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[0:04] » Board meeting for January 19th to order.
Please cl
[0:08] » roll call. Supervisor Wester here.
>> Clerk Smith here. Treasure Horn
[0:11] » here.
>> Trusty Bable here.
[0:12] » Trusty Buck here.
>> Trusty Klein
[0:14] » here.
>> Trusty Richley Epson.
[0:17] » I said he was coming.
>> Pledge of Allegiance, please.
[0:21] Pledge
>> to the flag of the United States of
[0:25] America and to the republic for which it
stands. One nation under God,
[0:30] indivisible, with liberty and justice
for all.
[0:36] » Agenda, like I said, we don't need to do
any amendments. So, approve as
[0:40] presented.
>> There he is. There we go.
[0:48] I didn't entertain a motion to approve
the agenda.
[0:51] » Did you need to add cemetery trees to
this or no? Where is there?
[0:56] » It's on here.
>> It's on here. Okay, it is. I'm sorry.
[0:59] I'm looking at
>> where
[1:00] » it's here.
>> The [clears throat] wrong one.
[1:02] » M5.
>> I just read the steps.
[1:05] » Yeah, I was say I didn't know.
[laughter] Just like I said, the train
[1:08] we don't have to add.
>> So, it's as presented. Is there a motion
[1:13] to approve? I'll make a motion to
approve the agenda as presented.
[1:17] » Support.
>> Those in favor say I.
[1:19] » I.
>> I.
[1:20] » Oppos. Minutes. Same thing.
>> Now, we do have close session minutes
[1:25] we're passing down that'll have to be
approved as well tonight.
[1:29] And we do have a correction in the
minutes. Um when I read the um
[1:37] the resolution and the information for
the um third quarter budget amendments.
[1:45] » There was an incorrect figure. One
second. I've got it here.
[1:51] » Oh, I see it.
>> Put it in my
[1:58] You got it.
>> Is it this?
[2:04] It it was read as 97,724.
Yes.
[2:11] Um
and actually the increased expense for
[2:16] the general fund instead of 97724
was 9910.
[2:21] There was a difference of $987.74.
[2:27] Um okay, wait a minute.
>> So is this correct? If you flip it over,
[2:30] Sandy, there's stuff on the way.
>> Where it says corrected amount
[2:36] » or no?
>> Yes, I put the corrected amount in the
[2:39] minutes.
>> Okay.
[2:42] » Um, and I explained why or the
difference.
[2:46] » If I can find it here.
>> Yeah. Well, right here. Right here. It
[2:49] was
>> Oh, yeah. Right here.
[2:50] » Was stated 97 and you said revised it to
91.
[2:54] » The correct amount was 91 and it was
$1,200.86 86 cents plus 100. That was
[2:58] not accounted for in the assessor
department.
[3:01] » Somehow that got left out of the
printout. Correct.
[3:04] » On the back sheet is the old one.
>> Right.
[3:06] » Okay. So, the minutes include the new
one. That's the correct one.
[3:09] » Correct.
>> Okay.
[3:10] » I wanted to explain that in the minutes.
So, it was
[3:13] » Was the motion made correctly then?
[3:17] » Do we have to change that?
>> No, we just need to approve it with
[3:20] these changes that are in our minutes as
indicated. So, we're going to approve
[3:24] the minutes for December 15th as
corrected as shown
[3:29] » and then the uh there's a closed session
you said or something,
[3:32] » right? A close session from December
15th.
[3:44] Is there a motion for the December 15th
corrective minute?
[3:47] » Some move support.
>> Support.
[3:50] » All in favor say I.
>> Opposed. Thank you. Is that the close
[3:55] or?
>> Yeah.
[3:58] » Presentations, guest speakers, we have
none. We'll come back to the minutes.
[4:01] » So that motion was for both minutes,
>> correct?
[4:04] » For the just December 15th is all it was
for.
[4:07] » December 15th close session and regular.
December 15.
[4:11] » Regular. I didn't include close. I
figured I'd come back to it here in a
[4:14] minute after everybody gets a chance to
look at it.
[4:16] » So that motion was for the regular then.
>> Yes.
[4:20] » Yeah. If that's all right, we'll just
move on and then we'll come back to it.
[4:23] Okay. Presentations got speakers. None.
I see no public comment. Consent agenda.
[4:28] The C1 financial report. C2 departmental
reports. C3 is a park commission meeting
[4:33] 25 December 25 meetings. Four is
historical meeting minutes December
[4:38] 2025.
Five is a Marine City area fire run for
[4:43] December 25. And six is a St. Clair fire
run December 25. Seven is a change order
[4:48] number two sewer lining for 2025
uh which was I actually executed but
[4:54] it's a reduction so
the overall contract has a motion for
[5:00] the consent agenda.
>> I'll make a motion to accept consent
[5:06] agenda items as presented.
>> Support move and supported and our
[5:11] comments. All in favor say I. I
>> opposed. Thank you.
[5:17] Uh dispersements M
>> payroll 89,91186
[5:25] accounts payable $329,52414
[5:32] EFT $81,975.93
[5:37] E check $6460
tax account $595,53.7
[5:46] 17
invoices $144,65542
[5:54] for a total of 1,241,72512
[6:00] and I make a motion to approve as
presented.
[6:06] Support
>> moved and supported. Any comments,
[6:09] questions? Okay, clerk, please call.
>> Supervisor Wester.
[6:14] » Yes. Clerk Smith, yes. Treasure Horn,
>> yes.
[6:16] » Trusty Bable, yes.
>> Trusty Buck, yes.
[6:18] » Trusty Klein,
>> yes.
[6:19] » Trusty Richley,
>> yes.
[6:21] » Thank you. Everybody get a chance to
look at the closed session minutes real
[6:25] quick now for December 15th.
If so, I'd entertain a motion to approve
[6:30] those as presented.
>> So moved.
[6:34] » Sport.
>> Support.
[6:35] » All in favor say I.
>> Opposed. Thank you.
[6:39] » Unfinished old business. Water leak
adjustment. um our DPW supervisor
[6:45] uh had wrong address sign and couldn't
investigate it. So, we got the right
[6:48] address and did investigate it and turns
out he can approve the sewer credit
[6:53] portion on that for the $69950.
Um
[6:58] and that's for the address shown 540
5504 is listed there, but it was 5540.
[7:10] So any council questions?
If not, I make a motion we approve the
[7:14] credit as presented. 6950
>> support.
[7:19] Who made the motion?
>> Second.
[7:25] » If not, clerk, please call.
Uh, okay. [snorts] One second.
[7:32] Roll call. Clerk Smith. Yes. Treasure
Horn.
[7:34] » Yes.
>> Trusty Babel. Yes.
[7:36] » Trusty Buck. Yes.
>> Trusty Klein.
[7:38] » Yes.
>> Trusty Richley. Yes. your resolution.
[7:40] » Yes.
All right. Thanks. New business one
[7:44] appointment
board review. Dwayne Cockwell has been
[7:49] as an applicator to be uh
serving on that. Got people volunteering
[7:55] to do that. I make a motion we approve
that and present it in cop board review.
[8:03] » All in favor say I.
>> I.
[8:05] » Opposed.
>> That was Pat. Correct.
[8:08] » No. No, I'm sorry. [laughter] I was
sneezing.
[8:11] » Housekeeping here. The uh new business 2
is the IRS mileage for 2026 is adopted
[8:17] 72 1.5 cents a mile now for this year.
So, we have to do this every year.
[8:22] » Right, Treasure?
>> Yeah.
[8:24] » I'll make a motion we adopt the 2026
standard IRS mileage reimbursement rate
[8:30] of 72 cents per mile effective January
1st, 2026. support.
[8:37] » Moved and supported. All those in favor
say I.
[8:40] » Oppos.
>> Professional development training new
[8:43] business 3.
They always encourage that.
[8:49] Um
I I encourage it. So this one here is a
[8:54] 1206 total mileage and lodging and all
that for our billing crew. I make a
[9:01] motion we approve that as presented. I
support
[9:04] » comments, questions. All in favor say I.
>> I.
[9:08] » This is money. We need a roll call.
>> Oh, yeah. We didn't have Sorry.
[9:12] » Roll call. Vote. Clerk Smith. Yes.
Treasure Horn.
[9:14] » Yes.
>> Trusty Vable. Yes. Trusty Box. Yes.
[9:16] » Trusty Klein.
>> Yes.
[9:17] » Trusty Richley? Yes.
>> Supervisor Wester?
[9:19] » Yes.
>> Thank you.
[9:22] » Okay. New business for Deb. We finally
got around to the glazing thing over
[9:28] there.
>> We We got some different people
[9:31] recommended to us. Steve did the
investigation, interviewed the people,
[9:34] and he recommends that we go with the
bid that's attached here, knows the
[9:37] person.
>> Okay.
[9:39] » Uh Joe and it's $1,530.
So, I make a motion we approve that that
[9:45] was presented.
>> I support
[9:48] comments or questions.
>> Time coming.
[9:50] » Yeah, I'm glad we got I know the person,
too, so it's good.
[9:53] » Okay.
>> If not, please call.
[9:56] » Roll call. Clerk Smith. Yes. Treasure
Horn.
[9:58] » Yes.
>> Trusty Babel. Trusty Bok. Yes. Trusty
[10:01] Klein. Trusty. Yes. Supervisor
>> Wester.
[10:04] » Yes.
>> Uh proposal for tree trimming. We're
[10:08] going to do some serious tree trimming
removal over there at the park or at the
[10:12] cemetery as you can see. Um we did have
two people take a look at that and gave
[10:17] us prices were very very close. Um our
our DPW supervisor recommends we go with
[10:22] [clears throat] this corner treaty
service. Uh we got a lot of them we're
[10:27] going to remove and then we're doing a
whole bunch of trimming. Um
[10:32] the uh total cost is 18,100. We talked
about the large pear trees leaving him
[10:39] for now, but we'll approve this in case
that changes.
[10:43] » Okay. That's not included in that 1810.
>> I got it.
[10:47] » Yeah.
>> Yeah.
[10:48] » So
>> it'd be 194.
[10:51] » Um
>> that was included.
[10:52] » Yes.
So, we could do not to exceed that if
[10:56] they decide to go with that or we could
just do this and then do the
[11:01] » Oh, I see it right here in the back.
>> Yeah. 14 17 181.
[11:05] » Well, we we said we're going to wait on
those anyway. So, [clears throat] let's
[11:08] just say we're going to do 18,0001 and
we're going to wait on the pair of trees
[11:11] till we get the design and all that
done.
[11:13] » Okay,
>> that work.
[11:15] » So, let's do the 18,100, you guys.
>> 18100. Yeah.
[11:19] » Yeah. We're going to leave the pair
trees until [clears throat] we decide
[11:21] exactly what we're doing in that area.
>> Okay. I'll make a motion that we um
[11:27] approve
cost not to exceed 18,100 for all of the
[11:33] um tree trimming and removals as
described in the quote support.
[11:39] » Okay. Any comments or questions?
>> Real quick, which fund is this going to
[11:44] be?
>> We're actually can probably do both
[11:45] because we're trying to figure out
exactly we have money left, Alan.
[11:48] » Okay. So, we're going to take we're just
going to take some money out of both to
[11:52] use that. We have plenty of money over
there in that though.
[11:54] » Okay.
>> All right.
[11:56] » I think one was left over from the
paving on it. To be honest with you, we
[11:59] had almost enough money left from the
paving when we did that.
[12:01] » Mhm.
>> So, we're going to use that up and then
[12:04] the balance will come out of the other
one.
[12:05] » Okay.
>> All right.
[12:07] » Thank you.
>> Any comments or questions? Not clerk,
[12:10] please.
>> Roll call. Vote. Clark Smith. Yes.
[12:12] Treasure Horn.
>> Yes.
[12:14] » Trusty Babel. Yes. Trusty Buck. Yes.
Trusty Klein. Yes.
[12:17] » Trusty Richley. Yes.
>> Super restor.
[12:19] » Yes.
>> Thank you.
[12:22] » New business six utility billing mic
adjustment request. Um same thing. Um
[12:30] this is at 6000 River Road and our
supervisor was able to get out there and
[12:34] and check it out and data log showed
that it was a problem. Um so there's he
[12:40] recommends we approve the sewer credit
portion of that and that's a big amount.
[12:45] It's over three billing cycles.
>> Probably the most I've ever seen.
[12:50] » And they're still paying the water.
That's unfortunate, but it least we can
[12:53] help them on the sewer portion.
>> So, is there a motion for this one?
[13:01] » The question. I couldn't hear when you
said what the reasoning was like what
[13:07] like what's the difference between this
and like the
[13:10] » There's a few people
>> the water. Yeah. Well, that that and
[13:14] there was another person that they had a
break outside and they had water that
[13:18] was outside. Like what's the difference
between this and that is my question. I
[13:23] » he the data log on that one didn't show
like if you get a leak he goes high and
[13:28] stays high
>> until it's done where it was just like
[13:30] use water and then the next day they
didn't use any.
[13:33] » So if the data log on the meter doesn't
support that there's a res a leak until
[13:38] it's fixed
>> he can't he doesn't think it's really a
[13:41] leak. You know what I'm saying? That's
>> okay.
[13:44] » This one here, yeah, it spiked up until
they repaired the leak.
[13:48] » Okay.
>> You know,
[13:50] » yeah, water consistent with a leak. You
know, they use That's the nice thing
[13:53] about our mirrors now. They'll tell you
that,
[13:55] » right?
>> That's the difference.
[13:57] » Okay.
>> Glad to ask questions like able to
[13:59] verify.
>> Yeah.
[14:04] » All right.
[14:07] So, is there a motion to approve the
27105
[14:10] credit?
>> So, move your support.
[14:15] » Support.
>> Mr. Richley. All right. Any other
[14:18] comments or questions? If not, clerk,
please call.
[14:21] » Roll call. Clerk Smith. Yes.
>> Excuse me. Treasure horn.
[14:25] » Yes.
>> Trusty Babel.
[14:27] » Yes. Trusty Bok. Yes.
>> Trusty Klein.
[14:29] » Yes.
>> Trusty Rich?
[14:30] » Yes.
>> The rest?
[14:32] » Yes. You okay over there?
>> Barely squeaked down. [laughter]
[14:35] » Sorry. Excuse me.
[clears throat]
[14:39] » All right, I think that's it. Um, this
is this is your [cough]
[14:44] sweet.
>> Uh,
[14:48] announcements.
>> Thanks.
[14:50] » We have Do we have that sheet here?
>> Here we talked about that. I don't think
[14:56] » the dinner March MTA and March if
anybody wants to go to that.
[15:02] » Call the guy. I don't think
>> you didn't give it back to me. What's
[15:05] there?
>> Oh, I know. I never go to those.
[15:07] » Yeah.
>> Yeah, it's in Mark. If you want to go
[15:11] let myself off.
>> Yeah, I don't feel
[15:20] if uh
any anything else that
[15:26] you
>> me
[15:29] start this end. You start there. We
start here.
[15:31] » Okay.
We have got some um pictures of kind of
[15:36] a um presentation that we'd like to have
everybody look through for the uh
[15:42] cemetery and um to get, you know, kind
of an idea of what maybe we might want
[15:49] to get into. Um this this is beautiful.
This is um where is this at?
[15:55] Resurrection Cemetery in Clinton. Look
through those. Yes, the cemetery
[16:01] committee met and they're gathering
ideas.
[16:03] » Yes.
>> To do um and correct me if I'm wrong,
[16:07] like as we're expanding the colarium
units to create an area, a sitting area,
[16:14] contemplation area, and then have a ask
for a proposal for a design to make this
[16:22] out in front of the cemetery chapel. So,
as we're adding new calibarium units,
[16:28] » we have a plan instead of just
>> right,
[16:31] » oh, [laughter] we get some hardscape in
there, some sidewalks, and then
[16:36] landscape plans to support that. Now,
whether this will be a three-year
[16:42] project or a whatever, I mean, I feel
like the planning part's important
[16:47] before we start spending any money
>> on it. So, we know where we're going
[16:50] with this.
It needs some help and we are going to
[16:54] have a um professional come in and look
at it. Wendy Fry I think is
[17:00] » and one that does designs.
>> Yeah. Um she does designs and
[17:07] [clears throat]
>> can kind of better judge where things
[17:10] should go and I think that's great.
>> Yeah.
[17:15] So they do have more some more pictures
Wendy copied. If anyone wants to look at
[17:19] those, those would be here too at the
hall. But
[17:21] » yeah, after the meeting, we're gonna
[clears throat] take the plans out.
[17:24] » But before we were going to ask for a
proposal, I suggested that we get a an
[17:31] idea where we want to go.
>> I mean, it's not going to be this
[17:35] $100,000 project. I'm something more on
a simple scale, but yet planning ahead.
[17:42] » Add two and everything, too. [snorts]
So,
[17:45] » okay, just
>> introducing the idea at this point.
[17:50] » Yeah.
>> Anything else?
[17:52] » So, we're on the same page.
>> Done.
[17:54] » Yeah.
>> Yeah.
[17:55] » And I don't have anything
[18:00] good.
>> Yeah. I got a lot of stuff
[18:03] unfortunately, but uh for the cemetery
stuff, can we get that emailed to us by
[18:07] chance?
>> The pictures for the packet thing. I
[18:12] didn't have time to read through that,
but if we could get that email to us.
[18:15] Yeah,
>> these are just some ideas. We're not
[18:18] really
>> They're not We're not going with that.
[18:20] Basically, it's just this idea kind of
>> showing them. We're trying to address
[18:25] » anything that we do come up with,
everybody will get that information.
[18:30] » Okay. All right. Um,
[18:34] oh, so at our last park commission
meeting, we were talking about the
[18:38] snowmake machine and there's a little
bit of confusion including on my part
[18:43] who I know we gave control back to the
park commission of it, but who
[18:49] like makes the snow like who would do
that?
[18:52] » Um, the park manager decides when we
want to make snow and gets with the DPW
[18:56] supervis. I had a meeting with them.
>> Oh, they uh two weeks ago. Okay.
[19:01] » They they look and say, "All right, it's
time to make snow." Um
[19:05] » there's a lot of things that are
involved with that, you know, humidity
[19:07] and all that stuff. So,
>> I would assume that with the weather
[19:10] coming up, they might be able to do it.
>> Okay.
[19:12] » Um I know that if it's sometimes too
cold, they can't, but everything freezes
[19:17] trying to do it, you know.
>> Okay.
[19:18] » So, but they get together cuz I just
said the same thing. I said,
[19:21] » "Yeah,
>> just because it cost a little bit of
[19:23] money doesn't mean we can't do snow.
>> We're not going to call them in on the
[19:26] weekends to do that. Right.
>> You want to do it during regular hours.
[19:30] » But uh
>> that's that's how that'll work.
[19:32] » It's been nice seeing kids out there and
people using it this week though.
[19:36] » Got [clears throat] enough snow where
it's stuck at least.
[19:39] » Yeah.
>> But they long story short, the park
[19:43] manager and the DBW get together and try
to figure out time to go do that. We
[19:46] just got some bales ordered for down at
the bottom of the hill. Bes are going to
[19:49] be put in. So, okay.
>> If they're not already, I don't even
[19:52] know if they did.
>> Right.
[19:53] » Steve got them last week.
>> Okay. And then uh are there any updates
[19:57] on the new job descriptions for staff
yet?
[20:01] » Uh I believe they're done,
>> right? They're done with what you had.
[20:05] » Oh, yeah.
>> Yeah. We just haven't met with them
[20:06] because of the thing with the union.
>> Yeah. Okay.
[20:09] » Well, those were reviewed with them at
their annual review.
[20:12] » Yeah. Okay.
>> Yeah. We're we're waiting on uh a
[20:15] response from the the union. There's a
person stepping in to help with that.
[20:20] » Yeah.
>> Uh but I haven't heard anything about
[20:22] our appointment yet. I was hoping to
meet with him this week.
[20:25] » Okay. So, we can probably get a copy of
it within the next month or two, the job
[20:30] description.
>> Yeah, it'll come with the proposal, the
[20:32] contract.
>> Okay, cool. Thank you. Uh,
[20:37] one thing I say my dad came down, a
couple of other people, I don't know if
[20:41] I mentioned this at the last meeting. If
I did, sorry, but bunch of people were
[20:44] saying that the pads are very well kept
and everything like that. They're very
[20:48] impressed. So,
>> the park and the DPW is doing a very
[20:51] good job. And then uh
I'll talk to you about this after the
[20:57] meeting, but then uh when are
when is our contract up with Centas?
[21:03] » We uh looked at that at the staff
meeting. I believe in March it's up and
[21:07] we're canceling it.
>> Awesome.
[21:08] » I don't quote me on that. March or April
when we said
[21:11] » it was soon. We were going to look at it
and see if we could get out of it
[21:13] sooner.
>> Yeah, we're going to cancel it.
[21:15] » Okay.
>> Yeah. Our own
[21:18] » Well, that's not a lot. [laughter] I'm
not giving you an opportunity. Well,
[21:21] some well some of the other stuff you
already answered. So,
[21:24] » all right. Anybody else comments? If
not, I'd entertain a motion or motion to
[21:30] » adjourn [laughter]
three support.
[21:34] » All in favor say I.
>> I thank you everyone.
[21:37] » Thank you.
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