[2:03] It is 630. We'll call the
meeting of the Clinton Township
[2:05] Board to order. Will everyone
please rise for the Pledge of
[2:08] Allegiance?
[2:10] I pledge allegiance.
[2:11] To the flag of the United
States of America and to the
[2:15] Republic for which it stands?
[2:17] One nation under God,
indivisible, with liberty and
[2:22] justice for all.
[2:25] Roll call. Please, miss Meltzer
here.
[2:29] Trustee Wade.
[2:31] Trustee Matuzak here.
[2:33] Trustee Kress.
[2:34] Present.
[2:39] Uh, supervisor Gieleghem here.
[2:41] Trustee King present. Treasurer
Aiello present.
[2:44] Clerk Meltzer here.
[2:47] That brings us to, um, approval
of the agenda. Miss Meltzer,
[2:51] looks like we have a total of
nine items. Uh. Any changes?
[2:55] No changes. I'll make a motion
to approve as presented.
[2:58] I'll support.
[3:00] There you go. Yeah. Just to let
folks know we have a new
[3:06] system. We forget to turn our
mics on. No. It's on. We not
[3:09] actually have to turn them on.
[3:11] So, um, so we have a motion. Is
there support for the motion to
[3:17] approve the agenda? Yes. Okay.
[3:19] Moved in and supported. Um, a
roll call, please.
[3:23] Clerk Meltzer. Yes. Treasurer
Aiello.
[3:25] Yes.
[3:27] Trustee Wade. Yes. Trustee
Matuzak. Yes. Trustee Kress.
[3:30] Yes. Supervisor. Gieleghem.
[3:32] Yes. Trustee. King. Yes. Motion
passes.
[3:35] Okay. Item number one. The
consent agenda. Looks like
[3:38] there's a total of eight items.
[3:39] Move.
[3:41] Adoption of the consent agenda
as printed.
[3:43] All support.
[3:44] Moved and supported any
discussion. Roll call please.
[3:49] Trustee Matuzak. Yes. Treasurer
Aiello. Yes. Trustee Wade. Yes.
[3:53] Trustee Kress. Yes. Supervisor.
[3:55] Gieleghem.
[3:56] Yes.
[3:57] Trustee. King. Yes. Clerk
Meltzer. Yes. Motion passes.
[4:00] Item number two. Introduction
of applicant for appointment to
[4:04] the Clinton Macomb Public
Library Board. Uh, Miss most.
[4:08] Dear board members, there is
one opening on the Clinton
[4:11] Macomb Library Board of
Trustees. The partial term
[4:14] expires April 30th, 2028.
[4:18] Attached for your review are
the applicants. Are the
[4:20] applications for the following
applicants appointment can
[4:23] Kress Julius Arcona, Jill
Shackelford. Per the policy
[4:27] guidelines and invitation has
been extended to the applicants
[4:30] to attend the September 8th,
2026 board meeting, where an
[4:33] opportunity will be given to
make a three minute
[4:36] introduction. Thank you for
your attention in this matter.
[4:39] Sincerely, Paul Gieleghem,
supervisor.
[4:41] Okay. Uh, yeah. It's my
understanding all three of the
[4:45] applicants are here this
evening. Um, so, uh, in any
[4:48] order you'd like, um, I can
speak for up to a total of
[4:53] three minutes.
[4:54] I think we have an order of
Kress sarcoma and Shackelford.
[4:59] Which appears to be
alphabetical, so we'll stick
[5:01] with that. Ken, you're up.
[5:07] Good evening. I was going to
let the ladies go first, but,
[5:10] uh. Good evening, Township
supervisor. Uh, trustee.
[5:14] Trustees, treasurer and clerk.
[5:16] My name is Ken Kress. I live at
39825 East River Court in
[5:22] Clinton Township. Of course.
[5:23] And I'm asking for your
appointment to the Clinton
[5:26] Township Public Library Board
as the Clinton Township
[5:29] representative. This
appointment would replace
[5:32] Cheryl Cannon, who was very
instrumental in establishing
[5:35] this library. A little about my
background and why I would
[5:39] appreciate your approval to
join this board. My background
[5:43] is in education, where I was a
teacher for 28 years. I was a
[5:48] business marketing and US
history teacher. I was also the
[5:53] National Honor Society advisor
for 25 years, and I was also
[5:58] the senior class sponsor. When
I retired from teaching in
[6:04] 2017, I needed something to do.
[6:07] Or at least my wife told me I
better find something to do. So
[6:11] living a quarter mile from the
main branch, I heard they were
[6:14] hiring a part time facilities,
and at the time it was a pretty
[6:19] impressive title. You were the
assistant to the director of
[6:24] facilities for the Clinton,
Clinton Macomb Public Library.
[6:28] Now I experience in facilities
was limited to what I knew in
[6:32] maintaining my own home. But
what I did have was a good and
[6:38] work ethic that enabled me to
learn and excel in this
[6:41] position. I changed light
bulbs, climbed tall ladders,
[6:47] painted, cleaned lavatories,
vomit. I'm not proud of that,
[6:52] but I kept Thomas the train
running. I cleaned up the
[6:55] grounds and I handled all the
aspects related to running the
[6:58] upkeep of three different
buildings North, south, and the
[7:03] main branch. Each of these
buildings has its own
[7:07] personality, and the staff who
work there and the clients they
[7:10] serve. I have dealt with
landscapers, snow, flowers,
[7:15] trash haulers, recyclers and
businesses of all kinds. I can
[7:21] restart an HVAC system and I
can get elevators running
[7:25] again. I set up for programs
from concerts to blood drives
[7:30] to condo meetings and of
course, the annual state of the
[7:34] township. After six and a half
years in this position, with
[7:38] the final six months, I was the
only facilities person on staff.
[7:44] And then I retired. People
said, oh, are you retiring? I
[7:49] said, no, I've already retired.
[7:50] This was just part time. A year
after leaving, I was called
[7:54] back to help solve an issue at
our South branch, where I
[7:57] worked an additional six months
with the issue, which is no
[8:01] longer an issue. So I guess we
were successful. Why should I
[8:04] be appointed to the library
board? Because I have a
[8:07] commitment to this library. The
branches and the populations
[8:12] that they serve for both
Clinton Township and Macomb
[8:15] Township. If you drive by any
of the branches, you will see
[8:18] residents reading books,
participating in children's
[8:22] programming, attending a
presentation, or just using a
[8:25] room to study.
[8:26] Ken, we're we're past three.
[8:28] I'm sorry. So with the
indulgence of the board, we'll
[8:30] ask you to wrap up.
[8:31] I'm sorry. I will really in the
summer, we have a cooling
[8:35] center, and in the winter we
have heating. I worked
[8:38] extensively with Larry Neal and
the library director, and I
[8:41] already know many of their
current board members. Um, so I
[8:45] should be able to work with
them. And again, this library
[8:48] is an important component of
our library or of our township,
[8:51] and I hope to keep it that way.
[8:52] Thank you.
[8:53] Thank you, Ken.
[8:54] I apologize for going over.
[8:55] No worries. No worries. Mr.
[8:58] Arcona.
[9:04] Good evening and thank you for
this. Good evening. Second, and
[9:15] thank you all for this
opportunity to introduce myself
[9:18] to the board. My name is Julie
Savona. Um, and I'm really
[9:22] excited to be considered for
the Clinton Macomb Library
[9:24] Board of Trustees. Uh,
throughout my life, libraries
[9:26] have played a significant role.
[9:28] As a kid, my family visited
libraries all the time. In high
[9:31] school, I worked for the Fraser
library. Um, and a fun fact
[9:35] when I left the library, they
replaced me with my mother, who
[9:38] ended up retiring from the
library 17 years later. And
[9:41] another fun fact is my daughter
works for a library right now.
[9:44] Um, so it kind of runs in our
blood. Uh, after high school, I
[9:47] left my job at the library to
pursue a career in photography.
[9:50] Um, spending the next 25 years
working at a studio and then
[9:54] running my own business, um,
while raising my family in
[9:56] Clinton Township, where I've
been a residence for the last
[9:59] 12 years. Um, as a parent, I
continued the effort that my
[10:03] mom started and that I made
sure that libraries played a
[10:06] big role in my family's lives,
just as they had in mind. I'm
[10:09] proud to say that the Clinton
Macomb Public main branch is my
[10:14] home library, as my kids refer
to it. Um, we visit all types
[10:18] of libraries year round, but,
um, I remember walking through
[10:21] the main branch with my kids
when they were little, and we
[10:23] all just looked around in awe
of all the resources and things
[10:26] that were offered to us during
these years. I was also an
[10:29] active member of their school
PTO and helped develop PBIs
[10:33] programs, ran events, raised
money, and was an active part
[10:36] of improving services we
provided to the school and the
[10:38] teachers. In 2020, I started
working for the City of
[10:42] Sterling Heights in their Parks
and Recreation department. Um,
[10:45] where? There I fell in love
again with working with the
[10:47] local community. I spent the
the next four years helping
[10:52] launch their new community
center, and then the last two
[10:54] years at their senior center.
[10:56] And that brings us to today,
uh, when I saw an opening on
[10:59] the board, I jumped at the
chance to be a part of it. I
[11:02] believe now more than ever,
that libraries need to be
[11:04] protected from budget cuts and
closures. I'm excited about the
[11:08] opportunity to be part of a
board that can help a library
[11:11] run more efficiently and
provide new and improved
[11:14] procedures and environments to
the residents in the Clinton
[11:17] Macomb area. Throughout my time
working with local government,
[11:21] it was clear that problem
solving, especially when a
[11:23] community is involved, it's not
a one size fits all solution.
[11:28] And there and that's where
boards like this are vital to
[11:31] making an impact. I would love
the chance to serve on the
[11:35] board to help grow and maintain
this amazing resource for
[11:37] others in and beyond our
community, and thank you for
[11:40] allowing me this time to
introduce myself, and I really
[11:43] appreciate appreciate your
consideration. Thank you.
[11:46] Thank you, thank.
[11:48] You, thank you so much. And
Miss Shackelford.
[11:58] Good evening. Thank you,
Township, for allowing me to
[12:02] present myself and to introduce
myself to you. My name is Jill
[12:06] Shackelford. I am a resident of
Clinton Township now, but grew
[12:10] up in Macomb. A graduate of
Chippewa Valley High School.
[12:13] Um, after high school, I went
to college at Florida A&M
[12:16] University in Tallahassee,
Florida, where I earned my
[12:19] Doctor of Pharmacy degree. So
currently I'm practicing as a
[12:22] pharmacist with Walgreens. Um,
I've always is a child of
[12:27] educators who retired from the
Mount Clemens School District.
[12:30] I grew up going to the Mount
Clemens Public Library, so
[12:33] libraries have always been a
part of my history, a part of
[12:36] who I am. I love reading, um,
and now that I have children of
[12:41] my own, everywhere that we've
been, I, we were in Florida for
[12:44] a long time. We were in Boston
for a long time. But everywhere
[12:47] I've been, we've always gone to
the library. So I believe in
[12:50] the programs. I believe in the
opportunities. I believe that
[12:53] what it prevents for for the
community and for for families
[12:57] to a place for them to go to, a
place for them to go, places
[13:01] for them to grow, um, for kids
to learn, for them to get
[13:04] tutoring services, um, provide
services for um individuals
[13:09] looking for employment. So the
library provides a lot of
[13:12] opportunities. So when I saw
this opening for the board, um,
[13:16] I thought, well, hey, why why
not put myself out there? Why
[13:20] not, you know, allow myself to
give back to the community and
[13:23] to, um, give my resources,
which, you know, may not be an
[13:28] education background, but I
mean, with pharmacy, we deal
[13:32] with laws, we deal with
regulations. So there's a lot
[13:35] of different things that I feel
like I can bring to the table.
[13:37] So, um, I appreciate this
opportunity. I was still always
[13:41] support our library, still
bring my family there with my
[13:43] kids there. Um, and work with
all the programs and
[13:46] opportunities that that it
gives. So I'm just excited to
[13:50] possibly have this opportunity
to serve on the board and to
[13:53] continue to operate, um, this
fine establishment for our
[13:56] community. Thank you.
[13:57] Thank you.
[13:58] Thank you, Miss Shackelford.
[14:00] So, uh, board members, um, this
is a great problem to have, but
[14:06] it is no doubt a problem
because it is going to be a
[14:09] very difficult decision to make
this appointment. Um, the
[14:12] policy of the board is to hear
from the applicants, um, at a
[14:17] meeting and make the subsequent
appointment at the following
[14:22] meeting. So, uh, we appreciate
your interest. We appreciate
[14:26] your, um, speaking tonight,
telling us a little bit about
[14:31] yourselves and, um, and, of
course, your interest in
[14:35] serving our community as a
member of the board for the
[14:39] library. Thank you. Appreciate
it. Motion to receive and file
[14:46] the, uh, uh, comments.
[14:48] I'll make that motion a
receiving file.
[14:50] I'll second.
[14:51] That..
[14:52] Any further discussion? Roll
call, please.
[14:59] Treasurer Aiello.
[14:59] Yes.
[15:00] Trustee Kress. Yes. Trustee.
[15:02] Wade. Yes. Trustee Matuzak.
[15:04] Yes. Supervisor. Gieleghem.
[15:06] Yes. Trustee. King. Yes. Clerk
Meltzer. Yes. Motion passes.
[15:09] Okay.
[15:11] And that brings us to, uh, item
number three, a recommendation
[15:16] for appointment of applicant to
the EDC.
[15:19] There are three terms open on
the Economic Development
[15:21] Corporation. There is one full
term that will expire July
[15:25] 10th, 2029, and two partial
terms, one expiring July 10th,
[15:30] 2027 and one expiring July
10th, 2028. The committee holds
[15:35] terms of six years in adherence
to Michigan statute. The
[15:38] supervisor brings forth the
applicant listed below for
[15:41] introduction and approval. The
appointment, William Shoemaker,
[15:44] term July 10th, 2029. The
application for appointment is
[15:49] attached for a year. Review for
policy guidelines and
[15:51] invitation has been extended to
the applicant to attend the
[15:54] September 8th, 2026 board
meeting, where an opportunity
[15:57] will be given three minutes to
address the board. Thank you
[15:59] for your time and consideration
this matter. Sincerely, Paul
[16:02] Gieleghem, supervisor.
[16:04] Okay, Will. Um, same as before
with the last agenda item.
[16:11] Three minutes to introduce
yourself to the board.
[16:13] Okay.
[16:15] Well.
[16:16] Thank you for having me here
today. And good evening. Thank
[16:18] you for giving me the
opportunity to officially
[16:20] introduce myself. My name is
William Shoemaker, and I'm
[16:24] excited to consider for the
Economic Development Committee
[16:26] because I profoundly care for
the well-being and integrity of
[16:29] our community. I've a master's
in Public Administration
[16:32] student at Oakland University
with a keen interest in serving
[16:35] and responsible steward and
local government. I also work
[16:38] as a security professional at
PNC Corporate Office in Troy,
[16:42] Michigan. Through my
occupation, I've had the
[16:44] privilege of working alongside
banking executives who not only
[16:48] manage the financials of
businesses and individuals, but
[16:51] also give back to the community
through nonprofits and
[16:53] philanthropic initiatives.
[16:55] Additionally, my past work at
the Warren Ascension Hospital
[16:58] as a volunteer and an air
registration staff member has
[17:02] acutely made present to me my
inherent duty to stand for
[17:06] those who cannot stand for
themselves. As an aspiring MBA
[17:09] student who is about to
graduate this upcoming
[17:12] December, I would love to do
the same right here in our
[17:14] community. I firmly believe
that solidarity through shared
[17:18] collaboration, a willingness to
listen, and the ability to see
[17:22] others perspectives, especially
in tough situations, and
[17:25] working towards a compelling
vision that delivers impactful
[17:27] results in the community,
establishes the bedrock of
[17:30] change that is trust. As a
father and as somebody who has
[17:35] worked my hands in construction
and has spent years studying
[17:38] public administration and
healthcare related coursework,
[17:41] mostly pre-medical studies,
while trying to become a
[17:43] doctor. At one point, I have
developed a deep passion for
[17:46] the core values of responsible
leadership a resilient hard
[17:49] work ethic, and the academic
acumen to think critically and
[17:52] strategically. I would love to
use my experience in
[17:55] leadership, collaborative
teamwork, and problem solving
[17:57] to faithfully serve our beloved
community with integrity,
[18:00] professionalism, creativity,
and hard work. Thank you for
[18:04] taking the time to consider me.
[18:05] I would be very excited to
serve here at Clinton Township.
[18:07] Thank you.
[18:08] Thank you all.
[18:09] Okay.
[18:11] Um, so, uh, I, I want to
mention, um, the positions of
[18:17] committees are posted on the
website. Um, we are seeking a
[18:23] lot of different community
members that have the interest
[18:28] in presenting their expertise
and their experience. Uh, we
[18:33] greatly appreciate the work
that our committees do. And,
[18:38] um, this one happens to have
more openings than applicants
[18:44] that have applied. So when the
staff alerted me to Will's
[18:50] application, um, I didn't know
who he was. Uh, considering
[18:54] this is a supervisor's
appointment with, uh, the
[18:59] board, uh, and can, uh, excuse
me, board confirmation. Um, uh,
[19:08] I after the conversation, I was
glad to, uh, submit him for
[19:14] appointment. Uh, so we can, uh,
postpone this at the pleasure
[19:18] of the board until the next
meeting. Or we could move
[19:21] forward with the appointment
this evening. Uh, miss Meltzer.
[19:24] Um, I think we've heard an
impressive, uh, explanation of
[19:29] who he is. Background. And at
this time, I'd be open to
[19:33] making a motion to appoint him
tonight at.
[19:35] The meeting. Okay.
[19:37] And I would note that his
background check is included in
[19:39] the packet.
[19:40] Okay.
[19:41] So motion and support. Um, any
further discussion? Roll call.
[19:47] Please. To receive the letter
and to approve the appointment
[19:50] of Mr. William Shoemaker to the
EDC until July 10th of 2029.
[19:57] Thank you, Miss Meltzer.
[19:58] Okay.
[19:58] Did you say.
[19:59] Roll call? Roll call. I'm
sorry. I'm sorry.
[20:02] Uh Meltzer. Clerk Meltzer. Yes.
[20:04] Trustee Kress.
[20:05] Yes.
[20:06] Trustee. Wade.
[20:07] Yes.
[20:07] Trustee Matuzak.
[20:08] Yes.
[20:09] Supervisor. Gieleghem.
[20:10] Yes.
[20:11] Trustee King. Yes. Treasurer
Aiello. Yes.
[20:13] Motion passes. Okay.
[20:15] Congratulations.
[20:16] Yes.
[20:17] And board members. Um, I was
remiss. Um, wanted to let you
[20:23] know before we move on to the
next agenda item. We're joined
[20:25] this evening by Miss Lisa
Wilson, who is the elected
[20:30] official, uh, for Clinton Dale
Community Schools, one of their
[20:33] board members. And we
appreciate her attendance in
[20:36] the audience tonight.
[20:37] Very much.
[20:38] Okay.
[20:39] Thank you.
[20:40] Uh, that brings us to, uh, item
number four. Uh, presentation
[20:45] of the audited financial
statements in which we have
[20:49] our, um, auditing firm from
Plante Moran. Uh, as well as
[20:55] our accounting and finance
team. So, uh, without, uh, Miss
[21:01] Meltzer, I don't think we have
a letter. I think we just have
[21:03] the packet. Right.
[21:04] So.
[21:05] Yeah, we can. I mean, they can
proceed. I generally they start
[21:07] their presentation.
[21:08] I think we can just. Yep. Move
forward.
[21:10] Unless you want.
[21:11] Me a gentleman. You have the
floor.
[21:12] Great.
[21:13] Good evening. Very happy to be
here. Ali Hijazi, partner with
[21:16] Plant Moran. Uh, with me here
today is Cameron Lavergne. Uh,
[21:20] audit manager, uh, on the
audit. And we're here to
[21:23] present the results for the
township's March 31st, 2026,
[21:28] uh, audits. Uh, we have
prepared a slide deck to walk
[21:31] through the summary of the the
results, but just thought I'd
[21:36] provide a few opening comments
before we jump into the the
[21:38] details of the presentation. So
our audit consists of really
[21:43] three audits. We audit the
township's financial
[21:46] statements, we audit your
compliance with your federal
[21:49] spending, and we audit the
separately issued financial
[21:52] statements for the police and
fire pension plan. So those are
[21:56] the that's the scope of our
work. And I get the pleasure of,
[22:02] uh, communicating that there
are clean, unmodified opinions
[22:07] on all of the audits that we've
conducted, which is exactly
[22:10] what you want to see from your
external audit firm. It means
[22:13] the financial statements that
we've audited are presented in
[22:16] accordance with the
requirements of the generally
[22:20] accepted accounting principles.
[22:21] It means that you've complied
with your federal spending that
[22:25] we audited, and really is the
highest level of assurance that
[22:29] we can issue in these audits.
[22:30] So it's exactly what you want
to see from your external, um,
[22:34] auditors. Before I turn it over
to Cameron to walk through some
[22:38] of the financial highlights, I
did want to just take a moment
[22:41] to thank the Township board for
your partnership. The staff,
[22:45] especially the finance, um,
department and their
[22:49] leadership. And, uh, ushering
this audit process from start
[22:53] to finish, but also the
participation of all the
[22:55] township's department heads,
employees, staff, um, the
[22:58] departments of the three full
time elected officials. It's a
[23:01] very collaborative, transparent
process, and we appreciate the
[23:04] collaboration. You know, we we
do our best to kind of, uh,
[23:07] throw you off your, your game.
[23:09] But, uh, you know, you don't
hold that against us. So we
[23:12] really appreciate it. And with
that, I'll turn it over to
[23:14] Cameron to walk through the
financial results.
[23:19] Thanks, Ali. As Ali mentioned,
I'll be walking through the the
[23:24] detailed slides here. So let me
scroll down to our next one.
[23:27] Um, this slide covers the
trends in general. General fund
[23:32] revenue from 2025 to 2026. And
then also presents budgeted
[23:36] amounts for the next four
years. What you'll note based
[23:40] on this slide is that there is
a decrease in total revenue
[23:44] from 2025 to 2026. Um, that was
largely driven by that other
[23:50] category there, that orange one
at the bottom, that category
[23:53] includes such items as cable
franchise fees, inspection fees
[23:56] and things of similar nature.
[23:58] You'll note that property tax
revenue increased from the
[24:03] prior year from about 3.1
million to 3.2 million, um,
[24:09] consistent with a 5% increase
year over year. And you'll
[24:12] notice a projected increase
from 2027 to 2030. In a similar
[24:15] fashion, um, another source of
revenue that I'll highlight
[24:18] here, uh, state sources, which
includes your state shared
[24:20] revenue payments, uh, increased
from 2025 to 2026. Uh, though
[24:26] you'll note a projected
decrease over the next four
[24:29] years, highlighting some state
budgetary, uh, measure changes
[24:34] that are anticipated here in
the next few years. The next
[24:42] slide highlights the general
fund expenditures. So trends
[24:45] from 2025 all the way to 2030
projected. You'll see an
[24:49] increase in expenditures from
21.4 million to 21.9 million
[24:55] from 2025 to 2026. And a slight
projected increase in the 2027
[25:00] budget year. Uh, largely driven
by an increase in expenditures
[25:04] in the clerk's department with
an upcoming, um, congressional
[25:07] election that is going to
require some work there. Um,
[25:11] you'll also notice a projected
decrease in expenditures from
[25:15] 2028 to 2030, um, largely due
to the, um, retiree health care
[25:20] and MERS pension plan, uh,
contributions beginning to
[25:23] decrease in that time frame.
[25:29] Uh, moving on to this slide,
which covers the general fund
[25:32] fund balance, the equity of the
general fund, uh, you'll notice
[25:36] that there was an increase to
the fund balance, um, from 2025
[25:42] to 2026. Um, you'll also
notice, um, a projected
[25:48] decrease over the next few
years that's largely, uh, I
[25:51] mean, it is a relationship
between revenues and
[25:53] expenditures. So with revenues
being less than expenditures
[25:56] over the next few years, you'll
see that that decrease that I
[25:59] highlighted there. Um,
important to to highlight the
[26:02] the continued importance of
intentionality and care that is
[26:06] crucial to making decisions
that will be, you know, putting
[26:09] the township in a in a strong
financial position going
[26:12] forward. Our next slide here
moves on to a different
[26:21] governmental fund, the police
fund. And it presents the fund
[26:24] the fund's revenues and
expenditures from the same time
[26:27] horizon as as the previous
slides. Uh, you'll notice the
[26:30] bars on this chart representing
the revenues, while the the
[26:34] lines behind that would
highlight the the different
[26:38] expenditure categories. Um, in
terms of, expenditures, you
[26:44] would see an increase in public
safety expenditures year over
[26:47] year, um, largely attributable
to double contributions that
[26:51] are being made to the
township's police and fire
[26:54] pension plan. Um, in an efforts
to improve the funding position
[26:57] there. And you'll also notice
budgeted increases. Um, related
[27:02] to those contributions from
2028 to 2030, noting that would
[27:05] be an additional 0.5 as opposed
to a double contribution in
[27:09] those periods. You'll also
notice on the revenue side of
[27:12] things, an increase in property
tax revenue year over year. Um,
[27:15] consistent with the trends that
we had discussed in the general
[27:18] fund. This slide highlights the
police funds fund balance or
[27:26] equity. Um, you'll notice the
increase or a slight decrease
[27:32] from 2025 to 2026 in this area.
[27:36] Um, the difference between
these two bars on this chart,
[27:39] the blue versus the orange, um,
you'll notice, um, the total
[27:43] fund balance being the blue
chart and the orange being the
[27:46] available fund balance. The
difference between those being
[27:49] the timing of when the township
collects your property tax, um,
[27:52] payments from residents and
just the, the impact that that
[27:55] would have on the fund balance
there, what's available to be
[27:58] spent. Next slide will look a
lot like the last one though.
[28:07] This one discusses the fire
fund revenues and expenditures
[28:12] over the same time horizon.
[28:13] You'll notice an increase in
public safety expenditures from
[28:18] 2025 to 2026. Once again, that
reflects those double
[28:21] contributions being made to the
police and fire pension system
[28:24] during those periods. And then
8.5 contribution. Additionally,
[28:28] from the 2028 to 2030 period,
um, you may notice the the
[28:32] increase in capital outlay. So
capital expenditures in that
[28:35] 2029 projected year, reflecting
planned purchases of fire
[28:40] trucks and other, um,
firefighting equipment there
[28:43] during that period. This slide
presents the fire fund trend in
[28:52] fund balance from 2025 to
projected to 2030. Um, the same
[28:57] principles on the total fund
balance and the available fund
[28:59] balance piece. You'll notice a
a projected trend upwards from
[29:06] 34.5 million in 2025, projected
to be 50.3 million by 2030. In
[29:13] terms of total fund balance for
the fire fund. Next slide
[29:21] highlights the township's water
and sewer fund. Uh, showing
[29:25] trends in revenues and expenses
from 2025 to 2026, as well as
[29:31] what's budgeted for 2027. Uh,
the orange bars there will be
[29:35] your your revenues, while your
teal and blue bar will be your
[29:38] expenses. Um, positive
operating income. Um, during
[29:43] the last two years, projected
also to 2027, one item to note
[29:48] very bottom of the chart there.
[29:50] There are certain amounts
included for not included above
[29:53] that do reflect payments made
on existing debt, as well as
[29:59] capital purchases over the
2020, 2025 to 2027 years that
[30:04] you can see there at the
bottom, ranging from 15.2
[30:07] million up to 16.9 million
projected for 2027. The next
[30:17] schedule highlights the the
township's debt service
[30:20] schedule, um, differentiating
between what is township issued
[30:24] debt versus what is, uh, debt.
[30:26] That is the responsibility of
the township issued by certain
[30:30] drain authorities, um, for
capital projects that are
[30:33] benefiting multiple different
communities. You'll see a net
[30:37] reduction in the total debt
balance of $3.9 million from
[30:42] the prior year. Um, consistent
with paying down existing debt.
[30:46] And I'll turn it over to Allie
to highlight the last slide
[30:48] that we have here.
[30:52] Thanks, Cameron. So we always
conclude our presentation to
[30:57] talk about the township's long
term liabilities associated
[31:01] with pension and retiree health
care. And I just want to maybe
[31:04] reiterate a couple things that
Cameron mentioned. You know,
[31:08] one is that, you know, your
revenue sources, property taxes
[31:13] and state shared revenue. A lot
of that is on the state. Shared
[31:17] revenue is somewhat outside of
your control. We've seen that
[31:20] over the last couple of
decades. Um, and then property
[31:23] taxes, the way that works in
the state of Michigan, there's
[31:26] there's some constraints around
that increasing beyond an
[31:30] inflationary amount due to
unless you're in a community,
[31:33] has lots of new development. So
depending on if you're
[31:36] comparing communities, um, the
amount of available new
[31:41] development, uh, has a material
impact on how much new property
[31:45] tax revenue you can realize an
excess of inflation. So if your
[31:48] costs go beyond inflation and
you don't really have a lot of
[31:50] new development room for new
development, you know, your
[31:52] property tax revenue is kind of
constrained to inflationary
[31:56] increases, which is what
Cameron was pointing out
[31:59] related to the property tax
revenue increases being just
[32:02] consistent with inflation. So
then when you get to these long
[32:06] term liabilities, what this
slide is showing is the
[32:10] township's three, um, the two
pension plans and the retiree
[32:13] health care plan. The first
column shows for the most
[32:17] recent reporting period, the
first column shows the
[32:20] fiduciary net position or how
much have we set aside for
[32:22] these obligations, what the
total liability is. And that
[32:27] third column, what is unfunded.
[32:29] So what liabilities have we
incurred that we haven't set
[32:32] aside funds for. Uh, and so
that that total row at the
[32:35] bottom shows an $80.4 million
unfunded liability, which is
[32:41] what the township would need to
fund to be fully funded across
[32:44] these three plans. So a little
bit of context or historical
[32:47] context I think is helpful
here. So on the um, if you look
[32:51] at like that third column, the
retiree health care plan. So
[32:55] back in 2018, that was when
actually the accounting rules
[32:59] required that liability to get
booked on the township's full
[33:02] balance sheet. Uh, that was
never really a requirement
[33:05] before. It was only just a
footnote disclosure. Um, so
[33:08] back at that time, the
township's funding percentage
[33:11] for retiree health care was
about 42%. Just to give you
[33:16] some perspective there. And the
township made a conscious
[33:19] decision to fund more than what
was actually required to get
[33:23] that funding level up. So where
it is now, 95% is something I
[33:28] think the township should feel
really good about, because
[33:31] retiree health care for a lot
of communities back in 2018
[33:34] might have been zero. Maybe
some communities would have
[33:37] only been paying kind of what
they were incurring on an
[33:39] annual basis. So a lot of
progress there, and I think
[33:41] that's worth reflecting on. Uh,
for the General Employees
[33:43] pension plan, similar, um,
additional contributions were
[33:47] made to get that funding
percentage up. That wouldn't
[33:50] would have been sub 60% to 95%.
[33:57] So the trend has been very
positive there on the fire and
[33:59] police pension plan. That has
varied some. You can see the
[34:04] numbers are bigger in that
plan. So there's been a lot of
[34:07] um, contributing factors. But I
think 68% is uh is respectable
[34:12] for where it is today. But I
think the township's decision
[34:15] to do some additional funding
beyond the actual required
[34:18] contributions is also
consistent with trying to get
[34:21] our funding percentages up,
which is which is prudent. The
[34:24] contribution requirement in
that plan is a little higher.
[34:27] So as Cameron mentioned, that
goes down when you look at the
[34:30] projection, the projection
period. But I think continuing
[34:33] to remain focused on this
unfunded liability is um, is
[34:37] really what's going to allow
the township the flexibility
[34:40] down the line to make other
strategic investments, um, that
[34:45] are consistent with, with your
mission and values. So, um, so
[34:48] don't take your eye off the
ball on this $80 million
[34:51] liability. But but really great
progress. Um, so far and
[34:56] looking forward to seeing that
continue and continuing to
[34:59] report this, this positive
story. So with that, um, that
[35:03] brings us to the conclusion of
our prepared slide deck. We're
[35:07] happy to take any questions.
[35:09] I have a question. Yes, sir.
[35:12] Trustee Wade.
[35:13] Um, it's a three part question,
so kind of bear with me.
[35:18] On page two where it says
federal sources. It looks like
[35:24] we're getting money the first
two years, and then the
[35:27] following four years. We're
not. And then when you go to
[35:30] page five with the police
revenue.
[35:33] Yep.
[35:35] Where it says federal sources,
we continue getting money every
[35:38] year. And then when you go to
page seven to the fire fund, we
[35:43] get federal money for a couple
years and then it stops. But
[35:48] what's the difference in. those
funding or are we losing money.
[35:51] or you just don't know what the
amount is going to be?
[35:54] Yeah, I think it depends on
what the funding sources is. Do
[35:56] you want to take that.
[35:58] One?
[35:59] So in general fund and in fire
fund, it's going to be grant
[36:03] revenue. And we don't know what
the grant revenue will be in
[36:06] those years. So in projected
years we don't show anything
[36:09] for police. Um, it's probably
I'm not sure what the what the
[36:14] 38,000 is. My police.
[36:18] Um.
[36:19] I'm not sure what that is. Off
the top of my head, it's
[36:21] 38,000. I'm not sure I'd have
to look and see what it is, but
[36:25] that's why. Because with
federal money, when we. We
[36:27] never know what grants we're
going to have coming in. So we
[36:30] don't budget for it.
[36:31] Okay. So those zeros could be
populated with money.
[36:35] We just.
[36:36] They most likely will be. I
just don't know.
[36:37] What it is. Okay.
[36:38] Yeah.
[36:38] All right. Okay.
[36:41] Well you know what to that
point, um, so if we go to the
[36:49] general fund, uh, the federal
money, uh, the 25 and 26, if
[36:58] you could speak to that,
because I believe it's the
[37:02] infrastructure funds.
[37:04] No, it wouldn't be. Not in
general fund. The
[37:06] infrastructure funds are all
reflected in the capital
[37:09] improvement fund. Okay. And
that was already received in
[37:11] prior years. Okay. So these
would have been some grants
[37:14] that we got. I don't remember
off the top of.
[37:17] My head, I would suspect
probably mostly road funding.
[37:19] Um, not federal grants. No. The
federal grants.
[37:22] That wouldn't come into us.
[37:23] That would.
[37:25] Have that would have gone into
the county. So. Right. Yeah. So
[37:27] that.
[37:28] Yeah, this would have been some
of the grants that we got. It
[37:30] could have been some election
grants. I don't remember if we
[37:33] had any in 25, but it's going
to be smaller grants like that
[37:37] that add up to this.
[37:38] So 25 is 232,000 and 154,000.
[37:43] In uh 26 budget year. So that
does sound like election
[37:47] grants.
[37:48] But yeah, it could. be okay.
[37:49] But yeah.
[37:51] Great.
[37:52] Thank you. Any further
questions from the board
[37:54] members? Okay. I have just a
couple because I always do
[38:00] this. Sure. The, um, the fact
that the expenses exceed
[38:10] revenue in the general fund,
that is largely due to this
[38:17] unfunded liability and making
the prepayments. So not just
[38:23] what we were required to pay by
making double payments to catch
[38:28] up on those unfunded
liabilities. Because it's a
[38:32] promise to our employees that
we've hired to say, there's
[38:37] this pension system that's
available for you and there's
[38:40] retiree health care that is
available for you. And so we
[38:43] want to make sure that we have
the funds to meet that
[38:47] obligation that previous boards
in this board has committed to.
[38:51] Is that correct?
[38:52] That's correct. They've already
earned it. So now you're.
[38:54] Funding it. So that's why it's
reflected. exactly the, um,
[38:59] unfunded liability in the
police and fire pension fund.
[39:04] Um, there's always a number of
different figures to determine
[39:12] the actual funding percentage.
[39:16] Yeah.
[39:17] So there's based upon our
actuary report, there is based
[39:24] upon, by the way, the actuary
report is a smooth number. Yep.
[39:30] Which then calculates this over
time. And then there's the
[39:35] state requirement I believe
it's public Act 202.
[39:40] That's exactly right.
[39:41] Which then requires us to come
up with a certain number, which
[39:45] is a snapshot in time. And then
there's a Gatsby rule. Which
[39:50] one is this?
[39:51] This one. Thank you for
bringing that up. This one is
[39:54] the Gatsby accounting rule
framework for measuring that
[39:59] liability.
[40:00] So it's not based upon our
assumptions. It's not based
[40:03] upon the actuary assumptions or
the state assumptions, but
[40:06] rather a set of assumptions
created by general accounting.
[40:10] Yeah.
[40:11] It's management's assumptions,
but it's not the assumptions
[40:14] that are used to determine your
contribution or what the
[40:17] actuaries would follow.
[40:18] Okay.
[40:19] And also the state's
calculation is the state wants
[40:21] to see the number with their
assumptions for everybody, so
[40:24] they can compare.
[40:25] Right?
[40:26] Correct. So there's three
valuations that you get. We
[40:28] report the accounting one.
[40:29] Got it okay.
[40:31] I always like to bring that up
because the pension board
[40:36] operates on a set of
assumptions. That's right. And
[40:39] those assumptions are sort of
based upon historical
[40:42] perspective. And it's smooths
that over time. So it's a more
[40:47] accurate reflection as to what
the actual funding percentage
[40:50] is.
[40:51] Yes. Every valuation has its
purpose, and the one the board
[40:54] uses is appropriate for their
policy setting.
[40:57] I would gather that the actual
funded percentage is probably a
[41:01] little higher with, um, the
smooth figures.
[41:07] I thought you might ask that
question. So for, um, for
[41:12] police and fire pension, based
on the actuarial value of it's,
[41:15] it's 68.2 instead of it's a
little bit higher but not much.
[41:20] Okay.
[41:21] But we have made the commitment
to double those contributions.
[41:25] We did for this current year.
[41:27] And for uh, we do last last
year in this year. Yes, yes.
[41:30] And then an additional half for
the projected years.
[41:34] Okay.
[41:36] Yeah. But another consideration
of those assumptions are market
[41:39] returns. Is that correct?
[41:41] Yes.
[41:41] So market tanks are funded.
[41:45] Percentage could tank.
[41:46] Yes.
[41:47] Putting us at risk.
[41:49] Yes.
[41:50] So well that's the reason for
the actual value why they use a
[41:53] smoothed uh return so that it's
you don't see the big
[41:57] fluctuations that you see with
the accounting rules.
[42:00] Yes. Okay.
[42:01] Um, and then is it fair to, uh,
suggest that we are a mature
[42:11] plan? Yes. Which generally
means being an older community.
[42:14] We actually have more people
retired collecting from the
[42:18] system than we have people
working. Paying into the
[42:21] system. Is that correct? That's
correct. Okay. So that funded
[42:24] percentage is, um, an important
number, but a commitment that
[42:31] you believe it's responsible to
make now?
[42:34] Yes.
[42:35] To double those contributions.
[42:37] Yes.
[42:38] Okay.
[42:39] Yeah. We need to get that
funding level up. It's
[42:40] continued to decline. And at
some point if we don't do
[42:43] something, the state's going to
require us to. Yep. That's the
[42:46] purpose of the PA 202 to make
sure your funding level isn't
[42:49] dropping.
[42:50] Or the state's going to bail
out the communities that were,
[42:52] um, fiscally irresponsible.
[42:54] Let's not be there.
[42:55] We've seen that before.
[42:56] But.
[42:57] Um, okay. And then, um, I want
to go to the debt. Most of the
[43:04] debt is not necessarily related
to township debt, but
[43:09] obligations that we have, which
is part of a water and sewer
[43:13] system where we are connected
to the county. The county's
[43:17] connected to all of the other
counties. So it becomes a
[43:21] regional system. And it's that
maintenance that is probably
[43:26] responsible for the majority of
the debt that the township has.
[43:29] Yeah. That's correct. 37.6
million of it is county issued
[43:35] debt. County drain drainage
district issued debt.
[43:37] Okay. Yeah.
[43:39] All right. And then just one
other question. And that is we
[43:42] know that the court we're a
part of a court district 41 B
[43:46] District Court. Um, which used
to operate at a surplus and is
[43:52] now operating at a deficit,
which then places us in the
[43:57] position, along with Mount
Clemens and Harrison Township,
[43:59] is having to pay that debt.
[44:01] Correct?
[44:03] Um, whatever shortfall they
have, we're required to pick it
[44:06] up, right?
[44:07] Yes.
[44:08] That is.
[44:09] At least our share of it. which
we're about 72% of the overall.
[44:12] That's correct. Three
communities combined.
[44:13] Yes.
[44:15] Okay. That used to come out of
the police fund, did it not?
[44:17] It did until because the
surpluses went into the police
[44:21] fund. So we took the deficit
out of the police fund until
[44:24] that surplus was used up. It is
now used up. And I think in
[44:28] this fiscal year is once when
it was used up. And the general
[44:32] fund has taken over that
subsidy.
[44:34] Yep.
[44:35] So that's a big hit to the
general fund moving forward.
[44:37] Um, okay.
[44:39] All right. That concludes my
questions. Any other questions
[44:43] from.
[44:44] The board?
[44:45] Um Trustee Matuzak.
[44:47] My annual question.
[44:49] Yes.
[44:52] Belle Isle Conservatory
Conservancy, the executive
[44:57] director made off with $40
million. And while I understand
[45:03] the audit doesn't look to see
if anyone's embezzling any
[45:08] funds, you do look to see the
procedures are in place.
[45:12] We do. And if we thought there
was an opportunity for somebody
[45:16] to do that on their own, we
would be required to report
[45:19] that. So when we look at your
internal controls over cash
[45:21] work in the Treasurer's office,
that is something we are
[45:24] looking for regardless of
whether it happened or not.
[45:26] We're just looking for the
opportunity. We did not
[45:28] identify any situations like
that.
[45:30] I appreciate that fact.
[45:32] Of course. Okay.
[45:37] What motion are we looking for.
[45:39] Here?
[45:41] Motion to receive and file the
presentation from Marianne on
[45:43] the audited financial
statements for Clinton Township.
[45:46] I'll second that.
[45:49] Okay. Moved in. Supported. Any
further discussion? Roll call,
[45:55] please.
[45:57] Trustee Matuzak.
[45:58] Yes.
[45:58] Treasurer Aiello.
[45:59] Yes.
[45:59] Trustee Wade.
[46:00] Yes.
[46:01] Trustee Kress.
[46:02] Yes.
[46:03] Supervisor. Gieleghem.
[46:04] Yes.
[46:04] Trustee.
[46:05] King. Yes.
[46:05] Clerk Meltzer. Yes. Motion
passes.
[46:07] Thank you, thank you.
[46:08] Thank you, Plant Moran. And
thank you. Finance and
[46:11] Accounting team for the
diligent work that you do
[46:13] throughout the year. Uh, and
particularly with this audit.
[46:24] Item number five, request
approval of the temporary
[46:28] structure permit for nice and
naughty. Uh, address on Hall
[46:33] Road.
[46:34] So the petitioner sent in a
letter basically stating the
[46:39] temporary structure permit
application, um, to the
[46:43] building department earlier and
as well as the site plan and
[46:46] signed approval from the
property owner. Those are all
[46:49] contained in this. And the
event description is the event
[46:53] is a fall festival. The outdoor
portion will take up to 53 by
[46:56] 53 foot set of parking spaces.
[47:00] No drivable areas of the Allied
or any street will be used. We
[47:03] plan to use 2 to 3 canopy tents
ten by 1010ft each, and we'll
[47:08] have a free standing rig for
aerial acrobat performers. I'm
[47:13] unsure the exact dimensions of
the aerial rig, but I'm told
[47:17] that it will take up no more
than 15 by 15ft, and it's
[47:21] approximately 12ft tall.
[47:23] Performers will not be
displaying any nudity or
[47:26] anything. Otherwise explicit.
[47:28] There will be small carnival
style games, no inflatables or
[47:32] other semi-permanent
installations, all tabletop
[47:36] sized and easily removed. At
the end of the event, we will
[47:39] not be charging for admission
nor charging to play games.
[47:43] Games will have small
non-monetary prizes. We, for
[47:47] example, coupons, condoms,
sample size massage oils. There
[47:52] will be no outdoor sales.
[47:54] Amplified sound will be minimal
and will not cross any of the
[47:57] thresholds defined in code.
[47:59] Please let me know anything if
I can do to make this process
[48:03] smooth. Thank you. Chris
Flagger, Director of Operations
[48:07] at Nissan Naughty.
[48:10] Mr. flag, you're in attendance.
[48:12] If we could step forward.
[48:14] Sir.
[48:15] Questions from the board. Well,
first of all, I want to give
[48:19] you the opportunity to, um,
give us as clear picture as
[48:24] possible on what is going to be
taking place at this event.
[48:27] Sure, absolutely. So, uh.
[48:29] Good evening. My name is Chris
Pfleger. I'm the director of
[48:31] operations for the Nice and
Naughty stores. Um, the outdoor
[48:35] portion of this event, uh, as
as the letter said, no outdoor
[48:39] sales or anything else in that
neck of the woods. So, uh, my
[48:43] site plan depicts, uh, three
canopy tents, ten foot by ten
[48:47] foot canopy tents. I'm unsure
at this stage whether we'll end
[48:50] up using 2 or 3 at those canopy
tents will be an informational
[48:54] booth about the store's loyalty
program, and we 1 to 2 carnival
[48:59] games, uh, carnival style
games. We're thinking about,
[49:02] like, a ring toss and a ping
pong ball toss. I do want to be
[49:05] clear, owing to the nature of
our business, nothing outdoor
[49:09] will be explicit or obscene in
any way, so I don't I we don't
[49:12] anticipate to have any, any
body part style items. No, no
[49:16] adult toys. Nothing like that
visible on the outside of the
[49:19] building. Um, the aerial
performers have a freestanding
[49:22] rig. I did also, I believe,
include in the in the message
[49:25] their certificate of insurance,
which does name our store as
[49:28] the insured as well. Um, if I
did not, please let me know I
[49:31] have that. I will send it to
you. Um, the aerial performers
[49:34] will be doing. They have a
freestanding, uh, Lyra rig. So
[49:38] it's a ring rig. So it'll be
there'll be spinning, there'll
[49:41] be dancing, silks, that kind of
thing. They also have, uh, what
[49:45] they call ambient flow
performers. So folks that will
[49:47] be walking around, um, both in
the demarcated outdoor area and
[49:51] inside the store, uh, with
things like, again, ribbons
[49:55] fans that they're going to be
kind of dancing and moving
[49:57] around with. That's that's
pretty much the extent of what
[50:00] we'll be doing in the outdoor
portion.
[50:04] I Trustee Kress and Trustee
Matuzak. Yeah.
[50:08] Um.
[50:10] Do you consider this a family
friendly event?
[50:13] Uh, so we are we're calling it
an adult only event. That's how
[50:17] we're billing it. I do intend
to have. We have staff at the
[50:22] games and things like that.
[50:23] Checking IDs as we would for
customers coming into the
[50:26] store. But that said, I do want
to, uh, again, emphasize that
[50:31] nothing outdoors will be will
be obscene or explicit adult
[50:34] material. So I don't know how
to how to classify that.
[50:36] For instance, you're talking
about, um, uh, playing games,
[50:40] right? Uh, with non-monetary
prizes such as coupons and
[50:44] condoms and massage oils. So
what's to stop an anxious child
[50:51] from participating? Um, I know
it's not roped off. It's just
[50:55] freestanding tents. What?
[50:57] What's your plan as far as to
to excluding children?
[51:00] Sure. So we will have we will
have staff stationed outside at
[51:03] one of those canopy tents and
checking IDs for anyone who
[51:06] appears that they may not be of
age, similar to the way that we
[51:09] did would in the store.
[51:10] And it also says performers
will not be displaying any
[51:14] nudity or anything otherwise
explicit. Now that's the
[51:17] performers themselves. What
about staff?
[51:20] Oh absolutely not. No, we don't
allow our staff to have to
[51:23] display any nudity or any body
parts or anything like that.
[51:25] Okay.
[51:26] As far as wardrobe, I mean, is
it a.
[51:28] So our staff typically wear
business casual standard retail
[51:32] attire. So they'll be wearing a
t shirt or a polo. They'll be
[51:35] in khakis or jeans, something
in that neck of the woods.
[51:37] Okay. In addition to the aerial
performer, it says here that
[51:41] you're going to have, um, it
says aerial performer,
[51:45] freestanding freestanding
rigging with fire performance.
[51:49] What exactly is the fire
performance and has the fire
[51:53] department signed off.
[51:54] On that? Sure. So I have not
gotten anything from from the
[51:57] fire department at this stage.
[51:59] I set my application in. I was
told to show up here. So that's
[52:01] that's the kind of the process
that I've taken thus far. Um, I
[52:03] do also want to emphasize that,
uh, as I, as I said in the
[52:07] application, um, I wasn't sure
what kind of fire stunts might
[52:12] be allowed. I'm perfectly happy
to cut that. If the if the
[52:14] board doesn't deem that
appropriate. Um, but what our
[52:18] performers do, they so they do
fire eating and they do fire
[52:21] dancing. So, um, it would be
kind of, you know, small
[52:24] handheld pieces being moved
around the body of the
[52:26] performers.
[52:27] And what are the hours of
operation for these towns.
[52:30] For the for the event? Uh, 6 to
9 p.m..
[52:33] Okay. Um, I apologize, I don't
remember your title. What is
[52:36] your title?
[52:36] Director of operations.
[52:38] Um, have you had this sort of,
um. Um, happening? Go on. At
[52:43] any of your other locations?
[52:44] Not yet. So we will be doing it
at all five locations over the
[52:47] coming couple of weeks. Uh, we
start next week in Saginaw, but
[52:50] we have not none. None have
occurred thus far.
[52:52] Okay. And I see you've got
permission. Is this from the
[52:55] building owner?
[52:55] Yeah.
[52:56] The property owner. Correct?
[52:57] Yeah. Um, do you have the
consent of your neighbors? Um,
[53:01] have you talked to your
neighbors? For instance, the
[53:04] Mexican restaurant next door
and, um, no.
[53:07] I have not. No, I wasn't aware
that was necessary.
[53:09] No, I'm just curious if they're
if they're in support of your
[53:12] event.
[53:12] I have not sought their
consent.
[53:14] Okay.
[53:15] All right.
[53:15] Thank you.
[53:18] Trustee Matuzak.
[53:20] Excuse me for not knowing this.
[53:21] Is there a brick and mortar? Do
you have a brick and mortar
[53:24] shop here?
[53:25] Yeah, yeah, yeah. Um, at in
front of that location? Yeah.
[53:28] In front of that location. So
it's position between Juan
[53:34] Miguel's and Advance America?
[53:36] Yeah. I'm trying to figure that
out on the map.
[53:38] Yeah. Or the or the the the
packing track or advance. I
[53:41] forget now which one is
directly on the other side of
[53:43] the store, but. Yes. Okay.
[53:44] All right. I would think, um,
it would be important to check
[53:48] in with your neighbors about
how they feel about this when
[53:53] we approve festival sorts of
things, they're usually in a
[53:57] churchyard where it's the
church, and there's maybe
[54:00] houses around it, but it's
usually in a smaller location.
[54:05] Uh, Juan Miguel's when it's, uh,
Cinco de Mayo, we allow them to
[54:11] put a tent up. So it's not that
different for me, but I'm. I
[54:16] don't know, this one. It's like.
[54:21] I can see people coming to Juan
Miguel's who may not like what
[54:27] you're doing, and I would argue
that that's their problem. I
[54:31] don't think you're going to do
anything.
[54:33] Obviously, that's going to be
my stance as well. I mean, that
[54:35] is the nature of of the adult
business. We are very aware
[54:40] that there is always going to
be somebody in our vicinity
[54:42] who's not not thrilled with
what we're doing. I really make
[54:44] every effort to be fully
compliant with, you know, with
[54:47] all ordinances and every
township where we operate. Um,
[54:50] you know, doing these events
has been an interesting
[54:52] experience because I'm
operating in five different
[54:54] municipalities. Everyone has
their own, you know, their own,
[54:57] uh, ordinances, obviously, but
I have been making every effort
[55:00] to ensure that everything is
compliant. So, yeah, I
[55:03] recognize there may be, you
know, someone who objects, um,
[55:06] but that's where we are.
[55:08] And your staff is prepared to
sort of deal with people who
[55:12] may hopefully.
[55:13] Again, that's that is part of
that is part of being in the
[55:16] adult business. It does happen.
[55:17] Sometimes people stand outside
or come in the store and and
[55:20] complain or, you know, say mean
things to us. Uh, I could share
[55:25] a litany of rude things that
other business owners or cities
[55:28] have said to me over the years.
[55:31] Um, but yes, our staff is.
[55:32] But. your your purpose is to
de-escalate that as.
[55:35] Opposed to. Very much so. Yeah.
[55:36] I mean, we we want to be good
neighbors. We want to be good
[55:38] stewards of the, of the area
that we occupy. We want to be
[55:41] good, you know, residents of
the communities that we operate
[55:43] in.
[55:44] Okay. And I will say that, uh,
the Macomb County Pride Fest in
[55:49] downtown Mount Clemens had that
sort of rigging aerial show,
[55:54] the big circle.
[55:55] I believe I could be mistaken,
but I believe it's the same.
[55:58] It's the same. I was going to
say it's probably the same
[56:00] thing. It was really quite
beautiful. Yeah.
[56:02] The way they the manager of the
Clinton location met them at.
[56:04] The aerial work, and their fire
was just what I would describe
[56:09] in my day and age as a fire
baton, you know, um, that we
[56:13] used to have in high school
football games. So. All right.
[56:16] Thank you very much. Absolutely.
[56:19] Miss Meltzer.
[56:21] Thank you, mister supervisor
Suarez, thanks for bringing
[56:24] this forward and complying with
our rules and ordinances and
[56:27] respecting that. Um, so it
looks like it's just going to
[56:31] be a three hour event. Is this
kind of like a pilot project,
[56:33] something that you guys are
trying out? I know you said
[56:36] you're going to also perform in
other your other locations.
[56:39] Will it be for that amount of
time as well and with the same
[56:43] format?
[56:44] Correct? Yes. So in all five
locations, we're essentially
[56:46] copy pasting the same event.
[56:47] The only thing that's going to
be changed in and out are what
[56:49] performers will be there just
for kind of locality reasons.
[56:52] Um, so I don't know if I would
call this a test event, but
[56:56] this is we're kind of using it
as like the the centerpiece of
[56:59] our fall marketing kickoff. So,
um, I'm pretty new with nice
[57:02] and naughty. I've only been in
this position about six months,
[57:04] so we're playing around with
how we want to do events and
[57:07] promotions and marketing going
forward. So assuming, you know,
[57:10] Township approves everything
and then the event goes, well,
[57:13] I can foresee us doing
something outdoors maybe once
[57:15] or twice a year. But that's
that's pretty conjectural.
[57:18] Okay. And then when when. Have
you been there when they've had
[57:22] Cinco de Mayo. Bye.
[57:23] No, I have not.
[57:24] Done so. You've not heard, um.
[57:27] Do they? You don't know if that
location ever asked you guys or
[57:31] informs you guys of the event
that they're taking going to
[57:34] take place?
[57:35] And my understanding is, again,
I haven't been a part of it. I
[57:37] have I've spoken a lot with the
manager of the Clinton Township
[57:40] location about that. My
understanding is they've never
[57:43] sought her her consent in any
way.
[57:45] For and there's been no
problems with, with any of the
[57:48] events that they've had on that
property for your business.
[57:52] No.
[57:53] Not not to my knowledge.
[57:54] Certainly.
[57:55] Okay. Yeah. Um, okay. Um, there
was one other question
[57:59] regarding the fire. Um, I would
like our we do have our fire
[58:03] chief here today. Um, I was
hoping not to put him on the
[58:06] spot, but if I can ask, do you
have any concerns or do you
[58:10] need to verify exactly what
this fire display is going to?
[58:14] How big it will be, what the
potential danger is before we
[58:18] can make a decision to approve
or or not. This request.
[58:21] Sorry, Mr.. Supervisor board.
[58:23] Uh, obviously, the
documentation was.
[58:26] Provided.
[58:27] Was rather lacking in regards
to the fire portion of the of
[58:30] the performance. I did have a
general conversation with the
[58:33] fire Marshal of potentiality.
[58:35] Uh, the concern was any fire
activity taking place,
[58:38] obviously under the, uh, the
tents or in the location such
[58:40] as that. And then, uh, with the
fire marshal, uh, actually with
[58:44] the conversation as well, that
if the fire batons as was
[58:48] described is what we kind of
looked, a little bit of
[58:50] research had been past
practice, uh, having a fire
[58:53] extinguisher available and a
area that does not allow public,
[58:57] the aforementioned children and
those other concerns into the
[58:59] display or the activity area
that would be deemed to be
[59:03] sufficient in regards to the
ability to control. That would
[59:06] be most like a small fire and
keeping, um, textiles and up
[59:10] and type of fuels, obviously
things for safety away from
[59:13] the, the performance site.
[59:14] So but, but they cannot have
that fire underneath the
[59:18] portion of the tent. Is that
correct.
[59:20] That'd be correct. And fire
Marshal will certainly
[59:21] verbalize that as a concern. I
would agree with that as well.
[59:23] Just we'll have a congregation
of folks there as well, as well
[59:27] as the the area under the tent
would be unsafe..
[59:29] So that aerial, um, machine,
whatever, that's basically
[59:34] where the fire is going to be
like above.
[59:36] So, yeah.
[59:37] So, um, that's one of the
reasons I mentioned some
[59:40] flexibility in kind of how many
canopy tents we will be, we
[59:43] will be using if, if we would
be having fire performances,
[59:47] then that would be essentially
taking one of the places of the
[59:49] canopy tents shown in that site
map. So we would have the rig,
[59:52] the aerial rig in one spot. I'm
not certain if they would be
[59:55] doing any fire on the rig or
not. Again, there's no that's
[59:57] that's a freestanding
structure. There's nothing
[59:59] above it. There's no textiles.
[1:00:00] Um, and then one of the other
kind of spaces that I, that
[1:00:04] I've listed as canopy tent
would instead be taken up by,
[1:00:06] by one of the fire performers
keeping in that zone again. No,
[1:00:10] no roof over top of them, no
canopy, nothing of that sort.
[1:00:12] Okay. So should there be should
it be a windy day which has
[1:00:16] happened lately? Um, and
somehow a flame gets on one of
[1:00:20] the tents. Um, you're saying a
fire extinguisher in the ready
[1:00:25] would likely take care of that
problem?
[1:00:28] Uh, handled immediately? Yes.
[1:00:29] And windy day will certainly be
a concern. And with due
[1:00:32] diligence being taken.
[1:00:33] But do we need to make sure
there's somebody there to do
[1:00:36] that? Like who? Who? Chris Wood
in your store. Manage that. Do
[1:00:39] they. Do they know how do you
use a fire extinguisher?
[1:00:42] I appreciate that question.
[1:00:44] It's not something that's come
to my mind, but um, so I will
[1:00:47] be having as I said, there will
be a staff member station out
[1:00:49] in that portion of the event.
[1:00:50] So I can certainly make sure
that the station where they're
[1:00:53] set has a fire extinguisher
available, that they're trained
[1:00:56] on the use of that of that
item. Um, I believe that people
[1:00:59] are trained on the use of that
whenever they're there higher.
[1:01:01] But again, I'm with the
company, so that'll be
[1:01:03] something I can do due
diligence wise. Um, as to when,
[1:01:06] I should also note that the the
company performing the the
[1:01:10] event, um, has they have, have
they have wind procedures. So
[1:01:14] if the wind is above a certain
level then they would cancel
[1:01:17] fire performances regardless.
[1:01:18] Okay. Good to know. All right.
[1:01:20] I don't have any other
questions. And, um, I don't
[1:01:23] know if anybody else does. I
can. make it. Okay.
[1:01:25] Uh, so the purpose of the event
is for general marketing. Is
[1:01:31] that correct? Correct. How do
you plan to advertise the
[1:01:35] event? So the of whom do you
plan to advertise it?
[1:01:39] Yep. So the event is being
advertised in store. It's being
[1:01:43] advertised on social media and
it's being advertised on
[1:01:46] billboards.
[1:01:47] Um, billboards. Correct. Okay.
[1:01:49] Having trouble understanding
ten by ten tents and an aerial
[1:01:53] performance. Those ten by ten
tents. Obviously the aerial
[1:01:57] performance is going to be
outside of those tents.
[1:01:59] Correct. Is there some type of
like contraption or is there
[1:02:06] like a, um.
[1:02:09] Actually see this.
[1:02:11] If you want to lend.
[1:02:13] Some for the rigging is like
big poles and with things it's
[1:02:20] like when you go to the circus,
it's like a circus tent and
[1:02:23] things are attached to the top,
and then there's a big ring and
[1:02:26] people spin in the ring and
turn over in the ring and have
[1:02:31] silk, long silk sashes that
they manipulated and roll up
[1:02:35] and roll down and that sort of
thing. But it's basically a
[1:02:38] metal structure. It's quite
tall. And we have it all, but
[1:02:41] it's quite tall. But all of
their various equipment is
[1:02:44] attached to it, and it's
separate from this would not
[1:02:48] fit under attack, correct?
[1:02:49] Yeah.
[1:02:50] Right. So while you know the
township generally requires a
[1:02:56] tent permit ten by ten tents,
we don't require a permit, but
[1:03:02] I don't know if we have an
ordinance that speaks to tall,
[1:03:07] uh, metal structures.
[1:03:10] I couldn't find one in the
code.
[1:03:12] I looked so, you know, this is
kind of unprecedented here. Um,
[1:03:19] does your company have any
affiliation with a similar
[1:03:24] event that took place in
Sterling Heights on the
[1:03:28] property of the mall? No. Uh,
the former Lakeside?
[1:03:32] No, I don't know anything about
that.
[1:03:34] Okay. It was brought to my
attention that they had one of
[1:03:39] these aerial performances as
well. A company similar to
[1:03:43] yours. And it's 5000 things
were pretty risque.
[1:03:49] I couldn't speak to that. I
could I could maybe make some
[1:03:51] guesses. Uh, but I couldn't
speak to that. We are not
[1:03:55] affiliated with that group.
[1:03:57] Okay. Um, Trustee Kress.
[1:04:03] Um, as far as advertising goes,
I know you said billboards and,
[1:04:07] you know, online presence.
[1:04:09] Will there be any signage on
Hall Road or anybody waving
[1:04:14] signs or anything at all like
that on the median or on the
[1:04:18] side of.
[1:04:18] The road? No.
[1:04:19] Okay.
[1:04:20] Thank you.
[1:04:24] Uh oh.
[1:04:26] I Trustee Wade.
[1:04:28] Uh. Real quick. Are you going
to have an ambulance and a fire
[1:04:33] personnel assigned to the event
or. Chief? Do you have to have
[1:04:37] somebody on the grounds? If
that's taking place at fire?
[1:04:43] Uh.
[1:04:44] Due to the lack of the
ordinance and the ability to
[1:04:46] speak with the fire marshal and
the lack of concern of any
[1:04:50] outside of the tent area. Uh,
not a direction to have fire
[1:04:54] apparatus on scene of the day
of the event. I cannot speak to
[1:04:58] the ambulance being stationed
there. Not sure if that
[1:05:00] arranges to meet or not.
[1:05:01] Okay.
[1:05:02] Do you.
[1:05:03] Do you intend on having an
ambulance there or.
[1:05:05] No, that's not currently part
of my plan. I didn't see that
[1:05:08] anywhere in the coding, so I
didn't plan for that. If it is
[1:05:10] part of the ordinance, I'd be
happy to do it.
[1:05:12] Okay.
[1:05:13] All right.
[1:05:13] Thank you.
[1:05:15] Uh, Trustee King.
[1:05:18] Um, has the other
municipalities that you've done
[1:05:22] this in. Has this been. Uh, I
mean, anecdotally.
[1:05:25] Or is statistically, has this
been, uh, accepted or have you
[1:05:31] gotten good feedback or
response from the residents?
[1:05:33] They're all over the map now.
[1:05:34] Again, the events themselves
have not taken place yet in the
[1:05:37] other municipalities. So it's
all in the planning stage. Um,
[1:05:40] I can only speak to the
reception I've gotten from
[1:05:43] essentially the other the other
townships themselves, which has
[1:05:46] been all over the board. Um,
I've it's hard to kind of
[1:05:50] summarize generally, but, um, I
can say that, uh, we operate in
[1:05:55] Woodhaven. They, they have
disallowed the event entirely.
[1:05:58] Um, we operate in a couple of,
uh, areas of Grand Rapids.
[1:06:01] They're very friendly to the
event. They've kind of just
[1:06:04] they've kind of checked off
everything we submitted. So
[1:06:06] it's a little bit all over. I
think, uh, we operate in
[1:06:09] Saginaw. Um, I when they I sent
them my permit, they said, you
[1:06:13] don't even need a permit for
this. It's too small scale. So
[1:06:16] it's been a little bit of
everything.
[1:06:18] Thank you.
[1:06:21] Clerk Meltzer.
[1:06:22] I would like to make a motion
to approve the request
[1:06:25] conditional upon receiving, um,
the township being additionally
[1:06:28] insured for $1 million per
incident. Um, in whatever the
[1:06:33] attorney might require. Um,
but, um, as presented, I would
[1:06:38] like to make a motion to
approve.
[1:06:39] I would.
[1:06:40] Support.
[1:06:41] Um, can you can you make that
contingent upon, uh, sign off
[1:06:46] by the fire department?
[1:06:48] I think he already did. You say
you had to sign off or. There's
[1:06:52] nothing in there?
[1:06:53] Well, a review of the
performance could be submitted
[1:06:57] to the fire department, and
they could assess risk. And
[1:07:00] then say.
[1:07:01] I think they already did that
based on what was submitted.
[1:07:05] It's a little more of a robust
description this evening as
[1:07:07] what we had prior to with the
documentation. So I can bring
[1:07:10] this back to the fire marshal
for for the sign off, if you
[1:07:13] will, or any concerns that he
may verbalize.
[1:07:15] It would be necessary.
[1:07:16] I can certainly get a full
description of the performance
[1:07:18] from.
[1:07:20] From the performers themselves
and pass it along.
[1:07:21] I think it'd be beneficial.
[1:07:23] Again, the conversation was on
the general terms based on the
[1:07:25] information that was provided.
[1:07:26] Okay. Okay. As a motion maker
and supporter, I was I can't
[1:07:30] just say, hey, I'm amending
this. I can ask for a friendly
[1:07:34] or I could offer an amendment.
[1:07:35] You guys are saying you're
amenable to that being added?
[1:07:39] Okay. So consider it as a
friendly amendment. Um. Roll
[1:07:48] call. Um, well, public public
participation. We do have a
[1:07:54] hand up. Uh, one thing I want,
uh, don't embarrass this board.
[1:08:00] Of course. Okay.
[1:08:01] Again, my intention is to be is
to be compliant, to be a good
[1:08:05] neighbor, good member of the
community. We certainly want to
[1:08:07] step over a.
[1:08:08] Lot, and they have been good.
[1:08:09] You guys have done a great job
in our community.
[1:08:12] Saying that the store exists.
[1:08:14] Huh. I understand the storage
exists.
[1:08:16] Yeah.
[1:08:17] Yeah.
[1:08:18] And it existed before we took
it over. Even it was a
[1:08:20] different one in that same
location.
[1:08:22] Okay. Public participation.
[1:08:25] Mister Buschell.
[1:08:32] And the structure. I would
point out, in our township, we
[1:08:37] have CJ Barrymore's. They build
permanent things and all kinds
[1:08:40] of wild stuff. I have never
seen them before. The planning
[1:08:43] Commission and their tax
record. Even when they put in
[1:08:47] multi-million dollar cement
properties, their taxes haven't
[1:08:51] gone up. So I can't even
believe you're worried about
[1:08:53] this on this particular thing
that the store has been there.
[1:08:56] There's been no complaints. Uh,
yeah.
[1:08:59] Mister Buschell Barrymore's is
not on the agenda.
[1:09:01] I'm just saying. But you have
to compare there again in the
[1:09:05] township. The township had a
problem with allowing things in
[1:09:08] one place, and then another
person wants it and they have
[1:09:11] to sue to get it. So it's just
a matter of. Yeah, fairness. It
[1:09:15] might be fairness and quality.
[1:09:16] So. Okay. Any further public
participation? Roll call
[1:09:22] please.
[1:09:22] Clerk Meltzer. Yes. Trustee
Matuzak.
[1:09:25] Yes.
[1:09:25] Trustee Wade.
[1:09:26] Yes.
[1:09:27] Trustee Kress.
[1:09:27] No.
[1:09:29] Supervisor. Gieleghem.
[1:09:31] Yes.
[1:09:32] Trustee King.
[1:09:33] No.
[1:09:34] Treasurer Aiello.
[1:09:35] Yes.
[1:09:35] Motion passes.
[1:09:37] Okay. Thank you. Sir. Um, item
number six. Request approval to
[1:09:43] place banners for annual
Goodfellow Spaghetti dinner.
[1:09:46] Dear board members, the Clinton
Township Goodfellas will be
[1:09:50] hosting our annual pasta dinner
on Wednesday, October 7th, 2026
[1:09:53] from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the
Mirage Banquet Center. We are
[1:09:58] requesting permission to post
banners and signs to advertise
[1:10:01] our event, which benefits the
children of Clinton Township.
[1:10:04] Last year, we provided toys to
541 children in need. We would
[1:10:08] like your permission to put
these signs and banners up in
[1:10:11] strategic locations in the
township. 7 to 10 days prior to
[1:10:14] the dinner. Like in past years,
we will seek property owner
[1:10:17] permission prior to
installation and all signs and
[1:10:20] banners will be removed within
the following three days of the
[1:10:22] event. We would also request to
have the dinner promoted on the
[1:10:28] various electronic signs
throughout the township,
[1:10:31] including the two signs on
Gratiot Fire Stations number
[1:10:35] one and five, as well as the
marquee signs at the fire
[1:10:38] station and Township civic
center. We value our past
[1:10:41] cooperation with the Township
Board of Trustees, and look
[1:10:43] forward to working with you.
[1:10:44] Once again, thank you for your
continued support of our
[1:10:46] organization. Sincerely, Ruth
Cummins, president for the
[1:10:49] Clinton Township. Good fellows..
[1:10:52] Discussions from the board.
[1:10:54] I'd like to make a motion to
approve the request.
[1:10:56] I'll second.
[1:10:57] That.
[1:10:58] Moved and supported. Any
discussion.
[1:11:01] A question.
[1:11:03] Uh Trustee Matuzak.
[1:11:05] I mean, we do this every year,
and it's a fine thing to do.
[1:11:08] I'm sort of wondering why it's
not part of the consent agenda.
[1:11:12] I mean, this seems very routine
to me.
[1:11:15] It helps to advertise and, you
know, just be good stewards.
[1:11:19] And I think it's a way to let
the public know.
[1:11:21] That's fine. Just asking. Thank
you.
[1:11:26] Okay. Further discussion. We
have a motion in support. Roll
[1:11:30] call please.
[1:11:31] Clerk Meltzer. Yes. Trustee
Kress.
[1:11:33] Yes.
[1:11:33] Trustee Wade.
[1:11:34] Yes.
[1:11:35] Trustee Matuzak.
[1:11:36] Yes.
[1:11:37] Supervisor. Gieleghem. Yes.
[1:11:38] Trustee King. Yes. Treasurer
Aiello. Yes. Motion passes.
[1:11:42] Item number seven. Adoption of
Township. Ordinance Number 507,
[1:11:46] which is the codification of
ordinances. Um, the, uh. Uh,
[1:11:54] public hearing and publishing
was, uh, um, approved last
[1:11:58] week. So this is for final
approval.
[1:12:00] Final adoption in publish of
ordinance 507 for the
[1:12:05] codification of ordinances.
[1:12:07] I'll make a motion to approve.
[1:12:08] I'll second that.
[1:12:10] Moved and supported any further
discussion. Roll call please.
[1:12:15] Clerk Meltzer. Yes. Treasurer
Aiello. Yes. Trustee Wade.
[1:12:19] Yes.
[1:12:20] Trustee Matuzak.
[1:12:20] Yes.
[1:12:21] Trustee Kress.
[1:12:22] No.
[1:12:23] Supervisor. Gieleghem.
[1:12:24] Yes.
[1:12:25] Trustee King.
[1:12:26] Yes.
[1:12:27] Motion passes.
[1:12:28] Item number eight. Request
approval for the US Alliance
[1:12:32] for Elections Excellence. Grant
application.
[1:12:35] To your Board of Trustees,
please see the grant
[1:12:37] committee's recommendation for
approval of the US Alliance for
[1:12:40] Election Excellence grant in
the amount of $15,000, there is
[1:12:44] no matching requirement in the
money will be used to purchase
[1:12:47] ten Franklin voting booths at
an estimated cost of
[1:12:50] $12,090.10, as well as 200
secrecy folders in the amount
[1:12:55] of $863.33. Any remaining
ballots can be used toward
[1:13:00] election payroll for election
workers. Please see the
[1:13:03] attached photos of product,
vendor and estimated cost.
[1:13:06] Thank you for your attention to
this request. Sincerely, Kim
[1:13:09] Meltzer Clinton Township Clerk.
[1:13:10] I'd also like to just remind
that I didn't mention it. This
[1:13:13] has not been awarded yet, so
this is to apply for that which
[1:13:17] I did submit the application,
but I have not gotten
[1:13:20] confirmation of receipt.
[1:13:23] I would make that motion to
submit this grant.
[1:13:27] I'll second that.
[1:13:28] Moved in supported discussion.
[1:13:34] Roll call please.
[1:13:37] Trustee Matuzak. Yes. Treasurer
Aiello. Yes. Trustee Wade.
[1:13:41] Yes.
[1:13:41] Trustee Kress.
[1:13:42] Yes.
[1:13:43] Supervisor. Gieleghem. Yes.
[1:13:45] Trustee. King.
[1:13:45] Yes.
[1:13:46] Clerk Meltzer. Yes. Motion
passes.
[1:13:48] And item number nine. Increased
compensation for Deputy Clerk
[1:13:52] for additional statutory
duties.
[1:13:54] To members of Clinton Township
Board. As a result of
[1:13:57] additional statutory
requirements adopted into state
[1:13:59] election law. It is estimated
that the Deputy Clerk is
[1:14:02] currently working an additional
64 hours of uncompensated hours
[1:14:06] during the midterm election
year. As a result, I'm
[1:14:09] respectfully asking the board
to approve the following one.
[1:14:12] In addition to salary, the
Deputy clerk will be allowed to
[1:14:14] submit for compensation for
hourly compensation at the
[1:14:18] current rate of pay for up to
an additional 64 hours in 2026,
[1:14:22] for a cost not to exceed a
total of $3,400. Two such
[1:14:27] additional compensation is
expressly excluded from
[1:14:29] consideration in the
calculation of final average
[1:14:32] compensation, or FAC, for
pension calculation purposes,
[1:14:36] and three for any additional
hours work directly related to
[1:14:39] elections that would normally
qualify for comp time. The
[1:14:42] opportunity to utilize such
comp time extend into the
[1:14:45] following non election year.
[1:14:47] Thank you for your attention to
this matter. I appreciate your
[1:14:50] support. Recognize the
importance of this request.
[1:14:52] Sincerely, Kim Meltzer Township
Clerk.
[1:14:55] I'd like to make a motion to
approve as stated.
[1:15:01] I'll support.
[1:15:03] Moved and supported discussion
questions. Question. Um.
[1:15:07] Trustee Matuzak.
[1:15:08] Uh, I saw a document earlier
that listed the amount we're
[1:15:15] talking, the total amount of
money we're talking about. It's
[1:15:17] not in this letter.
[1:15:19] 3400 is the cap. And this
letter in this letter, it is
[1:15:23] the one I just read. It said
that it capped not to exceed
[1:15:26] 3400.
[1:15:28] Okay. So that's the entire cap
we're talking about. Yes.
[1:15:32] Anything above and beyond that
would could be utilized in the
[1:15:34] form of compilers. And those
compilers could be, um, taken
[1:15:39] into the next year.
[1:15:40] Which I think is a great idea.
[1:15:42] We should take those comp hours
into the next year. It's hard
[1:15:44] to get away during an election
year.
[1:15:49] Trustee Kress uh, through the
chair to the clerk. Is this,
[1:15:53] um, combining what used to be a
different position, like two
[1:15:58] different job titles together?
[1:16:00] No, um, this is not I mean, we
were unsuccessful in getting
[1:16:04] that position filled. Um, thank
you for awarding it. This board
[1:16:08] did approve that, but we did
not. Um, after interviews, um,
[1:16:13] we did have one offer, but it
was rejected. And, um, so we do
[1:16:17] not have a position that filled
that is filled. This is the
[1:16:22] first time in a very long time
that we do not have an
[1:16:25] election. A third party that
is, that can support us during
[1:16:29] a federal and state election.
[1:16:32] This is a huge, heavy lift. So
this deputy is going to have to
[1:16:37] do a lot of extra work, um, to
manage this as well as the rest
[1:16:41] of the team.
[1:16:43] Okay.
[1:16:44] So I'm sorry, just to clarify
your answer. So there, there
[1:16:47] there is an additional, uh,
position or additional title
[1:16:53] that we just can't fill. Is
that. the the gist.
[1:16:55] Of it? Yes. Okay. All right.
[1:16:58] Um.
[1:16:59] I just like to say that that,
uh, Kimberly Irvine does a
[1:17:02] fantastic job, and I don't
think that the clerk's office
[1:17:05] could function without her. Um,
I'm concerned that that that
[1:17:10] we. I think this is a carryover
from from, uh, issues from
[1:17:15] before where we didn't find
somebody or we didn't have
[1:17:19] somebody. And, um, that's it.
[1:17:22] Thank you.
[1:17:25] For the discussion. Questions.
[1:17:28] We have a motion and support
roll call, please.
[1:17:32] Treasurer Aiello.
[1:17:33] Yes.
[1:17:34] Trustee Matuzak.
[1:17:35] Yes.
[1:17:36] Trustee Wade.
[1:17:37] Yes.
[1:17:38] Trustee Kress.
[1:17:40] No.
[1:17:41] Supervisor. Gieleghem.
[1:17:42] Yes.
[1:17:43] Trustee. King.
[1:17:44] Yes.
[1:17:45] Clerk Meltzer. Yes. Motion
passes.
[1:17:48] Okay. Thank you. Board. That
brings us to, uh, public
[1:17:51] comment. Captain. Thank you.
[1:17:54] Sir. Mr. Buschell.
[1:18:05] The board has. And so this is
something for the whole board
[1:18:09] because, uh, under these, uh,
public comment questions
[1:18:13] submitted in written format,
the proper administrative
[1:18:16] department is going to answer
the questions. And, uh, the
[1:18:22] answer that I got, which you
all got, like I said, you use
[1:18:25] each had copies of the permits
that were issued for the, for
[1:18:28] this property before and after.
[1:18:30] Well before years before they
got a site plan and after was
[1:18:33] and uh, it is still listed and
according to, according to the
[1:18:39] answer that we got from our
experts, because this property
[1:18:43] does not have an address, it's
still vacant property. It's
[1:18:47] listed as vacant just because,
you know, even though it is an
[1:18:49] ongoing business that the
township does a lot of business
[1:18:52] with, it is fully stocked and
even overstocked most days. But
[1:18:56] it is listed as vacant. On top
of that, the property record
[1:19:00] that you all were given from
the township assessor. Not only
[1:19:05] is it listed as vacant, it's no
list of what type of road sign
[1:19:09] you know. These are all just
checkoff boxes on the State
[1:19:11] farm. What type of road it's
on, what utilities are
[1:19:15] available, any drainage? You
know, none of this is
[1:19:18] available. On top of that, the
answer stated that all of a
[1:19:21] sudden now masonry walls are
not required for, uh, storage
[1:19:28] areas in industrial areas
unless they're, you know,
[1:19:31] adjacent to a residential,
which this property is at the
[1:19:35] rear across the railroad tracks
are some very highly taxed
[1:19:39] homes. Each home is paying way
more taxes than this particular
[1:19:41] property. And there again,
Township Attorney McGrail has
[1:19:45] noted that, you know, the board
has to ask her the question.
[1:19:48] She will not answer any of
these questions unless the
[1:19:51] board member asks her. And I
guess I would ask tonight that
[1:19:56] unless you're all willing to
take all of our addresses away.
[1:19:58] So we're all vacant properties,
which is according you have to
[1:20:02] realize that they really go by
the parcel number, not the
[1:20:06] address. That is the most
ridiculous answer I've ever
[1:20:09] seen. As most of you know, I've
been involved in taxes.
[1:20:11] Property taxes for over 45
years and was part of the
[1:20:16] Headley Amendment and proposed
laid, uh, these answers I am
[1:20:20] you know, they're your board
answers. It's your policy. You
[1:20:24] each get a copy of it. You each
had a copy of the permits. You
[1:20:26] realize the footage of the
fencing, which was illegal
[1:20:31] because it was fencing and not
masonry wall. The footage of
[1:20:34] how many was put in way before,
you know, two and a half years
[1:20:37] before you ever went for a site
plan. Uh, covers way more than
[1:20:41] the back part of the property.
[1:20:42] Trust me. The only, you know,
permit on this property after
[1:20:46] the site plan was to adjust the
gates in the front. I think
[1:20:51] it's a shame that we are paying
such. Everybody's been, you
[1:20:54] know, they're paying their
taxes on their property. We all
[1:20:58] would love this board if you if
this board is accepting because
[1:21:02] there's no address there. It's
a vacant property. Please take
[1:21:06] away all the addresses in the
township. It'd be only fair to,
[1:21:09] you know, to your electors.
[1:21:10] Thank you.
[1:21:15] Seeing no further public
participation, um, trustee
[1:21:20] King.
[1:21:21] Mr. supervisor, may I speak as
a resident?
[1:21:23] Certainly.
[1:21:24] Thank you. Um. I'm not trying
to admonish this board or speak
[1:21:29] rudely to anyone here because
everyone has their votes and
[1:21:32] they do it for a particular
reason. What I am frustrated
[1:21:36] about is that a couple of
months ago, we did have some
[1:21:40] residents that came here and
some families that wanted to do
[1:21:43] a camp overnight, and we found
every which reason as a board
[1:21:50] as a whole, right? Because I'm
not going to single anyone out.
[1:21:52] We all when we vote, we vote as
one. Right? But we found so
[1:21:57] many reasons why they couldn't
move forward and camp overnight
[1:22:01] at Prince Drewry Park. However,
we extended a lot of mental
[1:22:05] gymnastics and flexibility
tonight to be able to let an
[1:22:09] adult store nothing against
adult stores, but to have some
[1:22:13] type of festival with fire and
all other types of things. I'm
[1:22:19] not saying that they're going
to be irresponsible, and I'm
[1:22:21] not saying that they don't have
a right to be able to do what
[1:22:24] they would like to do. I just
wish that we would have offered
[1:22:26] some flexibility to our
residents. Um, who came and
[1:22:30] wanted to add something that
just about any family, any
[1:22:34] person could, could hopefully
have adjoined enjoyed. That's
[1:22:37] it.
[1:22:38] Yeah. Mr. Buschell yep.
[1:22:40] Thank you.
[1:22:43] Thank you.
[1:22:45] Uh, motion to adjourn is in
order.
[1:22:48] I'll second that.
[1:22:51] Roll call please.
[1:22:55] Trustee Matuzak.
[1:22:56] Yes.
[1:22:56] Treasurer Aiello.
[1:22:57] Yes.
[1:22:59] Trustee Wade.
[1:23:00] Yes.
[1:23:00] Trustee Kress.
[1:23:01] Yes.
[1:23:02] Supervisor. Gieleghem.
[1:23:03] Yes.
[1:23:03] Trustee.
[1:23:04] King. Yes.
[1:23:04] Clerk Meltzer. Yes. Motion