[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.

Dalton Township Board of Trustees Meeting - August 10th 2026

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