Regular Meeting
Republic Township Board
04-24-08
PRESENT: Adams, Hurst, Johnson, Mattila, Skogman
VISITORS: Tom Tuominen
1. Supervisor Johnson called the meeting to order at 7:00pm in the Township Hall.
2. Salute to Flag
3. Motion by Adams, seconded by Hurst, to approve the agenda as amended. CARRIED.
Items 9-F [deputy Treasurer] 9-G [cemetery] 9-H [Spring cleanup]
8-C [Smoke test] 8-D [catast. Policy]
4. Motion by Hurst, seconded by Adams, to approve the minutes of the following meetings as presented. CARRIED.
03-27-08 [Bdgt/T-N-Tax] 03-27-08 [regular] 03-31-08 [special]
5. Motion by Hurst, seconded by Adams, to pay the bills in the amount of $82,889.44. CARRIED.
6. PUBLIC COMMENT: length – 4 minutes
7. REPORTS:
a) Trustee Adams- attended & reported on the County Landfill meeting.
b) Trustee Hurst- attended & reported on Regional Rec. mtg & Heritage Trail.
c) Heritage Trail- the Iron Ore Heritage Recreation Authority will be seeking a millage of 2/10ths of a mill, for 6 years, in November.
d) Ambulance- no report
e) Assessor/Supervisor- paper given to Board members re: 14 point review.
f) Website Report- written report
g) DPW/Lift Station Repairs- will be finished by May 24th.
8. UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
a) Cable America Lease- waiting for paperwork.
Motion by Adams, seconded by Hurst, to sign the contract with Cable America with an annual rent of $200. CARRIED.
b) County Work Crew- notification was sent to Deputy Laurin in March requesting work dates for cemetery work.
c) Smoke Test-
Motion by Johnson, seconded by Adams, to authorize Treasurer Mattila to schedule the test with Michigan Rural Water. CARRIED.
d) Special Meeting- April 29th at 1:00pm for Election Commission & then Catastrophic policy.
1. NEW BUSINESS:
a) Summer Help-
Motion by Mattila, seconded by Adams, to rehire Matt Bengtson for summer help and to post for 1 more opening, to be hired at the May meeting. CARRIED.
b) Planning Commission Resignation- Jay Mattila has resigned his position on the Planning Comm.
Motion by Adams, seconded by Johnson, to accept Mr. Mattila’s resignation, with regret, and to post for applications to fill his position; term ends December of 2009. CARRIED.
c) Cemetery Gatekeeper-
Motion by Adams, seconded by Mattila, to hire Wanda Koski as cemetery gatekeeper for 2008. CARRIED.
d) Meeting Dates-
Motion by Mattila, seconded by Adams, to accept the list of meeting dates for 2008-2009, CARRIED.
May 22nd June 26th July 24th
Aug 28th Sept 25th Oct 23rd
Nov 24th [Mon.] Dec 18th Jan 22nd
Feb 26th March 26th April 23rd
e) Garbage Cost Increase- received notification from Michigamme Township stating the weekly garbage rate will increase from $100 to $125 per week.
Motion by Adams, seconded by Mattila, to accept the rate increase as listed. CARRIED.
f) Deputy Treasurer- Jodi Mattila will fill in as Deputy Treasurer until Nancy Kuppin is ready to come back to work; normal training hours will apply.
g) Cemetery- the Cemetery Ordinance needs to be reviewed.
h) Spring Clean-up- to be schedule with crew for the 1st week of June.
1. PUBLIC COMMENT: length – 8 minutes
2. ADJOURNMENT: the meeting was declared adjourned at 8:12pm.
APPROVED: _____________________________
DATE : _____________________________
SIGNED : _____________________________
Election Commission Meeting
Republic Township
04-29-08
PRESENT: Johnson, Mattila, Skogman
VISITORS: G. Adams
1. Clerk Skogman called the meeting to order at 1:00pm in the Township Hall.
2. PURPOSE OF MEETING: to appoint election workers for the May 6, 2008 school election and to set compensation for said workers.
Motion by Johnson, seconded by Mattila, to appoint the following people as election workers for the May 6, 2008 school election. CARRIED.
Margaret Lahtela Carol Nicholas Nancy Wenberg
Motion by Mattila, seconded by Johnson, to authorize compensation for the election workers as $11 per hour for the precinct captain and $10 per hour for election workers. CARRIED.
Motion by Johnson, seconded by Mattila, to authorize the purchase of the three election workers’ evening meal. CARRIED.
3. ADJOURNMENT: the meeting was declared adjourned at 1:02pm.
APPROVED: ______________________________
DATE : ______________________________
SIGNED : ______________________________
Special Meeting
Republic Township Board
04-29-08
PRESENT: Adams, Hurst, Johnson, Mattila, Skogman
VISITORS: none
1. Supervisor Johnson called the meeting to order at 1:05 pm in the Township Hall.
2. PURPOSE OF MEETING: administrative policies discussion; ordinance discussion; any other business that may come before the Board.
Rates-
Motion by Adams, seconded by Mattila, to not rent the Emergency Services Hall to non-residents. CARRIED.
Cemetery Ordinance-
Motion by Adams, seconded by Hurst, to authorize Peg Lahtela to be a compensated “member-at-large” of the Ordinance sub-committee. CARRIED.
Extended Medical Leave Policy- [copy available at Township Hall].
Motion by Hurst, seconded by Adams, to adopt the resolution regarding the Extended Medical Leave Policy.
ROLL CALL VOTE: Adams-no, Hurst-no, Johnson-yes, Mattila-no, Skogman-yes
Motion failed.
Treasurer’s Pay-
WHEREAS the Treasurer is paid a salary for the legislated duties of the treasurer’s office, and…
WHEREAS the treasurer’s office is responsible for maintaining office hours from 1pm to 5pm, Monday thru Friday, the wages for which are paid on an hourly basis, and…
WHEREAS until January 1, 2008, the Treasurer chose to work those hours for the hourly rate, in addition to her salary, and…
WHEREAS the Treasurer has now asked that her office hours be decreased by eight (8) hours per month to allow her to come under a specific income cap, with the hourly wages that would be freed up to be paid to an office worker to maintain those hours,
BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that the Republic Township Board does agree and authorize the decrease in paid office hours for the Treasurer, and the increase of paid hours for an office worker to maintain the office during those hours, and…
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this only applies to the balance between the Treasurer’s statutory salary and the office hour wages as they relate to the specific income cap (8 hours or $80). Specifically exempted is any pay for authorized meeting or class attendance. Pay for authorized meeting attendance or authorized class attendance shall not be used as any part of the above agreement, and pay for those attendances shall be paid to the Treasurer as normal income.
Motion by Johnson, seconded by Adams, to adopt the above resolution.
ROLL CALL VOTE: Adams-yes, Hurst-yes, Johnson-yes, Mattila-yes, Skogman-yes. CARRIED.
Community Honors- set for Sunday June 22nd at 2pm.
3. ADJOURNMENT: the meeting was declared at 2:03pm.
APPROVED: ______________________________
DATE : ______________________________
SIGNED : ______________________________
