work to be done on the boardwalk at Hunter’s Point. Adjustments were made and perimeters staked. B&B expects to begin work around June 9^th and be done within 2 weeks. The project is running within budget. 

The kiosk panel design was reviewed and is in the process of being completed. 

• Motion to accept the proposals of Genesis Graphics Inc. to provide 3 foot wide by 4 foot high graphics panels for the hunter’s Point kiosk at a cost of $975. Delivery and efile prep is estimated at and additional $175 put forth by Karen Karl and supported by Gary Barker, all were in favor 4-0 motion carried.

Richard Powers contacted two appraisers for the Hunter’s Point Phase II project.  

• Motion to accept the proposal of Steigerwaldt Land Services for $7,500 to provide and appraisal of the proposed 122-acre addition to Hunter’s Point Park. The proposal will meet the format requirements of the Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund, put forth by Karen Karl and supported by Gary Barker, all were in favor 4-0 motion carried.

• Motion to accept the proposal of Yankee Appraisal Associates for $7,500 to provide and appraisal of the proposed 122-acre addition to Hunter’s Point Park. The proposal will meet the format requirements of the Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund, put forth by Karen Karl and supported by Gary Barker, all were in favor 4-0 motion carried.

The Township needs to arrange maintenance of the restroom at Hunter’s Point with Keweenaw County. The 2008-09 budget included allocation for this work. 

• Motion to, upon completion of restroom facility, allow Richard Powers to contact Keweenaw County road Commission to begin maintaining the restroom at Hunter’s Point Park. Put forth by Karen Karl and supported by Roxann Smith, all were in favor 4-0 motion carried.

NOAA

An application has been made to increase the Copper Harbor Transmitter power from 100 watts to 300 watts. There will be a notice around town with an explanation. 

New Business

The board would like a drop box to be installed at the Township building in the hallway.

• Motion to approve purchase of a drop box and installation labor not to exceed $500, put forth by Roxann Smith and supported by Gary Barker.  All were in favor, motion carried 4-0.

Public Comment

Guest Jack Hartman spoke about the VHS virus that was attacking the Great Lakes and inland lakes in Michigan. He asked the Township to monetarily support the project by purchasing tablets and sprayers for boat launch areas in order to cleanse boats prior to entering the water. The board decided they would like more information about the tablet, field tests, etc before committing to the project. 
 

• Motion to pay audited bills and adjourn put forth by Roxann Smith and supported by Gary Barker.  All were in favor, motion carried 4-0.

Meeting adjourned at 7:36 p.m. 
 
 

Meg Vivian                                         Karen Karl

Grant Township Supervisor             Grant Township Treasurer  
                                                       -   For Kelly Coltas-Clerk