Regular Meeting
Republic Township Board
11-24-08
PRESENT: Hurst, Johnson, Koski, Mattila, Skogman
VISITORS: Tom Tuominen, Glenn Adams, Jim Brennan
1. Supervisor Johnson called the meeting to order at 7:07pm in the Township Hall.
2. Salute to Flag
3. Motion by Koski, seconded by Johnson, to approve the agenda with the following additions. CARRIED.
9-E (new desk) 9-G (compliance review) 9-F (transfer St. billing)
9-H (bd to meet w/school kids)
4. Motion by Mattila, seconded by Hurst, to approve the minutes of the 10-23-08 meeting as presented. CARRIED.
5. Motion by Hurst, seconded by Koski, to pay the bills in the amount of $56,873.97. CARRIED.
6. PUBLIC COMMENT: length – 10 minutes
7. REPORTS:
a) Trustee Koski – no report (first meeting!)
b) Trustee Hurst/Heritage Trail- reported on the Heritage Trail millage vote.
Motion by Johnson, seconded by Skogman, to adopt the resolution continuing participation in the Iron Ore Heritage Recreation Authority.
ROLL CALL VOTE: Hurst-yes, Johnson-yes, Koski-yes, Mattila-yes, Skogman-yes. CARRIED.
c) Ambulance- $900 for used laptop from Prof. Data.
Motion by Mattila, seconded by Skogman, to purchase the used laptop computer from Professional Data for the ambulance service at a price of $900. CARRIED.
d) Assessing- written report.
Motion by Skogman, seconded by Hurst, to bill Pasty.net upfront for a 3 year period @$180 per month. CARRIED.
e) Township Website – written report from Mr. Nannestad.
f) DPW- no action as of yet regarding the above-ground diesel fuel tank.
1. UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
a) Road Repair Grant-
Motion by Hurst, seconded by Koski, to approve pay requests 2 & 3 regarding the Road Repair grant. CARRIED.
b) Water Line Grant- matter tabled until December meeting.
c) Public Survey- Jim Brennan; final results given to the Board.
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Survey Results
d) Scrap Metal-
Motion by Hurst, seconded by Skogman, to accept the bid from Harsala & Sons for the township’s scrap metal pile at a price of $35 per ton. CARRIED.
e) Evergreen Street Sewer Line Study- UPEA working on the study.
1. NEW BUSINESS:
a) Trustee Appointments-
Motion by Mattila, seconded by Hurst, to appoint Trustee Steve Koski to the Planning Commission, Ordinance Sub-Committee, and to attend the Marquette County Township Association meetings. CARRIED.
b) Board/Commission Openings-
Motion by Skogman, seconded by Hurst, to post for openings on various Township Boards & Commissions, with applications due back for the December 18th meeting. CARRIED.
c) Snowplowing Ban-
Motion by Mattila, seconded by Hurst, to impose a snowplowing ban on the alley between Evergreen and Birch streets; ban to be from December 1st to April 1st of 2009. CARRIED.
d) Garbage Removal Request- Mike Tasson; pictures were available to the Board regarding building being torn down; Mr. Tasson must pay the outstanding bill, as bills are sent for the year gone past.
e) New Desk- for Treasurer
Motion by Johnson, seconded by Hurst, to purchase a new desk for the treasurer at an approximate cost of $500. CARRIED, 4-yes, 1-no [Skogman]
f) Transfer Station Billing- Clerk Skogman has been unable to keep up with the billing.
Motion by Hurst, seconded by Koski, to have the Deputy Clerk get the Transfer Station bills up-to-date by December 31st. CARRIED.
g) Compliance Review- in regards to the Rural Development loan for the RES building/equipment; Treasurer presented a “2nd Notice” that has not been complied with, as of yet.
h) Twp Board/Government Class- Mr. Currie’s class would like to meet with Board members, to have them explain about township government; Supervisor & Treasurer to work on setting it up.
1. PUBLIC COMMENT: length – 5 minutes
2. ADJOURNMENT: the meeting was declared adjourned at 8:48pm.
APPROVED: ___________________________________
DATE : ___________________________________
SIGNED : ___________________________________
