[0:00] There we go. Um, I call the Dalton
Township August uh meeting to order and
[0:08] then we will do invocation.
Um, Michael, do you want to do the
[0:13] invocation for us tonight?
>> Sure.
[0:17] » Father, we're grateful for the
opportunity that we have to serve in
[0:21] this community. We're grateful for uh
this country and for the freedoms that
[0:26] we enjoy. Heavenly Father, we pray for
guidance and uh direction as we discuss
[0:33] township business that we may uh be
directed in wise choices.
[0:39] And we say this in the name of thy son
Jesus Christ. Amen.
[0:42] » Amen.
>> I pray we stand for the pledge.
[0:49] I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
United States of America and to the
[0:55] republic for which it stands, one nation
under God, indivisible, with liberty and
[1:02] justice for all.
[1:07] » All right. And then Amy, if you could do
a roll call, please.
[1:11] » Michael
>> here.
[1:14] » Christie here. Heather
>> here. Eugene
[1:17] » here.
>> Noah
[1:18] » here. Amy here.
>> All right. And then the next is just the
[1:23] approval of the agenda. Do we have a
motion? I make a motion to approve of
[1:28] the agenda. Motion by Nola. Do we have a
support?
[1:32] » Support by Lee. All in favor say I.
>> I.
[1:34] » Any opposed? Same sign.
>> All right, that passes.
[1:40] And then we will move on to the next
item. Um, approval of past meeting
[1:45] minutes from July 13th.
>> Make a motion to approve past meeting
[1:50] minutes to July 13, 2026.
>> All right. Motion by Nola. Do we have a
[1:55] support?
>> Support by Eugene. Any discussion from
[1:58] the board,
right? And then all in favor say I.
[2:04] » I.
>> Any opposed?
[2:07] All right. Those meeting minutes will be
placed on file. And then next is the
[2:12] treasurer's report. Um Christy, anything
to add to the treasurer's report?
[2:16] » Nothing to add.
>> Okay. Any questions from the board?
[2:21] All right. We will put that on file.
Next is pay bills report.
[2:28] Um
we will need a motion to pay the bills.
[2:35] I make a motion to pay the bills. Motion
by Nola to pay the bills. Do we have a
[2:39] support?
>> Support.
[2:42] » Support by Michael. Any discussion from
the board?
[2:48] » Okay. Hearing none, we will do a roll
call vote.
[2:51] » Noah,
>> yes.
[2:52] » Michael,
>> yes.
[2:53] » Lee,
>> yes.
[2:57] » Go. Eugene,
>> yes.
[2:59] » Heather,
>> yes.
[3:01] » Chrissy,
>> here.
[3:03] [laughter]
>> Amy, yes.
[3:06] » All right. And then next is the fire
department report. Um, chief, did you
[3:12] have anything that you wanted to add?
>> Nothing else to add.
[3:15] » Okay. And then uh the attached is the
admin oversight uh for the fire
[3:21] department as well. And I don't have
anything really to add. The most
[3:25] important section there was the
highlighted one. Um, still trucking
[3:29] along on making modifications. We knew
that one was going to take the longest
[3:33] longest bit. So,
>> all right. And then we will put that on
[3:38] file.
Planning commission report. Lee,
[3:41] anything to add?
>> No, there just there was just the one
[3:43] item I had at the meeting.
>> Okay. Any questions from the board?
[3:49] All right, we'll put that on file.
Planning and zoning staff report. Steve,
[3:53] anything to add?
>> Oh, okay. Any questions from the board?
[3:57] » Steve?
>> Yes.
[3:58] » Any idea how we're standing as far as
single family dwellings and relationship
[4:02] to last year in our building? I have not
run those numbers yet, but I can run our
[4:07] report if you'd like. Anyway, you
Thanks. Thank you.
[4:10] » All right. Any other questions from the
board? We will put that report on file
[4:16] and then building and grounds report.
Justin, anything to add?
[4:20] » Nope.
>> Okay. Any questions from the board?
[4:25] » We'll put that on file as well. And then
we have the new item since we approved
[4:30] the admin oversight plan. Um,
I don't really have anything to add, but
[4:36] we are still work. We have compiled
lists already. Um, so we're just going
[4:42] to review our list and make sure we're
not missing any uh policies for
[4:45] procedures um [clears throat]
or documents that should be listed on
[4:49] there. So, hoping that those will be to
you guys at the next meeting so you know
[4:52] where we're standing and um maybe even
have some ideas of some that we know
[4:57] should exist. So, all right. And any
questions on that? Put that on file as
[5:05] well.
Wow, we flew through that. Um, first
[5:10] public comment. Uh, public comment is 3
minutes. Um, it this first one should be
[5:16] on agenda items. It doesn't specify, so
it can be on anything. But does the
[5:20] public have any comment? This is
separate from the public hearing. So
[5:24] that when that opens, anybody here for
the road will get to speak on that
[5:27] specifically.
Any public comment? Any public comment?
[5:33] All right,
we'll move past that.
[5:38] Now we are in the public hearing.
So
[5:46] we for the public hearing um would like
to have no more than 10 minutes. I don't
[5:52] think that anybody would probably take
up 10 minutes, but when you come up, if
[5:56] you could introduce yourself, um why
you're here regarding the road and then
[6:01] just know you do have 10 minutes. I
won't face this towards you because I
[6:04] feel like watching a clock flick down is
absolutely terrible. Um
[6:09] but all right, we will open the public
hearing at what time do we got? 606.
[6:19] So, anybody would like to come up and
give their opinion about Eastbard Road
[6:25] special assessment? I will. Perfect. You
can come on up. Introduce yourself.
[6:31] So, my name is Hope and that is my
husband Christopher and we knownly
[6:35] purchased our home on Gravel Road about
18 years ago. We come here tonight to
[6:40] ask the council to deny moving forward
with paving of Bard Road at this time
[6:44] because of the financial hardship that
it will cause not only us but other
[6:47] neighbors as well. per your office. Uh
the cost does not add any value to our
[6:52] homes, but the financial burden that
will cost some of them residents is just
[6:57] not justified at this time. We feel like
>> Okay. All right. Thank you.
[7:02] » Thank you.
>> All right. Anybody else here would like
[7:06] to give some on that public hearing?
[7:11] » I am Lori Baldock and you're with my
husband Tom. We're at 3155. We own 13%
[7:18] of this um that's in question and I do
have a letter for you but basically
[7:23] we're opposed to it. So we think it
causes the hardship. We don't want to
[7:26] see the speed build up on the road and
we really I we're a direct line to the
[7:32] highway and that's the only thing that
slows things down is the fact that it's
[7:36] dirt and there's a stop light but or
stop sign but we know that and we're
[7:40] just not willing to pay the extra cost
or take the extra burden on.
[7:44] » Okay. Thank you very much. Anybody else
who would like to
[7:51] speak on that? No.
[7:57] » Hello, my name is Wayne Million. I live
at 3124 East Bard Road and I have the
[8:03] same opinion. My cost would be
extensive. I own 6.9 acres there, 456
[8:10] foot of road frontage.
um you won't let me split my property
[8:14] because they say I don't have enough.
>> So I therefore I cannot sell my
[8:20] property. So therefore I'd have to pay
taxes on the whole thing.
[8:25] » Seems a little excessive. And the rest
of our neighbors, a lot of them feel the
[8:30] same way.
>> Thank you.
[8:32] » Thank you.
[8:39] Ganon, my husband 3307 Bard totally was
not prepared for this, but here we here
[8:46] goes nothing. So, I'm just going to say
that we are not opposed to this. Um, we
[8:52] being towards the other end,
get the traffic the speed. Um, I don't,
[8:57] in our opinion, I don't think it being
paved is going to make that any higher
[9:02] um than what than what it is. Um,
however, couple of our questions is one
[9:07] will be cost and two if um I'm going to
bring up the the window here. If that is
[9:13] done, is something going to be done with
our ditches?
[9:16] So, that helps for me.
>> Perfect.
[9:19] » Thank you.
>> Neighbor.
[9:23] » Anybody else?
[9:33] holding back. Um, disruptly speaking
with the numbers, it turns my taxes
[9:39] abruptly
250 a month to 650 a month before the uh
[9:48] appraiser and the assessor go back
through and decide that the road
[9:52] improvements are
are reasonable, but I believe they're
[9:58] unreasonable.
>> Thank you.
[10:00] » Thank you.
>> Thank you.
[10:03] » All right.
[10:06] [clears throat]
[10:09] » Hello. My name is Nick Petroski. I live
uh 3261 East Bar Road and uh I'm opposed
[10:16] to the uh increase of the taxes. Uh we
still haven't absorbed the last uh
[10:23] increase from the drains. Commissioner
Brendon Moore uh they did stage one.
[10:28] [clears throat] I believe uh stage two
was never completed at our end. The
[10:32] dishes haven't been dug in
15 years or more. I believe this might
[10:37] be three years maybe approximately 3 to
four years ago since this has been done.
[10:42] Recently the roads have been maintained
very well. um uh they they crowned it.
[10:48] They put a little more aggregate in or
whatever they did and it seems to be
[10:53] drained nice. However, some of our
neighbors uh ditches are clogged the
[10:58] flows if that I believe that would be
helpful. Um it's been brine and very
[11:03] well maintained. the last this summer uh
when we signed this my wife signed this
[11:08] and other people uh the rule wasn't
maintained that well but the last two
[11:14] months has been very um adequate for us.
Um that's all I got.
[11:19] » Thank you.
[11:24] » All right. Anybody else?
[11:30] » Name is James Payne. I'm on 3385 East
Bard. I'm opposed to the uh updates of
[11:37] the road. I've been there more than 30
years and I've been happy with just the
[11:40] way it is. Plus, my driveway is on Dson,
so I don't even use that road.
[11:45] » So, being having a fixed income and
still having a mortgage, that would be
[11:49] way more than I can afford. So, thank
you.
[11:51] » Thank you.
[11:55] » All right. Anybody else?
[12:00] And then okay, we'll close the
public hearing at 6:12
[12:10] and then we can discuss as a board too
and then I have some info. Um I know
[12:17] that some numbers had went around
initially as well. Um I I put this in
[12:22] the board packet for you guys to view um
too. So, a lot of times what they'll do
[12:29] is um
when the parcels differ that much, they
[12:33] don't like to do the frontage model
because that just is not fair for the
[12:36] people who have more of a frontage and
then they do a per parcel. Um a lot of
[12:41] times what they do is the hybrid which
is half and then half of the parcel and
[12:48] so that's what that total is there in
that first column and then the what the
[12:52] blue column is frontage only and then
parcel only. um just so you guys
[12:56] understand the split and then uh from
what we've heard and then I did have
[13:02] some written um ones come in as well.
The
[13:11] first one on the list was a yes is now a
no.
[13:16] And
[13:20] um
the Gary,
[13:23] where are we at? 3252 Eastbard was a yes
and a no. Um,
[13:32] and then these ones I think were just
regular.
[13:38] And we had another one from speaking
today that was a yes and is now a no.
[13:44] That was the Kelly Graham
property. So
[13:51] that being said, there's
now now it would be
[13:56] » it would be we have 51%. There's just
barely 51% and that's why we just we're
[14:01] questioning because we didn't know
either how much it would cost.
[14:04] » Yeah. And that's the only way we can
find out is we got to try. We got to
[14:07] ask. Okay.
>> I I hate to say that you know somebody
[14:11] got the blood pressure up over it.
>> No people come
[14:16] away. I mean you did you did good leg
work. stuff and advocate it and that's
[14:19] awesome. But yeah, we we put it out
there just we needed to get a number. Um
[14:25] we go based off the interest that we
first get. We get the number and then we
[14:28] try to figure out how we assess that
out. But sometimes when we get that
[14:33] number, people go, "Whoa, wait a minute.
That's not at all what I wanted." And
[14:36] that's fine. That's how this process all
works. So
[14:41] » um attached to this was a motion. if we
wanted to make that today, that would um
[14:47] mean that we wouldn't have a resolution
in the next meeting. So, the board feels
[14:52] like that is the right move. Um I think
now especially that we've dipped below
[14:56] the
>> percentage. Um, so if somebody
[15:00] » I would make that motion
[15:03] » to not proceed,
>> okay,
[15:06] » with the special assessment process to
resend the special assessment adopted
[15:11] July 13, 2026.
>> Okay. Motion by Eugene, support by
[15:17] Christie.
Any further discussion from the board?
[15:22] » Hearing none, we'll do a roll call vote
on that.
[15:24] » Eugene,
>> yes. Christy,
[15:28] » yes.
>> Lee,
[15:30] » yes.
>> Michael,
[15:31] » yes.
>> Noah,
[15:33] » yes.
>> Heather,
[15:34] » yes.
>> Amy, yes.
[15:37] » Right. Motion passes. No more moving
forward with the
[15:46] » I just want to thank everybody that
showed up to to speak up because if if
[15:51] people don't show up and speak up, we
want to do what's best for the whole of
[15:55] the community. And I'm sorry you guys
would prefer it to be paved, but I know
[16:00] for a fact if it's a paved road, people
are going to go faster.
[16:04] » I do.
>> Yeah. Yeah, they do. They do have the
[16:07] dirt road sometimes that I've had people
in my ditch.
[16:10] » I also too live on a dirt road. I've had
people fly through my ditch. So I get
[16:14] » I guess if you did pave it, the
motorcycles wouldn't be doing wings all
[16:18] back and forth. [laughter]
>> Pros and cons to both. But the pro for
[16:22] this way is you guys don't get special
assessed. So that's super wonderful. But
[16:26] » all right.
>> But they also need to understand that if
[16:30] a petition is brought to us, we need to
do
[16:34] » we did our due diligence. Yes.
>> Yep. So the process made its way through
[16:39] and and it stopped. So that's good.
>> All right.
[16:43] » Right. Good or bad depending on what
your what your take was. [laughter]
[16:47] Good that it worked. Um all right. And
then we will move on to the next
[16:52] decision item which is resolution 202615
that is for the Twin Lake Fireworks
[16:59] Committee. Yes, this does look familiar.
Yes, it is different.
[17:04] Uh we had one very similar a couple
months back for those same things. This
[17:09] is a different type that they need from
from Michigan Lottery to do a 50/50.
[17:16] » Of course. I make a motion to approve
resolution 202615
[17:20] for the Twin Lake fireworks gaming
license.
[17:23] » All right. Motion by Nola. Do we have a
support?
[17:27] » Work by Lee. Any discussion from the
board?
[17:31] Hearing none, we will do a roll call
vote.
[17:34] » Noah,
>> yes.
[17:36] » Lee,
>> yes.
[17:37] » Christy,
>> yes.
[17:39] » Eugene,
>> yes.
[17:41] » Heather,
>> yes.
[17:42] » Michael,
>> yes.
[17:43] » Amy, yes.
All right, motion passes. And then next
[17:48] is the resolution 2026 26. This is the
renewal of
[17:55] » 16.
[17:59] » Wait, what?
>> You said 26 26. It's 26.
[18:02] » I wrote it wrong on the paper. That's
why.
[18:04] » Oh,
okay.
[18:08] » Good catch.
>> Good check. Yep. Way to go, Madam Clerk.
[18:11] Okay. So, 20 2616
for the fire equipment mill. Um, this is
[18:20] needs the fire equipment mill is getting
ready to come to an end. It needs to be
[18:25] on the ballot. Um, in order for it to be
on the ballot, it has to get approved by
[18:29] resolution. This is not an increase or
bringing it back to the number that it
[18:34] previously was. It is just keeping it
steady at the rate that it is. A lot of
[18:39] times they'll renew and throw it back up
to where it was. We're not doing that.
[18:43] Um, so just asking for 10 more years of
that.
[18:48] Great. Um, and then we just need a
motion.
[18:52] » Got a question.
>> You got exhibit A, B, and C,
[18:56] » correct?
>> So, we got to choose which one of these.
[18:58] » No, no, they're all part of the same
thing.
[19:01] » Part of the same thing. Yes. So, there's
got to be a special election.
[19:05] » So, not necessarily a special election.
It can go on the November ballot.
[19:10] » Okay. Okay. Sounds good.
[19:14] » I make a motion to approve resolution
2026 16 renewal of the fire equipment
[19:19] mill and mail boarding.
>> All right. Motion by Nola. Do we have a
[19:23] support?
>> Support.
[19:26] » Support by Michael. Any discussion from
board
[19:32] hearing? None. We'll do a roll call
vote.
[19:34] » No.
>> Yes.
[19:35] » Michael.
>> Yes.
[19:36] » Lee. Yes,
>> Eugene.
[19:38] » No,
>> Heather.
[19:42] » Yes,
>> Christine.
[19:43] » Yes, Amy. Yes.
>> All right. Motion passes. And then next
[19:50] is the resolution
2026 23. Sorry, they're a little bit out
[19:56] of order on here. This is for um
accepting a a donation for the training
[20:04] facility. Um and then kind of put the
little we were approached um
[20:11] to for somebody to donate. Somebody
wanted to donate for that purpose. So
[20:17] this resolution just accepts that fund.
>> I make a motion to approve resolution
[20:23] 2026 23.
>> Motion by Nola. Do we have support?
[20:27] Support. Support by Christie. Any
discussion from the board?
[20:32] Okay. Hearing none, we'll do a roll call
vote.
[20:36] » Yes.
>> Christine,
[20:37] » yes.
>> Eugene,
[20:39] » yes.
>> Heather,
[20:41] » yes.
>> Michael,
[20:42] » yes.
>> Leave,
[20:44] » yes.
>> Amy, yes.
[20:46] » All right. Motion passes.
And then next is resolution 2026 24. Um,
[20:53] same thing for a donation. Um, this was
funds for a water crack uh jet ski for
[21:00] water rescue. Um, and this resolution
still allows us to accept those funds.
[21:06] I'll make a motion to approve resolution
2026-24.
[21:11] » All right. Motion by Christie. Do we
have a support?
[21:14] » Support. Support by Nola. Any discussion
from the board?
[21:19] » Thank you to the person.
>> Yes.
[21:21] » Thank you.
>> Yeah.
[21:24] » Yeah. He did a little happy dance. He
won't tell you what he did, but
[21:28] [laughter]
>> No. Okay. happy dance when you said,
[21:31] "Okay."
>> Yeah, it was impressive.
[21:33] » And try it out.
>> Um,
[21:35] » got to make sure it works.
>> So, then we had a motion support and
[21:39] then we need to do a roll call vote.
>> Christy,
[21:42] » yes.
>> Nola,
[21:44] » yes.
>> Eugene,
[21:46] » yes.
>> Michael,
[21:48] » yes.
>> Lee,
[21:49] » yes.
>> Heather,
[21:51] » yes.
>> Amy, yes.
[21:54] » All right, motion passes.
And then the next is the next item is
[21:59] the department issued vehicle policy. Um
this is the draft that was uh gone over
[22:06] and revised.
Um
[22:11] the only caveat I guess that is
[22:19] we had the wording initially that said
passengers immediate family or it's
[22:27] passengers within the household.
So we need to specify on which one we
[22:33] would prefer. Um we can approve it as is
or we can approve it with the
[22:37] modification.
Um which is
[22:40] » that is let me see here.
>> It's under drivers and passengers. Oh
[22:48] » okay. So it is the second paragraph
under drivers and passengers. For
[22:53] purpose of this policy the fire chief's
family members are limited to those
[22:56] individuals who live in the same
residence as the fire chief.
[23:07] The uh the only other thing was that you
know sometimes uh if Ann is at work and
[23:14] Chief is at home and he has his grandson
Henry that means he can't go anywhere
[23:20] because the only vehicle that he would
have available is the
[23:24] » Henry vehicle.
>> We would just need to modify that. Um,
[23:28] so
>> suggestion
[23:31] » you could just say immediate family and
then that would be grandkids in my I
[23:37] guess it would be under
but that would be like grandkids, kids,
[23:41] wife. Um,
[23:45] not like distant.
But it's up to us to determine how much
[23:50] of a liability
they want to have because that's that's
[23:56] where the the concern is. If we're okay
with doing that, then we can absolutely
[24:00] change that wording.
[24:06] » Would that go for all department
vehicles?
[24:10] » It would be. This this policy is
specific to the chief's department
[24:15] issued vehicle. This policy is not an
across the board policy for others as
[24:20] well.
[24:30] I think it'd be reasonable. I mean, he's
a grandparent. Yeah.
[24:33] » I mean, I think it'd be reasonable from
beginning with that.
[24:36] » I imagine it's not like all the time.
>> Yeah. He's not hot rotten or anything.
[24:40] » It's I mean,
>> yeah.
[24:42] » Taking his grandson to a dragon.
>> Correct.
[24:46] » I I think that needs to be specified in
the policy. And if we're going to do
[24:50] that, we need to specify that and say,
"All right, immediate family." What does
[24:54] immediate family mean?
>> Spouse, children, grandchildren, wife,
[24:58] » children,
>> grandchildren,
[25:00] » grandchildren. Done.
>> Yeah, we can have a My parents are dead.
[25:04] Her parents are dead.
>> Yeah,
[25:06] » that's siblings. So,
>> that's reasonable. Okay. So, we would
[25:10] just do the second one where it says, I
make a motion to approve the term issued
[25:15] with the following modification. And
then it would be
[25:20] to allow for immediate family, wife,
children, grandchildren.
[25:23] » Why don't we say spouse?
>> Yes, that's fine.
[25:27] » Spouse, children, grandchildren.
>> Yep.
[25:30] » You're my boss. Julia,
[laughter]
[25:43] » I read through that as a house.
[25:48] So, does anybody want to make that
motion?
[25:50] » I can do that. I make the motion to
approve the department issue vehicle
[25:54] policy with the following modifications.
That passengers are limited to spouse,
[26:00] children, and grandchildren.
>> Perfect motion by Michael. Do we have a
[26:04] support? Support by Nola. Any discussion
from the board?
[26:09] » Hearing none, we'll do a roll call vote.
>> Michael,
[26:12] » yes.
>> Nola,
[26:14] » yes. Eugene,
>> Heather,
[26:18] » yes.
>> Lee,
[26:19] » yes.
>> Christine,
[26:21] » yes.
>> Amy, yes.
[26:23] » Motion passes. And this is like Amy had
said, this is only for that vehicle. All
[26:29] the other ones fall into the employee
handbook uh policy. So, until we need to
[26:35] modify that.
Okay.
[26:39] The next is a series of really boring
resolutions. Um
[26:45] that we'll go through pretty quickly. Um
they do matter though. So they are for
[26:50] the weed assessments for the lakes. Uh
the first one is for Twin Lake um which
[26:58] has
on that last page uh 150 per parcel.
[27:03] Twin Lake is the bigger one I feel like
usually takes the most amount of money
[27:07] for treatment.
So we just need a motion to approve that
[27:12] resolution.
I make a motion to approve resolution
[27:16] 202617 for Twin Lake weed treatment.
>> All right. Motion by Nola. Do we have
[27:20] support?
>> Support.
[27:23] » Support by Eugene. Any discussion from
the board?
[27:27] » People.
>> All right. Hearing none. We'll do a roll
[27:31] call vote.
>> Noah,
[27:32] » yes.
>> Eugene,
[27:34] » yes.
>> Heather,
[27:35] » yes.
>> Michael,
[27:37] » yes.
>> Lee,
[27:38] » yes.
>> Christine,
[27:39] » yes.
>> Amy, yes.
[27:41] » All right. And then next is for Middle
Lake.
[27:46] That is resolution 202618.
And then
[27:54] I think it was there. Yep. No charge. So
it's just a resolution to say that we're
[27:58] not charging um Middle Lake this year or
they have enough in their funds.
[28:05] » I make a motion to approve resolution
202618 for Middle Lake bleed. All right.
[28:10] treatment.
>> Motion by Nola to be out of support
[28:15] by Christy. Any discussion from the
board for I heard you say something,
[28:18] Michael.
>> No, we're good.
[28:19] » Okay,
>> he's starting.
[28:21] » Um, so motion support and then we will
do a roll call vote.
[28:27] » Nola,
>> yes.
[28:28] » Christine,
>> yes.
[28:30] » Heather,
>> yes.
[28:32] » Michael,
>> yes.
[28:33] » Eugene,
>> yes.
[28:34] » Le,
>> yes.
[28:36] » Amy, yes.
>> All right. And then North Lake that is
[28:40] oh sorry motion passes. Um resolution
202619
[28:46] that one is $75 per parcel for North
Lake.
[28:52] » Make a motion to approve resolution
2026-9
[28:57] for North Lake weed treatment.
>> All right. Motion by Michael. Do we have
[29:01] support
or support by Nola? Any discussion from
[29:06] the board
hearing? None. We'll do a roll call vote
[29:10] on that.
>> Michael,
[29:13] » yes.
>> Noah,
[29:15] » yes.
>> Eugene,
[29:17] » yes.
>> Lee,
[29:19] » yes.
>> Christie,
[29:21] » yes. Heather,
>> yes.
[29:23] » Amy, yes.
>> All right, motion passes. Next
[29:28] resolution 202620, Westlake Weed
Assessment. Theirs is milk as well.
[29:35] Make a motion to approve resolution
536-20
[29:38] for West
no treatment.
[29:41] » All right. Motion by Nola. Do we have a
support?
[29:44] » Support.
>> Support by Lee. Any discussion from the
[29:47] board hearing? None. We'll do a roll
call vote.
[29:52] » Nola?
>> Yes.
[29:53] » Lee?
>> Yes.
[29:55] » Michael?
>> Yes.
[29:56] » Christie?
>> Yes.
[29:58] » Heather?
>> Yes.
[29:59] » Eugene?
>> Yes.
[30:01] » Amy? Yes.
>> All right. Motion passes. And then the
[30:07] last two we have are for the first one
is 2026 21 and this is for the cat rock
[30:13] road maintenance
and I think we did
[30:21] 70 parallel
>> and that's just to continue the
[30:25] maintenance for that rate throughout the
year.
[30:30] I make a motion to approve resolutions
6-21 for cat dock road and events.
[30:36] » All right. Motion by Nola. Do we have
support?
[30:42] » By Lee. Any discussion from the board?
>> The question have
[30:46] » this is a private road. Correct.
>> Correct.
[30:49] » How did it wind up?
>> Many many years ago
[30:53] um somehow that was approved. It had a
perpetual that I think either ended this
[30:59] year, one ended this year and one had
one more year. I think uh Katen Brock
[31:04] and Johnston's um ended 2025 tax season.
So now we have to put in place every
[31:10] year now after continuing maintenance of
the dirt road. We it and it's placed on
[31:16] their winter tax bill that $70.
>> Okay. So sometime in the past the
[31:22] residents on that road turned this over
to us.
[31:24] » Yeah. Yeah. And it was approved. So we
just keep
[31:27] » Okay.
>> Keep going. Well, we
[31:30] » the road commission and maintenance is
they're paying for it. The resident.
[31:34] » Yeah.
>> Yes.
[31:37] » We get we have to handle the actual
payment of it
[31:42] and billing them.
>> Yeah. Okay.
[31:47] » Yeah. Wild. But
all right. We made it through motion
[31:52] support. Do we do a roll call? Okay,
let's do a roll call vote on it.
[31:56] » Nola,
>> yes.
[31:57] » Lee,
>> yes.
[31:58] » Michael,
>> yes.
[32:00] » Christine,
>> yes.
[32:02] » Yes.
>> Eugene,
[32:03] » yes.
>> Amy, yes.
[32:05] » All right. Motion passes.
And then same uh situation with Johnston
[32:12] and that's 2026 22
and theirs is
[32:19] $25 per parcel.
I make a motion to approve resolution
[32:24] 2026-22
for Johnson Road Maintenance.
[32:29] » Right. And then do we have a support?
>> So for so motion by Nola, support by
[32:36] Michael. Any discussion from the board
hearing? None. We'll do a roll call
[32:41] vote.
>> Nola?
[32:42] » Yes.
>> Michael?
[32:43] » Yes.
>> Eugene?
[32:45] » Yes.
>> Heather?
[32:46] » Yes.
>> Christy?
[32:48] » Yes.
>> Lee?
[32:49] » Yes.
>> Amy? Yes. All right, motion passes. We
[32:53] made it through all 800 of those
resolutions.
[32:56] Um the next is for a consumer's
easement. Um the picture is attached as
[33:03] well. Um we've done these in the past.
Um so it's the same as as past ones. It
[33:10] is actually the connection that's across
the road. So there's
[33:16] um
Yep. So White Lake Drive is up here. I
[33:21] thought this was Russell.
>> Yes, it is Russell. So this road, the
[33:26] road that goes this way
>> has Russell. Lakewood Michelind is down.
[33:32] » Oh, I see.
>> So this is on the other side of Russell.
[33:34] They need to connect to that power.
>> Oh yeah.
[33:37] » Supply to get it across the road.
>> Um into this into this area.
[33:47] I did. Is
>> this Leatherman's property?
[33:50] » Part of it is, but it looks like where
it's connecting is not like I looked at
[33:55] and I don't know if that's where it's
connecting for, but where the box is and
[33:59] that like triangle is not Leatherman.
>> Okay. Yeah. Yeah, it's up high. I was
[34:03] trying to look that up.
>> But some of them further back are. And I
[34:07] don't know if this bigger stretch right
there is, but I looked that little one
[34:10] up and it's not. So,
[34:21] and I did ask Steve to do a a review on
it just real quick to make sure it
[34:27] wasn't going to like mess with anything
in the plan. I didn't think it would
[34:30] because it's already there, but
>> So, we will only have one parcel that
[34:35] would be affected.
>> Yeah, just that one that's on the other
[34:38] side of Russell Road. Gotcha.
[34:43] where it would connect to.
[34:49] » They're connecting and going east.
>> Yeah, they're like connecting.
[34:53] » They're going west. They're connecting
on east side and then going west into
[34:58] that.
>> I have to do the thing in my head.
[35:01] [laughter]
They're
[35:02] » going this way.
>> Yes.
[35:06] » Yes.
[35:12] So we just need a motion
um
[35:17] to sign that either sign or not sign
agreement.
[35:20] » Yeah, I make a motion to approve
supervising public schools and science
[35:24] for electrical facilities.
>> Motion by Nola. Do we have support?
[35:29] » Support by Michael. Any discussion from
the board?
[35:34] Hearing none. We'll do a vote.
Nola,
[35:38] » yes.
>> Michael,
[35:39] » yes.
>> Christie,
[35:41] » yes.
>> Heather,
[35:42] » yes.
>> Eugene,
[35:44] » yes.
>> Lee,
[35:45] » yes.
>> Amy, all right, motion passes.
[35:50] And then we have
this is backwards.
[35:56] Yes, we do discussion items and then
feel like public down before that.
[36:04] » My brain hurts. Okay. Second.
>> Yeah. Public comments.
[36:08] » Have public comments at the end.
>> Y.
[36:11] » All right. So, for the discussion items,
um, we had the MO, sorry, Bookmo Mobile,
[36:20] um, has been coming by weekly. They are
going to start in September changing the
[36:26] day. Um, and it's going to be Monday 3
to 4. They've been at Beagle Sports
[36:30] Park. Um, and they've had a couple of
steady users. So, that's good. And then
[36:38] the next one is the senior mill survey.
We've been getting quite a few of those
[36:42] back um and entering those responses.
um put a note out today that end of
[36:49] August um
we're going to end like the the intake
[36:56] of them and then um in September there
will be a report that comes out the
[37:02] results of of the millillage survey so
we can make a decision
[37:07] um hopefully before their next fiscal
year starts October.
[37:12] And then the next thing is the cemetery
updates/ Oakland Cemetery. Um we had the
[37:21] person the board had voted we had
somebody who was wanting to donate their
[37:25] time to come and perform ground
penetrating radar. Um it's a skill that
[37:30] they
>> Yeah, it's a skill that they have and
[37:33] they were wanting they like to do older
cemeteries so they volunteered to do
[37:37] that at Oakland. um they found quite a
few uh mark or quite a few graves that
[37:43] are in the older section that we don't
have markers for. Um and so as we go
[37:50] through piecing together the information
from old records um and scanning those
[37:54] into the system and locating
burials within the the map. Um we had
[38:03] Mr. housemen make uh 20 wooden crosses
and he we he did charge for the material
[38:11] and very limited for labor. Um but he
did that and made 20 wooden crosses for
[38:17] us to put on those unknown um grave
graves for them to have something there
[38:22] instead of nothing. So,
>> right.
[38:25] » Um, and in the future, I know that
monument companies have worked with, uh,
[38:29] municipalities to try to get markers put
in place. Um, and we can see if there's
[38:35] some other funding that we could get to
actually have monuments, little
[38:38] monuments done. So,
>> all right.
[38:45] And next is
public comment.
[38:49] Does the public have a comment? I mean,
>> you can you can go from right there.
[38:54] » My question is whose responsibility is
it for the drain to clean the drains
[38:59] out? The drain commissioner or the
county? Uh, Brendon, Mr. Moore said it
[39:04] was the county's job.
>> And I don't know whose ball whose ball
[39:09] game it is, but we would like to and
what would I have to do to get it done?
[39:13] Petition or who do I contact? So you can
if Brenda is saying that it's the county
[39:21] my guess that it is part of the county
road commission stretch. That is a very
[39:25] complicated question because there are
stretches of our drains that are the
[39:29] drain commissions and then there are
stretches of our ditches that are the
[39:34] road commissions means. So if Brenda is
saying not her then I would get a hold
[39:40] of well it's Stephanie Barrett now is
the drain person. Um, I'd get a hold of
[39:45] Mskin County Road Commission and see if
it's in their stretch.
[39:49] That makes sense.
>> I got them on the speed dial.
[39:53] [laughter]
>> Yeah.
[39:54] » So, it's kind of like passing the buck
here. We And we've been assessed for
[39:59] this. We have not absorbed it yet. $100.
We have we we haven't paid for that yet.
[40:04] And it's not completely said before. I
think it would be our neighbors. They
[40:09] don't even have a dish. It's just like a
little
[40:12] » I I completely 100% The ditch ends in my
front yard at where I'm at and I'm the
[40:18] last one on my road that gets the
assessment, but I get the assessment
[40:21] every time.
>> Yeah. Rated my yard. But um yeah, so
[40:26] there is a new um drain. It's it's not
is it drain commission water resource
[40:32] » is Stephanie Barrett um and she is where
Brenda was. Um, so you could reach out
[40:39] to her. She could explain where the
drain comes off, if any portion of your
[40:44] guys is at all part of the drains
or if it is the road commission, but
[40:50] she'll be able to explain it pretty
like,
[40:53] » oh, Brendon Morris said it was stage two
where we become at our end. It's the
[40:56] Ferman drain.
>> Mhm. And across the street um recently
[41:00] the houses that they bought probably
built some houses there and they dug
[41:04] that side and the guy's covert was only
24 in is going to be
[41:10] » 24. He says no because it's not a a
drain connected to the county drain.
[41:15] » Yeah,
>> it does help. So
[41:18] » we all have had to replace our culberts
because of that. five five of us in a
[41:22] row the neighbors here and
>> that was like $3,000 on top of our
[41:27] assessment. So
>> and and with the road being a burden
[41:30] extra burden for uh we have one of the
smaller lots
[41:34] » Yeah.
>> on the roads and uh a lot of burden on
[41:38] our taxes.
>> Yeah. Yeah. I know. Um I have chatted
[41:42] with them about uh ditches before. I
have the same exact situation. And so
[41:46] like the ditch ends in my front yard and
then it goes down further. But the
[41:51] county does the county does do the ones
on my road, but it connects at the end
[41:56] to the drain and so that's why I pay for
the drain cuz the ditch but the county
[42:00] does it. Yeah.
>> Well, we poured out $1,100 I have and I
[42:05] want to see my end the pay.
>> Yeah. But I would talk with her and see
[42:09] » where it all adds up and at least if you
can get a like, hey, I fully confidently
[42:14] know I reach out to Miss County Road
Commission and you're not like doing a
[42:17] circle every single time.
>> Thank you.
[42:19] » You're welcome. Sorry, it was like a
wonderful zone.
[42:25] » Is it or agriculture?
>> It is agricultural resource conservation
[42:31] » which means how much property do you
have to have to build a house in? So, in
[42:36] order to split off a new parcel, it
needs to be five acres
[42:41] » with your parcel and the new parcel. If
there's a pre-existing parcel, that can
[42:46] be built on as a lawful non-conforming
lot.
[42:49] » But if you sell your home,
>> what happens with the other home?
[42:56] » You have the two homes.
>> No, right now there's only one.
[43:00] » Yeah. I would get with Steve. I would
grab his card.
[43:02] » I can answer your questions.
>> Yeah.
[43:05] Yep. I would get with him. Um, all
right. Any other public comment?
[43:11] » What's up, Arnell?
>> I gotta apologize and
[43:15] I understand this with the chief's car.
>> Mhm.
[43:19] » I would tell you something. What happens
if he's running home from here off duty?
[43:24] » Yeah.
>> And there's a lady in the ditch and she
[43:26] needs to ride home.
>> Yeah.
[43:27] » The township president, is he allowed to
take her off?
[43:30] » It's in that. Yes.
>> Mhm.
[43:31] » 100%. Yep.
>> Yep. Yep. It was in there. Yep. I saw
[43:35] that.
>> Porno. We have We're forward thinking.
[43:40] [laughter]
[43:43] » Good looking out for him though. Good
looking out.
[43:45] » I have our questions. Does anybody know
what's when Bard's going to be open?
[43:49] They're filling with that cover.
>> They were working on it today. Um,
[43:53] » what was the hold up?
>> They the the culvert was a special order
[43:58] culvert and then it got behind and
behind and behind, but it is supposed to
[44:03] be coming in um I heard at the beginning
of August and it's supposed to be any
[44:09] day now I feel like is what they that
they've been saying. So
[44:12] » they the box is in. It's in.
>> Okay. So
[44:16] » I just thought maybe you guys knew
something and then I didn't.
[44:19] Oh, we get the the input. Um like Drew's
always really good about reaching out
[44:25] and letting us know, but
>> yeah,
[44:27] » at least they're working on it now.
>> Yeah. Yeah.
[44:32] » Yes.
>> All right. Any other public comment?
[44:38] » Any other public comment?
Any other public comment?
[44:44] » Motion to adjurnn.
>> Motion to adjurnn. Mola, do we have a
[44:47] support?
support
[44:50] » for by Christie. I didn't hear her
before you.
[44:52] » Okay.
>> And um all in favor say I.
[44:54] » I.
>> Any opposed seeing sign.
[44:57] » Okay. We are adjourned at 6:45.