Regular Meeting
Republic Township Board
02-26-09
PRESENT: Hurst, Johnson, Koski, Mattila, Skogman
VISITORS: J. Brennan, T. Tuominen, B. DeGenaro
1. Supervisor Johnson called the meeting to order at 7:00pm in the Township Hall.
2. Salute to Flag
3. Motion by Mattila, 2nd by Hurst, to approve the agenda as presented. CARRIED.
4. Motion by Mattila, 2nd by Koski, to approve the minutes of the following meetings as presented. CARRIED.
01-15-09 [budget] 01-22-09 [regular] 02-10-09 [budget]
5. Motion by Hurst, 2nd by Koski, to pay the bills in the amount of $66,547.19. CARRIED.
6. PUBLIC COMMENT: length- 7 minutes
7. REPORTS:
a) Trustee Koski- attended & reported on Planning Comm. meeting
b) Trustee Hurst/Heritage Trail- spoke regarding Heritage Rec Authority.
Motion by Koski, 2nd by Johnson, to donate $500 to the Iron Ore Heritage Recreation Authority. CARRIED.
c) Rainbow Initiative- Trustee Hurst spoke regarding their February 21st presentation.
Motion by Skogman, 2nd by Koski, to purchase 50 additional Rainbow Initiative Presentation booklets. CARRIED.
d) Ambulance- what to do with the old laptop computer.
Motion, 2nd by Hurst, to donate the old laptop computer to the Marquette County Ham Radio operators. CARRIED.
e) Assessing- no report
f) Township Website- written report from Mr. Nannestad.
g) DPW/Fuel Tank- no action
8. UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
a) Road Repair Grant- no action
b) Water Line Grant- invoice of $3,063.50 from UPEA.
Motion by Mattila, 2nd by Hurst, to pay the invoice from UPEA in the amount of $3,063.50. CARRIED.
c) Evergreen Street Sewer Line- no action
a) Transfer Station Billing- no action
b) Office Leave Hours- a new form will be worked on
c) Fishing Site Grant- Trustee Koski is working with Bill Sanders [UPEA] on this.
1. NEW BUSINESS:
a) ‘Dam’ Attorney Retainer- Mr. Harrison returned the retainer from his previous firm.
b) Township Board/Planning Comm. Meeting- Wednesday, March 4th at 6:30pm, Township Hall; this meeting is in regards to Capitol Improvement Plan.
c) Tower Work Agreement- $45 per hour for the climber.
Motion by Hurst, 2nd by Mattila, to sign the contract of $45 per hour for tower climber work. CARRIED.
d) Old Bank Building-
Motion by Hurst, 2nd by Koski, to approve UPEA doing architectural drawings of the old bank building. CARRIED.
e) Employee Hiring- a work session is scheduled for March 4th at 5:30pm.
1. PUBLIC COMMENT: length – 5 minutes
2. ADJOURNMENT: the meeting was declared adjourned at 8:28pm
APPROVED: _______________________________
DATE : _______________________________
SIGNED : _______________________________
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Joint Meeting
Republic Township Board & Planning Commission
03-04-09
PRESENT:
Hurst, Johnson, Koski, Mattila, Skogman
Brennan, Mitchell, Feldhusen, Polanski, Serafin, Sandbloom,
ABSENT: L. Hurst, B. DeGenaro
VISITORS: none
Supervisor Johnson called the meeting to order at 6:37pm in the Township Hall.
PURPOSE OF MEETING: discussion regarding the Capital Improvement Plan.
Areas to that need to be addressed:
Road Improvements
Republic Dam
Beach Area
Moose Rapids
Sinking Fund for Infrastructure Improvements
Baseball Fields
Improvements to Township Hall
Town Square Project
Sewer Problems in South Republic
Budget Line Item for EDC
Wetlands Preserve Improvements
Improvements to Camping Sites
Entrance to Republic Sign by Floodwood Bridge
Much discussion followed regarding various foundations, etc, where grants might be available.
Tower Lease-
Motion by Mattila, 2nd by Koski, to approve the Tower Lease space agreement with Pasty.Net. CARRIED.
Job Interviews-
Motion by Johnson, 2nd by Skogman, to authorize employment interviews with the following applicants. CARRIED, 4-yes, 1-no [Skogman].
Tom Kerkela
Alan Koski
Jack Mattila
Kris Skogman
Interviews will be conducted Tuesday March 10th.
ADJOURNMENT: the meeting was declared adjourned at 8:15pm.
APPROVED: ______________________________
DATE : ______________________________
SIGNED : ______________________________
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Special Meeting
Republic Township Board
03-10-09
PRESENT: Hurst, Johnson, Koski, Mattila, Skogman
1. Supervisor Johnson called the meeting to order at 5:00pm in the Township Office.
2. PURPOSE OF MEETING: interviews for new DPW position. The Board conducted interviews with 4 applicants for the job
Kris Skogman
Jack Mattila
Tom Kerkela
Al Koski
Motion by Johnson, 2nd by Hurst, to hire Alan Koski to fill the new DPW position.
CARRIED, 4-yes, 1-no [Skogman].
3. ADJOURNMENT: the meeting was declared adjourned at 6:31pm.
APPROVED: ____________________________
DATE : ____________________________
SIGNED : ____________________________
