MEMBERS
PRESENT: Trustee Lantz, Treasurer Johnson,
Supervisor Sherk, Trustee Ellis, and Clerk Olson
AGENDA APPROVAL AND ADDITIONS:
· Under Correspondence: Mike Radigan Letter, add (Handout)
· Under Old Business add “Solid Waste Signs”, “Recreation Signs”, “E.H Traffic Signs” add “Sign offer Packets”
· Under New Business add “Handouts” to “Authorization to Close on Dunes/Marshes”; Add “Map Handout” under LLR2, Add “Hunter’s Point Letter –2 Handouts”
MM/S Olson/Johnson to approve the agenda
with additions. 5 Ayes, 0 Nays - The Agenda was approved with additions.
Bills Additions: General
Fund – SBC - Telephone - $79.32;
Water Fund –
Wasail’s Cat House – Snowmobile Repair -$100; Reid Rastello - Water
Operator
Mileage – $77.91; SBC – Telephone -$29.32
·
Approve minutes of December 8, 2003 regular
meeting with correction
·
Accept Treasurer’s Report
·
Approve Payment of
Bills – With Corrections and Additions
MM/S Johnson/Olson to
approve Consent Agenda with corrections and additions
1.
Correspondence
·
Land Updates –
Dunes/Marshes - no comment
·
Gratiot Lake Rescue –
no comment
·
More USDA Requirements
– no comment
·
Results of Risk
Assessment by Insurance Company –Follow up with Hannula Agency
·
Water Fund Update – no
comment
·
Mike Radigan –re: Fire
Truck Need – A letter
written by Chief Radigan to answer the questions written by George Hite, was
read by Supervisor Sherk
·
Mike Hohner
Resignation – replacement to be considered under New Business
2. Remarks
·
YSI Rehab Costs –
County Commissioner Don Keith has informed the Supervisor that it would cost
about $500,000 to make repairs to YSI water system, and other systems and to
perform repairs on buildings. This will be discussed under New Business.
COMMITTEE
REPORTS
·
BEACH
COMMITTEE – Fred Geis – Fire Pits – Request that proposal for fire pits be
brought to the Board.
·
CEMETERY
COMMITTEE – No Report.
·
SEXTON
COMMENTS –Mike Braman - No Report
·
COMMUNITY
BUILDING – Jeane Olson – No Report.
·
FIRST
RESPONDERS – Bruce Olson – No Report
·
HAZARD
MITIGATION COMMITTEE - Kris Callog – No Report
·
HEBARD PLAT
COMMITTEE – Jeane Olson – No Report
·
ZONING
ADVISORY COMMITTEE – Consider Under New Business
·
911 COMMITTEE
– Ginny Schubert – No Report
·
PARK COMMITTEE
– George Hite – No Report
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RECREATION
COMMITTEE – Barb Sickler – No Report
·
SOLID WASTE
COMMITTEE – Doug Schubert -Bay Electric
will be here on Wednesday to Repair Compactor
·
VOLUNTEER FIRE
DEPARTMENT – Mike Radigan – No Report
·
WATER
COMMITTEE – John Wakeman - No Report
·
WATER SYSTEM
OPERATOR – Reid Rastello –Everything is running A-OK. Supervisor Sherk reported that the frost depth is at 57 inches.
Let run policy is in effect. Please read your meter before and after the let
run period.
·
WELLHEAD PROTECTION –– No Report
OLD
BUSINESS
·
Sewage Land Purchase –Tabled until Purchase
Agreement is received.
·
Fire Truck Financing – Tabled until June
·
Solid Waste Signs – Six bids packets for sign
projects were sent out. Two were returned for Solid Waste Signs. After much
discussion MM/S Johnson/Sherk to get all new signs. Motion carried unanimously.
MM/S
Lantz/Ellis to accept the bid from Colleen Grove for making the signs. Motion
carried unanimously. Changes
in wording, coloring and location of signs will be considered at the March
meeting.
·
Recreation Area Signs – Mark McEvers was the only
bid on the Recreation sign. MM/S Johnson/Lantz to accept his bid. Motion
carried unanimously.
·
Traffic Signs –Tabled until report is received
from the County.
NEW BUSINESS
·
Amend Land Acquisition
Budget- Changes in the amount of Grant money we will receive and the resulting
additional match funds require us to amend the Land Acquisition Budget. MM/S
Lantz/Johnson to Amend the Land Acquisition Budget as follows:
Acct 371700 Land Acquisition Income-$1270, Private Donation $61,700,
Acct 371800 Grant Received $247,200, for a total Income of $310,170. Expenses
Acct 804400 Land Acquisition Expense-
$309,000
Motion passed Unanimously.
·
Liability Insurance
Rate MM/S Olson/Lantz to keep liability Insurance at present Level of $5
million coverage even though rates will go up 31%. Motion carried Unanimously.
·
Resolution to
Establish General Maintenance Salary – MM/S Sherk/Johnson to establish a salary
for general Maintenance of $200 per month. Motion carried unanimously with a
roll call vote.
·
Review Budget – Budget
for Fiscal year April1, 2004-March 31, 2005 is ready for review and will be
available at the Township Office.
·
Salary Review –
Information was not received from MTA. MM/S Sherk/Johnson to Table until
information is received.
·
MDOT Annual Permit –
MM/S Sherk/Olson to Apply for Annual Permit from M-DOT. Motion carried
unanimously.
·
Beach Committee
Request – Beach Committee requested permission to place a slide in the water,
questioned the decision to not allow the raft in the water and mentioned that
fire pits would probably be made by Fritz Kesanen. The Board asked that the
committee be notified that before they install fire pits they have to bring
this project to the Board for approval. Comparison between Raft and Skateboard parks
was made. Insurer informs us that Skateboard parks are regulated and rafts are
not. Supervisor Sherk had graphs showing that the level of Lake Superior was
down about 12 inches. Insurer recommended no raft in the water but the slide
would be okay if it was in the water. The slide that would be used is the slide
that was removed from the playground when a new safer slide was installed.
Discussion from the Board members resulted in the opinion that if the slide was
unsafe for the playground it was not safe for the Beach. MM/S Olson/Lantz That
no slide be put in the Water. Motion carried unanimously. MM/S Johnson/Ellis
That the raft would not be put in the water. Motion carried unanimously.
·
YSI Repair Costs – YSI
Lease continues until June 6, 2004. County Commissioner Don Keith has asked the
Township for an opinion on how much money should be spent on rehabilitation of
the Water System, Sewage System and building repairs at YSI. After discussion
the Board decided that we do not have enough information at this time and the
Board is not in favor of spending tax dollars unless there is a new lessee or
buyer to help pay this off.
·
Wyckoff Tasks 1&2
Report –MM/S Lantz/Johnson to accept and forward the zoning Advisory Committee
Recommendations and George Hite’s attachments to Mr. Wyckoff. Motion carried
unanimously. MM/S Sherk/Johnson to include as additional attachments the
Township Board letters to zoning committee of March 12, 2002 and April 11, 2002
and also the camping ordinance draft if action was taken on it by the board.
Motion carried unanimously.
·
Snow Removal Contract
– MM/S Johnson/Olson to hire Reid Rastello to remove snow from Township hall
parking lots and entryways, Maintenance Building driveway, Township mailbox and
Solid waste site when needed for $200 per Month for February and March and $50
weekly for any week that snow removal is done in April and May. Motion carried
unanimously with a roll call vote.
·
Appointment of New
Emergency Management Liaison Officer- MM/S Sherk/Ellis to appoint Dail Willoughby
as the Emergency Management Liaison Officer. Motion carried unanimously.
·
Acceptance of Grant
Funds- MM/S Sherk/Olson to accept the MCMP Grant Funds of $202,349.20 into the
Land Acquisition Fund for the purpose of purchase of the Dunes/Marshes 360
acres. Motion carried unanimously with a roll call vote.
·
Authorization to Close
on Dunes/Marshes Purchase MM/S Olson/Johnson to authorize Supervisor Sherk to
close on the purchase of the Dunes Marshes and expend the agreed upon funds of
$262,776.01 for land acquisition, surface rights acquisition and closing costs.
Motion carried unanimously with a roll call vote.
·
LLR2 2004 –
1.
Resolution to apply
for a UP Coastal Wetlands NAWCA Grant to acquire 349.6 acres in Section 12
T58N-R31W to be known as Long Lake Refuge 2 (LLR2) offered by Doug Sherk,
seconded by Dick Lantz. Roll Call Vote – 5 Ayes, 0 Nays. Resolution passed.
2.
Resolution to submit
U.P. Coastal Wetland NAWCA Grant Agreement for LLR2 offered by Ann Johnson,
seconded by Jeane Olson. Roll Call Vote – 5 Ayes, 0 Nays Resolution passed.
3.
Resolution to accept
Donor Funds as matching funds for NAWCA Grant for LLR2 offered by Dick Lantz,
seconded by Tom Ellis. Roll call vote- 5 ayes, 0 nays. Resolution passed.
4.
Resolution to commit
Land Acquisition Funds for appraisal /survey costs for LLR2 offered by Jeane
Olson, seconded by Dick Lantz. Roll call vote- 5 ayes, 0 nays. Resolution
passed.
·
Hunter’s Point Letter
– MM/S Sherk/Johnson to send another letter to Grant Township in support of the
acquisition of Hunter’s Point. Motion carried unanimously.
ADJOURNMENT
·
MM/S
Olson/Johnson to adjourn. Motion
carried unanimously. Meeting adjourned at 9:08 p.m.
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Jeane Olson, Clerk
Eagle Harbor Township
- CERTIFICATION –
I, the undersigned, Jeane Olson, the duly qualified and elected
Clerk for the Township of Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, DO HEREBY
CERTIFY that the foregoing is a true and complete copy of certain proceedings
taken by the Township Board of said Township at a regular board meeting held on
the 9th day of February, 2004.
__________________________,
Jeane Olson, Clerk
Eagle Harbor Township