on May 4, 2011 at 5:15am.
Board of Trustees Meeting on September 7, 2010
GENOA CHARTER TOWNSHIP
REGULAR MEETING
Sept. 7, 2010
6:30 p.m.
MINUTES
Supervisor McCririe called the regular meeting of the Genoa Charter Township Board to order at 6:30 p.m. at the Township Hall.The following members were present constituting a quorum for the transaction of business:Gary McCririe, Paulette Skolarus, Robin Hunt, Steve Wildman, Jim Mortensen, Todd Smith and Jean Ledford.Also present were Township Manager Michael Archinal and three persons in the audience.
A Call to the Public was made with no response.
Approval of Consent Agenda:
Moved by Hunt, supported by Mortensen to approve all items under the consent agenda with the exception of item 4 (a Conflict of Interest Policy).The motion was voted and carried unanimously.
1. Payment of Bills
2. Request to approve minutes: 8-16-10
3. Request to approve minutes: 8-23-10
4. Consideration of a Conflict of Interest Policy as prepared by Palka concerning Township Board action.
5. Request for approval of rate adjustments (reducing rates) for the Lake Edgewood Water and Pine Creek Water and Sewer districts.
6. Consider approval for the purchase of 20 Microsoft Office Suite workstation upgrades in the amount of $6,270 as requested by Adam VanTassell.
Approval of Regular Agenda:
Moved by Wildman, supported by Ledford, to approve for action all items listed under the regular agenda.The motion carried unanimously.
7. Presentation by Ken Palka and request for acceptance of the audit report for fiscal year April 1, 2009 thru March 31, 2010.
Mr. Palka advised the board that township employees were doing a great job in the handling of records for the township.The auditing firm Pfeffer Hanniford and Palka granted the township the highest "unqualified opinion" concerning township accounts.Moved by Skolarus, supported by Mortensen, to receive the Audit report for the fiscal year ending 03/31/2010.
8. Request for amendment to the General Fund #101 and Parks and Recreation Fund #270 budgets to transferring an additional $525,000 from the General Fund to Parks and Recreation.
Moved by Ledford, supported by Wildman, to approve the amendment to the aforementioned budgets as requested with the understanding that funds will not be used for right-of-way acquisition.The motion carried unanimously.
9. Request for approval to hire a Deputy Utility Director as requested by the Utility Director Greg Tatara.
Moved by Skolarus, supported by Hunt, to approve the hiring of Dave Miller as Deputy Utility Director under Greg Tatara (with all expenses borne by the Public Works Department).The motion carried unanimously.
10. Review of newsletter articles for publication in September 2010.
Newsletter articles were reviewed by the board with minor changes to be made before publication.
11. Discussion regarding lighting for the Township Hall Soccer Fields.
Archinal provided the board with an overview of the eventual lighting project for the soccer fields with costs being reduced from $200,000 to $30,000.No formal action was taken by the board.This matter will be again be considered at a future meeting of the board.
A call to the public was made with the following response:Mark Wisby - Copies of letters from Southwest Gas Storage were provided to the board.My property should be restored when it is damaged by Southwest.When I first moved in Southwest removed 27 mature trees - just wiped them out.I need them to fix the damage they have recently done to my property.McCririe - We will have Mr. Archinal correspond with Tim Walter in an effort to resolve your complaint.
McCririe - Fire Sirens were approved for the township - one per year.We are working with Brighton Area Schools to install a siren near the corner of Brighton and Bauer Roads.
The regular meeting of the Genoa Charter Township Board was adjourned at 7:15 p.m.
Paulette A. Skolarus
Genoa Charter Township Clerk
(Press/Argus 09/10/2010)
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