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The
Genoa Township Board
Election Commission Meeting
July 6, 2004
6:55 p.m.
AGENDA
1. Review of personnel and
salaries for election officials scheduled to work the August 3, 2004
Primary Election.
2. Recommendation to Genoa Township Board.
GENOA TOWNSHIP
Public Hearing and Regular Meeting
(Tuesday) July 6, 2004
7:00 p.m.
AGENDA
Consent Agenda:
3. Payment of Bills.
4. Approval of Minutes of June 21, 2004.
5. Request to reaffirm a purchase of a server at a cost of $13,929.00 as
approved by the Administrative Committee.
6. Consideration of a request to purchase seven laptop computers at a
cost of $1,149.00 each for the Zoning Board of Appeals as recommended by
the Administrative Committee.
7. Request to approve the Operating Millage Levy of 0.8200 as requested
by township assessor Rojewski in her correspondence dated July 1, 2004.
8. Request for approval of officials scheduled to work the August
Primary and salaries for those persons as recommended by the Election
Commission.
9. Request for approval of an intergovernmental agreement between Genoa
Township and Hamburg Township for the display of township assessing
information on the internet – as recommended by the administrative
committee.
Action Items for Discussion:
10. Public Hearing on the General Fund Budget for the fiscal year
2004/05. (Please pull related material from your previous board packet.)
A. Call to the Public
11. Public Hearing on the Prairie View Subdivision Road Improvement
Project.
A. Call to the Public.
B. Request for approval of Resolution No. 2 (scheduling the second
public hearing).
12. Request for approval of a special use permit, site plan, and impact
assessment for proposed Dr. Schneider Automotive Systems, Inc. located
in the Brighton Industrial Center at 5775 Brighton Pines Court, Sec.15,
petitioned by Dr. Schneider Automotive Systems, Inc. and discussed by
the Planning Commission 06/28/04.
A. Disposition of special use permit.
B. Disposition of impact assessment.
C. Disposition of site plan.
13. Review of road projects and the township contributions related to
the 25% support, considering the setting of a dollar limit per home and
multiple estimates as recommended by the Livingston County Road
Commission.
14. Request for approval of the 06/07/04 regular minutes of the board,
correcting McCririe comments.
15. Request for approval of newsletter articles for the July 2004
publication. Election Commission
Meeting
July 6, 2004
6: 55 p.m.
MINUTES
Chairman Skolarus called the special meeting of the election
commission to order at 6:55 p.m. at the Genoa Township Hall. The
following Board members were present constituting a quorum for the
transaction of business: Paulette A. Skolarus and Gary McCririe. Absent
– Robin Hunt. Also present were approximately 15 persons in the
audience.
Moved by McCririe, supported by Skolarus, to approve the Agenda as
presented. The motion carried unanimously.
1. Review of personnel and salaries for election officials scheduled
to work the August 3, 2004 Primary Election.
The commission discussed the recommendation to the Township Board for
42 Election officials and 20 co-chairmen scheduled to work the August 3,
2004 primary.
2. Recommendation to Genoa Township Board.
Moved by McCririe, supported by Skolarus, to recommend approval of
the election officials scheduled to work the August 3,2004 Primary and
to again approve the salaries for chairmen at $175.00, election
officials $150.00, other employees $10.00 per hour – as further
described the July 6, 2004 memo to the Township Board. The motion
carried unanimously.
The special meeting of the Election Commission was adjourned at 7:00
p.m.
GENOA TOWNSHIP BOARD
Public Hearing and Regular Meeting
(Tuesday) July 6, 2004
MINUTES
Supervisor McCririe called the public hearing and regular meeting of
the Genoa Township Board to order at 7:00 p.m. at the Genoa Township
Hall. The following board members were present constituting a quorum for
the transaction of business: Gary McCririe, Paulette Skolarus, Jean
Ledford and Jim Mortensen. Also present were Township Attorney Rick
Heikkinen, Township Manager Michael Archinal and approximately 30
persons in the audience.
Consent Agenda:
3. Payment of Bills totaling $512,034.10.
4. Request to approve the Operating Millage Levy of 0.8200 as
requested by township assessor Rojewski in her correspondence dated July
1, 2004.
5. Request for approval of officials scheduled to work the August
Primary and salaries for those persons as recommended by the Election
Commission.
6. Request for approval of an intergovernmental agreement between Genoa
Township and Hamburg Township for the display of township assessing
information on the Internet, as recommended by the administrative
committee.
7. Request to reaffirm the purchase of a server at a cost of
$13,929.00 as approved by the Administrative Committee.
Moved by Skolarus, supported by Mortensen, to approve the Consent
Agenda as presented. The motion carried unanimously.
Action Items for Discussion:
8. Public Hearing on the General Fund Budget for the fiscal year
2004/05. (Please pull related material from your previous board packet.)
A call to the public was made with no response. The board took no
further action.
9. Public Hearing on the Prairie View Subdivision Road Improvement
Project.
A. Call to the Public.
Letters of objection were received from John and Valerie Wilhelm,
Sue and Rex Burnham, Sally and Stewart Free, Bernice Anderson, Joseph
and Bonnie Fennell, William Goodwin, Jr., Robert and Judith Hawthorne,
Geoffrey Keeney, John and Christine Gawryk, and Richard and Vera Marflak.
A call to the public was made with the following response: John Wilhelm
– The traffic is unbearable. I am in fear of pulling out of my
driveway and for my children. Ron Jones – I agree. I want the road paved
but speeding is a problem. Please help us out with the speeding.
McCririe – Speed humps will be installed and should lower the speed. I
suggest that your subdivision contract with the Sheriff’s Department at
$55.00 an hour for enforcement within your sub. Pine Creek saw a
significant change in just a few days with the patrol car being there.
Judi Hawthorne – Who paved Brighton Road? McCririe – The Livingston
County Road Commission. Joe Fennell – I agree with my neighbors. I am
not against paving but am concerned with speed and safety. Christine
Gawryk – I am against this proposal until the question of safety is
resolved. Christine Pams – Will the roadwork be completed in asphalt or
stone and tar? McCririe – Asphalt. Pams – What safety net is there to
stop the trucks riding through? McCririe – I will talk to the L.C.R.C.
about signage on Brighton Road. Bill Despot - I live on the corner of
Sundance & Washakie - I follow cement and water trucks daily through the
subdivision and they shouldn’t be there.
Luann Loy – For clarification, this project will include asphalt and
concrete curbs. The township should help with getting the signage on
Brighton Road restricting trucks. Dave Jubinsky – Will the road
commission install a squeeze lane? McCririe – No. We have already asked
that question. Walt Wooten – We need a stop sign on the corner of
Prairie View and Sundance. There should also be some design to slow
traffic entering our sub off of Cunningham Lake Road. Vera Marflak - We
have a new road in front of our house and should not have to pay for Lot
#1. Also, we need more information on the speed humps.
Martin Deeder – Trucks should not be allowed to turn left off
Brighton Road. Bill Goodwin – The DNR is selling state land to help with
the deficit. What will you do? McCririe – A traffic study is required
before every development occurs. It is illegal for the township to
require off site development as condition for getting site plans
approved.
B. Request for approval of Resolution No. 2 (scheduling the second
public hearing).
Moved by Mortensen, supported by Ledford, to approve Resolution No.
2 scheduling the second public hearing for July 19, 2004 at 7:00 p.m. on
the assessment roll. The motion carried by roll call vote as follows:
Ayes – Ledford, Mortensen, Skolarus and McCririe. Nay – None. Absent –
Hunt, Smith and Combs.
10. Request for approval of a special use permit and impact
assessment for the proposed Dr. Schneider Automotive Systems, Inc.
located in the Brighton Industrial Center at 5775 Brighton Pines Court,
Sec.15, petitioned by Dr. Schneider Automotive Systems, Inc. and
discussed by the Planning Commission 06/28/04.
A. Disposition of special use
Moved by Ledford, supported by Mortensen, to approve the special use
permit to use water in a batch process for painting and for the storage
and use of hazardous material conditioned on the following:
1. All Federal, State, and Township regulations and ordinances will
be complied with, particularly in regard to noise and odor.
2. The Pollution Incident Prevention Plan
shall be reviewed and approved by the Township Engineer and any other
appropriate governmental authorities.
3. Historical water usage data shall be
provided to the Township for REU calculations.
4. No industrial waste shall be connected to
the sanitary sewer.
5. The applicant will comply with the Fire
Department Letter of June 21, 2004.
The motion carried unanimously.
B. Disposition of impact assessment.
Moved by Mortensen, supported by Ledford, to approve the impact
assessment (revised 06/30/04) with the following condition
- the Nutro paint line, MDEQ permits, and Pollution Incident
Prevention Plan are to be included.
11. Review of road projects and the township contributions related to
the 25% support, considering the setting of a dollar limit per home and
multiple estimates as recommended by the Livingston County Road
Commission.
It was the consensus of the board to again discuss setting
guidelines for future road projects when the full board is in attendance
with consideration for the following items:
- A $750.00 to $1,000.00 limit per home or 25% (whichever is less)
to be expended out of the General Fund.
- $150,000.00 maximum out of the General Fund per year for road
projects related to the establishment of a special assessment
district.
- $600,000.00 yearly maximum out of fund #264 for Road Advances.
- Tax allotment to Genoa Township from the individual homes within
the district with approximate repayment within five to eight years.
- The Livingston County Road Commission will be the primary source
for recommendation on the necessity of any road projects.
12. Request for approval of the 06/07/04 regular minutes of the
board.
Moved by Skolarus, supported by Mortensen, to approve the Minutes of
the 06/07/04 regular meeting of the board, correcting the comments made
by McCririe.
13. Request for approval of newsletter articles for the July 2004
publication.
It was the consensus of the board to approve the newsletter articles
with the deletion of the two items related to the budget.
14. Approval of Minutes of June 21, 2004.
Moved by Ledford, supported by Mortensen, to approve the Minutes of
June 21, 2004 – correcting pages 4 & 5 by removing the words “Planning
Commission approves”. The motion carried unanimously.
15. Consideration of a request to purchase seven laptop computers at
a cost of $1,149.00 each for the Zoning Board of Appeals as recommended
by the Administrative Committee.
The purchase was discussed. It was determined that the ZBA would be
the first board to use the laptop computers in their discussion. The
Township Board took no formal action on this request. The request will
again be considered when the full board is in attendance.
The regular meeting of the township board was adjourned at 9:30 p.m.
Paulette A. Skolarus
Genoa Township Clerk
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