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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.

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