HANDY TOWNSHIP BOARD OF TRUSTEES
REGULAR MEETING MINUTES
TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 2008
The regular meeting of the Handy Township Board of Trustees was called to order
In the Handy Township Boardroom by Supervisor Denby at 7:30 P.M. Members
present: Eisele, Tesch, Redinger and Vaupel. Absent: None. Also present: Township Attorney – Kehoe, Zoning Administrator – Anderson, Assistant Zoning Administrator – Hummel, Bryan Bishop – Healthy Hydration and Kevin Swisher.
Approval of Agenda
Add under Pending Business E) Roads item a. Annual Chloride Application
MOTION VAUPEL SUPPORT REDINGER TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS AMENDED. MOTION CARRIED.
Brief Public Comments None
Minutes
MOTION VAUPEL SUPPORT REDINGER TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 12, 2008 AS PRESENTED. MOTION CARRIED.
Approval of Bills
Supervisor Denby had bills from the Livingston County BPW to add to the total bills to be approved for payment.
MOTION EISELE SUPPORT REDINGER TO APPROVE THE BILLS FROM MARCH 11, 2008 IN THE AMOUNT OF $118,938.14 TO BE PAID FROM THE APPROPRIATE ACCOUNTS. MOTION CARRIED.
Pending Business
Engineer was not present to give report. Supervisor Denby gave an update on sewer issues that were discussed at the Livingston County BPW. Bond company is taking care of West Grand River safety issues.
Zoning continues to be slow, planning commissioners took tour at Aisin and assistant Hummel is getting the land use permits in the computer system.
Assessor submitted a modified application for poverty exemption for Board approval.
MOTION VAUPEL SUPPORT EISELE TO APPROVE THE MODIFIED GUIDELINES FOR POVERTY EXEMPTION APPLICATION.
MOTION CARRIED.
Handy Township Board of Trustees Regular Meeting Minutes of 3-11-08
Page 2 (Pending Business Cont.)
Kevin Swisher was present to request that the Board appoint another representative to the Recreation Board as his current schedule does not allow time for him to attend the meetings. Board thanked him for his work as township representative. There was no report this month as Recreation Board did not meet due to the weather.
Supervisor Denby has been driving the roads, there has been a suggestion from the Livingston County Road Commission that the Board consider one big project for roads this year instead of several small ones. Supervisor Denby will bring recommendations at the next Board meeting.
Supervisor Denby will make recommendations at next meeting.
A RESOLUTION WAS OFFERED BY EISELE AND SUPPORTED BY VAUPEL TO TRANSFER ONE REU FROM DAVID SCOTT NELSON, PARCEL
# 4705-09-400-29 TO R & S COOPER PROPERTIES, PARCEL #4705-09-400-34.
ROLL CALL VOTE. REDINGER – AYE, TESCH – AYE, EISELE – AYE, DENBY – AYE, VAUPEL – AYE. AYES – 5, NAYS – 0, ABSENT – 0,
ABSTAIN – 0. RESOLUTION DECLARED ADOPTED.
Copy of ordinance was presented to Board members for their review. Will discuss at next month Board meeting.
Chestnut Development has filed suit, Attorney Kehoe requests that the Board formally add him as co-counsel.
MOTION EISELE SUPPORT TESCH TO FORMALLY ADD TOWNSHIP ATTORNEY KEHOE AS CO-COUNSEL IN THE CHESTNUT DEVELOPMENT LAWSUIT. MOTION CARRIED.
Handy Township Board of Trustees Regular Meeting Minutes of 3-11-2008
Page 3 (Attorney’s Report Cont.)
Discussion concerning outstanding bills from Mitch Harris. Attorney Kehoe has been in contact with him and anticipates some type of repayment schedule will be ready for proposal to the Board by the next meeting. There are also outstanding bills with Engineering Technologies that are part of the Mitch Harris project, ETC has requested that the Board approve a payment schedule for those bills.
MOTION VAUPEL SUPPORT EISELE TO PAY $5,000.00 FOR MARCH 2008 TOWARDS OUTSTANDING INVOICES WITH ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES. FUTURE PAYMENTS ARE SUBJECT TO REVIEW OF AGREEMENT WITH MITCH HARRIS, PAYMENT TO BE TAKEN FROM ACCOUNT #101-536-920 WATER AND SEWER SYSTEM. MOTION CARRIED.
Brief discussion concerning past response.
MOTION VAUPEL SUPPORT REDINGER TO DONATE $250.00 TO THE FOURTH OF JULY COMMITTEE TO BE USED FOR ACTIVITIES, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FIREWORKS. MOTION CARRIED.
Brief discussion concerning work that has been done, what still is in process, and the quotes that were in the packets for the Board to consider.
MOTION EISELE SUPPORT REDINGER TO AUTHORIZE THE PROPOSALS FROM TED SPALDING FOR WORK TO BE DONE ON THE ENTRY FOR THE SOUTH BUILDING AND FOR SAFETY MODIFICATIONS FOR THE TREASURER’S OFFICE IN THE AMOUNT OF $8414.00. MOTION CARRIED.
MOTION TESCH SUPPORT EISELE TO APPROVE RE-UPHOLSTERING THE CHAIRS FOR THE BOARD ROOM IN THE AMOUNT OF $74.25 PER CHAIR NOT TO EXCEED 30 CHAIRS. MOTION CARRIED.
New Business
MOTION EISELE SUPPORT VAUPEL TO APPROVE AGREEMENT FOR COLLECTION OF SUMMER TAXES AS AMENDED BY THE TREASURER AND TO AUTHORIZE THE CLERK’S AND SUPERVISOR’S SIGNATURES. MOTION CARRIED.
Bryan Bishop gave presentation on a water purification system for the office.
Handy Township Board of Trustees Regular Meeting Minutes of 3-11-2008
Page 4 (New Business Cont.)
MOTION VAUPEL SUPPORT REDINGER TO APPROVE PAYMENT OF THE CONSUMER’S ENERGY INVOICE IN CONNECTION WITH CONVERSION TO NATURAL GAS FOR THE WWTP. MOTION CARRIED.
No report
Report presented and reviewed. There is one IFT in default, MTT judgement tax rebates have all been repaid except for one.
Township received $400.00 from insurance company for damage at the Coffey Cemetery last July. Clerk Eisele questioned if the broken urn needs to be replaced and the cross repaired. Trustee Redinger will repair the cross, Board questioned if the urn was damaged by the tree or if it was already broken. Have received money from Cyrowski for conditional rezoning.
Correspondence
Extended Public Comments
Supervisor Denby reminded Board that the Fire millage is up for the August ballot and gave copy of fire report to Clerk.
Trustee Vaupel attended the MTA conference, discussed State Police and funding.
MOTION VAUPEL SUPPORT REDINGER TO ADJOURN AT 9:44 P.M.
MOTION CARRIED.
Respectfully Submitted,
Pamela J. Hibbard
Handy Township Deputy Clerk / Recording Secretary
Laura A. Eisele
Handy Township Clerk