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call our August 10th meeting to order.
If you all rise for the pledge of

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allegiance

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to the flag of the United States of
America and to the republic for which it

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stands, one nation under God,
indivisible with liberty and justice for

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all.

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Kevin Scramlin here.
>> Janelle Keller,

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» excuse me.
>> Teresa Bills

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» here.
>> Jim Christopher

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» here.
>> Keith Weerhold

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» here.

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All right.
Approval of a agenda including additions

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and changes. The only I need to add on
my part is make it letter D. It's just

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informative. It's less. I see Janelle
put it in the packet, but she did not

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put it on the agenda. So, Kevin, one
thing I'd like to add to is

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a financial audit on the new fire
department

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» on the department or the
>> the new station.

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» Station.
Anybody

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else?

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» I'll make a motion that we approve the
agenda for August 10th with the two

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additions as noted.
>> Second.

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» All those in favor? I
>> opposed.

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» I'll open public comment. Anybody have a
comment at this time?

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» Mr. D,
>> has the bar made a decision on whether

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to sue Oakland County?

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» Has the board made a decision on whether
or not to sue Oakland County? This is

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public comment. So,
>> uh, regarding your transit

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Yes, there has been no there's not even
been any talk of it yet to be honest

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with you all.
>> Has anybody done the oath of office when

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you took office?
>> Yes.

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» In there it says that you
hold the constitution of the United

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States.
>> I will tell you at this time when I

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talked to you before our lawyers advised
us against that.

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» I don't care about the lawyer. Well,
>> we as a board, we can discuss it at some

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point. Well, if our legal council is
telling us not to drag this township

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into a financial burden to do it, our
board has to take that into

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consideration. That's the reality.
>> Let him pay for it.

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» Why would our attorney pay for it?
>> Because he's our attorney.

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» Our attorney is not going to take down
free.

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» It's his job to uphold the Constitution.
Well, I'm not I'm not here to argue with

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you. I'm just telling you at this point,
the board has not talked about it. Our

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attorney advises us against it.

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» It's a fraud.
>> I I'm not arguing with you about the the

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tax.
>> You're just going to go ahead and let

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the fraud happen? Millions of dollars
get taken from the taxpayers. I I think

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in the meeting that you had with Terresa
and Bill, it was explained that we have

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to follow certain guidelines and if
we're instructed to collect these taxes,

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we have to do that at this point. That's
true. And you should sue to get the

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money back
or have a new election.

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That's another possibility.
>> As a board, we will discuss it at some

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point, but at this point, we have not
have to do it now.

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» We don't have to do anything right now.
>> Yes, you do. No, we don't.

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» It's the Constitution.
>> Well, we will have it at a meeting.

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We've been down this avenue with you
before, and I'm trying to be polite

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about this. I really am. And I agree
with you on a lot of points. I do. But

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as a board, we can only do so much.
>> You can uphold the Constitution.

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» If it was that simple, I think everybody
would be doing it. And they're not

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» supposed to represent us.
>> And I think we do a good job of

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representing you.
>> I don't think so.

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Well, that's your opinion.
>> Anybody else?

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» I have a written statement. Um,
unfortunately though, my computer is

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acting slow. Um, and I I'll just wait
until the second time. I just had two

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separate comments today if that's okay.
>> Sorry.

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» Anybody else?
I'll post public comment.

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No consent agenda.
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you want me to Okay, the consent agenda.
I looked through the um accounts

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payables, the general fund of just over
94,000 does include uh the Holly Library

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annual fee which is just under 12,000
and the road commission um 43,000.

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That's tri county or that for paving for
I'm sorrying for something

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» but it's it's road commission and we do
pay that every year. So those two um are

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account for more than half of the
accounts payable for the general um fire

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[clears throat] is just under 34,000 and
trust and agency um that 1,500 is for

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permits for projects that are on escrow
for um rotten manner and other things.

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And then the revenue and expense report
is included in there. Um I didn't see

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anything out of the ordinary. Um,
and then the treasur's investment

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report. All I can really say about that
is um that interest rates are still at

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about three and a half to 4% for most
things that are uh invested right now.

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So
any questions from the board?

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» I'll just make a motion that we approve
the consent agenda as submitted.

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I'll second.

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» Chemist Garland.
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» Teresa Bills.
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» Jim Christopher.
>> Yes.

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» Keith Leader Hole.
>> Yes.

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» Presentations
business

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would be discussed. Township and
fireboard meeting minutes.

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Laura, I think the only thing I have
under The supervisor report you got ROC

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for road. It should be RC.

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Nothing else.

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» I'll make a motion that we approve the
ship and fire board minute meeting

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minutes of July 13, 2026 with the one
change as noted.

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» All those in favor

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» let's see uh national fitness campaign.
So what you will see

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just how the world works. Janelle and I
had talked about maybe looking into

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putting a uh

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fitness park back here with our
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And as luck would have it, National
Fitness Campaign reached out to me

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probably about a month ago now. And what
stemmed it was all the uh traffic we

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have on the trails back here.
So, it's a $50,000 grant. Um,

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and to back up a little bit, some of you
may not even know, but the state

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actually owns half this back here right
about the end of the Isn't it?

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» So, we've talked to the state and the
DNR. Uh, so far everything seems

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promising there.
So, I think we're in good shape there.

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For round numbers,
it's about 200,000.

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But when I tell you that they've got
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obviously we can get the dirt work and
stuff done. um and $30,000

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to assemble it, which I talked to the
guy in Graham Point. They did one that

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only cost him$10,000. So, there's money
we could peel off of that.

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And I have Damascus, we just had a
meeting on the other day to start

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looking into other revenues, grants, and
maybe some corporate partnerships or

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sponsorships to try to round more money
out. But um they only do 10 of these a

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year in Michigan, so they're gone this
year. And they tell me we more than

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qualify for it.
Um but they want us to get our paperwork

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in. So at the beginning of the year, we
can be at the top of the line to try to

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get one next year.
So that's the information. Feel free to

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look through if you got any questions,
ask me. But I need to uh talk about a

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resolution from the board so that we can
apply for this grant. It is nonbinding.

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If we did the grant next year and we
decided it's too much and we can't do

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it. We don't have to take it.

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» So, go ahead.
>> Did you want

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» Well, I was just going to say, have you
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» I have not.
>> Do you know where it is?

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» I think it's right here.
that park.

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» There you go.
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» Um,
as long as it's a non-binding,

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» you know,
>> thing, you know, if we can back out of

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it, it doesn't cost us anything.
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» Um, because I would hate for us to
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» Sure. No,
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» you know, we have to look at the budget
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» Did you say the was for 50 grand.
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» And we're and we're going to talk to
some other people about trying to get

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more money for it. But I do I do think
it'd be a great thing for the community.

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» Well, I definitely like the idea.
>> Yeah. Just if we can figure out all the

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finances, but but the woman has been
adamant and about us just trying to get

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in before the end of the year so that
we're at the top of the list because

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they go they go out quickly.
So, have you and Janelle looked at um

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other options?
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but they said it probably be two to
three weeks before they got any quotes

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back.
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» So, sometime in the next couple months,
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» So, we will have a few other options as
well because this looks like a um

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a pretty big
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» Yeah, I think it's 38 by 38.
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be recycled

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» looks pretty cool. But um I I would like
to see it in person myself. Um just to

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see if I can envision it back there how
it's going to look.

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motion.

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I'll make a motion that we pass
resolution 2026-017

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authorizing the submission of a grant
application to national fitness campaign

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on behalf of the township of one.

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» I'll second that.
>> All those in favor

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See biz it's uh Janelle did not I think
print off the report. If everybody wants

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one and get one I can tell you I read
through it. It's 50 pages of fund

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» but ciz is our retirement benefits for
the township.

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» We usually u
no problem.

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» Long story short um we are very well
funded. Um

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the board has always made it a priority
and we will continue to too because a

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lot of municipalities their death blow
is getting behind in their retirement

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cost. So we're actually overfunded by
250%.

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But that's a little bit misleading
because it's starting to peel off a

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little bit with former supervisor
diploma and chief Mason of course are

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collecting now. We do have more people
collecting, but this is the overall

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summary sheet. You want to read it?
We're in a good spot and we continue to

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stay in a good spot.

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» no. I mean, I think that that's pretty
much the gist of it, but they they do

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base this on an annual uh wage increase
of 3% per year.

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» And they're saying that our return
was 18.86%

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6% annual actual rate of return for one
year, which obviously we know that that

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may not be sustainable. So it it is nice
to be overfunded, but at some point the

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market may not be as strong and it it
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um at this point if all we're doing is
accepting the report

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» Yeah.
There's no changes needed. So

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motion to accept it.
>> We need a motion to accept it.

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» Oh, I'm sorry. Said we do. I thought
>> Do we or don't we?

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» We don't. Just for information.
>> Oh, okay. All

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right. D Lexiple. Um, so I gave you guys
some information. Actually, Stacy

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brought this to me.
So, you're going to see what Lexipole is

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basically is a giant grant

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software is basically what it is.
So, you can join and have access to it

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for $1,500 a year. You get five, correct
me if I'm wrong, Stacy, five users.

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I got a good
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the $1,500 one or the one. I made
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» Yeah, $1,500 a year to get five users.
their other programs. Um,

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so for $14,250
for two years, so it's about it's

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about7,000 a year. They will write two
large grants a year for you. They will

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also review uh five other grants that
you write. You can send it in to them

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and they'll tell you, I think you should
change this or that. Uh you actually get

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a person assigned to you uh that will
come out and meet with us, talk about

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our township needs and uh and help you
that way, too.

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Like I say, Stacy brought it to me, but
the more I looked into it.

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I mean, we do have a small office and
these grants will drive you crazy

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because you never know when they're
starting, when they're coming up, when

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they're ending. I I don't even know how
many grants we miss that we don't even

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know about to apply for. So, that's what
piqu my interest. I know a lot of areas

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around here like Oxford or I grant you
they're bigger than us, but they

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actually have people on staff that
that's all they do is write grants. Um,

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so I guess what piqu my interest was
maybe this is something that could help

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us
get the big deposit money.

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But it's for information tonight. I want
you guys to read through it. If you have

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any questions, please ask me. Stacy, is
there something I'm missing you like?

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» Did Did they go through all their
database and all work together. Yeah,

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» it's it's a huge database. Every grant
both federal, state, local, and

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foundation grants. Um, and like you
said, finding the grants is the hardest

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part of the job or part of filling them
out. Um, and they have a database with

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all the start and end dates and send,
hey, this one's opening up. Um, I mean,

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we get the big ones, the AFG and the
discretionary funding and some of the

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other stuff we find through
MTA or the state of Michigan on

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Wednesday updates, but they're hard to
find. Their database was pretty

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extensive, but
all the grants probably.

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» Yeah, I did talk to a supervisor by
Sageno, one by Mount Pleasant, and and

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they both had tremendous success with
them. In fact, one of them got three new

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police cars, one got half a fire truck
with a million dollars, bought half a

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fire truck. Um, I I just think it's
something the board maybe want to think

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about. Um, something we can look into,
but if you have any questions, please

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ask them.
You want to talk to the lady that I be

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glad to give you her number, too.
>> Is she the lady whose name is here?

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» Yep.

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» So, when are you looking at possibly
doing this? I'm going to be gone next

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month, so it'll probably be October or
something. We'll bring it that way and

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see. But I wanted everybody to have time
to look at it, do their homework and see

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what your thoughts were.

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» And this the same one that I talked to.
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» um if you want to zoom in and she can
show you their whole program and how it

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works. They can do a Zoom meeting and
show you all the different areas and

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what they do. It's
>> pretty impressive.

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» Yeah, it was. I was actually pleasantly
surprised when it was done.

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» They're usually pretty quick. You've got
a day, you know, usually about 30

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minutes or so, they can go through the
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» system that they have.
>> Sounds pretty.

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» Who would be the users?
>> Like it says you get five users.

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» Sure.
>> Who are you thinking are the users?

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» You. I'm assuming me.
>> I mean, it says you get at least five.

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You get like you don't have to use all
five, but I'm just wondering who who

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were you thinking were going to be the
users.

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» You're going to be [laughter] one. Okay.
>> Well, I'm sure we'll have to have a

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couple from the fire department
>> in in two or three years.

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» I mean, everybody might as well do what
we can to gain as much as we can.

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» Yeah. And there are some people Motorola
that I talked to last month. Lex Pool

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has been around for a while. Um I looked
into them a couple of years ago.

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A lot of people only like the Motorola
grant only goes through Lex. Oh yeah, we

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can get you your radios, but they're the
ones that help find the grant to pay for

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the radios. Um and they don't do it any
other way for grant services like that.

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um as one of

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» Okay. Um well, I will say
I noticed how many villages have failed

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around here recently and you know I
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what would happen around here, but I
like the idea of being able to find

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funding through alternative sources
rather than having to look at possible

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ing of the mill because we wouldn't we
wouldn't need to put that to a vote

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that's already been approved but we you
know we don't want to raise that

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millillage but I would like to see us
get some more money so if this is a way

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that we could do that without having to
look at raising millages then obviously

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you know
>> that's a great thing

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» that that was my thought and like I've
told John and Stacy we got to throw as

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much stuff at the wall and see what we
can get to stick

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» it just takes an exorbitant amount of
time to do these grants. I mean,

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» especially
>> especially the big four months, the big

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ones are tough.
>> Yeah.

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» The easiest one is the Michigan DNR is
one page.

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» Two sentences.
>> Yeah.

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» And as I talked to other supervisors, I
mean, it sounds like the key to them big

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grants is having the right verbiage in
there. And what those words are, I don't

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know, but that's what them people do.
You have to have the hot hot item that

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they're looking for that here and
>> the right wording.

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» Sure.
>> All right.

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» Okay. So, this is just we're just
thinking on this

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» information. Yep.
>> Want to take a look at it? Bring it

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back.
>> Okay.

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» Keith, you had something you want to do?
>> Yeah. I think we're close enough to the

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end of the project that we should start
thinking about a financial audit.

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There's several reasons why, but um
from a construction standpoint, we need

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to make sure that we've got what we
bought.

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» Sure.
>> We need to make sure that everybody's

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been paid all the subcontractors down
the line because they can

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they can come after us later. As the
owner, we're the only ones that have

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receive any benefit from the property in
the end. So, it's it costs more to build

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it's ultimately
us, right?

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» But, um, we need to just check all those
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This is the largest thing we've built
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» It's a pretty pretty big investment. Um,
and we it's granted it was before you

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and I got here, but but this is a little
unconventional how how they did it

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» and how they I'm not sure I don't know
what the contracts look downstream, what

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they look like.
>> And when it's public money, I think we

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need to be pretty transparent with that.
>> Sure.

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» More transparency the better. And um
>> yeah, we have we have nothing to

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» No, I I don't I don't think we do. Would
it like

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» Ken? Probably.
>> I think he would.

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» I think he's I think he would.
>> I can call Ken.

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» Yeah.
>> If not, we can go from there. So, before

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we get 100% done and we release final
retention and payments, make sure that

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we got
>> everything that we expected, that it's

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all that John's satisfied, punch list is
done. you know, any defects or anything

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is taken care of before we release any
of that money in that we get. I'm not

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sure how they did their billings
with people that subcontracted to Barry.

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But in my world, we get a sworn
statement,

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» right?
>> We exchange it for

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» that that has to be done every time we
get ourselves in a jackpot.

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We got diligent
the processes

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this wasn't exactly done with AIA
documents or anything there's processes

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that should be followed that that are
well established in the court so we

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don't get ourselves into a situation
being pursued

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um we had we've got money in our budget
line for audits I don't know if that's

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where it come from the audit legal line
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if it's the same line that your audits
come

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financial aid does with you. But there
was there was still some money in there

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for the year. If if we don't need that,
maybe we can pull out of there. If not,

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transfer from general fund included
that.

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» Yeah. And also there might be some money
still budgeted for the new station and

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perhaps it could fall into that bucket
as well. I don't know. We have to look

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into that.
>> I'll I'll do some investigation. I was

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try to figure out what's the move
forward,

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» right?
>> So, should we should we make a motion

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that
>> that we'll do one?

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» Well, we might wait till we get the
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» for an audit.
>> Yeah.

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» So, wait till next month. You want to
come back and revisit it?

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» Yeah. Well, we'll get prices that way.
>> Okay. I think that's fair. But I do

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think that
something along these lines is

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definitely in order because Barry's
going to be done and he's going to be

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walking away from the project and then
>> Well, no, I'm all for I have

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I have no reservation.
>> Well, we need to know what we're going

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to
>> Yes, we do.

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Did you have anything?
Okay.

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Thank you. Keith,
>> did you have anything for assistance?

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The boss needed any reports.
>> She didn't leave me with anything. Did

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she leave you? No. Um, so no, nothing
for a year.

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» Then what do I do for
>> uh Brandon? It's very simple. Um,

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because it's been summer, they didn't
meet um they didn't meet in July. And uh

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tomorrow is the meeting. It's their
annual picnic at Crossman Park for um

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the stakeholders, you know, the board
members, etc. Um and then and Kevin and

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I will both be attending that. Um
September Fest on September 12th, uh

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BGYA will have a booth um
I think from 9 to 3. and also the

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fundraiser at WOJO which took place at
the end of May, early June. Um,

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can't remember the dates, but probably
around May 31st or June 1st or

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something. Um, they raised about $130.
So, thank you to anyone who went to WOOS

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that day for that weekend for um
spending and mentioned BGYA.

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And that's it.
Keith Planning Commission.

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» Um, we approved the project for Stevens
Land Trust on on Big Sky Drive.

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It was approved with no well, no
subject.

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And we work more on the solar
ordinance,

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which is still not complete.
Work on it. It's the fourth month.

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No Z
supervisor um task force one funding the

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Mavis building over there when they did
the state budget they cut a million

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dollars out of their budget. So
they've obviously reached out to all

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fire chiefs and everybody else to uh
ground support

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to try to get this million dollars back.
So, if any of you would like to drop a

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letter to Representative Mark's office
because we've talked to uh David about

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it. Obviously, we all know what a great
asset it is to have task force one here.

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We'd like to keep them here, but I think
it was one of them deals. I don't think

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they had any idea they were going to
lose it until it was passed.

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Anything else on that, John? I know
you've talked to other people about it.

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» No. Well, I haven't heard anything more
from Chad. Okay.

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» So, I mean, he's still looking at doing
the training grounds out out and back.

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So, I think he's hopeful,
>> right?

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» I'm sure they are.
>> They they have enough in their coffers

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to sustain them for a couple years, but
it definitely take a hard hit and they

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won't be doing any out of state.
>> Sure.

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» So, because it takes multiple years to
get recoup their funds from that.

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» Sure.
uh road diet. They are going to be here

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in October to present to the board on
Dixie Highway. I've met with some other

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supervisors about that, trying to figure
out what our best avenue is to uh try to

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handle that. So, lot still to come on
that, but they will be here for the

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October board meeting to present. Um the
library, join the library network, and

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if you don't have new cards, you need to
go in there and get new cards. They sent

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me an email the other day. Did our first
tire clean up. We got 439 tires that

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day. So, it worked out great. Uh the
next one will be August 29th in Brandon

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Township Park on Hadley Road. Uh the
last NOAZ is coming up September 12th in

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Stone Pontiac in Oakland County. That's
the last one for the year. So, if

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anybody's got anything they're looking
to get rid of, that will be the spots.

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Uh community picnic August 29th. Hope
everybody can make it that day. We are

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rounding up some sponsors. I think I got
$500 so far. So, we're getting there.

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We're getting there. And the last thing
is Holly School sent a love letter to

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the clerk's office this morning that
they're going to have a millage on the

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board in November. So, you'll get
another one to

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That's all I got. Laura, did you get a
clip report? Um I only and this is

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coming from Janelle and I. We would
really like to thank um our election

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inspectors. Um every year they do a
wonderful job keeping everything in

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line, following all protocols. So a big
shout out to them as well as Neil

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Lachlin. He uh he was a rock star for us
um for early voting and on election day.

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Um, and then just to let you know, our
turnout for early voting, we were only

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at 34%.
Uh, we were 12th lowest in Oakland

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County for coming out to vote for the
primary, which is sad.

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» What about what?
>> That was 34%

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» overall.
>> Overall,

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» so that that's fairly typical for a
primary. Some news counties are a little

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higher, some are a little lower, but um
it has improved with

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a lot of absentee ballots, but when I
first started in this first office back

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eight years ago, [clears throat]
the primary was like 20% turn, maybe 20

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24% turn. That's primary. Is that is it
because there wasn't anything major?

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» Well, there there was major

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It's a primary. I don't know. I don't
know what people are thinking.

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» I do have
>> I do have one more thing I'll throw in.

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Janelle actually gave me this the other
day, but 123 net had sent us a letter.

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Um
>> for the bead. Is it bead?

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» Yeah.
>> Did you get it?

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» Uh I I haven't had a chance to read it
yet.

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» Oh, gotcha. Okay. Well, long story
short, um it says commencing engineering

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permitting and construction activities
within your jurisdiction uh as part of

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the federal broad broadband expansion
project. Um so the purpose program is to

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act access to highspeed broadband
infrastructure and improve connectivity

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for residents, businesses and
communities institutions with

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underserved
and unserved areas. So maybe in the next

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couple years we may get more fiber in
the township and have a little better

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internet for everybody. So we just got
that. We'll see what they come back

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with.
Uh I just have a couple things. Um just

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summer taxes are due on Monday,
September 14th without penalty. Uh

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[clears throat] the July board of review
took place a couple few weeks ago and um

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I want to thank my [clears throat] folks
who are uh on serving on the tax board

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of appeals. We do need another person as
an alternate which we call them an

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alternate but you really would be
present for all of the things. We have a

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December board of review coming and then
next March I'm definitely going to need

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another person to be appointed to that
board. So, if you feel like maybe this

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is something you might want to do, um,
let let me or supervisor or the assessor

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know. And we did have three applications
uh for poverty exemptions here in the

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township. Um,
one was approved, one was incomplete and

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given an opportunity to come back to the
December board and one was denied. So,

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as with anything, um, people can go to
the Michigan Tax Tribunal if they are

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not happy with the decision made by the
local board of appeals. So, just wanted

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to let you guys know that because, you
know, if if people are exempted, that's

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um it's not that it costs you more, but
we have certain parameters we have to

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work within. And, you know, we're not
allowed to just grant all kinds of

422
00:34:35,200 --> 00:34:43,119
things will. So,
That's it for me and I do want to do a

423
00:34:40,720 --> 00:34:48,320
shout out and thank my deputy Angela
because she's very diligent and um she's

424
00:34:46,800 --> 00:34:53,839
always that smiling face here when you
walk in the building, right?

425
00:34:51,040 --> 00:34:56,240
Not the only one, but she's the greeter
most of the time.

426
00:34:54,560 --> 00:35:00,800
» Well, some days she's the only one.
>> Some days

427
00:34:58,320 --> 00:35:06,160
» the only happy one for the only one.
>> The only happy one.

428
00:35:03,440 --> 00:35:08,320
» She does a great job.
And that's it.

429
00:35:06,960 --> 00:35:12,119
» That's it.
>> We'll open public comment.

430
00:35:13,440 --> 00:35:21,839
» Your time to go. Are you ready?
>> Yes. This is my first one. I just want

431
00:35:19,839 --> 00:35:26,880
to say good evening to the members of
the board. My name is Carrie Smith and I

432
00:35:24,480 --> 00:35:32,320
do reside at 715 East Holly Road in
Groen Township and I'm here tonight to

433
00:35:29,520 --> 00:35:36,560
establish a critical strategic path
ahead of the upcoming planning

434
00:35:33,680 --> 00:35:39,920
commission meeting on August 17th. I
request that this statement that I'm

435
00:35:38,560 --> 00:35:45,839
making along with the detailed
regulatory data packages compiled by our

436
00:35:42,960 --> 00:35:49,760
active resident coalition GTRA submitted
to the township offices be formally

437
00:35:47,760 --> 00:35:54,240
entered and attached to tonight's
official meeting minutes. As citizens,

438
00:35:52,320 --> 00:35:58,880
we have done and will continue to do
absolutely everything in our power to

439
00:35:56,640 --> 00:36:03,200
protect the community we love. We've
invested our time, our energy, and our

440
00:36:00,720 --> 00:36:09,040
independent resources to safeguard
Groveland's borders. Now, we are asking

441
00:36:06,720 --> 00:36:14,640
that this board do its legal due
diligence. We formally request that this

442
00:36:12,160 --> 00:36:18,560
board direct our township attorney to
thoroughly review the GT track

443
00:36:16,160 --> 00:36:23,599
documents. The mandate for our legal
council must be clear, ensure that every

444
00:36:21,359 --> 00:36:27,680
protected measure set back and zoning
restrictions slated for review by the

445
00:36:25,760 --> 00:36:32,240
planning commission is legally
defensible, airtight, and as strict as

446
00:36:30,400 --> 00:36:37,119
the law allows under the Michigan zoning
enabling act. Furthermore, if other

447
00:36:35,119 --> 00:36:42,079
municipalities have successfully
implemented ordinances or workable and

448
00:36:39,680 --> 00:36:46,000
compatible ordinances that offer a more
restrictive protective guideline than

449
00:36:44,000 --> 00:36:51,280
what we have found, we ask that this
board not settle for the baseline in any

450
00:36:48,079 --> 00:36:56,480
area. We ask that you expend your time,
your political will, and your legal

451
00:36:53,599 --> 00:37:01,680
resources to actively improve upon the
foundation that GTRA has built. Our

452
00:36:59,920 --> 00:37:08,320
defensive window under the current
moratorum is closing and the pressures

453
00:37:04,320 --> 00:37:13,839
of the state public act 233 are real. We
do not want a legal draft that simply

454
00:37:10,000 --> 00:37:18,800
checks a box. We the residents
for lack of a better word I wrote demand

455
00:37:15,920 --> 00:37:23,760
a regulatory framework that serves as an
unassalable shield for our taxpayers,

456
00:37:21,680 --> 00:37:29,200
our infrastructure, our natural
resources, especially our aquifer and

457
00:37:26,720 --> 00:37:33,359
our health and safety. The community has
brought a solid foundation to your

458
00:37:30,720 --> 00:37:37,280
doorstep through GTRA. We look to this
board to apply the necessary

459
00:37:34,960 --> 00:37:42,000
administrative and legal scrutiny to
turn the citizen research into

460
00:37:38,960 --> 00:37:47,280
enforceable law, local law, and improve
on it if the township lawyer or any of

461
00:37:43,920 --> 00:37:51,599
the board members know of or find more
strict safeguards than what is in the

462
00:37:49,359 --> 00:37:58,240
GRA documentation.
That was what I was going to open with.

463
00:37:54,880 --> 00:38:02,560
Can I ask to do a second or not? It's
Thank you.

464
00:38:00,000 --> 00:38:06,640
» Thank you. I appreciate that.
So, I just wanted to tonight address a

465
00:38:05,280 --> 00:38:12,400
matter of urgency [clears throat]
regarding the um the data center

466
00:38:09,839 --> 00:38:15,801
regulatory packet that was presented to
the planning commission and ask that

467
00:38:13,920 --> 00:38:20,079
this statement would also be entered
[clears throat] official meeting record

468
00:38:17,440 --> 00:38:24,560
is a community although that we've spent
months and the residents of Groveland

469
00:38:21,680 --> 00:38:30,000
and community hope are requesting a
close review of the July 20th 2026

470
00:38:27,760 --> 00:38:34,560
planning commission draft submitted by
Wade Trim. It will be deeply concerning

471
00:38:32,720 --> 00:38:39,200
if Indian loopholes that favor big
business over the safety of Groveland

472
00:38:36,160 --> 00:38:43,760
Township residents exist. Please make
sure that the use of weak conditional

473
00:38:41,200 --> 00:38:47,680
phrasing like to the extent feasible is
not written in our final adopted

474
00:38:45,440 --> 00:38:51,680
documents and there is no lack of rigid
caps on noise or of our aquifer

475
00:38:50,240 --> 00:38:56,720
protection that will act as an open
invitation for tech companies to exploit

476
00:38:54,079 --> 00:39:00,320
our zoning laws. This brings us to a
fundamental issue of transparency and

477
00:38:58,560 --> 00:39:05,200
accountability with our retained
planning consultant. W Shrim planners

478
00:39:02,880 --> 00:39:10,079
are hired to serve as technical guides,
but some of the language in the packet

479
00:39:07,280 --> 00:39:15,200
seems to reflect more corporate friendly
framework, not an unsalable shield for

480
00:39:12,720 --> 00:39:19,839
our residents. So instead of tailored
rigorous protections, we have to make

481
00:39:18,160 --> 00:39:23,760
sure that we have not been handled a
boilerplate text that reads as if it

482
00:39:22,079 --> 00:39:29,040
were written by the data center lobby
itself. I read the four pages today on

483
00:39:26,640 --> 00:39:31,839
master plan. I'm interjecting that and
there are some things in there that were

484
00:39:30,560 --> 00:39:37,280
pretty good but it's still only four
pages page 42 to 46. It's only a

485
00:39:34,480 --> 00:39:42,400
synopsis. So, and that was posted May
19th. I just still like to see because

486
00:39:39,200 --> 00:39:47,200
time is ticking for the moratorum that
by the way I'm so grateful that you guys

487
00:39:44,560 --> 00:39:50,480
did implement. So, I just want to ask
this board and remind you to

488
00:39:48,480 --> 00:39:55,119
collectively hold a strict fiduciary
responsibility to the taxpayers of

489
00:39:52,720 --> 00:39:58,560
Portland. Your ethical structural
obligation is to ensure that the

490
00:39:56,720 --> 00:40:02,880
professional planners we fund with our
tax dollars are working directly for the

491
00:40:00,800 --> 00:40:07,280
township and its residents and that they
don't hand us anything recycled or

492
00:40:04,800 --> 00:40:13,040
boilerplate and don't leave us open for
tax companies, utility developers like

493
00:40:09,839 --> 00:40:19,200
this and big businesses to mess us up
here in place. Thank you. Thank you.

494
00:40:16,880 --> 00:40:22,599
That's what I'm prepared.
Anybody else?

495
00:40:22,880 --> 00:40:34,720
» Any official who cannot live to live up
to or care to

496
00:40:31,760 --> 00:40:40,800
support people
should resign.

497
00:40:36,720 --> 00:40:45,920
» Thank you. Anybody else?
>> Go ahead.

498
00:40:42,960 --> 00:40:55,280
Um, one thing that I want to warn you on
as public starts seeing our G track work

499
00:40:51,440 --> 00:41:00,000
depending on software you use, you get
different answers.

500
00:40:57,119 --> 00:41:05,079
We've been challenging each other's work
and I had just had one more surprise

501
00:41:02,079 --> 00:41:05,079
today.

502
00:41:05,520 --> 00:41:12,960
Surprisingly, uh,
Google's opinion of

503
00:41:14,960 --> 00:41:24,200
I totally disagree with it.
It's like they're trying to promote

504
00:41:21,200 --> 00:41:24,200
themselves.

505
00:41:24,240 --> 00:41:34,359
» So you may get comments from the general
public who've only looked at one source

506
00:41:30,319 --> 00:41:34,359
that totally contradicts.

507
00:41:37,119 --> 00:41:44,560
Oh,
I don't trust the surprise from our

508
00:41:41,920 --> 00:41:50,480
governor at the very end. Please don't
wait till next year.

509
00:41:47,920 --> 00:42:01,319
She may
fear the change will keep 233 and a half

510
00:41:54,880 --> 00:42:01,319
a dozen other horrible things there.

511
00:42:02,319 --> 00:42:05,800
Anybody else?

512
00:42:06,160 --> 00:42:12,880
All right. Close public comment. Thank
you,

513
00:42:11,040 --> 00:42:17,920
» Tracy. Favorite motion.
>> I'll make a motion that we adjourn the

514
00:42:16,000 --> 00:42:23,480
township regular board meeting and we
reopen for the fire board meeting.

515
00:42:24,240 --> 00:42:27,720
» I second it.

516
00:42:27,839 --> 00:42:34,480
» All in favor?
>> I opposed.

517
00:42:31,680 --> 00:42:38,960
Anybody's
John, it's all you.

518
00:42:36,960 --> 00:42:42,520
Thank you. Thank you for hearing me
tonight. Uh

519
00:42:45,040 --> 00:42:53,119
first apparatus and equipment. We
finally got the rear leaf springs

520
00:42:49,200 --> 00:42:58,720
replaced on engine two and got it put
back in service and it's doing much

521
00:42:56,560 --> 00:43:05,200
better.
Ladder one originally failed its ladder

522
00:43:02,000 --> 00:43:09,760
inspection and
Jeremy had gone through and tightened up

523
00:43:07,440 --> 00:43:14,800
some fittings that were leaking on it
and it was retested in his past

524
00:43:12,240 --> 00:43:21,440
inspection.
Alpha 3 had the patient department

525
00:43:16,640 --> 00:43:25,440
heater pump replaced and Alpha 487 also
had the same thing. We do have another

526
00:43:22,960 --> 00:43:30,800
one on order.
Alpha 7's batteries are being replaced.

527
00:43:27,839 --> 00:43:36,319
Alpha one front tires are due to be
replaced next week. Uh the air trailer,

528
00:43:34,319 --> 00:43:44,960
we replaced a battery maintainer and we
had MES out to look at the

529
00:43:42,160 --> 00:43:49,280
carbon monoxide sensor on it and they're
ordering some gas because they I guess

530
00:43:47,520 --> 00:43:54,800
in that system it takes an exorbitant
amount of gas to to clear out the system

531
00:43:51,920 --> 00:43:58,240
and reset that sensor. And I did replace
that solenoid and

532
00:43:56,480 --> 00:44:00,640
» with no avail. It didn't help.
>> You didn't change it?

533
00:43:59,119 --> 00:44:02,960
» No.
>> Unfortunately.

534
00:44:02,079 --> 00:44:08,640
» Got
>> they they told me that it didn't have

535
00:44:04,640 --> 00:44:13,359
anything to do with the faulty sensor
and shut off, but I I'm not quite so

536
00:44:11,119 --> 00:44:20,520
sure about that. So,
we're still doing more research on it.

537
00:44:15,359 --> 00:44:20,520
Seems to be the the never ending gift.

538
00:44:21,440 --> 00:44:26,400
order rebuild kits for the intake valves
on engine one and two. They should be in

539
00:44:24,880 --> 00:44:30,640
by the end of the week and Jeremy will
be replacing those. And hose testing is

540
00:44:29,200 --> 00:44:35,040
scheduled for tomorrow. And usually
they're pretty quick, so they'll should

541
00:44:33,119 --> 00:44:40,880
get most all of it done tomorrow. Maybe
just a couple little straggler pieces on

542
00:44:37,520 --> 00:44:46,319
Wednesday, but
uh personnel

543
00:44:43,680 --> 00:44:52,400
with ended employment with Sam Oliver
and David Watts effective July 31st.

544
00:44:50,240 --> 00:44:56,200
Nick Burgess continues to be on leave
until September 1st.

545
00:44:56,480 --> 00:45:07,040
We also request to reinstate former
employees Nate Brown and Ryan Sensor for

546
00:45:03,599 --> 00:45:13,599
uh shifts at the Renaissance Festival.
Ryan Settzer's a medic full-time on

547
00:45:10,400 --> 00:45:18,079
Brandon Fire and and Nate Brown is
worked with us last several years

548
00:45:17,280 --> 00:45:23,119
the festival
>> and they've been here before. I mean,

549
00:45:19,599 --> 00:45:28,599
they got all the paperwork and stuff.
>> Does it require a motion?

550
00:45:25,119 --> 00:45:28,599
» Yes, it does.

551
00:45:31,520 --> 00:45:40,760
» Make a motion that we rehire Nate Brown
and Ryan for the Renaissance.

552
00:45:37,760 --> 00:45:40,760
» Second.

553
00:45:41,119 --> 00:45:44,760
» You can give it to Jim.

554
00:45:47,920 --> 00:45:51,359
» Teresa Bells. Yes.
>> Jim Christopher. Yes.

555
00:45:50,560 --> 00:45:52,480
» Keith Beerhold.
>> Yes.

556
00:45:51,599 --> 00:45:55,480
» Kevin Scramlin.
>> Yes.

557
00:45:58,240 --> 00:46:06,560
» All right. Kill Kruall has passed his
EMT and is now licensed through the

558
00:46:03,520 --> 00:46:12,240
state and he is enrolled in Mcome
Community College firefighter class.

559
00:46:08,480 --> 00:46:15,920
That's he's the individual who we are
sponsoring through with the

560
00:46:14,880 --> 00:46:19,599
reimbursement.
>> Gotcha. Contract.

561
00:46:18,000 --> 00:46:20,720
So, he passed his licensing.
>> Yep.

562
00:46:20,000 --> 00:46:23,680
» Good for him.
>> Y smart kid.

563
00:46:22,560 --> 00:46:29,440
» Good.
>> He'll fit in well once he gets done.

564
00:46:26,240 --> 00:46:32,000
» Um, new station IT proposals.
John's here. We haven't gotten the other

565
00:46:31,119 --> 00:46:35,440
one back.
>> Yeah, we were going to decide tonight

566
00:46:33,839 --> 00:46:39,440
while John's here. John, would you talk
about your proposal?

567
00:46:37,599 --> 00:46:43,432
» Sure.
>> Because you you've met with me and John,

568
00:46:41,359 --> 00:46:47,440
so you know, we know anything about it.
[laughter]

569
00:46:44,960 --> 00:46:50,560
The um well, what would you like me to
do? You talk through the proposal or

570
00:46:48,960 --> 00:46:53,760
just talk a little about all about the
project and what needs to be done. You

571
00:46:51,839 --> 00:46:58,119
can just go through your proposal, what
you need to do.

572
00:46:54,480 --> 00:46:58,119
» Go through the whole proposal.

573
00:47:21,440 --> 00:47:29,119
I'll go through the the scope of work.
Um I'll review that for you. I tell you

574
00:47:27,040 --> 00:47:32,119
everything that we
plan

575
00:47:34,000 --> 00:47:42,800
detailed objectives uh are as follows.
Provide equipment installation,

576
00:47:39,520 --> 00:47:49,680
configuration, and testing of one 48
port uh pro network switch or POE, one

577
00:47:47,760 --> 00:47:58,079
smart UPS,
one eight outlook outlet PDU, one watch

578
00:47:54,160 --> 00:48:02,720
card firewall and two 24 port patch
panels

579
00:47:59,680 --> 00:48:07,839
to mitigate access looping
within that on the configuration provide

580
00:48:05,760 --> 00:48:14,319
as many as five VLANs configured and
tested. um set up necessary ACL or

581
00:48:12,640 --> 00:48:20,480
access control list. These are all
security measures um with 802.1x and IP

582
00:48:18,160 --> 00:48:24,880
reservations. For the most part, no
one's probably going to understand any

583
00:48:21,599 --> 00:48:31,280
of this. This is to comply with the
Michigan State Police Command Center. Uh

584
00:48:29,280 --> 00:48:38,400
yeah, the cyber command center, I'm
sorry, their recommendations for

585
00:48:33,839 --> 00:48:44,880
wastewater, fire, police, and traffic.
for local and city ordinances [snorts]

586
00:48:41,760 --> 00:48:51,760
configure uh intrusion detection and
protection with whit listing and geo

587
00:48:48,400 --> 00:48:55,520
fencing. So these are again measures of
um geo fencing is to protect from bots

588
00:48:54,319 --> 00:49:01,920
from all around the world that are
trying to penetrate your networks.

589
00:48:57,839 --> 00:49:07,119
Um and these all comply with MSP
cyber command center firewall

590
00:49:03,760 --> 00:49:11,440
recommendation best practices. Um remove
and replace document all default

591
00:49:09,040 --> 00:49:16,880
usernames, passwords and certificates.
Ensure all AI connected remote admin

592
00:49:14,160 --> 00:49:22,480
access is authenticated and multifactor
authenticated.

593
00:49:19,680 --> 00:49:30,400
The um provide materials installation
testing and labeling of 27 cat 6

594
00:49:25,920 --> 00:49:35,839
Ethernet connections and eight cat 6A
Ethernet connections. It's a higher

595
00:49:32,319 --> 00:49:41,839
grade cabling utilized will provide more
bandwidth in the wireless access points

596
00:49:39,760 --> 00:49:48,720
to maximize their throughput will
require that it's a little bit heavier.

597
00:49:46,240 --> 00:49:55,520
Um in addition to that uh provide
materials, installation, testing and

598
00:49:50,720 --> 00:49:59,119
labeling of one uh cat 6 connection for
the county emergency. This is one of the

599
00:49:57,440 --> 00:50:04,319
last add-ons. I don't know if you were
in the office that day. Um, this is the

600
00:50:01,359 --> 00:50:09,839
county radio, the 2A radio updates that
they do over the air.

601
00:50:05,920 --> 00:50:11,599
» Um, Jeff had reached out to the county.
I can't recall his name.

602
00:50:11,200 --> 00:50:17,440
» Paul.
>> Paul. And he said that you guys needed

603
00:50:14,800 --> 00:50:24,720
to provide cabling only. They'll redo
the configuration on the so we've

604
00:50:21,440 --> 00:50:31,280
included that as well. um provide uh
equipment installation configuration

605
00:50:27,440 --> 00:50:36,160
testing and an active design. We've done
a predictive design right now. An active

606
00:50:33,680 --> 00:50:40,720
design is post installation to be able
to tune out the system. So the channels

607
00:50:38,800 --> 00:50:48,079
correspond with one another. They have
optimal overlap. [clears throat]

608
00:50:43,040 --> 00:50:55,040
Um of eight um ubiquity triband Wi-Fi 7
wireless access points. Uh also provide

609
00:50:52,400 --> 00:50:58,240
three SSIDs including production, guest
and IoT.

610
00:50:57,040 --> 00:51:01,599
You know what the production is, you
know what the or the guest is. The IoT

611
00:51:00,160 --> 00:51:05,520
will be for some of your other devices
that you have there. Your cameras will

612
00:51:03,280 --> 00:51:10,079
probably take that slot for your
security system.

613
00:51:07,440 --> 00:51:17,359
all provisions within the command center
recommendations

614
00:51:11,839 --> 00:51:23,520
um implement um pre pre-shared key PPSK
for all three networks. Uh WPA3 is

615
00:51:20,319 --> 00:51:27,359
available with product. Um there's
something that we would probably we've

616
00:51:25,760 --> 00:51:31,680
got a couple things in there in the
product. There's one thing within the

617
00:51:28,880 --> 00:51:36,880
command center um recommendations, the
cyber command center recommendations

618
00:51:33,359 --> 00:51:41,920
that I shared with Jeff is not at the
moment you have to have a radius server

619
00:51:39,680 --> 00:51:46,319
and we would need to probably see if you
guys have one. He doesn't think that you

620
00:51:43,920 --> 00:51:51,280
have one anymore the way that you guys
are using email. So, but you have it in

621
00:51:49,359 --> 00:51:59,040
the product and the ability where you
can update that uh if you end up with

622
00:51:56,000 --> 00:52:04,240
previous server Microsoft provides it to
you know things that nature. So, um if

623
00:52:02,240 --> 00:52:09,520
you guys do have one it's easy to
implement um It's just a it's kind of a

624
00:52:07,200 --> 00:52:13,556
flip of a switch and rerouting the
traffic.

625
00:52:11,760 --> 00:52:20,000
In addition to that, we've
[clears throat] got uh so we've got some

626
00:52:16,880 --> 00:52:28,079
grounding measures with rack and we have
um perform those and grounding

627
00:52:24,559 --> 00:52:34,559
and then provide Synology NAS um which
is a network areas uh I'm sorry network

628
00:52:31,200 --> 00:52:40,720
area storage um which rig one this is
just everything you guys do uh document

629
00:52:38,240 --> 00:52:46,000
wise, pancake breakfast, all you know,
anything that goes outside of um storage

630
00:52:43,359 --> 00:52:54,319
in your your portals that you have. Um
so you can keep those and reuse them. Um

631
00:52:50,891 --> 00:53:02,480
[clears throat] and then uh 14 uh
provide install configure 14 uh daily

632
00:52:59,520 --> 00:53:07,520
desk phones. Uh I think seven of yes,
seven of them will be are designed to be

633
00:53:04,559 --> 00:53:14,160
mounted. Um the other seven will be on
desk uh and providing a phone solution

634
00:53:11,680 --> 00:53:17,760
uh that's PCI compliant and HIPPA
compliance [cough] to [clears throat]

635
00:53:15,839 --> 00:53:24,200
you to carry on any business over the
phone um that you need to

636
00:53:20,720 --> 00:53:24,200
as well as

637
00:53:28,000 --> 00:53:34,480
goes into the call plans. There's
there's five of those with designated

638
00:53:32,160 --> 00:53:39,839
numbers, full plans. Then you've got the
duplicates which is called the resource

639
00:53:36,480 --> 00:53:46,599
line. That's for the I think most of
them are scattered throughout the uh the

640
00:53:42,960 --> 00:53:46,599
non office areas.

641
00:53:52,240 --> 00:54:00,000
We'll leverage your existing call flow
to start with, but we've got six months

642
00:53:57,119 --> 00:54:03,520
to work through that that configuration
um and make changes. I know that Jeff

643
00:54:02,319 --> 00:54:07,520
already mentioned there's a couple
things that he was trying to dabble into

644
00:54:05,280 --> 00:54:14,319
recently um to make changes or
modifications amongst the different

645
00:54:11,200 --> 00:54:19,040
staff at different stations. Um so we
can work through those. We configure all

646
00:54:16,079 --> 00:54:22,960
those to optimize them with the addition
and then [clears throat]

647
00:54:20,720 --> 00:54:28,720
um provide project management point
contact for all procurement installation

648
00:54:27,119 --> 00:54:33,000
that's where this network's going to be
configured and segment with sub tenants

649
00:54:33,440 --> 00:54:43,800
that gives you scope of work you want to
know price or anything like that or any

650
00:54:39,520 --> 00:54:43,800
other details. Yeah, you can

651
00:54:45,359 --> 00:54:52,440
um the total price tax there. So the
total price is $34,474.88

652
00:54:56,240 --> 00:55:03,079
And then there's MRC cost as well for
phone service. And

653
00:55:04,640 --> 00:55:13,599
one thing I didn't mention in here is a
5year extended warranties for all your

654
00:55:11,119 --> 00:55:21,040
primary equipment, your access points,
your switch, and your firewall.

655
00:55:18,079 --> 00:55:24,800
Those are the core components to ensure
that

656
00:55:21,839 --> 00:55:29,040
So that quote comes fiveyear warranty.
>> There's five year extended warranty.

657
00:55:26,640 --> 00:55:32,079
It's in the materials list that I didn't
go from each.

658
00:55:30,240 --> 00:55:36,800
» That's fine. But it is part of that.
>> Yep. You can find it in the back.

659
00:55:35,359 --> 00:55:41,200
» We're waiting for one more quote and
then we're going to have to make a

660
00:55:37,839 --> 00:55:45,280
decision. But I appreciate all
you kept saying,

661
00:55:43,520 --> 00:55:50,799
but I do appreciate all the work you put
in and no problem.

662
00:55:49,440 --> 00:55:56,599
And as soon as we get to that point,
I'll let you know. Okay. Thank you.

663
00:55:53,280 --> 00:55:56,599
Chase you.

664
00:55:58,799 --> 00:56:08,480
» All right. On to EMS. The ever uh
continuing protocol update training. Uh

665
00:56:06,000 --> 00:56:14,240
they're really hitting it hard this time
around with the implementation of uh

666
00:56:10,960 --> 00:56:20,799
different protocols for stroke. So
coming up at the beginning of September,

667
00:56:17,440 --> 00:56:24,960
all pretty much all strokes will be
transported at Trinity Oakland because

668
00:56:22,720 --> 00:56:30,240
they're the only comprehensive stroke
center in the area. So that'll be

669
00:56:28,354 --> 00:56:34,160
[snorts] the big change for us and along
with uh different recognition protocols

670
00:56:32,640 --> 00:56:38,799
and
documentation that goes along with it.

671
00:56:36,960 --> 00:56:42,760
» I I see you have it listed here. Is
Trinity ready for that?

672
00:56:44,319 --> 00:56:52,400
that it's yet to be seen. Hopefully
hopefully their construction there is

673
00:56:48,960 --> 00:56:56,880
done by the time that starts. But yeah,
that's on to the next one. Um, you ever

674
00:56:55,119 --> 00:57:00,880
long problem with Trinity along with
many of the other hospitals is the uh

675
00:56:58,960 --> 00:57:05,040
long turnover times that we have when we
arrive there with a patient will be

676
00:57:02,400 --> 00:57:12,000
stuck in the hallway uh maintaining them
for you know half an hour, 45 minutes,

677
00:57:08,960 --> 00:57:17,440
an hour. So, this one was just a straw
that broke the camel's back. We had a

678
00:57:14,240 --> 00:57:23,680
crew there with a resident that had hip
and back pain and they were uh in the ER

679
00:57:21,359 --> 00:57:31,760
waiting to do the patient turnover for
138 minutes. And that's just, you know,

680
00:57:27,119 --> 00:57:37,440
it it jams our system up and it they had
the star unit that was there in front of

681
00:57:33,680 --> 00:57:41,920
them was already there for 2 hours and
it's just devastating to the system

682
00:57:39,839 --> 00:57:47,760
because if we're there and Brandon's
there or it just backs us all up and we

683
00:57:44,640 --> 00:57:51,119
can't rely on each other. So it's along
with the problem that the hospital

684
00:57:49,200 --> 00:57:56,480
themselves are having with the inner
facility transports. So if they lock the

685
00:57:54,319 --> 00:58:01,760
patients up there or ambulances up
there, they don't have one to transfer

686
00:57:59,040 --> 00:58:08,240
the patients to another facility to
distribute the load and uh get them the

687
00:58:04,480 --> 00:58:14,640
definitive care they need. So, u long
story short, I wrote a letter to the CEO

688
00:58:11,280 --> 00:58:21,040
of Trinity and he was quite open and
perceptive and we all had a meeting with

689
00:58:17,760 --> 00:58:25,599
him and he uh outlined some changes they
were going to do in the ER with the

690
00:58:23,119 --> 00:58:28,640
patient handover. So, we'll see if it
all works out.

691
00:58:27,359 --> 00:58:31,640
» Fingers crossed.
>> Yes.

692
00:58:35,200 --> 00:58:38,760
» Yeah. Yeah.

693
00:58:40,319 --> 00:58:48,359
» Um, hospital communications. Uh, the
we had a

694
00:58:48,799 --> 00:58:56,880
I guess it's in in lie of the recent
scanner sites

695
00:58:54,079 --> 00:59:03,520
everybody is going nuts with. All of our
communications are are being

696
00:59:00,559 --> 00:59:06,480
intercepted and posted on Facebook and
on these scanner sites where you can

697
00:59:05,040 --> 00:59:10,880
just download and app and listen to
everybody's radio traffic. So the big

698
00:59:09,119 --> 00:59:17,440
one that broke the camels back here was
the four fatality PI on 75 where the

699
00:59:15,119 --> 00:59:20,640
hospital communication
was

700
00:59:18,960 --> 00:59:28,079
blasted out and they even put it over
the news and everything. That's not

701
00:59:23,599 --> 00:59:34,960
something that the family member or even
John Key public needs to hear.

702
00:59:31,440 --> 00:59:42,000
So, uh, I
contacted MDHHS

703
00:59:38,000 --> 00:59:47,040
and sent them my concerns and,
uh, the communication subcommittee met

704
00:59:44,160 --> 00:59:54,000
last week. Uh, the LA area chiefs were
on board with it and the discussion with

705
00:59:51,119 --> 00:59:58,400
them was that what I put in place is
good enough. So,

706
00:59:56,640 --> 01:00:02,559
I put in place no longer using the
radios. You only use the cell phones to

707
01:00:00,960 --> 01:00:08,079
contact the hospital on the recorded
lines and and they came out with we've

708
01:00:05,520 --> 01:00:13,359
been utilizing the system ebridge. It's
basically an app that we put the patient

709
01:00:10,960 --> 01:00:18,480
complaint information in and they
receive it like a text basically at the

710
01:00:15,680 --> 01:00:21,920
hospital and then we communicate that
way.

711
01:00:19,760 --> 01:00:31,280
Uh the problem with that is is all this
is governed by uh medcom plan. It's it's

712
01:00:27,520 --> 01:00:38,640
the law in Michigan basically for
communications. So the way it stands now

713
01:00:34,960 --> 01:00:44,400
is our ebridge isn't accepted. Uh we're
doing it under a special study and cell

714
01:00:41,599 --> 01:00:47,760
phones are not recognized at all under
the communications.

715
01:00:46,319 --> 01:00:54,079
You're not supposed to use them at all.
you're only supposed to use a landline.

716
01:00:49,200 --> 01:00:56,960
So, um, with all this in mind, uh,
laying out all the problems and

717
01:00:55,280 --> 01:01:02,319
concerns, they just said, "No, just keep
doing it."

718
01:00:58,720 --> 01:01:06,240
They didn't want to address, uh,
remedying the situation or or coming up

719
01:01:04,400 --> 01:01:10,799
to a unified
plan that we could implement in 10 years

720
01:01:08,160 --> 01:01:15,119
or 15 years, nothing. They're just
>> No, it sounds like it's working great.

721
01:01:12,880 --> 01:01:21,760
So, that's a little bit disheartening.
So, um, we plan on pursuing it further.

722
01:01:19,280 --> 01:01:25,680
Their excuse to that was, well, there's
places in the up that only run two or

723
01:01:24,000 --> 01:01:31,440
three calls a year and they can't afford
it, you know, rather than looking at

724
01:01:28,960 --> 01:01:37,680
systems that we could get funding for in
the future to be compliant with all

725
01:01:33,760 --> 01:01:44,240
these things in mind. So, um, a lot more
work on that to let you know. And as

726
01:01:40,799 --> 01:01:50,000
well kind of tacking on to that um we're
also looking at encrypting our channels

727
01:01:47,200 --> 01:01:54,559
on the north side here. Um we haven't
quite presented it to the other

728
01:01:51,760 --> 01:01:58,880
departments yet but Brandon Springfield
North Oakland Holly Village and and

729
01:01:56,960 --> 01:02:05,599
ourselves are working with the county
dispatch on uh possibility of encrypting

730
01:02:02,880 --> 01:02:11,520
our channel and how it will affect our
interoperability with other departments.

731
01:02:08,240 --> 01:02:18,000
Say if we had blank come down.
So, um I think we're in the end stages

732
01:02:14,640 --> 01:02:24,000
of that. We are probably
for now going to encrypt our channel 3.

733
01:02:21,760 --> 01:02:29,440
So, once after we're initially
dispatched, we can all switch over to

734
01:02:25,599 --> 01:02:35,520
that and use that channel
for a little more privacy. Um

735
01:02:33,359 --> 01:02:41,280
kind of tacking on to that, the the
worst part of it is is

736
01:02:38,559 --> 01:02:48,559
time after that
um the brother of

737
01:02:45,359 --> 01:02:54,720
the guy that died in that four fatality
PI he called to to thank the crew. He

738
01:02:52,480 --> 01:03:01,920
found out it was bruter. So he he called
and we talked to him and he did hear

739
01:02:57,359 --> 01:03:08,160
that the hospital communication and he
was very upset by it. So

740
01:03:05,359 --> 01:03:11,160
it does have its impact and
people.

741
01:03:13,440 --> 01:03:19,359
» Did Did Martin think we could get a
hearing over there at some point on it?

742
01:03:18,079 --> 01:03:23,119
Did he think he could get you in front
of a committee?

743
01:03:20,640 --> 01:03:27,119
» I haven't talked much further with him
on that other than that day he was at

744
01:03:25,119 --> 01:03:32,799
the station, but um he was quite
adamant. He he was all for encryting

745
01:03:31,119 --> 01:03:37,760
» for that reason. So,
>> I'll reach out to John.

746
01:03:34,960 --> 01:03:41,680
» Thank you. [snorts]
operations in the hospital

747
01:03:39,599 --> 01:03:46,480
communications. Uh task force one, we
talked about that. Uh station two

748
01:03:44,000 --> 01:03:52,240
internet, we're testing the Starlink
right now because uh

749
01:03:49,359 --> 01:03:57,359
cable is
very spotty. It seems like if the wind

750
01:03:55,359 --> 01:04:02,000
blows, it goes out over there and it'll
be substantially cheaper. Uh we're

751
01:03:59,599 --> 01:04:08,000
testing on a plan that's $55 right now
versus our $170 we're paying for

752
01:04:04,960 --> 01:04:13,520
Comcast. So, with any luck, it'll work
out well for us. And then, uh,

753
01:04:11,920 --> 01:04:20,160
we'll be able to make a determination
whether we can use it, utilize it in the

754
01:04:15,680 --> 01:04:24,079
new station because it was almost $500
for Comcast and

755
01:04:23,119 --> 01:04:31,839
» 585.
>> 580. Yeah. Almost $600 for AT&T. So, if

756
01:04:29,119 --> 01:04:35,599
we can save that money there since it's
not in the budget at all for that with

757
01:04:34,400 --> 01:04:39,119
the other increases
>> because what was start for commercial

758
01:04:37,359 --> 01:04:43,280
was what 285 or something to buy the
equipment.

759
01:04:39,520 --> 01:04:46,960
» Yeah, it was it was well below 300. So,
>> yeah.

760
01:04:45,359 --> 01:04:52,240
» No, it'd be a great savings.
>> Yeah. Hopefully it works out.

761
01:04:49,200 --> 01:04:55,839
» Uh it just came in Friday afternoon, so
hopefully Jeff can install it this week.

762
01:04:54,559 --> 01:04:59,599
Gota
>> we can start reviewing it.

763
01:04:59,760 --> 01:05:07,760
Company training as always, the run
reports, fire training. We're hitting

764
01:05:05,440 --> 01:05:13,119
engineer really hard so we can get some
people through before it gets cold. It's

765
01:05:10,000 --> 01:05:19,520
a lot easier to do it while it's warm
when people show up. Um the

766
01:05:17,200 --> 01:05:27,920
continuing on getting everybody on the
IC 127 and 800. The county will be here

767
01:05:23,680 --> 01:05:32,640
the end of next month to do 300 and the
following month to do 400.

768
01:05:30,480 --> 01:05:37,920
So
then we'll meet our requirements and

769
01:05:35,599 --> 01:05:41,839
exceed them actually in most cases.
We're continuing with the TIMS training.

770
01:05:40,319 --> 01:05:48,000
That's the traffic incident management
system. Um I think you're about 85%

771
01:05:45,760 --> 01:05:52,039
compliant with
everybody completing that.

772
01:05:53,200 --> 01:06:04,640
Then we've done our HIPPA bloodborne and
protocol updates. The along with the

773
01:05:58,000 --> 01:06:09,680
paradigm we're still pushing. Um
and

774
01:06:06,160 --> 01:06:15,119
the MTA is holding an e issues in the
emergency services contra

775
01:06:12,240 --> 01:06:21,079
conference. I'm sorry. Um we request
that Sergeant Mar and myself attend.

776
01:06:21,440 --> 01:06:27,760
one of your paper on there.
>> Yes. I was just looking. Can you

777
01:06:25,920 --> 01:06:31,079
remember what the cost was, Jim?
>> It was $125.

778
01:06:34,160 --> 01:06:37,160
» Frank,

779
01:06:39,119 --> 01:06:42,599
» September 9th.

780
01:06:48,240 --> 01:06:59,520
I'll make a motion that we approve um
sending

781
01:06:54,559 --> 01:07:06,240
Chief Williams and Sergeant Mar to
Frankenmouth for the emerging

782
01:07:02,480 --> 01:07:12,960
issues in emergency services MTA
annual event

783
01:07:08,319 --> 01:07:17,039
um with the cost covered as well as uh
mileage reimburse

784
01:07:15,440 --> 01:07:21,520
It'll be in the chief's truck. So,
>> oh, be in the chief's truck. Okay.

785
01:07:19,839 --> 01:07:26,960
Scratch that part about mileage
reimbursement

786
01:07:23,440 --> 01:07:30,160
» and uh paid for from
>> Chief's

787
01:07:27,839 --> 01:07:34,480
» Yeah, we take professional development.
>> Yeah,

788
01:07:32,880 --> 01:07:38,720
» I'll second that. Laura, you want a roll
call?

789
01:07:37,200 --> 01:07:41,839
» Uh Jim Christopher, yes.
>> Keith Weederold, yes. Kevin Scramlin,

790
01:07:40,720 --> 01:07:44,640
yes. Theresa Bells,
>> yes.

791
01:07:45,920 --> 01:07:54,319
All right. And then on to grants. I
request a board action for a resolution

792
01:07:51,039 --> 01:07:58,480
authorizing Stacy Malar as designated
signatory for the Michigan Department of

793
01:07:56,160 --> 01:08:05,920
Treasury fire equipment grant
application. It's a grant up to $50,000

794
01:08:01,599 --> 01:08:10,200
for fire equipment that we were going to
utilize for turnout here.

795
01:08:12,720 --> 01:08:21,080
says roughly
and I do have the resolution drafted

796
01:08:22,319 --> 01:08:27,199
number.
>> No.

797
01:08:25,679 --> 01:08:33,080
» Noel
number. Oh, you mean page number?

798
01:08:30,080 --> 01:08:33,080
» No.

799
01:08:35,839 --> 01:08:40,040
» Resolution. We can just make it

800
01:08:53,279 --> 01:08:56,279
see

801
01:09:04,560 --> 01:09:07,560
We'll

802
01:09:15,920 --> 01:09:23,080
take a motion to approve resolution
2026-018.

803
01:09:23,679 --> 01:09:30,960
The resolution authorizing designated
signatory for the Michigan Department of

804
01:09:28,560 --> 01:09:36,000
Treasury Fire Equipment Grant Program
application

805
01:09:33,120 --> 01:09:36,000
to the St.

806
01:09:37,600 --> 01:09:44,440
I'll second it.
All those in favor?

807
01:09:40,880 --> 01:09:44,440
» I opposed.

808
01:09:44,960 --> 01:09:53,040
Thank you.
>> Uh we're still awaiting notification on

809
01:09:49,520 --> 01:09:57,239
our AFG grant for four cardiac monitors.
Hopefully what next month?

810
01:09:57,760 --> 01:10:06,480
Yeah, possibly may start announcing the
awards next month for that along with

811
01:10:03,600 --> 01:10:13,040
the safer grant
and then our DNR grant that that's uh

812
01:10:10,400 --> 01:10:19,520
just whatever they want to say. So,
we're always waiting for that. We have

813
01:10:14,880 --> 01:10:23,520
for a a sky lift on that.
the pipeline safety grant. We applied

814
01:10:22,000 --> 01:10:27,840
for thermal imagers and we weren't
awarded

815
01:10:25,679 --> 01:10:33,760
unfortunately.
Uh the alarms

816
01:10:30,400 --> 01:10:39,440
for the year were up to 542
versus last year we were 631. And

817
01:10:36,560 --> 01:10:47,520
there's a breakdown of the reasons. Um
predominantly we had a reduction in

818
01:10:44,880 --> 01:10:53,520
high utilizers.
Uh the WO zone gone. We had a drop in

819
01:10:49,840 --> 01:10:57,679
calls to Mount Holly, uh, Camp Tamarak.
There were several larger incidents out

820
01:10:55,280 --> 01:11:00,480
there last year.
So,

821
01:10:58,719 --> 01:11:02,880
» I see you've actually got more crashes
than you had last year.

822
01:11:01,679 --> 01:11:07,120
» Yeah, it's kind of interesting, isn't
it?

823
01:11:03,920 --> 01:11:12,159
» Yeah, actually, um, the way it was set
up last year versus just the cones and

824
01:11:09,600 --> 01:11:18,960
everything and the way they reduced the
lanes was a lot worse this year. People

825
01:11:17,360 --> 01:11:25,280
tend to get very confused when there's
cones there.

826
01:11:20,800 --> 01:11:29,840
» So, I think that was the main
reason for that.

827
01:11:26,960 --> 01:11:32,480
» I sent an email to the one guy from MDOT
last week. I've never heard back.

828
01:11:31,360 --> 01:11:35,760
Weren't they supposed to be done out
there like the end of June or something?

829
01:11:34,080 --> 01:11:40,400
» Yes.
>> And they're still out there.

830
01:11:38,800 --> 01:11:45,560
» There's no penalty for them this time
around. So,

831
01:11:41,280 --> 01:11:45,560
» you've never responded. Okay.

832
01:11:48,880 --> 01:12:00,199
And then Township attractions Michigan
Renaissance Festival is opening August

833
01:11:54,719 --> 01:12:00,199
22nd through October 4th

834
01:12:00,320 --> 01:12:10,520
and we will be doing first aid there and
also the association will be doing the

835
01:12:07,199 --> 01:12:10,520
ice cream.

836
01:12:14,000 --> 01:12:21,760
the ice cream stand for several four
weekends. So

837
01:12:19,760 --> 01:12:25,840
hopefully we'll make some profit on that
and do well.

838
01:12:23,760 --> 01:12:29,719
And then Holly Reck continues to be
closed for the dam repairs.

839
01:12:31,120 --> 01:12:34,600
» Yeah, damn.

840
01:12:35,040 --> 01:12:41,840
» How How's the volunteers on that ice
cream

841
01:12:40,159 --> 01:12:45,520
volunteering [cough]
festival? Do you have volunteers of

842
01:12:43,600 --> 01:12:48,960
people signing up
>> or can you tell me what weekends and how

843
01:12:48,080 --> 01:12:54,320
many people you need?
>> Yep, we have a list here. We just got

844
01:12:51,440 --> 01:12:58,239
it. So, haven't had any chance to work
on it yet.

845
01:12:55,280 --> 01:13:01,360
» Okay. But it's not every single weekend.
Um we took the first four weekends

846
01:13:00,080 --> 01:13:07,679
because we just didn't have enough
interest to do all all six days.

847
01:13:04,480 --> 01:13:14,400
» First four weekends. That closely.
>> Okay. So if you want to sign up

848
01:13:10,719 --> 01:13:17,760
» Well, I may I may want to Can you just
pass that over right now? We just keep

849
01:13:16,880 --> 01:13:19,840
forgetting.
>> Yeah, we want to know.

850
01:13:18,800 --> 01:13:26,880
» It should be fun.
>> I know. It's going to be fun.

851
01:13:25,040 --> 01:13:32,280
» And I'm pretty sure it's in the ice
cream booth at the station. So you're

852
01:13:28,719 --> 01:13:32,280
not standing outside.

853
01:13:37,520 --> 01:13:43,199
» Uh ticket. They let you in the park, you
know, they let you like we don't need a

854
01:13:41,679 --> 01:13:46,880
ticket to get in in order to go
volunteer at the ice cream place. Just

855
01:13:46,159 --> 01:13:51,280
checking.
>> I I'll clarify what ship um you come in

856
01:13:49,920 --> 01:13:55,280
in the morning. We'll show you how to do
the cash and do the credit card machines

857
01:13:53,920 --> 01:13:58,400
and that kind of stuff.
>> Um but I just got him back tonight. I'm

858
01:13:57,760 --> 01:14:01,040
like,
>> "Did you confirm with your girl we're

859
01:13:59,920 --> 01:14:06,080
good for four weekends?" He's like,
"Yeah, you're good to go." I'm like,

860
01:14:02,239 --> 01:14:09,360
"Thanks. We got like
last minute.

861
01:14:10,560 --> 01:14:18,480
And then the rest is uh about the
incident, the OBV part, the article I

862
01:14:16,640 --> 01:14:28,719
wrote for
David Fleet, and then uh just continue

863
01:14:23,199 --> 01:14:34,480
on more of an explanation of the radio
encryption

864
01:14:31,520 --> 01:14:40,400
topics.
And then just hitting again on the uh

865
01:14:37,199 --> 01:14:46,199
Dixie roadway diet.
>> Just want to keep it on everybody's

866
01:14:43,199 --> 01:14:46,199
radar.

867
01:14:47,679 --> 01:14:53,199
» I don't think anybody's forgot about it,
John.

868
01:14:51,120 --> 01:14:59,480
» I don't I don't mean to be out of order,
but there's a meeting at the Royal

869
01:14:55,840 --> 01:14:59,480
Commission this week.

870
01:15:04,480 --> 01:15:11,679
And then the rest is just our report
cards. We were excellent as always,

871
01:15:09,280 --> 01:15:21,280
surprisingly.
We work hard, but um they were all good.

872
01:15:17,600 --> 01:15:26,320
So that is all I have.
>> Thank you, John.

873
01:15:24,320 --> 01:15:29,320
Got any public comment on the fire board
meeting?

874
01:15:29,760 --> 01:15:34,600
I take it we don't Sweet.

875
01:15:35,600 --> 01:15:45,239
» Motion that we adjourn.
>> Second. All those in favor.

876
01:15:42,000 --> 01:15:45,239
» Thank you.