Regular Meeting
Republic Township Board
10-23-08

PRESENT: Adams, Hurst, Johnson, Mattila, Skogman
VISITORS: numerous area residents

1. Supervisor 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 with the following additions. CARRIED.

9-F (Halloween hours0 9-G (December Board mtg)

4. Motion by Mattila, seconded by Adams, to approve the minutes of the 09-25-08 meeting as presented. CARRIED.

5. Motion by Adams, seconded by Hurst, to pay the bills in the amount of $59,205.64. CARRIED.

6. PUBLIC COMMENT: length – 2.5 minutes

7. REPORTS:

a) Trustee Adams- attended & reported on the County Solid Waste meeting.

b) Trustee Hurst/Heritage Trail- spoke regarding the Wetlands Preserve dedication held on October 8th.

c) Ambulance- Nancy Currie; service needs a new computer printer.

d) Assessing- no report

e) Website- written report from Mr. Nannestad.

f) DPW- not enough data received regarding the proposed above ground fuel tank.

8. UNFINISHED BUSINESS:

a) Road Repair Grant- waiting on paving approval from Lansing.

b) Water Line Grant- in progress.

c) Public Survey- Jim Brennan; 14.7 return on survey.

d) Scrap Metal Sale- no response to the four letters sent out.

9. NEW BUSINESS:

a) Sewer Line Study-

Motion by Adams, seconded by Skogman, to authorize UPEA to do a sewer line study on Evergreen Street [Northern Specialty area]. CARRIED.

b) School Bus Light Request-

Motion by Adams, seconded by Hurst, to approve the request for a school bus light to be placed by 5121 Witch Lake Road – light to be put alongside M-95. CARRIED.

c) Speed Study Request-

Motion by Adams, seconded by Mattila, to request a speed study be done for Caps Creek Road. CARRIED.

d) Budget Amendments-

Function
Account Number
Account Description
Amount

Increase Revenue Account - CREDIT
101-000-642 Cemetery Sales 200
101-000-665 Interest 500
101-000-673 Sales of Assets 1,000
101-000-677 Reimb-Insurance 250
101-000-678 Reimb-Undesignated 7,350
101-000-694 CD’s/Bonds-Cashed In 34,800
Total=44,100

Decrease Expenditure Account - CREDIT
101-441-717 Workers Comp. Ins 1,000
101-895-945 Insurance 1,165
Total 2,165

Increase Expenditure Account- DEBIT
101-101-717 Twp Bd-Workers Comp. 105
101-101-900 Twp Bd-Print/Publish 525
101-101-956 Twp Bd-Dues/Members. 220
101-191-736 Elections-Op Exp. 175
101-276-801 Cemetery-Pro Serv. 1,975
101-336-717 Fire Dept.-Workers Comp 150
101-336-736 Fire Dept-Op Expenses 1,250
101-336-741 Fire Dept-Gasoline 175
101-371-736 Ord. Enf-Op Expenses 50
101-371-801 Ord. Enf-Pro Services 800
101-371-860 Ord. Enf-Travel/Meals 200
101-371-955 Ord. Enf-Misc 50
101-410-860 Plan Comm-Travel/Meals 750
101-442-717 Vehicle’s- Workers Comp 50
101-442-970 Vehicle’s-Cap. Outlay 34,800
101-651-717 Ambulance-Workers Comp 110
101-750-704 Recreation-Emp. Wages 910
101-750-708 Recreation-Soc. Sec. 20
101-775-920 Youth Center-Pub. Util. 50
101-895-955 Act. Not Prov Elsw-Misc 3,900
Total= 46,265
Total Credits- 46,265
Total Debits- 46,265

Motion by Mattila, seconded by Adams, to approve the budget amendments as presented. CARRIED.

e) UPEA/Wetlands Presentation-

Motion by Adams, seconded by Johnson, to authorize UPEA to help put together a Power Point presentation regarding the Wetlands Preserve-monies to come out of the Wetlands account- and the Board’s representative to be Trustee Hurst. CARRIED.

f) Halloween Hours- October 31st – 4:30pm to 7:30pm.

g) December Board Meeting- December 18th.

1. PUBLIC COMMENT: length – 8 minutes; Supervisor Johnson thanked Trustee Glenn Adams for his many selfless service to the Township and its residents.

2. ADJOURNMENT: the meeting was declared adjourned at 7:55pm.

APPROVED: _____________________________

DATE : _____________________________

SIGNED : _____________________________