Regular Meeting
Republic Township Board
12-18-06
PRESENT: Adams, Hurst, Johnson, Mattila, Skogman
VISITORS: 9 residents/contractors
1. Supervisor Johnson called the meeting to order at 7:00pm in the Township Hall.
2. Salute to Flag
3. Agenda was presented for approval. Motion by Mattila, seconded by Adams, to approve the agenda as presented. CARRIED.
Board deviated from the agenda to item 9B
4. Minutes of the following meetings were presented for approval:
11-20-06 [regular] 11-27-06 [special]
Motion by Mattila, seconded by Adams, to approve the minutes as presented.
CARRIED.
5. PAYMENT OF BILLS:
Motion by Adams, seconded by Mattila, to pay the bills as presented. CARRIED.
6. PUBLIC COMMENT: none offered
7. REPORTS:
a) Trustee Hurst- attended Recreation Authority/Heritage Trail mtg; toured wetlands.
b) Trustee Adams- attended special meeting on the 27th.
c) DPW- ‘thumb’ needs to be welded on the backhoe.
d) Ambulance- no report
e) Township Website- written report received from Mr. Nannestad.
f) Supervisor- 2 Holli Blue Road residents in attendance spoke regarding a special assessment they would like to see for maintenance of Holli Blue Road.
8. UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
a) Land Purchase- deed has been signed; transfer tax paper needs to be signed.
b) Old Ambulance- the sale was completed as of last Friday.
c) Silver Tent- tabled until March ’07 meeting.
d) Survey/Beach Parcel- hasn’t been appraised as of yet; $950 fee to make property into single parcel.
9. NEW BUSINESS:
a) Commission/Board Appointments-
Zoning Board of Appeals
1 opening- 1 application received.
Motion by Adams, seconded by Hurst, to reappoint Vickie Radcliffe to another term on the Zoning Board of Appeals. CARRIED.
Board of Review
3 openings- 3 applications received.
Motion by Skogman, seconded by Adams, to reappoint Vickie Radcliffe, William Payne, and Carol Nicholas to the Board of Review for another 2 year term. CARRIED.
Planning Commission
2 openings- 5 applications.
Motion by Skogman, seconded by Johnson, to appoint Leslie Hurst to a 3 year term on the Planning Commission. CARRIED, 4-yes, 1-abstention [Hurst].
Motion by Mattila, seconded by Adams, to reappoint Jay Mattila to another 3 year term on the Planning Commission. CARRIED.
Supervisor Johnson announced that Trustees Adams & Hurst will be ‘switching’ appointments; Trustee Hurst will now attend Co. Road Commission meetings and Trustee Adams will now serve on the Planning Commission.
b) “Town Square” Engineering Bids- 4 bids received; [1] Mike Lemppanen - $4,200 [2] Coleman Eng.- $0 (guarantee they get the work if grant is obtained) [3] UPEA - $1,250 [4] STS Consulting - $5,360.
Motion by Mattila, seconded by Adams, to award the bid to Coleman Engineering. CARRIED.
c) Office Closure- December 25 & 26; Treasurer’s office will be open on December 27th from 9am to 5pm for taxes.
Motion by Hurst, seconded by Adams, to approve the Township Office being closed on December 25th & 26th. CARRIED.
d) Sale/Tandem Truck-
Motion by Adams, seconded by Hurst, to sell the tandem truck for $1,500 to Charlie Niemi. CARRIED.
e) Search Team/Replacement Dump Truck- Glenn Adams and Kim Nault.
Motion to authorize lunch [for 2 days] for the search team; Mr. Nault to get his regular wages and Mr. Adams to get per diem. CARRIED.
f) Dam Attorney-
Motion by Hurst, seconded by Adams, to retain Geoffrey Harrison [in regards to the dam issue] with a $1,000 retainer fee. CARRIED.
g) Budget Workshop Dates- January 9th/5pm and 16th/5pm.
h) Cleaning Person- to be discussed at Budget meeting on the 9th.
i) Industrial Park- Supervisor to research the development of industrial parks and bring info to the Board at the January 15th meeting.
j) Settlement/UP Power- papers have to be signed by the end of this year.
Motion by Adams, seconded by Hurst, to authorize the signing of the settlement papers and to pay the bill out of the “Equipment” fund; the other taxing entities will be billed for their portion of the bill. CARRIED.
k) CCI Land Purchase- need to sign papers on property sale;
Motion by Johnson, seconded by Adams, to sign the land purchase agreement with CCI and to take the needed funds out of the “Equipment” fund [as soon as the money has been repaid from the UP Power deal]; with the borrowed funds to be repaid after the start of the new fiscal year. CARRIED.
l) Water Filter Plant- $950 per day – cost to repair; problem is in the filter’s computer board.
Motion by Adams, seconded by Hurst, to hire Roberts Filter to come up and repair the computer board on the water filter. CARRIED.
10. PUBLIC COMMENT: length – 1 minute.
11. ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned at 8:03pm.
APPROVED: _______________________________
DATE : _______________________________
SIGNED : _______________________________
