Regular Meeting
Republic Township Board
02-22-07
PRESENT: Adams, Hurst, Johnson, Mattila, Skogman
VISITORS: T. Tuominen, K. Nault
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 with the following additions: 8E [Bunk], 8F [Munson Park], 8G [Hall cleaning].
Motion by Adams, seconded by Hurst, to approve the agenda as amended. CARRIED.
4. Minutes of the following meetings were presented for approval:
01-09-07 [bdgt] 01-15-07 [regular] 01-16-07 [bdgt] 02-07-07 [bdgt]
Motion by Mattila, seconded by Adams, to approve the minutes of the above listed meetings as presented. CARRIED.
5. PAYMENT OF BILLS:
Motion by Mattila, seconded by Adams, to pay the bills in the amount of $70,293.22. CARRIED.
6. PUBLIC COMMENT: none offered
7. REPORTS:
a) Education Conference- Treasurer Mattila stated it was the “best” she ever attended; Clerk Skogman remarked on the classes and keynote speaker Steven Ford.
b) Trustee Adams- spoke regarding his attendance at the educational conference and the County Solid Waste meeting.
c) Trustee Hurst- stated that he hadn’t sent letter to MCRC as of yet.
d) DPW- Kim Nault gave a report on the filter plant repairs; the Board gave Mr. Nault and the rest of the DPW crew a big “atta-boy” for their diligence in fixing the water problem.
e) Ambulance- written report from Nancy Currie.
f) Assessing- Gary Johnson attended an assessing course at the conference that turned out to be very informative.
8. UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
a) Stubblefield/Court Action- attorney is filing in circuit court for costs of condemnation; papers have been served on the Stubblefields.
b) Dump Truck Purchase- search team has not gone out yet.
c) Town Square- Coleman Engineering has met with the Planning Commission and updated the Township Rec Plan.
d) Land Purchase- have received the paperwork back from CCI regarding land purchase; they are ready to close the transaction;
Motion by Adams, seconded by Skogman, to authorize Supervisor Johnson to sign the papers and mail the check. CARRIED.
e) Bunk- attorney working on it.
f) Munson Park- questions regarding camping; Planning Commission to work on camping guidelines.
g) Town Hall Cleaning- Treasurer Mattila wants to hire an independent contractor for cleaning the Hall once a week.
Motion by Johnson, seconded by Mattila, to post for a position of contract cleaning person for the Town Hall, one day per week at a time when the building is not in use. CARRIED, 3 YES, 2 N0 [Skogman, Hurst].
8. NEW BUSINESS:
a) Marquette County Solid Waste- the County’s Solid Waste Plan has been amended.
WHEREAS, Marquette County has amended its Solid Waste Plan to include the following wording [under Disposal Area Types Authorized]:
-The Marquette County Landfill may site unlimited expansions within the
210 acre facility property as identified on the facility descriptions on pages
II-15 and III-5 so long as it meets the siting criteria set forth by the Plan.
BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED that Republic Township supports this amendment to the Marquette County Solid Waste Plan.
Motion by Adams, seconded by Mattila, to adopt the above resolution.
ROLL CALL VOTE: Adams-yes, Hurst-yes, Johnson-yes, Mattila-yes, Skogman-yes. CARRIED.
b) Heritage Trail Assoc. - revised articles of incorporation.
Motion by Hurst, seconded by Adams, to approve the revised articles of incorporation for the Iron Ore Heritage Recreation Authority (previously named the Heritage Trail Association). CARRIED.
Motion by Mattila, seconded by Adams, to appoint Chuck Hurst as our Board member of the Iron Ore Heritage Recreation Authority. CARRIED.
c) CORE Community Grant- we need to contact our State representatives to see if we can be included in ‘CORE Communities’.
d) Board Appointees/Republic Mountain LLC Mtgs- no action.
e) Recreation Plan Amendment- for review only; public hearing needs to be held.
f) Truth-n-Taxation Hearing- March 22, 2007 at 6pm.
g) Budget Hearing- March 22, 2007 at 6pm; Final Bills and Budget Amendments meeting/March 29th at 5pm.
1. PUBLIC COMMENT: none offered
2. ADJOURN: The meeting was declared adjourned at 8:50pm.
APPROVED: ___________________________________
DATE : ___________________________________
SIGNED : ___________________________________
