on May 4, 2011 at 4:24am.
Board of Trustees Meeting on November 20, 2000
Agenda:
1. Oaths of Office administered by Clerk to Supervisor McCririe, Treasurer Hunt, and Trustees: Robertson, Smith, Mortensen and Ledford.
2. Oath of Office administered by Supervisor to Clerk Skolarus.
3. Consideration of a request from The Wine Rack, L.L.C. for a new Small Winemaker License to be located at: 3619 1/2 E. Grand River Ave. Howell, MI 48843 - Peter Kurak 5564 Water Willow Dr. Howell, MI.
4. Discussion of a recommendation by the Township Administrative Committee on salary increases for township personnel.
5. Consideration of a request from LSL & Associates for an hourly rate adjustment for professional services.
6. Consideration of appointments to the following boards for terms Nov. 20th.
A. Planning Commission.
B. Zoning Board of Appeals.
C. Board of Review.
D. Michigan Township Association.
E. SELCRA.
F. SEMCOG.
G. Genoa/Oceola Sewer and Water Authority.
H. Howell Parks and Recreation.
I. MHOG.
J. Cemetery Committee.
K. Gypsy Moth Program.
L. Greenways.
M. FOIA Coordinator.
N. Huron River Watershed Council.
7. Consideration of a request to purchase three computers and a copier.
8. Discussion of a possible change to the Township Logo.
9. Request to correct the winter 2000 tax roll and the 2000 Lake Edgewood West Water Assessment Roll Levy for DDD Investment, parcel 11-13-100-031.
Minutes:
A regular meeting of the Township Board was called to order by Supervisor McCririe at 7:00 p.m. at the Genoa Township Hall. The Pledge of Allegiance was then said. The following Board members were present constituting a quorum for the transaction of business: Gary McCririe, Paulette Skolarus, Robin Hunt, Jean Ledford and Jim Mortensen. Also present were Township Manager Michael Archinal and five persons in the audience.
Moved by Ledford, supported by Hunt, to approve the Agenda as presented. The motion carried unanimously.
A Call to the Public was made with the following response: Robert J. Zdziebko - I wrote a letter to the board concerning Media-One Cable dropping WLNS-TV6. Please support me in requesting that the township attorney write a letter in support of the continuation of this channel on cable. Moved by Ledford, supported by Skolarus, to request that Heikkinen write Media-One voicing our concern. The motion carried unanimously.
1. Oaths of Office administered by Clerk to Supervisor McCririe, Treasurer Hunt, and Trustees: Mortensen and Ledford and Manager Archinal.
Oaths of Office were administered to McCririe, Hunt, Ledford, Mortensen and Archinal.
2. Oath of Office administered by Supervisor to Clerk Skolarus.
The Oath of Office was administered to Skolarus.
3. Consideration of a request from The Wine Rack, L.L.C. for a new Small Winemaker License to be located at: 3615 E. Grand River Ave. Howell, MI 48843 - Peter Kurak 5564 Water Willow Dr. Howell, MI.
Moved by Ledford, supported by Mortensen, to approve the transfer of the Small Winemaker License for Peter Kurak. The motion carried by roll call vote as follows: Ayes - Ledford, Hunt, Mortensen, Skolarus and McCririe. Nay - None. Absent - Robertson and Smith.
4. Discussion of a recommendation by the Township Administrative Committee on salary increases for township personnel.
Moved by Ledford, supported by Mortensen, to approve the recommendation as submitted. The motion carried unanimously.
5. Consideration of a request from LSL & Associates for an hourly rate adjustment for professional services.
Moved by Skolarus, supported by Ledford, to table until the matter can be discussed personally with the Planners. The motion carried unanimously.
6. Consideration of appointments to the following boards:
A. Planning Commission.
Moved by Skolarus, supported by Ledford, to re-appoint Figurski and Pobuda to three- year terms, ending 06-30-03, on the Planning Commission. Further, to appoint Mortensen as the township representative to the Planning Commission with a term expiring 11-20-01. The motion carried unanimously.
B. Zoning Board of Appeals.
Moved by Mortensen, supported by Ledford, to re-appoint Figurski and Hensick to three year terms, ending 06-30-03, on the Zoning Board of appeals. Further, to appoint Ledford as township representative the Zoning Board of Appeals with a term expiring 11-20-01 and Skolarus as alternate. The motion carried unanimously.
C. Board of Review.
Moved by Hunt, supported by Mortensen, to re-appoint Litogot, Markin and Heaslip to the Board of Review for two-year terms, ending 12-31-02. The motion carried unanimously.
D. Michigan Township Association.
Moved by Hunt, supported by Ledford, to re-appoint Skolarus to the MTA for a term ending 11-20-01. The motion carried unanimously.
E. SEMCOG.
Moved by Skolarus, supported by Hunt, to appoint Ledford to SEMCOG for a one-year term ending 11-20-01. The motion carried unanimously.
G. Genoa/Oceola Sewer and Water Authority.
Moved by Mortensen, supported by Ledford, to appoint Hunt and McCririe, to the water authority with terms ending 11-20-01. The motion carried unanimously.
H. MHOG.
Moved by Mortensen, supported by Ledford, to appoint Hunt and McCririe to MHOG with terms ending 11-20-01. The motion carried unanimously.
I. Cemetery Committee.
Moved by Skolarus, supported by Hunt, to appoint Hunt, Skolarus and Archinal to the Cemetery Committee with terms ending 11-20-01. The motion carried unanimously.
J. Greenways.
Moved by Ledford, supported by Mortensen, to re-appoint Skolarus to Greenways for a term ending 11-20-01. The motion carried unanimously.
M. FOIA Coordinator.
Moved by Ledford, supported by Mortensen, to re-appoint Skolarus as FOIA director for a term ending 11-20-01. The motion carried unanimously.
N. Huron River Watershed Council.
Moved by Skolarus, supported by Hunt, to appoint Kelly Kolakowski to the council with a term expiring 11-20-01. The motion carried unanimously.
7. Consideration of a request to purchase three computers and a copier.
Moved by Skolarus, supported by Ledford, to authorize the expenditure of $9,660.05 for the purchase of a copier. The motion carried unanimously.
Moved by Ledford, supported by Mortensen, to authorize the purchase of two Pentium Compaq computers at a cost of $3,192.17. The motion carried unanimously.
8. Request to correct the winter 2000 tax roll and the 2000 Lake Edgewood West Water Assessment Roll Levy for DDD Investment, parcel 11-13-100-031.
Moved by Ledford, supported by Mortensen, to approve the revision to the winter 2000 special assessment tax roll in the amount of $2,957.58. The motion carried unanimously.
Administrative Business:
Moved by Ledford, supported by Hunt, to approve for payment vouchers totaling $189,302.80. The motion carried unanimously.
Moved by Skolarus, supported by Hunt, to approve the Minutes of Nov. 6, 2000 meeting of the election committee. The motion carried unanimously.
Moved by Ledford, supported by Mortensen, to approve the Minutes of the Nov. 6, 2000 Regular Meeting of the Board as submitted. The motion carried unanimously.
Moved by Mortensen, supported by Ledford, to authorize McCririe to execute the closing documents for the land purchase related to a fire station on behalf of the township. The motion carried unanimously.
The regular meeting of the Genoa Township Board was adjourned at 8:50 p.m.
Paulette A. Skolarus
Genoa Township Clerk
(PA 11-29-00)