Board of Trustees Meeting on October 1, 2007

Approval of Consent Agenda:
1. Payment of Bills

Approval of Regular Agenda:
3. Payment of Bills

4. Consideration of Newsletter articles for October publishing.

Supervisor McCririe called the regular meeting of the Genoa Charter Township Board to order at 6:30 p.m. The Pledge of Allegiance was then said. The following persons were present constituting a quorum for the transaction of business: Gary McCririe, Paulette Skolarus, Robin Hunt, Todd Smith, Jean Ledford, Steve Wildman and Jim Mortensen. Also present were Township Manager Michael Archinal and no persons in the audience.

A Call to the Public was made with no response.

Approval of Consent Agenda:
Moved by Ledford, supported by Hunt, to approve all items listed under the consent agenda (moving the payment of bills to the regular agenda for discussion). The motion carried unanimously.

1. Approval of Minutes: September 17, 2007.

2. Consider acceptance of Planning Commissioner Steve Morgan's resignation.

Approval of Regular Agenda:
Moved by Ledford, supported by Hunt, to approve for action all items listed under the regular agenda. The motion carried unanimously.

3. Payment of Bills.
Moved by Mortensen, supported by Smith, to approve for payment vouchers totaling $234,363.46. The motion carried unanimously.

4. Review of articles for the October 2007 Newsletter.
Minor changes were made to the newsletter with the addition of a review and approval by Heikkinen for two of the submitted articles. No formal action was taken by the board.

McCririe presented the board with a site plan for three emergency warning sirens. It was the consensus of the board to approve for purchase three sirens at a cost of $60,000.00 and that the township would consider the placement of an additional siren every year until the entire township was covered.

The regular meeting of the Genoa Charter Township Board was adjourned at 7:10 p.m.


Paulette A. Skolarus
Genoa Township Clerk

(press/argus 10/10/07)