BOARD OF TRUSTEES

AGENDA and DRAFT MINUTES

                      Thursday, April 8, 2010 @ 7:30 p.m.

Call to Order

Pledge of Allegiance

Members Present/ Members Absent

Call to the Public

1.      Approval of Agenda  

2.   Consent Agenda

a.)    Approval of March 25, 2010 Regular Meeting Minutes

b.)    Approval of the March 23, 2010 Informational Meeting

c.)    February 23, 2010 Planning Commission Report

d.)    March 23, 2010 Planning Commission Report

e.)    March 23, 2010 Park Advisory Committee Report

f.)     Assessing Report

g.)    Complaint Form

h.)    DPW Report

i.)      Treasurers Report

j.)      Zoning Report

3.      Award Lawn Mowing Bid

4.      Class C Liquor License Request

5.      Wind Energy

6.      MHOG Water tower

      a.) Trespassing

7.      Marion Oaks/Recreation

8.      Marion Township Parks

a.) Park Maintenance Money

b.) Paving Stone Resolution

 9.     Heritage Days Resolution

10.  Electrical Updates

11.  Hometown

12.  Budget (Bring back)

           a.) Roads 

      Correspondence/ Updates:

      Pending Litigation

      Marion Retail Center

    Packet Information will be due ????

    *Next Meeting- April 22, 2009

    Call to the Public

    Adjournment

                                              DRAFT MINUTES

MEMBERS PRESENT:               Bob Hanvey, Paula Wyckoff, Scott Lloyd, Les Andersen, Travis Hodge, Tammy Beal, and Dan Lowe

MEMBERS ABSENT:                 None

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CALL TO ORDER

Bob Hanvey called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m. 

PLEDGE TO FLAG

BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT

The board members introduced themselves. 

CALL TO THE PUBLIC

None heard

APPROVAL OF AGENDA

Les Andersen motioned to approve the agenda as presented.  Paula Wyckoff seconded.  Motion carried 7-0.

CONSENT AGENDA

Paula Wyckoff motioned to approve the consent agenda as presented.  Les Andersen seconded.  Motion carried 7-0.

LAWMOWING BID AND SPRING/FALL CLEAN UPS

Motion by Les Andersen to approve PE’s Lawn Care for the Township’s lawn maintenance company for the 2010 season. Tammy Beal seconded. Roll call vote: Lowe, Beal, Hanvey, Wyckoff , Andersen, Hodge-yes; Lloyd-no. Motion carried 6-1.

LIQUOR LICENSE

Dan Lowe motioned to adopt a Resolution to approve of a Class “C” Liquor License for Mark Roman 4740 Pinckney Road of UM Saloon Concepts, Inc. (DBA-Eat to the Beat) at 1500 Pinckney Road , Howell , MI 48843 . Roll call vote: Wyckoff , Hodge, Hanvey, Lloyd, Beal, Andersen, Lowe—all yes.

Resolution passed 7-0.

WIND ENERGY

Scott Lloyd motioned to send the wind power electrical generator systems text back to the Planning Commission to have it read as highlighted in the handout. Les Andersen seconded. Motion carried 7-0.

MHOG WATERTOWER

Peavy Road entrance needs to have a 3-4 foot cut in road to get sight distance. Bob Hanvey said that he would put up a barricade (AI #1) at entrance because a landscaping company has been dumping debris there. The Zoning Administrator will notify them to remove material.

MARION OAKS/RECREATION

Park Advisory member, Beth Schrader, 2109 Dutcher Road, asked if the Township would be interested in sponsoring a disk golf hole for $650. Bob Hanvey explained that we also need to adjust the zoning or the Consent Judgment for that piece of property to include use by the Recreation Authority. He will call Mike Kehoe and have him adjust the Consent Judgment and ask about the sponsorship. (AI #2).

MARION TOWNSHIP PARKS

Scott Lloyd motioned to spend up to $6000 from the Recreation Fund to use for 2010 Marion Township park maintenance, which includes rental of porta johns, rubbish containers, weed control, tree watering, field lining, lawn mowing and other incidental expenses. Tammy Beal seconded. Roll call vote: Beal, Andersen, Hodge, Wyckoff , Lowe, Hanvey, Lloyd—all yes. Motion passed 7-0.

Tammy Beal motioned to adopt a resolution to support the sale of paver bricks to be placed around the gazebo in Marion Park #2 and that the proceeds would be deposited in a line item entitled Paver Brick Sales within the Recreation Fund. Les Andersen seconded. Roll call vote: Hanvey, Lowe, Wyckoff , Beal, Lloyd, Hodge, Andersen—all yes. Resolution passed 7-0.

HERITAGE DAYS RESOLUTION

Paula Wyckoff made a motion to adopt a resolution that the sale of the Marion Township Heritage Days

Cook Book, T-shirts, gate fees and miscellaneous proceeds would be deposited in an account for future Heritage Days events. Travis Hodge seconded. Roll call vote: Hodge, Beal, Andersen, Lowe, Hanvey, Lloyd, Wyckoff —all yes. Resolution passed 7-0.

ELECTRICAL UPDATES

Les Andersen motioned to approve a bid for $1040 by Tri Star Electrical, this is for electrical updates to the Township Hall and exterior plug-outlets. Paula Wyckoff seconded. Roll call vote: Lowe, Wyckoff , Lloyd, Hodge, Andersen, Beal, Hanvey—all yes. Motion passed 7-0.

HOMETOWN

The County will require us to take the reimbursement for delinquents and special assessments.

There are 48 lots in Hometown that will be up for tax sale. No action taken.

BUDGET

The board members discussed the proposed budget for fiscal year 2010-2011. No action taken.

Les Andersen went to the Livingston County Road Commission meeting and reported that each township will be receiving a packet from the Road Commission about cost sharing with them.

Bob Hanvey will contact Tim Johnson about County Farm Road that is failing near Hidden Valley Road . (AI #3)

CORRESPONDENCE/UPDATES

Pending Litigation:  May 4, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. is the date for the Chestnut hearing in Lansing at the Court of Appeals.

Bob Hanvey went to the C.I.R.A.B. meeting with the City of Howell . They talked about improvements to the sewer service that would have been done 10 years ago when the expansion was to happen. Now it’s been 10 years and the expansion wasn’t done. They discussed how are the improvements going to be handled.  A sewer revolving fund would be a source of funding.

The cedar fencing at Lakeside Cemetery has been installed and looks really nice.

Sewer contract with the City of Howell has a minimum-billing amount of 100,000 gallons per day and we used 101,000 last month.

Next meeting is April 22, 2010 the packets will be available at 3:00 p.m. on Monday, April 19^th.

CALL TO THE PUBLIC

None

ADJOURNMENT

Les Andersen motioned to adjourn at 8:40 p.m.  Scott Lloyd seconded.  Motion carried 7-0.