[0:00] check and posted it in January.
>> I mean, the other the post date
[0:03] » it was for December.
>> Oh, we didn't look it up today.
[0:06] » The other thing I see in the
>> We're missing December.
[0:08] » Should say this during the bills, but
>> I see there's two payments to the
[0:12] assessor.
>> All right, we can begin. So, must be
[0:15] » call our meeting to order and we'll
begin with the pledge of allegiance.
[0:21] I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
United States of America and to the
[0:27] republic for which it stands, one nation
under God, indivisible, with liberty and
[0:32] justice for all. Ed, would you like to
lead us in our prayer?
[0:36] » Sure. Certainly.
>> Okay.
[0:38] » A quick prayer.
>> Sure.
[0:40] » Lord God, Father in heaven, we thank you
for this day.
[0:46] Help us to make good decisions this
evening as a board and represent our
[0:50] community.
Be with us this day and this month.
[0:55] Protect us and grant us strength, hope,
and joy.
[0:59] » Amen.
>> Amen.
[1:00] » Amen.
>> Could we have a roll call of officers,
[1:04] please?
>> Hey, Ed here.
[1:06] » Ron Byer
>> here.
[1:07] » Dana Moran
>> here.
[1:09] » Sharon Martin here. Dan Kirk,
>> present.
[1:12] » Linda Schwehuffer
>> here.
[1:14] » Lauren Martin here.
>> Yeah. So it was just one for
[1:16] » all present. Okay. Uh under persons
wishing to address the board, we have
[1:21] with us tonight uh deputies Ford and
he's going to give us a presentation on
[1:26] the calls.
[1:33] » Well, good evening.
[1:37] Hope everybody's doing well with the
freezing weather. U introduce myself. My
[1:41] name is Jim Spanifer. I'm the owner
sheriff here in Sler County. I've been
[1:44] here about 25 years and I've been coming
on and off these board meetings as much
[1:48] as I can. If I can, maybe usually we
have some type of representative come
[1:50] here about once every quarter to kind of
just talk about the numbers or any
[1:53] questions you may have. Um, I looked
today before I came there was a steady
[1:56] increase in this last quarter of of call
volume or calls for service, we'll call
[2:00] it. Um, that was pretty consistent with
the prior years and and if I looked
[2:04] forward a little bit, you can see
January and February they increase a
[2:06] little bit too. And I just don't know if
that's weather related or if it's, you
[2:10] know, some other things. you get a bunch
of accidents snow and that could
[2:13] increase cost for service as well. So
there's multiple factors where they
[2:15] could increase or decrease and some of
it is weather related and we've had
[2:18] quite a bit of snow quite a bit of
accidents. So I'm going to wager event
[2:22] that it's going up a little bit. Uh
what's through for the sheriff's office
[2:25] in 2026 we do our shift bid every year
and what that means is our employees
[2:28] that are patrol officers we are able to
bid shifts um and assignments. The two
[2:33] deputies that you have here and I know
you guys have already met them um is
[2:35] Deputy Hansen and Deputy Forester. Uh
both been with the department for a
[2:39] while. Deputy Hansen has a little
different experience because he started
[2:41] in the jail. So he has the correction
side and now he came to the roadside
[2:44] several several years ago and Deputy
Forester was hired right out of college
[2:48] many years ago. He did get the
correction side but he also has the
[2:50] education side too. So you got two very
highly trained officers that'll do very
[2:54] well for you guys. And keep in mind when
they're not here, we'll back fill them
[2:57] with other deputies and those deputies
may be unfamiliar faces, but they're not
[3:01] permanent. They won't be here an
extended period of time. They'll just be
[3:03] here probably for the day or two the
other deputies come back on vacation or
[3:06] have their time off. Yeah, we appreciate
it and they really do a professional job
[3:12] for us. Um, they do come in every day,
so we get to see their face and if we
[3:17] have any questions or concerns, we can
give them to them then. Uh, we encourage
[3:22] them, you know, cuz they're going to
travel between the two communities, uh,
[3:26] to, you know, to do the same if they
wish that over there. And if he happens
[3:30] to see people out, stop, say hello. Just
let we know that they're out on our back
[3:36] roads. And that's important.
>> Yeah. I can tell you there's one little
[3:38] project we I worked on for at this place
was body camera downloads. So, they
[3:43] didn't necessarily have to leave to go
get a download or come to the sheriff's
[3:45] office. And there's a way to do it from
this facility.
[3:48] » Well, our our body cameras are up for
for bid coming up. So, we're going to
[3:52] probably upgrade them. Maybe same
company, but they'll be a little
[3:54] different. So, that project's kind of on
hold until we can solidify our contract
[3:58] and then we'll be able to figure some
things out just through your internet to
[4:00] be able to download them. So, then they
don't have to, you know, leave the
[4:02] township to go do that for an hour or so
and come back. And a lot of times
[4:05] they're doing paperwork and other stuff,
but it's nice to just have
[4:07] » That's been going on quite a while,
hasn't it? Trying to get us to be able
[4:11] to do that for you. And
>> so the equipment was scarce for a while.
[4:13] We had a really hard time getting it.
>> And then when we did, we had another
[4:16] equipment break down. So we replaced it
with that. So now the equipment seems to
[4:20] be in,
>> but the question is, will this work with
[4:22] these new cameras we're going to get? So
it's it's it's really way over what how
[4:25] I think technological wise. Um, but
we're going to try to put that together
[4:28] here in the first quarter of the year
and get that happen.
[4:30] » Okay.
>> That would really be efficient.
[4:32] Absolutely. Save them a lot of time.
>> Yep. Save time. Save us time. Save you
[4:35] guys time. I spend more time in your
hurry and that's it.
[4:37] » Okay. Uh, anyone at the board have any
questions or anything for
[4:41] » No, we appreciate your service. My girls
and I went and met one of your officers
[4:46] on National Law Enforcement Appreciation
Day. So, uh, he was very sweet.
[4:50] » We try to do a lot of outreach. That's
that's good with us to show up to a lot
[4:53] of these events. I know I go to a lot of
them. The sheriff goes to a lot of them.
[4:56] We can't make them. We make sure our
deputies show up. It's always good to
[4:58] see faces that you see out here in the
community as well all the time. Mhm.
[5:02] » Well, we thank you very much.
>> Okay. Thank you.
[5:04] » Thank you for your time.
>> Thank you, sir.
[5:09] » Okay. Are there any uh people wishing to
address the board regarding any items
[5:15] that are in the agenda at this time?
If not, then we will there's always time
[5:22] to comment again at the end of the
meeting for anyone who wishes. Um, the
[5:27] next item would be approval of the
agenda of the board meeting.
[5:31] » I I've got a couple things I think
should be added.
[5:35] » Okay.
>> Um, one
[5:38] uh there's I think Linda put out a copy
of a letter that uh was kind of
[5:46] questioning what went on here. I think
>> Yeah, everybody I put it on your table
[5:50] in front of you right today. Um, and I
believe that was already forwarded to
[5:54] Chris, but
>> in an email.
[5:56] » I I think um
>> that should be put on the agenda just to
[6:00] have a motion to have Chris answer that.
>> Okay.
[6:03] » In in a letter.
>> Okay.
[6:05] » Um instead of us trying to do anything.
So, we can do that under uh
[6:10] » would be Yeah. And then under M,
um, uh, a month or two ago, if you
[6:16] remember, we made a motion to have a
contractor,
[6:21] um, do all the connections in China as
people wanted to hook into water and
[6:26] sewer.
What we didn't do is we didn't update
[6:30] our water ordinance and our sewer
ordinance, which needs to be done,
[6:34] right?
>> So, I'd like to put that under uh, M,
[6:38] » utilities ordinance.
utilities ordinance.
[6:42] » Yeah.
>> Do you have that with you or No,
[6:46] » no, I don't. And it really isn't going
to it's not going to take a lot of
[6:50] discussion. It's just
>> you have the rates and all.
[6:54] » No, that they're coming in
March, I believe.
[6:59] » Okay.
>> But that's not not to do with this.
[7:02] » All right.
>> There really isn't any uh paperwork to
[7:06] do with that. That's just a short
discussion and action. Okay,
[7:10] » I make a motion to
>> Okay.
[7:11] » approve the agenda with the newly added
items support.
[7:14] » Okay. Moved by Ed and supported by Dan
to approve the agenda with those
[7:18] additions. All those in favor? I. Any
opposed? There being none, that motion
[7:23] will carry.
The next item would be the approval of
[7:27] the minutes of the China Township Board
meeting of December 15th. We all have
[7:32] those. Had an opportunity to read them.
Are there any corrections or additions
[7:37] that need to be made to those minutes?
[7:42] Hearing none.
>> If there's none, I'll make a motion to
[7:45] approve them as presented.
>> I would support that.
[7:48] » Okay. Moved by Ron, supported by Dan to
accept as presented. All those in favor?
[7:55] I. Are there any opposed? There being
none, that motion will carry. Consent
[7:59] agenda. You have the items here. are um
is there a motion to approve those?
[8:05] » I'll do the motion to approve the
consent agenda as presented.
[8:07] » And I'll support. So, it's been moved by
Dan, supported by myself, to accept the
[8:12] consent agenda as presented. All those
in favor?
[8:15] » I. Are there any opposed? There being
none, that motion will carry. We're
[8:20] ready to pay the bills and DNI look to
you. I would make the motion to approve
[8:25] the payments of payroll for $26,9758,
[8:30] the tax fund of $26,68023,
[8:35] and the general fund in the amount of
$113,55945.
[8:42] » Okay. Okay. Moved by Diana.
>> I've got a couple questions on that. And
[8:48] just I I see in your payments here out
of the tax fund, you had some
[8:51] individuals.
>> What what happened there?
[8:54] » There was board of review. So there were
some changes. There was a few veterans
[8:59] that um were now exempt um that had paid
uh some summers tax and they had to be
[9:06] reimbursed.
>> Okay. All right.
[9:08] » I have a question. I'm not sure if this
is the right time to do it, but why do
[9:12] we have so many different DTE bills?
Oh,
[9:16] » they have it broken down for
>> uh down at the park that we have the
[9:21] lighting there. Um we have the garage,
we have the accessory building, but this
[9:27] building all those items are separate
budgetary items too.
[9:31] » Yeah.
>> Does it take into account like the
[9:33] corners where where there are lights or
No,
[9:36] » they have it broken down.
>> They haven't broken. Street lights are
[9:38] one area, the garage is another. We're
sharing a bill with
[9:42] » what they like. I I tried looking like
it wasn't addresses or it didn't say
[9:46] street lights or something like that.
So, I was trying to differentiate what
[9:49] » Good look.
>> All right. Okay.
[9:52] » But it's a real pain in the neck.
>> There's a lot of them for the accounts
[9:55] payable.
>> Some street lights
[9:56] » and some are due before and they have to
be prepaid and um
[9:59] » and then the journal entries, they're
all different. You have to
[10:03] » I just wasn't sure why there were so
many in.
[10:05] » Okay. So, there was a motion to pay the
bills uh in those amounts, the
[10:09] 113,55945.
Deanna made the motion.
[10:12] » I will support that.
>> No, Ron already did. Correct. Yes. Okay.
[10:16] All those in favor?
>> I I.
[10:19] » Any opposed? There being none, the
motion carries. And then the unpaid.
[10:23] » I would make a motion to pay the unpaid
bills in the amount of $50,54147.
[10:31] » Support.
>> Okay. Moved by Deanna, supported by Ron.
[10:34] Any questions on any of those? If not,
all those in favor?
[10:40] » I. Are there any opposed?
None. That motion will carry. We'll move
[10:45] into new business. Item A, resolution
2026-1,
[10:50] the first of the year. Permit of the St.
Clair County Road Commission. This is
[10:54] just a standard um request. We um it's
in working in the road right away. So,
[11:02] » I will do the motion to adopt resolution
2026-1.
[11:08] » Okay,
>> I'd second that.
[11:09] » Okay. Moved by uh Dan, supported by Ed.
And we do need to have a roll call.
[11:15] » Okay, here we go. Moran,
>> yes.
[11:18] » Sharon Martin, yes. Brier,
>> yes.
[11:20] » Nean,
>> yes.
[11:22] » Lauren Martin,
>> yes.
[11:23] » Tur uh Dan Turk,
>> yes.
[11:25] » Schwehoffer,
>> yes.
[11:28] » All eyes. I see I heard no nays. So,
[11:34] all those in favor?
>> I Well,
[11:37] » and well, we have it. So, you it just
needs to be filled in and when you need
[11:41] » Yep. Right here. I got it. We'll
>> Okay, we'll take care of that.
[11:44] » Sign that. Okay. Then that one is taken
care of. And then we go to item B, which
[11:48] is resolution two.
>> That's a typo.
[11:52] » Yeah, it should be 26.
>> Yeah, I typed on the agenda. It's 2
[11:56] 2026-2
and it's the adoption of the millage the
[12:01] mileage increase for reimbursement. Uh
it went up slightly and again this would
[12:06] um need a roll call.
>> I will do the motion same way to adopt
[12:10] resolution 2026-2
adoption of mileage increase for
[12:14] reimbursement.
>> Okay.
[12:17] » Okay. And supported by Lauren.
>> And then we'll do the roll call.
[12:21] » Okay. Schwever.
>> Yes.
[12:24] » Turk. Yes.
>> S. Martin. Yes. Neman.
[12:26] » Yes.
>> Frier.
[12:27] » Yes.
>> Al Martin.
[12:29] » Yes.
>> Moran.
[12:30] » Yes.
>> Everybody.
[12:33] » Oh. Yes. All All eyes.
>> Okay. Again, then it would be uh filling
[12:39] that out and getting it ready. Okay.
Item C, increase in pay for deputy clerk
[12:46] to $17 an hour. We are currently at 15.
And then um I believe the clerk is
[12:54] asking for $20 an hour during the voting
season starting 6 weeks before elections
[13:00] ending 2 weeks after elections. And that
came from you, Sharon.
[13:04] » Yes, it did. Yep.
>> Okay.
[13:06] » So, yeah, that's pretty much cut and
dry.
[13:09] » Yeah. Does anyone have any questions
about that?
[13:11] » Did we had that already allocated in the
budget, didn't we?
[13:14] » Yes.
>> Okay. And I'll do the motion for the
[13:16] increase of pay for the deputy court for
$17 an hour during in 20 during the
[13:21] voting season starting six weeks before
the election ending two weeks after the
[13:25] election.
>> Okay. Do we have support?
[13:27] » Support.
>> Okay. Moved by Dan, supported by Ron.
[13:30] Any questions on that from anyone?
>> Yeah, I have some questions. Um
[13:36] » I obviously sent out an email today. I
don't know if everybody saw it and I
[13:40] don't expect to I didn't expect to have
um answers back before the meeting, but
[13:45] um
>> I gave you that sheet though, Lauren, do
[13:47] you see?
>> Yeah, but this doesn't include the um
[13:51] deputy clerk and the deputy treasurer's
responsib
[13:59] » the treasurer does. So if you look at
our
[14:03] my Indiana's or the clerk and the
treasures responsibilities, they have to
[14:08] step in and do that in case something
horrible should happen to one of us.
[14:12] Gotcha. Okay. So, I
called around different townships in
[14:18] neighboring townships because but prior
to having this sheet here tonight, it
[14:23] would I felt it was difficult to
set a
[14:29] pay for somebody when I don't know what
it is that they're doing. And so, this
[14:34] is very helpful um to to see this. And
one of my things that um when I called
[14:41] Kotchville and I talked to them, they
had mentioned that they put together or
[14:44] are putting together a compensation
committee. Um so
[14:49] » well that would be the board, wouldn't
it? How we do it now?
[14:52] » Correct. Yeah. So but their job they
would be tasked with figuring out what
[14:57] every what it is of everybody's job in
in the office or not and then
[15:03] setting their pay obviously. So, so I
guess to me I wanted this information. I
[15:09] am not ready to make a decision, but I
guess I can't motion to table it if we
[15:14] already have a motion to do it. Right.
>> It's correct.
[15:17] » Okay.
>> Yeah. Uh the other thing I was going to
[15:19] say too, um as a charter township,
>> it really does stay right here at the
[15:25] board. You know, other townships do it
differently, right? Um and that's maybe
[15:30] why they they're have that compensation.
They're just trying to pass the buck and
[15:34] say it's not us.
>> Oh, yeah. Maybe.
[15:36] » Right. That's what I'm thinking.
>> This But this does help clarify.
[15:40] » This does help clarify. My other
question was historically,
[15:45] how many hours does the deputy clerk or
treasurer outside of the election
[15:49] because I know that that's a different
thing with the N.
[15:51] » Well, each department is different.
Deanna's super busy for taxes. So,
[15:56] there's all that. I mean, we got the
window probably, I'm not kidding, 30
[16:01] times from 12:00 to 5:00 for tax people
paying.
[16:04] » So, one of us has to stamp chitchat a
little and be kind, you know,
[16:09] » and so that takes a lot of time. So,
that's when we can use Terry Lynn
[16:14] » because during the day it then it would
fall on Linda to do uh whoever if
[16:19] sometimes accounts payable admin's not
there, they only work 20 hours a week,
[16:24] » right? And so somebody else is grabbing
the window. So then their job
[16:29] » I just,
>> you know, that's why they're thinking we
[16:31] need someone during the busy times.
>> I feel that consistently
[16:36] there's issues with people not being
able to get their jobs done because they
[16:41] have to get pulled in so many directions
and somebody needs help or somebody's at
[16:45] the window. And all of the other
townships all have an administrative
[16:51] assistant or they have an office manager
or they have somebody that's dedicated
[16:56] to right
>> handing off
[16:59] » but then it's you know it's more money
for the township. That's what we're
[17:03] trying to have Terry Lynn who's already
familiar with the building the way the
[17:07] process is. She's my election manager.
she's our deputy treasurer to f to fill
[17:14] in when we are struggling with taxes or
all those ballots coming in. Then I have
[17:20] to pull that because she's my deputy.
>> And not only that,
[17:24] » so then Terry Lynn could fill in, which
would be awesome to get the phone the
[17:27] door window or what have you.
>> Another thing that really helps out.
[17:31] Well, that's what
>> it helps out Brandy, too, because she's
[17:34] working with Nick and the building
department and Terry Lynn can do a lot
[17:38] of, you know, the the window and things
like that,
[17:41] » which which isn't going to be
necessarily deputy hours. You know,
[17:45] she's doing something outside.
>> Yeah, we're kind of jumped ahead. That's
[17:50] my next agenda item is deputy treasurer,
>> right? But the only thing I'd like to
[17:55] add to that is this is all the the two
deputies are subject to the budget. So
[18:00] we've budgeted dollars.
>> Okay.
[18:03] » So it's kind of and they've stayed
within that, you know, or they've said,
[18:08] "H, can we have another thousand or
whatever?"
[18:11] » So So they just can't go and work so
many hours a week and all of a sudden,
[18:15] » sure,
>> a whole lot cheaper than hiring a whole
[18:18] another body,
>> right?
[18:19] » Well, you know, part-time, whatever. I
just think that we've been approached
[18:23] for more hours and more pay last year
and this year and I I I want to be able
[18:29] to justify
>> Yeah. the deputies they have been at 15
[18:35] for many many many years.
>> Well, I thought we increased it last
[18:38] year.
>> So, was it just the accounts receivable
[18:41] that we
>> 17? Yeah. And the regular mark all the
[18:46] Mark Brandy and um the admin got erased,
>> right? as a whole
[18:52] » accounts payable,
>> right? We don't now.
[18:54] » Used to be Maryanne, now it's Debb Nton,
our person that sits at the front desk.
[19:00] » Linda.
>> Yes.
[19:01] » Um, as far as duties of a deputy,
treasurer, deputy clerk, they have to
[19:07] absorb all the responsibilities of the
clerk or the treasurer in case they are
[19:12] incapacity. God forbid if they the
treasurer or the clerk ripped a tag off
[19:17] a pillow and got imprisoned or something
like that. They have to carry all the
[19:21] duties of the office but they don't have
the voting ability at the table.
[19:26] » Correct.
>> So they have to handle those office no
[19:28] matter how many hours it is.
>> That's what they have to do.
[19:32] » Yeah. Well, we do have a motion on the
floor. It's been supported.
[19:36] » That's for C, right?
>> Yes, that would be for C. And um we've
[19:40] had some discussion. Um, we're ready to
I think we're ready to vote on it. All
[19:45] those in favor?
>> I I Are there any opposed?
[19:49] » Nay. And can I just say because I wish I
had more time to
[19:53] » Okay, that motion carries. We're going
to move on to D. This is increase in pay
[19:58] for deputy treasurer to $17 an hour.
Again, it's currently 15 and it's been
[20:04] at 15 for quite some time. Am I correct,
D?
[20:07] » Correct.
>> Okay. Are we prepared to do that? I'll
[20:10] make a motion to
>> to uh approve the increase in paying the
[20:14] deputy treasur for 17 as well.
>> Support.
[20:17] » Okay. Moved by Dan, supported by Ron to
do that to increase by the $2. Um any
[20:23] discussion on that one?
>> If not, then we'll vote on that. All
[20:28] those in favor?
>> I. Are there any opposed?
[20:32] » Okay. And we understand why. Okay.
Motion carries. Uh next item, office
[20:38] help. approval to hire current deputy
treasurer and election manager to do the
[20:44] various department jobs at the same wage
as deputy treasurer. The board can
[20:49] decide the hours per week and the GL
account for hours worked and for how
[20:54] many months. Well, when I see here for
how many months, I would like to see it
[20:57] be a a an ongoing thing. Not that
they're working, you know, 20 hours a
[21:03] week. They're not. Uh, but it, you know,
a few hours each day gets us through.
[21:08] What do you say, Diana?
>> I, uh, I spoke with Brandy asking about
[21:12] like what did she need? Um, and she's
thinking up to 10 hours is what she's
[21:18] thinking to help get the phones, maybe
even fold water bills, maybe even, you
[21:25] know, um, post some water bills and
stuff like that. So, she's thinking up
[21:30] to 10. Um, but only as needed. So it'll
it'll kind of be like maybe if there's
[21:35] no water bells, she might not need any.
>> You just tell her you just you don't
[21:39] have to come in or you know you can be
here for 2 hours and then you know then
[21:43] you're on your way.
>> She's thinking at her busiest time
[21:45] probably 10 hours a week would be max of
what she would need.
[21:49] » And we are getting caught. It's starting
to get better in the building
[21:53] department. I mean Nick is new and he's
doing a great job. I'm I'm really
[21:57] pleased with the the work performance
we're getting from Nick. Um, but there
[22:02] are some things here that needed to be
kind of cleaned up and we have been
[22:06] busy.
>> I think also once Deb learns her job and
[22:11] she gets, you know, more efficient and I
don't know that we would need the deputy
[22:18] treasurer as much, but that's just
>> for right now. Yeah.
[22:23] Then the auditors are coming in in the
spring and
[22:25] » yeah, there's all
>> that's another learning curve for the
[22:28] » Yeah, it is
>> admin person.
[22:31] » Um, so yeah, it's going to be a busy
year this year, I think, with the two
[22:35] voting cuz I got to use Deb for that
part. So Terry Lynn, I think I'll be
[22:40] stepping in possibly more than 10 hours,
maybe 10 for Brandy and then the deputy
[22:45] treasurer is separate tax time, right?
Then myself with elections, she's my
[22:52] manager. She'll be working those nine
days of voting twice.
[22:55] » But that's but that's budgeted under,
>> right? It is. I'm just saying we're
[22:59] going to see her face a lot.
>> Yeah. That's and that's okay. It's going
[23:03] to take some time. So
>> So what we're what we're voting on here,
[23:07] I guess, is, you know, the like the
maximum number of hours. I don't want
[23:13] to, you know, key it down to like a
couple months a year. I think that it
[23:16] could be an ongoing help here in the
office at a reasonable rate of money.
[23:21] So, I don't make the motion, but are we
ready to make a motion for this?
[23:26] » My my question to that is should it be,
you know, should it be so much a week or
[23:33] should it be so much a month? And maybe
some weeks there's more, maybe some
[23:37] weeks there isn't any, you know, would
it be better or doesn't it matter with
[23:42] 10 hours a week? I mean, if it's 10
hours a week, we're thinking 40 a month
[23:46] to help Brandy and then some where
needed. Like if Linda calls in sick, we
[23:53] need someone doing the desk at 8,
>> you know?
[23:57] » Yeah.
>> So, it's going to be like a kind of an
[23:59] on call job, but for sure say 8 to 10
hours helping bring.
[24:04] » And this is going to be the same person
that's doing the deputy treasurer and
[24:08] the accounts receivable.
>> Yeah, cuz she's just been she's been on
[24:12] » and the election manager. Yes.
>> And she's going to do this position
[24:15] also.
>> Well, that's what they're asking,
[24:17] » right? Okay. I'm just keep
>> Yeah. She'll wear many hats and many
[24:21] accounts that pay hits. So, it it does
involve
[24:23] » paid differently for each one.
>> No, we want the same amount. That's what
[24:28] we're asking. The same amount.
>> Gotcha.
[24:30] » Which we decided to bump up to 17. Next
year. Minimum wage is 15.
[24:35] » Is that what she gets for election
managing, too?
[24:37] » That's what she would get all straight
aboard. Straight.
[24:40] » What does she currently get for
election? 16. 16,
[24:43] » but minimum wages went up a buck. So,
everybody's going to get more. So, we
[24:47] got to give the manager, we got to give
the precinct table, what I don't know
[24:52] what you call them, precinct managers
more. The people who close at the end of
[24:56] the night, who goes through all the
receiving board, they can't just make
[25:00] minimum wage. Their responsibility is
huge. I wish I could give them way more.
[25:05] They work 17 hours and then those well
whatever 8 to 6 8 to um what time is it
[25:13] closed? 8 6 What time is it open? My
brain went 7
[25:18] » 7 to 8 and then we're here to 1
>> finishing up.
[25:21] » That receiving board's been here since
you know 7:30 in the morning. So
[25:26] » that's that's something for another
>> I'm just letting Lauren know so she can
[25:32] » you're trying to figure out the hours to
make the motion. Correct.
[25:35] » I am not. No,
>> no, no. Ron, Ron, Ron, Ron. No. So, I'll
[25:39] I'll make I'll make that motion that uh
um that the current deputy well, I won't
[25:48] say current, that the deputy treasurer
um
[25:53] that she can work up to 10 hours a week
and I'll say or so, but not to go over
[26:01] 40 hours uh a month at uh to do various
jobs for the township at her.
[26:09] » Well, is this various jobs or I thought
>> Well, I just want to say various. I
[26:14] mean, she's going to do stuff for Brandy
at various
[26:16] » because it might be over 40 is what I'm
saying.
[26:19] » Well,
>> they were saying 40 just for Brandy.
[26:21] » He's explaining just for this what
you're talking about just for the office
[26:25] help.
>> Yeah.
[26:27] » And then what account number?
>> So, if there's a week she's here 12, but
[26:31] next week she's here six. I'm I'm saying
>> right. Right. Okay. That's pretty
[26:35] average of 40. Okay.
>> Right. but but you know to keep it under
[26:39] 40
>> okay
[26:40] » um per month at her uh deputy treasurer
wage
[26:46] » and I would support that any questions
>> I do
[26:53] go ahead
>> go ahead
[26:55] » go ahead I just want to clarify
>> 40 hours a week
[26:59] » no 40 hours a month up 10 hours a
weekish
[27:04] » but no more than 40 a month which
average
[27:06] » 12 months at $17 an hour is $8,000. I'm
just curious where does that money come
[27:11] from if we've never budgeted.
>> Well, we might have to
[27:15] » You may have
um amend the budget. We have wages in
[27:21] under uh
>> Yeah. There her
[27:24] » We have some We have every
pay though.
[27:28] » Yeah. Under I and and let me just bring
up
[27:31] » where I need to know. I just went over
these yellow sheets just to see where we
[27:36] ended up 2024
>> and we were, you know, 30,000 over and
[27:43] above to the good what we were going to
take out of the police and fire fund.
[27:47] So, we don't need to take that out.
There's another 30 grand. What's it
[27:50] going to be next year?
>> Who knows? Yeah,
[27:52] » I I don't know. But just to say for last
year, we were good,
[27:57] » right?
>> So, is there is there money there? Yeah,
[28:00] that's there's money there. Are we are
we going to have to amend the budget at
[28:03] some point?
>> Probably.
[28:04] » We we may, but the but the money's there
to do this. We you know there they need
[28:10] help in the office here. And I' I've had
that discussion with Brandy and Brandy
[28:15] said, "Man, it's great." She'll watch
the door and people will say, "Oh, no. I
[28:19] got to go talk to Brandy." And she's
like, "No, you're not going to do that
[28:23] here. What do you need a wall there?
I'll take care of it for you." And and
[28:26] Brandy said, "Man, she can get so much
more done." But just with her,
[28:30] especially on the Tuesdays and Thursdays
when Nick's here,
[28:33] » right?
>> You know,
[28:34] » Yeah. Right. Right.
>> When we did budget, we kind of saw this
[28:37] coming. So that's we put that little bit
more in deputy treasure, too. So we have
[28:44] a little bit that can move from the
>> Any other questions? I uh the motion was
[28:50] made by Ron, supported by me. If there
are no other discussion or questions,
[28:55] all those in favor?
>> I. Are there any opposed?
[28:59] » If not, then that motion carries. Item
F, uh, the appointing of two trustees to
[29:04] the election commission for 2026
elections. It has to be the clerk and it
[29:09] has to be two trustees. We've had men in
the past, but I I know that Lauren had
[29:15] an interest. Did you talk to uh Sharon?
>> Yeah, there's a handout on F. If
[29:20] everybody didn't see it, it's kind of
goes through what's the responsibilities
[29:24] and this is off of MTA or the Bureau of
Elections and we're a charter township.
[29:30] So, I circled mine cuz that's where you
get the two trustees and the township
[29:36] clerk. Other organizations or um not
charter townships don't have to have
[29:41] that. They have like the supervisor and
whatnot. And then it just says that we
[29:45] have to um when they come and check the
tabulators and put garbage in and make
[29:51] sure garbage comes out and we have to
sign a form that we witnessed it and
[29:55] Ron's been my one person for years and
so it's not a lot. There's some things
[30:02] we have to agree on like these are my
election workers and as a three board we
[30:06] have to agree and say yeah that's great
and you know we'll do minutes and all
[30:12] that.
>> Right. Right. But They're very brief
[30:14] meetings.
>> Oh, yeah. They're like five minutes.
[30:17] » Yeah, they're not bad.
>> Unless there's questions or something.
[30:19] » Okay. So, then we need to have two
people two people that we're going to
[30:22] that you will appoint.
>> I think a number of us have done it in
[30:25] the past. I don't mind doing it.
>> I I would like to do it, but
[30:29] » yeah, I know you had mentioned something
about a
[30:32] » Well, Cara County just said there could
be a conflict of interest. Now,
[30:37] okay, say Lauren doesn't like this
election worker. I'll approve everybody
[30:41] but that woman. I don't like her now.
She's not going to do that. You know
[30:44] what I'm saying?
>> How is it? I mean, they're saying that
[30:46] trustees has to
>> has to be on it. So, I don't know any.
[30:50] » They're just saying if you do elections,
it might
[30:53] » You mean because I I choose to work the
elections and I'm not on the ballot
[30:56] » because you know all the election
workers and you could persuade them. But
[30:59] it's a three of us and two have to say
yes. One had to say no, right?
[31:03] » I don't really see a problem with it,
>> but I just need two. So, we have Ed.
[31:10] » Ron, you sure you don't want to do it?
That's okay. Lauren can
[31:13] » Do you want to do it, Lauren? So, I
usually do it.
[31:15] » It'll be educational for her.
>> 15 minutes before the board meeting.
[31:19] Usually, we try to do it on the same
night.
[31:22] » Okay. So, let's make let's make the
motion. You want to make the motion? Go
[31:25] ahead.
>> Oh, I can make the Well, no, I don't
[31:27] make the motion. You can.
>> You can.
[31:31] » I can't. You go ahead.
>> I will make the motion.
[31:34] » Okay, you do it. Sharon Martin, Lauren
Martin, and Ed Neman will be appointed
[31:39] to the election commission for 2026.
>> Support.
[31:43] » Okay. Moved by Lauren, uh, supported by
Dan. It will be the clerk, and it will
[31:49] be Ed and it will be Lauren. All those
in favor? I
[31:52] » I. Any opposed? There being none, motion
carries. Next item, G. We're back to the
[31:57] surface preservation program. We know we
have $107,000
[32:02] which is free gratus coming and it
appears as though unless they really go
[32:07] stupid at the state we will have that
we're going to have money like this
[32:11] every year to do surface preservation.
So, um we talked about it before. Um I I
[32:19] was asked to uh involve um Dan Engles
who is our uh foreman for the road
[32:25] commission for our area and also uh we
got some input from Jennifer Nelson up
[32:31] at the county and they helped and they
we did sort of a the bad roads first,
[32:38] you know, our paved ones and the one
that needs to be addressed this year
[32:43] would be that one mile of Indian trail
between Putty Gut and Sinclair highway.
[32:47] Um, when I talked to Jennifer today, she
said they would be able to do as much
[32:52] rubbering as needed and any kind of prep
work that needed to be done on that
[32:57] mile, including the chip and seal. And
that would about take care of that money
[33:02] right there. So,
>> items one through six are a priority
[33:05] list. And correct,
>> whenever we run out of money, we're just
[33:07] going to do the priorities first.
>> Well,
[33:10] what what it means is next year when we
get say another 107,
[33:14] » we'll put that onto the list.
>> Yep. We'll move down to putty gut we
[33:17] » I will do the motion to approve the
surface preservation program for
[33:21] $107,000
on the list from Mr. Dan Les.
[33:26] » Okay. Um so I'll support that. Uh is
there any other are there any other
[33:31] questions or any inflict from anyone on
that?
[33:34] » Just to clarify the 107,000 is only
going to include number one.
[33:38] » Correct. Okay. It'll take all of that.
>> And you might want some clarification in
[33:43] the in the motion. We're not doing
everything. We're just doing
[33:46] » just that one mile
>> Indian Trail
[33:50] on my motion.
>> Okay.
[33:51] » Okay.
>> You're amending it to include that one
[33:55] mile.
>> Yes. Correct.
[33:56] » Okay.
>> Okay. Well, it's been moved by Dan,
[34:01] supported by me to go ahead and do the
one mile of Putty Gut, uh, one mile of
[34:06] Indian Trail between Putty Gut and
Sinclair Highway. Do the rubbering, do
[34:10] the chip seal, use that money this year.
>> All those in favor? I
[34:14] » I Are there any opposed? There being
none, that motion carries and I will
[34:18] call Jennifer tomorrow and tell her what
we have come up with. Okay. Item H, the
[34:24] sign for the bike path. In all that bad,
slippery, snowy, awful weather, um, we
[34:29] had the two signs on the bike path get
wiped out. You see the pictures of what
[34:34] they look like. I did get a quote from
the road commission sign department and
[34:38] you see the amount there. The 35819
would be for the two signs and post
[34:44] including installation which helps take
care of that because we really don't
[34:49] have you know a particular person who
would be able to do that for us. Do we
[34:54] have acceptance of that?
>> I'd make that motion.
[34:56] » Okay. Support.
>> Okay. Moved by Ed, supported by Ron to
[35:00] go ahead uh with getting the signs for
the bike path through the county.
[35:05] » How did they get wiped out?
>> They they I don't know. They got slammed
[35:09] in accident. Took them out.
>> That's usually the insurance company of
[35:13] whoever whomever hit it
>> was supposed to take care of something.
[35:16] » Yeah, but guess what? They just lied the
poop.
[35:20] » Yeah, we don't Yeah.
>> Yeah, we don't know who it was.
[35:23] » Did you get support on that?
>> We do. And And now I just need to ask
[35:27] all those in favor.
>> I Any opposed? Being none, that motion
[35:31] carries. Item I um Sinclair County Road
Commission 2026 annual meeting. They
[35:39] would like to know um what which session
we'd like to attend. I know that I can't
[35:45] do anything in the morning because of a
doctor's appointment and that is the
[35:50] night of our February meeting. Uh I
would recommend the 3:15 to 4:30 and I
[35:56] can let them know. Um does anyone have a
problem with that? the uh 12:45 to 2 is
[36:01] all filled. She told me that. So, the
only other slot would be 2 to 3:15. Um,
[36:08] anyone,
>> you better call right away. Huh?
[36:10] » I'm going to first thing tomorrow.
>> Is this something we all go to?
[36:13] » Everyone is invited from the board. We
don't always have a full roster
[36:18] attendance, but we've tried to do it
when they had evening ones, thinking
[36:22] more people might attend, and uh-uh, you
get maybe two or three will go. I'd love
[36:27] to see everybody come, but I know people
have other jobs and things going on.
[36:31] » Yeah, I'm working that day. It's a
Tuesday.
[36:33] » Okay. So, does the 3:15 to 4:30 seem
okay?
[36:37] » If that's good for you, Linda.
>> Okay.
[36:40] » I can't attend. I have to work.
>> Okay. So, um I could I could just I
[36:46] don't know that it needs a motion. I I
could just go ahead and let her know
[36:49] that though. I call first thing tomorrow
>> so that we get on the on the
[36:54] » and then just let us know. Yeah. you
know that that's the time.
[36:58] » Yeah, she said there were openings for
these other ones. No problem. So I I
[37:03] would kind of make book on that.
>> Okay.
[37:05] » All right. 3:15
>> to 4:30 on February 17th. It's a
[37:10] Tuesday.
>> Okay. Good. Are we good to go on that?
[37:14] » Okay. Um Jay, Michigan Association of
Planning Classes and Webinar webinars
[37:20] and they are at various costs. Um, we
usually allow this for um, well, I know
[37:26] we do for the county um, workshops that
they have. I don't know what we do on
[37:31] these
>> Well, usually
[37:36] we allow it. I don't know. Let's, you
know, we should look at the highest
[37:40] price and we allow it and then it's up
to them to go and submit their expense
[37:47] for it
>> and that's it. I think the highest one
[37:51] would be the one in
>> some are free.
[37:54] » Yeah. But the there's a planning and
zoning essentials and that's over in
[37:57] Frankenmouth and that's 135.
>> Yeah. I don't know if you're going to
[38:00] get anybody
>> going that far
[38:02] » going going up there but a lot of these
are Zoom so you can do it right from
[38:08] your
>> right okay
[38:09] » right from your home. But I would make
that motion that
[38:12] » cuz some of these maybe you got board
members that even want to do them. So,
[38:16] any board members, planning commission
members, or ZBA members that want to
[38:20] take advantage of any of these events
that the the board would pay the the fee
[38:27] plus mileage if they wanted to drive to
one of them. Okay, that's the motion. Do
[38:32] we have support?
>> Oh, okay. Supported by Deanna. Moved by
[38:35] Ron supported by Deanna for um to
approve the attendance to those classes
[38:40] not only for planning ZBA and board
members.
[38:46] » All those in favor?
>> I I any opposed? That motion will carry.
[38:51] Uh the next one is the MTA board of
review classes uh various classes and
[38:56] costs. Um you know I was thinking about
this before and I didn't get a chance to
[39:00] talk to Christine our assessor. Um,
sometimes they have these classes in
[39:05] Fort Yorn and they're very good. Does
anyone know if those are going on this
[39:09] year again?
Got
[39:13] » I haven't seen the notice.
>> Nothing yet.
[39:15] » No.
>> Okay. Then um I guess they do if they're
[39:20] new or if they haven't had it in a
while, they do have to keep updated on,
[39:25] you know, the latest things um rules and
things going on with that. So I I do
[39:31] believe we'd have to approve.
>> Well, so this is looks like it's both in
[39:36] person and online.
>> So um they could also take the training.
[39:42] A lot of meetings are starting to do
that.
[39:44] » Mhm.
>> That they're not only you can go in
[39:47] person, but you can also do them online.
I know Michigan State Extension does
[39:52] that a lot.
>> So you don't have to drive halfway
[39:54] across the state. You can just stay home
and
[39:57] » and do them. But I would make the same
motion that that any board of review
[40:01] members that want to take training
um if it involves uh going and in
[40:08] mileage I don't know is there a fee on
here?
[40:11] » Was there a fee
>> for mileage? No, not for mileage.
[40:14] » Yeah. Early bird rate 100 regular rate
20 plus mileage
[40:18] » that the township paid the rate plus
plus mileage if they actually wanted to
[40:23] go to where it was presented.
>> Okay. And that so it's been moved by Ron
[40:27] » support
>> and supported by Dan. Any questions from
[40:30] anyone? If not, all those in favor? I
>> I. Any opposed?
[40:36] » None. That motion will carry. Um and
item L.
[40:40] » Okay, everybody in front of them, there
was a there was a email here that had
[40:47] some questions
um from Mr. Parrot that's sitting out
[40:52] here. And I think the best way to handle
this is to have our attorney
[40:59] send him a letter kind of replying to
this letter. Um, and I would I'd make a
[41:06] motion to that effect. I support.
>> Okay. Motion by Ron uh to have our
[41:11] attorney answer this in a letter form uh
supported by Lauren. Any other
[41:15] questions? If not, all those in favor?
I. Any opposed?
[41:21] » There being none, that motion will
carry. And item M.
[41:24] » Okay. M. Um, like I stated when I put it
on the agenda, we we have a contract
[41:30] that's to do all the connections for
water and sewer. Um, we need to update
[41:35] our ordinance that says that. Ordinance
says something different. So, I talked
[41:39] to the planner at the planning
commission meeting. She kind of said, "I
[41:44] think it'd be better if your attorney
did that." Chris happened to be there
[41:47] because of a public hearing we had. Um,
and Chris said, "Yeah, she could do it,
[41:53] but you know, I said she'd probably want
to get a hold of Linda first." And she
[41:56] was going to call Linda, which I don't
know that she's done.
[41:59] » Haven't heard from her yet,
>> but the board should be approving that
[42:02] because there's going to be some some
costs there. Um, so I'll make that
[42:07] motion, too, that uh that we paid the
attorney to update our utility ordinance
[42:13] that deals with water and sewer to
update that. We have a a contractor now
[42:20] for both connections.
>> Okay. So, that's Ron's motion. Uh any
[42:26] support?
>> I'll support that.
[42:27] » Okay. Supported by Dan. Uh any other
questions from the board on that? It was
[42:33] pretty self-explanatory.
Um if there are none, um all those in
[42:38] favor
>> I I
[42:40] » Any opposed? There being none. Okay,
that motion will carry. We're into
[42:44] unfinished business. Data centers. Uh if
we have any discussion on that. Um I
[42:50] know Dan presented some sample
ordinances and they have been forward to
[42:55] the planning commission. Correct.
>> Yeah. So okay. So the planning
[42:59] commission did get these and uh we did
have a public hearing set for next month
[43:08] with what we had. What we did is we uh
cancelled that public hearing to a
[43:14] future date so we could go over these
and and we told the uh planner um to go
[43:20] over these and kind of delineate
what is already covered in our ordinance
[43:27] kind of what Chris said we couldn't do
and what we could add to our ordinance.
[43:32] Um so that's kind of where we're at. But
what I what I think would work best, and
[43:38] I don't know if the board wants to do
this, I think there should be a work
[43:40] session at some point between the
planning commission, the board, have the
[43:44] planner there, and have the attorney
there. That way, if there's any
[43:47] questions,
um, we can get this worked out one way,
[43:52] one way or another. I don't know if
that's the direction the board wants to
[43:55] go in.
>> Well, I think I think that's a great
[43:58] idea. I think, you know, cuz I have some
concerns over the current
[44:05] data center ordinance as it stands.
>> Well, it's it's really not a data
[44:10] center. It's a like under special land
use. I mean, it's not it's not a
[44:14] standalone
ordinance.
[44:18] » No,
>> no. It's it's it's a it's an ordinance
[44:22] that goes under special land use. We
already have an industrial and heavy
[44:28] industrial ordinance that that kind of
directs, okay, if you have development,
[44:33] here's the things you have to do.
Some of these two ordinances I can see
[44:40] if communities were going to allow them
in a residential district, you wanted to
[44:45] be a lot more thorough because that
isn't a agricultural use. That's not
[44:51] where we're putting it. So, we already
have things in our ordinance to deal
[44:56] with a lot of things that were in here.
One of the things I noticed for both of
[45:01] these that their decibel levels were
higher notic than what we current have.
[45:05] » Yeah, I noticed that
>> in our ordinance.
[45:07] » Yeah, I noticed that it was 68.
>> So, that's why, you know, I thought as a
[45:12] planning commissioner, let's have the
planner look at it. Let's have her
[45:17] delineate those three items and then
they can be discussed. Okay. And if
[45:23] Chris is
>> Yeah. How does the board feel about
[45:25] having a workshop?
>> That sounds fair enough.
[45:27] » I I think so. I I like that idea.
>> So So the next thing is in
[45:36] in March, we're going to pick up a
public hearing that we tabled. So So we,
[45:42] you know, we can't do it at the planning
commission meeting. any other time. It's
[45:47] just a question of getting both those
boards together and picking a time and
[45:50] date and where it'll work for everybody
and and Chris and the planner.
[45:55] » Yeah. Maybe get some dates even from
them because they're going to be the
[46:00] hard
>> from there because I I know when we move
[46:03] our meeting forward in December one week
and Karen said, "No, I've got a
[46:09] different planning commission meeting,
another community I got to go to. I
[46:12] can't come here." So, um, whether it's
on a Thursday, whether you want to try
[46:17] to do it on a Monday, but right, I guess
I would maybe start with the planner and
[46:21] the attorney to try to find a date and
then I don't know if there's a certain
[46:25] day that's better for everybody or
>> who all has to attend that, right?
[46:30] » What would be our whole board?
>> The board planning and
[46:33] » what happens if it's a open meetings or
does or would it be
[46:36] » Well, that's going to be an open
>> anything. Yeah. Anything we do, we do in
[46:40] front of the public. So, we have a
workshop. It's okay that we're all Oh,
[46:43] yeah. Great. That'll be That'll be even
though it's a kind of a work session,
[46:47] that's going to be a
>> public meeting. Do you need a motion for
[46:51] that to empower the supervisor to
initiate that meeting?
[46:53] » Yeah, that'd probably be better to to
to,
[46:58] you know, try to get everybody together
on on that page for that date, whatever
[47:02] that is.
>> I'll do a motion to empower the
[47:04] supervisor to engage a workshop for data
center workings.
[47:09] » I'll support that.
>> Okay. moved by Dan, supported by Ron to
[47:13] allow me to get this thing going and it
>> it'll be it'll take a little doing, but
[47:19] we'll get it done. It'll get it we'll
get it done.
[47:21] » It's understandable. There's a lot of
parties to get together.
[47:23] » Yeah. And and and we ideally we want a
100% participation, but you know, with
[47:28] that many people, we're going to lose
some of them along the way, but we'll do
[47:32] our best. Okay.
>> Um so, all those in favor?
[47:37] » I. Any opposed? then that motion will
carry and I'll get going on it. Okay. Um
[47:42] the next item under unfinished Lindsay
Road drainage. Um I just you have the
[47:47] email here. I just wanted to report that
um Chris had been advised by Mr. Moore.
[47:53] That would be Mr. Marshall's attorney
that um informed her that he Mr.
[47:59] Marshall has two estimates and he's
looking for a third and that's good
[48:04] news. So, you know, we wait to hear the
next the next move, but um that's
[48:10] something that I can report out on that.
Um under water and sewer, you see the
[48:15] amounts uh and under C, is there any
report on water sewer authority tonight?
[48:21] » Um no, we've we're kind of in between uh
meetings. We'll have one next month. We
[48:27] had a special meeting here about a uh
about a week ago. there were some things
[48:32] that that came up that needed to be
replaced where we needed a special
[48:37] meeting. Um, we took care of that. You
know, like I've said before, we we set
[48:42] money aside
in a water plant fund, a sewer plant
[48:46] fund, so when these things come up and
you need 50 or $80,000, we just pull it
[48:52] out of that particular fund. So there's
not a bill coming back to the local
[48:56] community.
>> So that's that's all that was. And so
[49:00] next month we'll have another meeting.
>> Okay. Uh under announcements, uh the
[49:04] next township board meeting will be
held.
[49:08] It's going to be a Tuesday, February
17th, 2026, uh at 7:00 p.m. And that's
[49:14] because again, next month, that Monday
is the president's. It's the holidays.
[49:19] So we'll be meeting here on on a Tuesday
instead. Uh light up the township. The
[49:24] winners will be announced hopefully. Uh
we'll be able to have Mr. Whitman from
[49:28] DTE here at our February February
meeting so that he can make the
[49:32] presentations cuz um they sponsor the
prizes. So we'll stay tuned. We hope we
[49:38] can get that accomplished. Snowman
contest goes now. It's on through the
[49:44] 20th of April and people can drop a
picture off or they can submit it. uh
[49:50] there will be judging and again there
will be a first, second and third prize
[49:53] and that comes generally from ITC the
people you know from the transmission
[49:59] line. Um board member reports uh I guess
uh I was informed by uh Dan Engles our
[50:06] district foreman that uh he wanted to
know would be we be doing any limestone
[50:12] this year and I said not to my
knowledge. So, he just wanted us to know
[50:17] because, you know, then they would start
ordering and I said, "No." Um, they'll
[50:21] have the limes uh the chloride prices.
We'll probably be hearing about that at
[50:26] the annual meeting as we usually do. Um,
it's just been really busy. It's it's
[50:31] just kind of like a welloiled machine.
There's a lot going on here and um I'm
[50:37] I'm happy and I'm excited. So, that's
pretty much all I have to report right
[50:42] now. um treasure.
>> Um well, yeah, you're right. It's been
[50:49] super busy. It's year end now, so um we
have a lot of loose ends to tie up, a
[50:55] lot of catching up from the holidays,
and
[50:58] we're just going to put in as many hours
as we can,
[51:02] » getting the job done. There you go. No,
good job. Uh clerk.
[51:06] » Sure.
>> Um okay. Well, it was fun couple months
[51:09] training and learning. Um, the admin job
in accounts payable. It actually was a
[51:16] benefit to me because when the previous
administrator accounts payable was in, I
[51:21] wasn't able to really see the flow. It
just didn't work with our arrangement,
[51:27] her and I. And now that I had to do it,
I feel more confident in a lot of the
[51:33] areas here. the just seeing the flow how
it goes and so that's been beneficial
[51:39] and then voting I'm ordering next month
we'll see quotes for envelopes and
[51:45] secrecy sleeves and cost of stamps so
we'll be approving those and it's
[51:53] already started so good luck right
>> yeah and I I would like to also say uh I
[51:59] think it's working out really nice with
uh with Deb you know she's she's you
[52:04] know, just wants to do anything she can
to help and she
[52:07] » Yeah, she's great.
>> Yeah. And and enjoying Terry Lynn as
[52:10] well.
>> Yeah.
[52:11] » Uh now our trustees, Dan.
>> Oh, I don't have much. Uh the holidays
[52:17] are over with. I must have not have been
upsetting to everybody. I didn't get any
[52:20] coal in my socks, so that was a good
sign. Uh CO is going around again. Be
[52:25] careful, everyone. You know, mindful of
shared surfaces and things like that.
[52:29] Stay warm and dry, folks.
>> Very good, Ed. Uh just kind of an
[52:35] update. Last fire department meeting
there in in January or late earlier this
[52:39] month, uh we we looked at the equipment,
the new equipment at in the apparatus
[52:44] bay. We just purchased last year as a
squad a new squad truck. Uh a lot of
[52:50] nice equipment sitting in there. You
know, a big shout out and thanks to the
[52:54] fire department, a volunteer system that
on both ends of the communities, both
[52:58] Marine City and St. Clair, but they
always do a great job.
[53:02] um cold weather, uh stay warm, uh be
willing to help folks that need help.
[53:08] And I guess lastly, I heard the other
day, it's it's always it's always the
[53:13] right time to do the right thing. That
was MLK.
[53:18] » Yeah, that's right. Right.
>> Very good. Um, and I also like to give a
[53:23] shout out to our Marine City Area Fire
Authority, too, because u we have a
[53:27] meeting tomorrow night, so we'll be
there and um they do a really good job
[53:32] maintaining. And you know what? We
couldn't do any better by having these
[53:36] volunteer fire departments and just
being a part of them rather than try to
[53:42] start out from scratch and a whole new
fire department in the hall and all the
[53:45] equipment. It would be phenomenal the
cost. So, we're really it's a cost
[53:50] saving to our township to be a partner
with them. Uh Ron,
[53:56] » uh we just had a planning commission
meeting last week. We had two public
[53:59] hearings. Um the first public hearing
was for uh the Speedy Q gas station on
[54:06] King and Fred Moore. They want to put in
uh four electrical charging units for
[54:12] electric vehicles. Um they came in with
their site plan. Everything looked good.
[54:17] So, so that that was approved because
they are a special approval use. They
[54:23] had to come in through the special
approval use process and and get that
[54:28] done again um to update their site plan.
The other one was for 6905
[54:36] um Springborn Road. They came in for a
they wanted a special land use for a
[54:42] church.
Um, we ended up tableabling that. We
[54:48] needed our engineer to look at the site
plan, which he hadn't done.
[54:53] » Um, plus there's some things that
applicant
[54:58] wants to go into the ZBA
um, and get a variance for certain
[55:03] requirements of the ordinance.
So, that'll reconvene. and that's the
[55:08] one that's going to reconvene in at our
meeting in March unless for some reason
[55:14] it it gets pushed back.
Outside of that, we're always working on
[55:20] something little where somebody brings
it up about an ordinance. Do we need to
[55:23] tweak it or whatever? But, uh, those
were the two main things at the planning
[55:27] commission meeting.
>> They're a busy group. They are a busy
[55:30] group. Yeah. And they do a good job. So,
I it's a shout out to them, too. Yeah,
[55:36] » Lauren.
>> Um, well, I saw today that I had an
[55:40] email about a ZBA, but I did not get a
chance to look at it. So, I'm assuming
[55:43] that's possibly what it is, but looking
forward to it. ZBA has been a while
[55:46] since we've met, so I'm looking forward
to seeing that group. Um, parks and
[55:51] wreck unfortunately did not have enough
members to do a meeting in January. So,
[55:57] there I think we had two or three that
were available and that's obviously not
[56:00] a quorum. So, um, we're going to try
again in February. Hopefully, we'll have
[56:05] enough in February. And then I also
wanted to apologize for um the sound on
[56:12] the meeting last month. Yet again, I
have made another mistake. I'm not sure
[56:16] what I I'm not sure how, but there was
no sound on the video. I tested it today
[56:22] twice with my kids to make sure that the
microphones are working. So, I'm really
[56:25] hoping that there is not a problem. Um
but I apologize to everybody that it was
[56:30] broke or not working last month. But
that's it. Okay. Okay. One more.
[56:35] » You know, one other question talking
about the planning commission. I see we
[56:38] had a letter of resignation, but that
wasn't on our
[56:42] » umformational in the next next month.
It'll be on because um you know, we are
[56:47] we're still going to put out for you
know, we have we have maybe one, I don't
[56:51] know, but we're going to go ahead and I
think you did put it on.
[56:54] » Yeah. It's on the sign, I think, and on
the website. So, we can we'll deal with
[56:59] it. So, we'll take care of that. One
last thing, Linda. I want to publicly
[57:02] congratulate Pastor Anthony there for
his newly uh county appointed position
[57:08] that he he
>> Oh, I haven't heard.
[57:11] » Oh, yay.
>> The health advisory board.
[57:14] » Um, no, the mental health board.
>> Oh, nice.
[57:18] » Yes. Thank you so much.
>> Oh, that's great. It's
[57:20] » an honor to be there.
>> You'll be an asset.
[57:24] » Yes.
>> Yes. Okay. Well, now we're coming to the
[57:27] close of our uh business meeting and we
have an opportunity for public comment
[57:32] on anything. I would just remind uh we
have guidelines that were adopted. State
[57:38] your name, come to the podium. You have
a fivem minute limit. Uh indicate if
[57:43] you're speaking for yourself, your
family or a group. Uh this is an
[57:47] opportunity for your thoughts, not ours.
So, we want to listen. Um it's not a
[57:54] time of discussion or debate. Um it's
also not a time when the board would be
[57:59] responding. Uh you'll be treated with
respect. You have a right to speak. Um
[58:05] and of course wouldn't expect anyone to
speak negatively about anyone because
[58:09] that would not be nice. So having said
that, is there anybody still here who
[58:15] wants to just address the board?
>> Yeah, of course.
[58:19] » Okay.
I need to go to the podium.
[58:22] » Great.
>> Well, obviously you added on to the
[58:27] agenda. Everybody got the email, right?
>> Yeah.
[58:29] » Okay. I have a print out of it if
anybody needs another one. Um, so just
[58:34] thank you. Obviously with the email you
read, it's pretty lengthy and
[58:40] bit of a lack communication,
discrepancies in the ordinances, and I
[58:43] just want to make sure we're doing it
the right way. I just want to make sure
[58:47] everything's done the right legal
procedural way to make sure it's done.
[58:51] Obviously, I'm not giving up on my
dream. That's why I keep coming back to
[58:54] these. Okay. So, I'm going to continue
and I just my attorney and I and
[58:58] everybody I've been talking to just we
just got to make sure it's done the
[59:02] right way cuz clearly it kind of hasn't
been so far. So, here I am and look
[59:07] forward to the next meeting. Thanks so
much. Sorry. Derek, 5957 Polygard Road
[59:13] and I speaking on behalf of myself.
Okay.
[59:16] » Thank you. Anyone else?
[59:23] » Anthony Freer and I'm just clarifying uh
I think I've heard the update that the
[59:28] uh public hearing is being delayed on
the data center ordinances and so I'll
[59:33] just talk with you afterwards to get
caught up on the latest with that. That
[59:38] of course is a strong concern for myself
and those within my church and
[59:43] community. So appreciate your diligence
on that and uh uh so I'll catch up on
[59:49] the details uh with the ongoing drama of
the data center. Thank you so much.
[59:54] » Thank you.
Anyone else? Nothing. Okay. All right.
[1:00:00] Well then that would conclude our
meeting and we would need a motion to
[1:00:04] adjourn. Motion to journ at 8:01 p.m.
>> Is it supported by
[1:00:10] » Ed?
>> Ed. Okay. All those in favor?
[1:00:12] » I.
>> Good job.
[1:00:14] » Have a good night.
>> Perfect.
[1:00:19] » Yes.
>> Thank you.
[1:00:22] » It's a nice addition, isn't it? be
better with