[0:00] call our August 10th meeting to order.
If you all rise for the pledge of
[0:03] allegiance
[0:08] to the flag of the United States of
America and to the republic for which it
[0:13] stands, one nation under God,
indivisible with liberty and justice for
[0:19] all.
[0:25] Kevin Scramlin here.
>> Janelle Keller,
[0:28] » excuse me.
>> Teresa Bills
[0:30] » here.
>> Jim Christopher
[0:31] » here.
>> Keith Weerhold
[0:32] » here.
[0:45] All right.
Approval of a agenda including additions
[0:50] and changes. The only I need to add on
my part is make it letter D. It's just
[0:56] informative. It's less. I see Janelle
put it in the packet, but she did not
[1:01] put it on the agenda. So, Kevin, one
thing I'd like to add to is
[1:08] a financial audit on the new fire
department
[1:16] » on the department or the
>> the new station.
[1:19] » Station.
Anybody
[1:30] else?
[1:35] » I'll make a motion that we approve the
agenda for August 10th with the two
[1:40] additions as noted.
>> Second.
[1:44] » All those in favor? I
>> opposed.
[1:50] » I'll open public comment. Anybody have a
comment at this time?
[1:54] » Mr. D,
>> has the bar made a decision on whether
[1:58] to sue Oakland County?
[2:06] » Has the board made a decision on whether
or not to sue Oakland County? This is
[2:10] public comment. So,
>> uh, regarding your transit
[2:15] Yes, there has been no there's not even
been any talk of it yet to be honest
[2:19] with you all.
>> Has anybody done the oath of office when
[2:24] you took office?
>> Yes.
[2:26] » In there it says that you
hold the constitution of the United
[2:32] States.
>> I will tell you at this time when I
[2:35] talked to you before our lawyers advised
us against that.
[2:38] » I don't care about the lawyer. Well,
>> we as a board, we can discuss it at some
[2:45] point. Well, if our legal council is
telling us not to drag this township
[2:49] into a financial burden to do it, our
board has to take that into
[2:53] consideration. That's the reality.
>> Let him pay for it.
[2:57] » Why would our attorney pay for it?
>> Because he's our attorney.
[3:02] » Our attorney is not going to take down
free.
[3:05] » It's his job to uphold the Constitution.
Well, I'm not I'm not here to argue with
[3:10] you. I'm just telling you at this point,
the board has not talked about it. Our
[3:13] attorney advises us against it.
[3:19] » It's a fraud.
>> I I'm not arguing with you about the the
[3:23] tax.
>> You're just going to go ahead and let
[3:27] the fraud happen? Millions of dollars
get taken from the taxpayers. I I think
[3:33] in the meeting that you had with Terresa
and Bill, it was explained that we have
[3:36] to follow certain guidelines and if
we're instructed to collect these taxes,
[3:40] we have to do that at this point. That's
true. And you should sue to get the
[3:45] money back
or have a new election.
[3:50] That's another possibility.
>> As a board, we will discuss it at some
[3:55] point, but at this point, we have not
have to do it now.
[3:58] » We don't have to do anything right now.
>> Yes, you do. No, we don't.
[4:02] » It's the Constitution.
>> Well, we will have it at a meeting.
[4:06] We've been down this avenue with you
before, and I'm trying to be polite
[4:08] about this. I really am. And I agree
with you on a lot of points. I do. But
[4:12] as a board, we can only do so much.
>> You can uphold the Constitution.
[4:19] » If it was that simple, I think everybody
would be doing it. And they're not
[4:24] » supposed to represent us.
>> And I think we do a good job of
[4:27] representing you.
>> I don't think so.
[4:30] Well, that's your opinion.
>> Anybody else?
[4:37] » I have a written statement. Um,
unfortunately though, my computer is
[4:41] acting slow. Um, and I I'll just wait
until the second time. I just had two
[4:47] separate comments today if that's okay.
>> Sorry.
[4:52] » Anybody else?
I'll post public comment.
[4:58] No consent agenda.
So
[5:03] you want me to Okay, the consent agenda.
I looked through the um accounts
[5:10] payables, the general fund of just over
94,000 does include uh the Holly Library
[5:18] annual fee which is just under 12,000
and the road commission um 43,000.
[5:26] That's tri county or that for paving for
I'm sorrying for something
[5:33] » but it's it's road commission and we do
pay that every year. So those two um are
[5:38] account for more than half of the
accounts payable for the general um fire
[5:44] [clears throat] is just under 34,000 and
trust and agency um that 1,500 is for
[5:51] permits for projects that are on escrow
for um rotten manner and other things.
[5:58] And then the revenue and expense report
is included in there. Um I didn't see
[6:04] anything out of the ordinary. Um,
and then the treasur's investment
[6:09] report. All I can really say about that
is um that interest rates are still at
[6:13] about three and a half to 4% for most
things that are uh invested right now.
[6:19] So
any questions from the board?
[6:25] » I'll just make a motion that we approve
the consent agenda as submitted.
[6:31] I'll second.
[6:36] » Chemist Garland.
>> Yes.
[6:38] » Teresa Bills.
>> Yes.
[6:39] » Jim Christopher.
>> Yes.
[6:40] » Keith Leader Hole.
>> Yes.
[6:43] » Presentations
business
[6:48] would be discussed. Township and
fireboard meeting minutes.
[6:56] Laura, I think the only thing I have
under The supervisor report you got ROC
[7:03] for road. It should be RC.
[7:20] Nothing else.
[7:27] » I'll make a motion that we approve the
ship and fire board minute meeting
[7:31] minutes of July 13, 2026 with the one
change as noted.
[7:39] » All those in favor
[7:44] » let's see uh national fitness campaign.
So what you will see
[7:54] just how the world works. Janelle and I
had talked about maybe looking into
[7:57] putting a uh
[8:01] fitness park back here with our
playground.
[8:04] And as luck would have it, National
Fitness Campaign reached out to me
[8:08] probably about a month ago now. And what
stemmed it was all the uh traffic we
[8:15] have on the trails back here.
So, it's a $50,000 grant. Um,
[8:22] and to back up a little bit, some of you
may not even know, but the state
[8:25] actually owns half this back here right
about the end of the Isn't it?
[8:31] » So, we've talked to the state and the
DNR. Uh, so far everything seems
[8:35] promising there.
So, I think we're in good shape there.
[8:40] For round numbers,
it's about 200,000.
[8:44] But when I tell you that they've got
25,000 figured in for the cement slab,
[8:50] obviously we can get the dirt work and
stuff done. um and $30,000
[8:57] to assemble it, which I talked to the
guy in Graham Point. They did one that
[9:01] only cost him$10,000. So, there's money
we could peel off of that.
[9:06] And I have Damascus, we just had a
meeting on the other day to start
[9:10] looking into other revenues, grants, and
maybe some corporate partnerships or
[9:15] sponsorships to try to round more money
out. But um they only do 10 of these a
[9:21] year in Michigan, so they're gone this
year. And they tell me we more than
[9:25] qualify for it.
Um but they want us to get our paperwork
[9:30] in. So at the beginning of the year, we
can be at the top of the line to try to
[9:34] get one next year.
So that's the information. Feel free to
[9:38] look through if you got any questions,
ask me. But I need to uh talk about a
[9:42] resolution from the board so that we can
apply for this grant. It is nonbinding.
[9:47] If we did the grant next year and we
decided it's too much and we can't do
[9:50] it. We don't have to take it.
[9:56] » So, go ahead.
>> Did you want
[10:01] » Well, I was just going to say, have you
visited the one in Grand Blank?
[10:04] » I have not.
>> Do you know where it is?
[10:08] » I think it's right here.
that park.
[10:13] » There you go.
>> Park.
[10:17] » Um,
as long as it's a non-binding,
[10:22] » you know,
>> thing, you know, if we can back out of
[10:24] it, it doesn't cost us anything.
>> No, it don't.
[10:26] » Um, because I would hate for us to
commit to something that
[10:30] » Sure. No,
>> doesn't fit nicely back there. And also,
[10:35] » you know, we have to look at the budget
as well.
[10:39] » Did you say the was for 50 grand.
>> Mhm.
[10:45] » And we're and we're going to talk to
some other people about trying to get
[10:48] more money for it. But I do I do think
it'd be a great thing for the community.
[10:53] » Well, I definitely like the idea.
>> Yeah. Just if we can figure out all the
[10:57] finances, but but the woman has been
adamant and about us just trying to get
[11:02] in before the end of the year so that
we're at the top of the list because
[11:05] they go they go out quickly.
So, have you and Janelle looked at um
[11:10] other options?
>> I talked I talked to somebody last week,
[11:14] but they said it probably be two to
three weeks before they got any quotes
[11:17] back.
>> Okay.
[11:18] » So, sometime in the next couple months,
we'll have
[11:22] » So, we will have a few other options as
well because this looks like a um
[11:27] a pretty big
>> platform like
[11:32] » Yeah, I think it's 38 by 38.
>> Use Must
[11:38] be recycled
[11:57] » looks pretty cool. But um I I would like
to see it in person myself. Um just to
[12:02] see if I can envision it back there how
it's going to look.
[12:17] motion.
[12:21] I'll make a motion that we pass
resolution 2026-017
[12:28] authorizing the submission of a grant
application to national fitness campaign
[12:33] on behalf of the township of one.
[12:38] » I'll second that.
>> All those in favor
[12:50] See biz it's uh Janelle did not I think
print off the report. If everybody wants
[12:55] one and get one I can tell you I read
through it. It's 50 pages of fund
[13:00] » but ciz is our retirement benefits for
the township.
[13:08] » We usually u
no problem.
[13:13] » Long story short um we are very well
funded. Um
[13:19] the board has always made it a priority
and we will continue to too because a
[13:23] lot of municipalities their death blow
is getting behind in their retirement
[13:28] cost. So we're actually overfunded by
250%.
[13:33] But that's a little bit misleading
because it's starting to peel off a
[13:36] little bit with former supervisor
diploma and chief Mason of course are
[13:41] collecting now. We do have more people
collecting, but this is the overall
[13:47] summary sheet. You want to read it?
We're in a good spot and we continue to
[13:52] stay in a good spot.
[13:58] Um,
[14:01] » no. I mean, I think that that's pretty
much the gist of it, but they they do
[14:05] base this on an annual uh wage increase
of 3% per year.
[14:11] » And they're saying that our return
was 18.86%
[14:17] 6% annual actual rate of return for one
year, which obviously we know that that
[14:24] may not be sustainable. So it it is nice
to be overfunded, but at some point the
[14:31] market may not be as strong and it it
can change. But
[14:38] um at this point if all we're doing is
accepting the report
[14:42] » Yeah.
There's no changes needed. So
[14:50] motion to accept it.
>> We need a motion to accept it.
[14:54] » Oh, I'm sorry. Said we do. I thought
>> Do we or don't we?
[14:57] » We don't. Just for information.
>> Oh, okay. All
[15:04] right. D Lexiple. Um, so I gave you guys
some information. Actually, Stacy
[15:10] brought this to me.
So, you're going to see what Lexipole is
[15:15] basically is a giant grant
[15:21] software is basically what it is.
So, you can join and have access to it
[15:30] for $1,500 a year. You get five, correct
me if I'm wrong, Stacy, five users.
[15:39] I got a good
>> sounds right. I don't know if that was
[15:43] the $1,500 one or the one. I made
myself.
[15:48] » Yeah, $1,500 a year to get five users.
their other programs. Um,
[15:56] so for $14,250
for two years, so it's about it's
[16:01] about7,000 a year. They will write two
large grants a year for you. They will
[16:06] also review uh five other grants that
you write. You can send it in to them
[16:11] and they'll tell you, I think you should
change this or that. Uh you actually get
[16:15] a person assigned to you uh that will
come out and meet with us, talk about
[16:19] our township needs and uh and help you
that way, too.
[16:25] Like I say, Stacy brought it to me, but
the more I looked into it.
[16:29] I mean, we do have a small office and
these grants will drive you crazy
[16:34] because you never know when they're
starting, when they're coming up, when
[16:37] they're ending. I I don't even know how
many grants we miss that we don't even
[16:41] know about to apply for. So, that's what
piqu my interest. I know a lot of areas
[16:48] around here like Oxford or I grant you
they're bigger than us, but they
[16:52] actually have people on staff that
that's all they do is write grants. Um,
[16:56] so I guess what piqu my interest was
maybe this is something that could help
[17:00] us
get the big deposit money.
[17:04] But it's for information tonight. I want
you guys to read through it. If you have
[17:08] any questions, please ask me. Stacy, is
there something I'm missing you like?
[17:13] » Did Did they go through all their
database and all work together. Yeah,
[17:17] » it's it's a huge database. Every grant
both federal, state, local, and
[17:22] foundation grants. Um, and like you
said, finding the grants is the hardest
[17:27] part of the job or part of filling them
out. Um, and they have a database with
[17:33] all the start and end dates and send,
hey, this one's opening up. Um, I mean,
[17:39] we get the big ones, the AFG and the
discretionary funding and some of the
[17:43] other stuff we find through
MTA or the state of Michigan on
[17:47] Wednesday updates, but they're hard to
find. Their database was pretty
[17:52] extensive, but
all the grants probably.
[17:56] » Yeah, I did talk to a supervisor by
Sageno, one by Mount Pleasant, and and
[18:03] they both had tremendous success with
them. In fact, one of them got three new
[18:06] police cars, one got half a fire truck
with a million dollars, bought half a
[18:11] fire truck. Um, I I just think it's
something the board maybe want to think
[18:16] about. Um, something we can look into,
but if you have any questions, please
[18:22] ask them.
You want to talk to the lady that I be
[18:26] glad to give you her number, too.
>> Is she the lady whose name is here?
[18:31] » Yep.
[18:37] » So, when are you looking at possibly
doing this? I'm going to be gone next
[18:42] month, so it'll probably be October or
something. We'll bring it that way and
[18:45] see. But I wanted everybody to have time
to look at it, do their homework and see
[18:50] what your thoughts were.
[18:54] » And this the same one that I talked to.
Y
[18:57] » um if you want to zoom in and she can
show you their whole program and how it
[19:01] works. They can do a Zoom meeting and
show you all the different areas and
[19:04] what they do. It's
>> pretty impressive.
[19:08] » Yeah, it was. I was actually pleasantly
surprised when it was done.
[19:12] » They're usually pretty quick. You've got
a day, you know, usually about 30
[19:16] minutes or so, they can go through the
whole
[19:19] » system that they have.
>> Sounds pretty.
[19:22] » Who would be the users?
>> Like it says you get five users.
[19:29] » Sure.
>> Who are you thinking are the users?
[19:33] » You. I'm assuming me.
>> I mean, it says you get at least five.
[19:38] You get like you don't have to use all
five, but I'm just wondering who who
[19:42] were you thinking were going to be the
users.
[19:48] » You're going to be [laughter] one. Okay.
>> Well, I'm sure we'll have to have a
[19:53] couple from the fire department
>> in in two or three years.
[19:58] » I mean, everybody might as well do what
we can to gain as much as we can.
[20:03] » Yeah. And there are some people Motorola
that I talked to last month. Lex Pool
[20:08] has been around for a while. Um I looked
into them a couple of years ago.
[20:13] A lot of people only like the Motorola
grant only goes through Lex. Oh yeah, we
[20:18] can get you your radios, but they're the
ones that help find the grant to pay for
[20:21] the radios. Um and they don't do it any
other way for grant services like that.
[20:27] um as one of
[20:32] » Okay. Um well, I will say
I noticed how many villages have failed
[20:39] around here recently and you know I
don't know
[20:45] what would happen around here, but I
like the idea of being able to find
[20:51] funding through alternative sources
rather than having to look at possible
[20:57] ing of the mill because we wouldn't we
wouldn't need to put that to a vote
[21:00] that's already been approved but we you
know we don't want to raise that
[21:04] millillage but I would like to see us
get some more money so if this is a way
[21:09] that we could do that without having to
look at raising millages then obviously
[21:15] you know
>> that's a great thing
[21:18] » that that was my thought and like I've
told John and Stacy we got to throw as
[21:21] much stuff at the wall and see what we
can get to stick
[21:25] » it just takes an exorbitant amount of
time to do these grants. I mean,
[21:28] » especially
>> especially the big four months, the big
[21:32] ones are tough.
>> Yeah.
[21:34] » The easiest one is the Michigan DNR is
one page.
[21:38] » Two sentences.
>> Yeah.
[21:42] » And as I talked to other supervisors, I
mean, it sounds like the key to them big
[21:47] grants is having the right verbiage in
there. And what those words are, I don't
[21:51] know, but that's what them people do.
You have to have the hot hot item that
[21:55] they're looking for that here and
>> the right wording.
[21:58] » Sure.
>> All right.
[22:01] » Okay. So, this is just we're just
thinking on this
[22:03] » information. Yep.
>> Want to take a look at it? Bring it
[22:07] back.
>> Okay.
[22:11] » Keith, you had something you want to do?
>> Yeah. I think we're close enough to the
[22:15] end of the project that we should start
thinking about a financial audit.
[22:21] There's several reasons why, but um
from a construction standpoint, we need
[22:27] to make sure that we've got what we
bought.
[22:30] » Sure.
>> We need to make sure that everybody's
[22:32] been paid all the subcontractors down
the line because they can
[22:37] they can come after us later. As the
owner, we're the only ones that have
[22:44] receive any benefit from the property in
the end. So, it's it costs more to build
[22:49] it's ultimately
us, right?
[22:51] » But, um, we need to just check all those
boxes.
[22:56] This is the largest thing we've built
here since the last fire station.
[23:01] » It's a pretty pretty big investment. Um,
and we it's granted it was before you
[23:07] and I got here, but but this is a little
unconventional how how they did it
[23:11] » and how they I'm not sure I don't know
what the contracts look downstream, what
[23:16] they look like.
>> And when it's public money, I think we
[23:19] need to be pretty transparent with that.
>> Sure.
[23:23] » More transparency the better. And um
>> yeah, we have we have nothing to
[23:28] » No, I I don't I don't think we do. Would
it like
[23:34] » Ken? Probably.
>> I think he would.
[23:36] » I think he's I think he would.
>> I can call Ken.
[23:39] » Yeah.
>> If not, we can go from there. So, before
[23:43] we get 100% done and we release final
retention and payments, make sure that
[23:48] we got
>> everything that we expected, that it's
[23:51] all that John's satisfied, punch list is
done. you know, any defects or anything
[23:57] is taken care of before we release any
of that money in that we get. I'm not
[24:01] sure how they did their billings
with people that subcontracted to Barry.
[24:07] But in my world, we get a sworn
statement,
[24:10] » right?
>> We exchange it for
[24:15] » that that has to be done every time we
get ourselves in a jackpot.
[24:21] We got diligent
the processes
[24:29] this wasn't exactly done with AIA
documents or anything there's processes
[24:33] that should be followed that that are
well established in the court so we
[24:36] don't get ourselves into a situation
being pursued
[24:43] um we had we've got money in our budget
line for audits I don't know if that's
[24:48] where it come from the audit legal line
but
[24:52] if it's the same line that your audits
come
[24:54] financial aid does with you. But there
was there was still some money in there
[24:58] for the year. If if we don't need that,
maybe we can pull out of there. If not,
[25:01] transfer from general fund included
that.
[25:07] » Yeah. And also there might be some money
still budgeted for the new station and
[25:12] perhaps it could fall into that bucket
as well. I don't know. We have to look
[25:16] into that.
>> I'll I'll do some investigation. I was
[25:21] try to figure out what's the move
forward,
[25:25] » right?
>> So, should we should we make a motion
[25:28] that
>> that we'll do one?
[25:30] » Well, we might wait till we get the
prices
[25:34] » for an audit.
>> Yeah.
[25:36] » So, wait till next month. You want to
come back and revisit it?
[25:39] » Yeah. Well, we'll get prices that way.
>> Okay. I think that's fair. But I do
[25:46] think that
something along these lines is
[25:49] definitely in order because Barry's
going to be done and he's going to be
[25:53] walking away from the project and then
>> Well, no, I'm all for I have
[25:59] I have no reservation.
>> Well, we need to know what we're going
[26:03] to
>> Yes, we do.
[26:10] Did you have anything?
Okay.
[26:15] Thank you. Keith,
>> did you have anything for assistance?
[26:19] The boss needed any reports.
>> She didn't leave me with anything. Did
[26:22] she leave you? No. Um, so no, nothing
for a year.
[26:27] » Then what do I do for
>> uh Brandon? It's very simple. Um,
[26:30] because it's been summer, they didn't
meet um they didn't meet in July. And uh
[26:36] tomorrow is the meeting. It's their
annual picnic at Crossman Park for um
[26:42] the stakeholders, you know, the board
members, etc. Um and then and Kevin and
[26:47] I will both be attending that. Um
September Fest on September 12th, uh
[26:54] BGYA will have a booth um
I think from 9 to 3. and also the
[27:03] fundraiser at WOJO which took place at
the end of May, early June. Um,
[27:10] can't remember the dates, but probably
around May 31st or June 1st or
[27:13] something. Um, they raised about $130.
So, thank you to anyone who went to WOOS
[27:20] that day for that weekend for um
spending and mentioned BGYA.
[27:26] And that's it.
Keith Planning Commission.
[27:30] » Um, we approved the project for Stevens
Land Trust on on Big Sky Drive.
[27:35] It was approved with no well, no
subject.
[27:40] And we work more on the solar
ordinance,
[27:45] which is still not complete.
Work on it. It's the fourth month.
[27:56] No Z
supervisor um task force one funding the
[28:02] Mavis building over there when they did
the state budget they cut a million
[28:06] dollars out of their budget. So
they've obviously reached out to all
[28:11] fire chiefs and everybody else to uh
ground support
[28:16] to try to get this million dollars back.
So, if any of you would like to drop a
[28:21] letter to Representative Mark's office
because we've talked to uh David about
[28:26] it. Obviously, we all know what a great
asset it is to have task force one here.
[28:30] We'd like to keep them here, but I think
it was one of them deals. I don't think
[28:34] they had any idea they were going to
lose it until it was passed.
[28:40] Anything else on that, John? I know
you've talked to other people about it.
[28:44] » No. Well, I haven't heard anything more
from Chad. Okay.
[28:49] » So, I mean, he's still looking at doing
the training grounds out out and back.
[28:55] So, I think he's hopeful,
>> right?
[28:58] » I'm sure they are.
>> They they have enough in their coffers
[29:01] to sustain them for a couple years, but
it definitely take a hard hit and they
[29:05] won't be doing any out of state.
>> Sure.
[29:07] » So, because it takes multiple years to
get recoup their funds from that.
[29:11] » Sure.
uh road diet. They are going to be here
[29:15] in October to present to the board on
Dixie Highway. I've met with some other
[29:20] supervisors about that, trying to figure
out what our best avenue is to uh try to
[29:26] handle that. So, lot still to come on
that, but they will be here for the
[29:31] October board meeting to present. Um the
library, join the library network, and
[29:37] if you don't have new cards, you need to
go in there and get new cards. They sent
[29:41] me an email the other day. Did our first
tire clean up. We got 439 tires that
[29:46] day. So, it worked out great. Uh the
next one will be August 29th in Brandon
[29:51] Township Park on Hadley Road. Uh the
last NOAZ is coming up September 12th in
[29:57] Stone Pontiac in Oakland County. That's
the last one for the year. So, if
[30:01] anybody's got anything they're looking
to get rid of, that will be the spots.
[30:06] Uh community picnic August 29th. Hope
everybody can make it that day. We are
[30:11] rounding up some sponsors. I think I got
$500 so far. So, we're getting there.
[30:16] We're getting there. And the last thing
is Holly School sent a love letter to
[30:20] the clerk's office this morning that
they're going to have a millage on the
[30:23] board in November. So, you'll get
another one to
[30:28] That's all I got. Laura, did you get a
clip report? Um I only and this is
[30:35] coming from Janelle and I. We would
really like to thank um our election
[30:39] inspectors. Um every year they do a
wonderful job keeping everything in
[30:44] line, following all protocols. So a big
shout out to them as well as Neil
[30:49] Lachlin. He uh he was a rock star for us
um for early voting and on election day.
[30:56] Um, and then just to let you know, our
turnout for early voting, we were only
[31:00] at 34%.
Uh, we were 12th lowest in Oakland
[31:05] County for coming out to vote for the
primary, which is sad.
[31:12] » What about what?
>> That was 34%
[31:17] » overall.
>> Overall,
[31:20] » so that that's fairly typical for a
primary. Some news counties are a little
[31:24] higher, some are a little lower, but um
it has improved with
[31:30] a lot of absentee ballots, but when I
first started in this first office back
[31:36] eight years ago, [clears throat]
the primary was like 20% turn, maybe 20
[31:42] 24% turn. That's primary. Is that is it
because there wasn't anything major?
[31:49] » Well, there there was major
[31:54] It's a primary. I don't know. I don't
know what people are thinking.
[31:59] » I do have
>> I do have one more thing I'll throw in.
[32:02] Janelle actually gave me this the other
day, but 123 net had sent us a letter.
[32:08] Um
>> for the bead. Is it bead?
[32:13] » Yeah.
>> Did you get it?
[32:15] » Uh I I haven't had a chance to read it
yet.
[32:17] » Oh, gotcha. Okay. Well, long story
short, um it says commencing engineering
[32:22] permitting and construction activities
within your jurisdiction uh as part of
[32:27] the federal broad broadband expansion
project. Um so the purpose program is to
[32:33] act access to highspeed broadband
infrastructure and improve connectivity
[32:38] for residents, businesses and
communities institutions with
[32:41] underserved
and unserved areas. So maybe in the next
[32:46] couple years we may get more fiber in
the township and have a little better
[32:53] internet for everybody. So we just got
that. We'll see what they come back
[32:58] with.
Uh I just have a couple things. Um just
[33:04] summer taxes are due on Monday,
September 14th without penalty. Uh
[33:10] [clears throat] the July board of review
took place a couple few weeks ago and um
[33:17] I want to thank my [clears throat] folks
who are uh on serving on the tax board
[33:22] of appeals. We do need another person as
an alternate which we call them an
[33:28] alternate but you really would be
present for all of the things. We have a
[33:32] December board of review coming and then
next March I'm definitely going to need
[33:36] another person to be appointed to that
board. So, if you feel like maybe this
[33:41] is something you might want to do, um,
let let me or supervisor or the assessor
[33:47] know. And we did have three applications
uh for poverty exemptions here in the
[33:53] township. Um,
one was approved, one was incomplete and
[34:01] given an opportunity to come back to the
December board and one was denied. So,
[34:07] as with anything, um, people can go to
the Michigan Tax Tribunal if they are
[34:14] not happy with the decision made by the
local board of appeals. So, just wanted
[34:19] to let you guys know that because, you
know, if if people are exempted, that's
[34:25] um it's not that it costs you more, but
we have certain parameters we have to
[34:31] work within. And, you know, we're not
allowed to just grant all kinds of
[34:35] things will. So,
That's it for me and I do want to do a
[34:40] shout out and thank my deputy Angela
because she's very diligent and um she's
[34:46] always that smiling face here when you
walk in the building, right?
[34:51] Not the only one, but she's the greeter
most of the time.
[34:54] » Well, some days she's the only one.
>> Some days
[34:58] » the only happy one for the only one.
>> The only happy one.
[35:03] » She does a great job.
And that's it.
[35:06] » That's it.
>> We'll open public comment.
[35:13] » Your time to go. Are you ready?
>> Yes. This is my first one. I just want
[35:19] to say good evening to the members of
the board. My name is Carrie Smith and I
[35:24] do reside at 715 East Holly Road in
Groen Township and I'm here tonight to
[35:29] establish a critical strategic path
ahead of the upcoming planning
[35:33] commission meeting on August 17th. I
request that this statement that I'm
[35:38] making along with the detailed
regulatory data packages compiled by our
[35:42] active resident coalition GTRA submitted
to the township offices be formally
[35:47] entered and attached to tonight's
official meeting minutes. As citizens,
[35:52] we have done and will continue to do
absolutely everything in our power to
[35:56] protect the community we love. We've
invested our time, our energy, and our
[36:00] independent resources to safeguard
Groveland's borders. Now, we are asking
[36:06] that this board do its legal due
diligence. We formally request that this
[36:12] board direct our township attorney to
thoroughly review the GT track
[36:16] documents. The mandate for our legal
council must be clear, ensure that every
[36:21] protected measure set back and zoning
restrictions slated for review by the
[36:25] planning commission is legally
defensible, airtight, and as strict as
[36:30] the law allows under the Michigan zoning
enabling act. Furthermore, if other
[36:35] municipalities have successfully
implemented ordinances or workable and
[36:39] compatible ordinances that offer a more
restrictive protective guideline than
[36:44] what we have found, we ask that this
board not settle for the baseline in any
[36:48] area. We ask that you expend your time,
your political will, and your legal
[36:53] resources to actively improve upon the
foundation that GTRA has built. Our
[36:59] defensive window under the current
moratorum is closing and the pressures
[37:04] of the state public act 233 are real. We
do not want a legal draft that simply
[37:10] checks a box. We the residents
for lack of a better word I wrote demand
[37:15] a regulatory framework that serves as an
unassalable shield for our taxpayers,
[37:21] our infrastructure, our natural
resources, especially our aquifer and
[37:26] our health and safety. The community has
brought a solid foundation to your
[37:30] doorstep through GTRA. We look to this
board to apply the necessary
[37:34] administrative and legal scrutiny to
turn the citizen research into
[37:38] enforceable law, local law, and improve
on it if the township lawyer or any of
[37:43] the board members know of or find more
strict safeguards than what is in the
[37:49] GRA documentation.
That was what I was going to open with.
[37:54] Can I ask to do a second or not? It's
Thank you.
[38:00] » Thank you. I appreciate that.
So, I just wanted to tonight address a
[38:05] matter of urgency [clears throat]
regarding the um the data center
[38:09] regulatory packet that was presented to
the planning commission and ask that
[38:13] this statement would also be entered
[clears throat] official meeting record
[38:17] is a community although that we've spent
months and the residents of Groveland
[38:21] and community hope are requesting a
close review of the July 20th 2026
[38:27] planning commission draft submitted by
Wade Trim. It will be deeply concerning
[38:32] if Indian loopholes that favor big
business over the safety of Groveland
[38:36] Township residents exist. Please make
sure that the use of weak conditional
[38:41] phrasing like to the extent feasible is
not written in our final adopted
[38:45] documents and there is no lack of rigid
caps on noise or of our aquifer
[38:50] protection that will act as an open
invitation for tech companies to exploit
[38:54] our zoning laws. This brings us to a
fundamental issue of transparency and
[38:58] accountability with our retained
planning consultant. W Shrim planners
[39:02] are hired to serve as technical guides,
but some of the language in the packet
[39:07] seems to reflect more corporate friendly
framework, not an unsalable shield for
[39:12] our residents. So instead of tailored
rigorous protections, we have to make
[39:18] sure that we have not been handled a
boilerplate text that reads as if it
[39:22] were written by the data center lobby
itself. I read the four pages today on
[39:26] master plan. I'm interjecting that and
there are some things in there that were
[39:30] pretty good but it's still only four
pages page 42 to 46. It's only a
[39:34] synopsis. So, and that was posted May
19th. I just still like to see because
[39:39] time is ticking for the moratorum that
by the way I'm so grateful that you guys
[39:44] did implement. So, I just want to ask
this board and remind you to
[39:48] collectively hold a strict fiduciary
responsibility to the taxpayers of
[39:52] Portland. Your ethical structural
obligation is to ensure that the
[39:56] professional planners we fund with our
tax dollars are working directly for the
[40:00] township and its residents and that they
don't hand us anything recycled or
[40:04] boilerplate and don't leave us open for
tax companies, utility developers like
[40:09] this and big businesses to mess us up
here in place. Thank you. Thank you.
[40:16] That's what I'm prepared.
Anybody else?
[40:22] » Any official who cannot live to live up
to or care to
[40:31] support people
should resign.
[40:36] » Thank you. Anybody else?
>> Go ahead.
[40:42] Um, one thing that I want to warn you on
as public starts seeing our G track work
[40:51] depending on software you use, you get
different answers.
[40:57] We've been challenging each other's work
and I had just had one more surprise
[41:02] today.
[41:05] Surprisingly, uh,
Google's opinion of
[41:14] I totally disagree with it.
It's like they're trying to promote
[41:21] themselves.
[41:24] » So you may get comments from the general
public who've only looked at one source
[41:30] that totally contradicts.
[41:37] Oh,
I don't trust the surprise from our
[41:41] governor at the very end. Please don't
wait till next year.
[41:47] She may
fear the change will keep 233 and a half
[41:54] a dozen other horrible things there.
[42:02] Anybody else?
[42:06] All right. Close public comment. Thank
you,
[42:11] » Tracy. Favorite motion.
>> I'll make a motion that we adjourn the
[42:16] township regular board meeting and we
reopen for the fire board meeting.
[42:24] » I second it.
[42:27] » All in favor?
>> I opposed.
[42:31] Anybody's
John, it's all you.
[42:36] Thank you. Thank you for hearing me
tonight. Uh
[42:45] first apparatus and equipment. We
finally got the rear leaf springs
[42:49] replaced on engine two and got it put
back in service and it's doing much
[42:56] better.
Ladder one originally failed its ladder
[43:02] inspection and
Jeremy had gone through and tightened up
[43:07] some fittings that were leaking on it
and it was retested in his past
[43:12] inspection.
Alpha 3 had the patient department
[43:16] heater pump replaced and Alpha 487 also
had the same thing. We do have another
[43:22] one on order.
Alpha 7's batteries are being replaced.
[43:27] Alpha one front tires are due to be
replaced next week. Uh the air trailer,
[43:34] we replaced a battery maintainer and we
had MES out to look at the
[43:42] carbon monoxide sensor on it and they're
ordering some gas because they I guess
[43:47] in that system it takes an exorbitant
amount of gas to to clear out the system
[43:51] and reset that sensor. And I did replace
that solenoid and
[43:56] » with no avail. It didn't help.
>> You didn't change it?
[43:59] » No.
>> Unfortunately.
[44:02] » Got
>> they they told me that it didn't have
[44:04] anything to do with the faulty sensor
and shut off, but I I'm not quite so
[44:11] sure about that. So,
we're still doing more research on it.
[44:15] Seems to be the the never ending gift.
[44:21] order rebuild kits for the intake valves
on engine one and two. They should be in
[44:24] by the end of the week and Jeremy will
be replacing those. And hose testing is
[44:29] scheduled for tomorrow. And usually
they're pretty quick, so they'll should
[44:33] get most all of it done tomorrow. Maybe
just a couple little straggler pieces on
[44:37] Wednesday, but
uh personnel
[44:43] with ended employment with Sam Oliver
and David Watts effective July 31st.
[44:50] Nick Burgess continues to be on leave
until September 1st.
[44:56] We also request to reinstate former
employees Nate Brown and Ryan Sensor for
[45:03] uh shifts at the Renaissance Festival.
Ryan Settzer's a medic full-time on
[45:10] Brandon Fire and and Nate Brown is
worked with us last several years
[45:17] the festival
>> and they've been here before. I mean,
[45:19] they got all the paperwork and stuff.
>> Does it require a motion?
[45:25] » Yes, it does.
[45:31] » Make a motion that we rehire Nate Brown
and Ryan for the Renaissance.
[45:37] » Second.
[45:41] » You can give it to Jim.
[45:47] » Teresa Bells. Yes.
>> Jim Christopher. Yes.
[45:50] » Keith Beerhold.
>> Yes.
[45:51] » Kevin Scramlin.
>> Yes.
[45:58] » All right. Kill Kruall has passed his
EMT and is now licensed through the
[46:03] state and he is enrolled in Mcome
Community College firefighter class.
[46:08] That's he's the individual who we are
sponsoring through with the
[46:14] reimbursement.
>> Gotcha. Contract.
[46:18] So, he passed his licensing.
>> Yep.
[46:20] » Good for him.
>> Y smart kid.
[46:22] » Good.
>> He'll fit in well once he gets done.
[46:26] » Um, new station IT proposals.
John's here. We haven't gotten the other
[46:31] one back.
>> Yeah, we were going to decide tonight
[46:33] while John's here. John, would you talk
about your proposal?
[46:37] » Sure.
>> Because you you've met with me and John,
[46:41] so you know, we know anything about it.
[laughter]
[46:44] The um well, what would you like me to
do? You talk through the proposal or
[46:48] just talk a little about all about the
project and what needs to be done. You
[46:51] can just go through your proposal, what
you need to do.
[46:54] » Go through the whole proposal.
[47:21] I'll go through the the scope of work.
Um I'll review that for you. I tell you
[47:27] everything that we
plan
[47:34] detailed objectives uh are as follows.
Provide equipment installation,
[47:39] configuration, and testing of one 48
port uh pro network switch or POE, one
[47:47] smart UPS,
one eight outlook outlet PDU, one watch
[47:54] card firewall and two 24 port patch
panels
[47:59] to mitigate access looping
within that on the configuration provide
[48:05] as many as five VLANs configured and
tested. um set up necessary ACL or
[48:12] access control list. These are all
security measures um with 802.1x and IP
[48:18] reservations. For the most part, no
one's probably going to understand any
[48:21] of this. This is to comply with the
Michigan State Police Command Center. Uh
[48:29] yeah, the cyber command center, I'm
sorry, their recommendations for
[48:33] wastewater, fire, police, and traffic.
for local and city ordinances [snorts]
[48:41] configure uh intrusion detection and
protection with whit listing and geo
[48:48] fencing. So these are again measures of
um geo fencing is to protect from bots
[48:54] from all around the world that are
trying to penetrate your networks.
[48:57] Um and these all comply with MSP
cyber command center firewall
[49:03] recommendation best practices. Um remove
and replace document all default
[49:09] usernames, passwords and certificates.
Ensure all AI connected remote admin
[49:14] access is authenticated and multifactor
authenticated.
[49:19] The um provide materials installation
testing and labeling of 27 cat 6
[49:25] Ethernet connections and eight cat 6A
Ethernet connections. It's a higher
[49:32] grade cabling utilized will provide more
bandwidth in the wireless access points
[49:39] to maximize their throughput will
require that it's a little bit heavier.
[49:46] Um in addition to that uh provide
materials, installation, testing and
[49:50] labeling of one uh cat 6 connection for
the county emergency. This is one of the
[49:57] last add-ons. I don't know if you were
in the office that day. Um, this is the
[50:01] county radio, the 2A radio updates that
they do over the air.
[50:05] » Um, Jeff had reached out to the county.
I can't recall his name.
[50:11] » Paul.
>> Paul. And he said that you guys needed
[50:14] to provide cabling only. They'll redo
the configuration on the so we've
[50:21] included that as well. um provide uh
equipment installation configuration
[50:27] testing and an active design. We've done
a predictive design right now. An active
[50:33] design is post installation to be able
to tune out the system. So the channels
[50:38] correspond with one another. They have
optimal overlap. [clears throat]
[50:43] Um of eight um ubiquity triband Wi-Fi 7
wireless access points. Uh also provide
[50:52] three SSIDs including production, guest
and IoT.
[50:57] You know what the production is, you
know what the or the guest is. The IoT
[51:00] will be for some of your other devices
that you have there. Your cameras will
[51:03] probably take that slot for your
security system.
[51:07] all provisions within the command center
recommendations
[51:11] um implement um pre pre-shared key PPSK
for all three networks. Uh WPA3 is
[51:20] available with product. Um there's
something that we would probably we've
[51:25] got a couple things in there in the
product. There's one thing within the
[51:28] command center um recommendations, the
cyber command center recommendations
[51:33] that I shared with Jeff is not at the
moment you have to have a radius server
[51:39] and we would need to probably see if you
guys have one. He doesn't think that you
[51:43] have one anymore the way that you guys
are using email. So, but you have it in
[51:49] the product and the ability where you
can update that uh if you end up with
[51:56] previous server Microsoft provides it to
you know things that nature. So, um if
[52:02] you guys do have one it's easy to
implement um It's just a it's kind of a
[52:07] flip of a switch and rerouting the
traffic.
[52:11] In addition to that, we've
[clears throat] got uh so we've got some
[52:16] grounding measures with rack and we have
um perform those and grounding
[52:24] and then provide Synology NAS um which
is a network areas uh I'm sorry network
[52:31] area storage um which rig one this is
just everything you guys do uh document
[52:38] wise, pancake breakfast, all you know,
anything that goes outside of um storage
[52:43] in your your portals that you have. Um
so you can keep those and reuse them. Um
[52:50] [clears throat] and then uh 14 uh
provide install configure 14 uh daily
[52:59] desk phones. Uh I think seven of yes,
seven of them will be are designed to be
[53:04] mounted. Um the other seven will be on
desk uh and providing a phone solution
[53:11] uh that's PCI compliant and HIPPA
compliance [cough] to [clears throat]
[53:15] you to carry on any business over the
phone um that you need to
[53:20] as well as
[53:28] goes into the call plans. There's
there's five of those with designated
[53:32] numbers, full plans. Then you've got the
duplicates which is called the resource
[53:36] line. That's for the I think most of
them are scattered throughout the uh the
[53:42] non office areas.
[53:52] We'll leverage your existing call flow
to start with, but we've got six months
[53:57] to work through that that configuration
um and make changes. I know that Jeff
[54:02] already mentioned there's a couple
things that he was trying to dabble into
[54:05] recently um to make changes or
modifications amongst the different
[54:11] staff at different stations. Um so we
can work through those. We configure all
[54:16] those to optimize them with the addition
and then [clears throat]
[54:20] um provide project management point
contact for all procurement installation
[54:27] that's where this network's going to be
configured and segment with sub tenants
[54:33] that gives you scope of work you want to
know price or anything like that or any
[54:39] other details. Yeah, you can
[54:45] um the total price tax there. So the
total price is $34,474.88
[54:56] And then there's MRC cost as well for
phone service. And
[55:04] one thing I didn't mention in here is a
5year extended warranties for all your
[55:11] primary equipment, your access points,
your switch, and your firewall.
[55:18] Those are the core components to ensure
that
[55:21] So that quote comes fiveyear warranty.
>> There's five year extended warranty.
[55:26] It's in the materials list that I didn't
go from each.
[55:30] » That's fine. But it is part of that.
>> Yep. You can find it in the back.
[55:35] » We're waiting for one more quote and
then we're going to have to make a
[55:37] decision. But I appreciate all
you kept saying,
[55:43] but I do appreciate all the work you put
in and no problem.
[55:49] And as soon as we get to that point,
I'll let you know. Okay. Thank you.
[55:53] Chase you.
[55:58] » All right. On to EMS. The ever uh
continuing protocol update training. Uh
[56:06] they're really hitting it hard this time
around with the implementation of uh
[56:10] different protocols for stroke. So
coming up at the beginning of September,
[56:17] all pretty much all strokes will be
transported at Trinity Oakland because
[56:22] they're the only comprehensive stroke
center in the area. So that'll be
[56:28] [snorts] the big change for us and along
with uh different recognition protocols
[56:32] and
documentation that goes along with it.
[56:36] » I I see you have it listed here. Is
Trinity ready for that?
[56:44] that it's yet to be seen. Hopefully
hopefully their construction there is
[56:48] done by the time that starts. But yeah,
that's on to the next one. Um, you ever
[56:55] long problem with Trinity along with
many of the other hospitals is the uh
[56:58] long turnover times that we have when we
arrive there with a patient will be
[57:02] stuck in the hallway uh maintaining them
for you know half an hour, 45 minutes,
[57:08] an hour. So, this one was just a straw
that broke the camel's back. We had a
[57:14] crew there with a resident that had hip
and back pain and they were uh in the ER
[57:21] waiting to do the patient turnover for
138 minutes. And that's just, you know,
[57:27] it it jams our system up and it they had
the star unit that was there in front of
[57:33] them was already there for 2 hours and
it's just devastating to the system
[57:39] because if we're there and Brandon's
there or it just backs us all up and we
[57:44] can't rely on each other. So it's along
with the problem that the hospital
[57:49] themselves are having with the inner
facility transports. So if they lock the
[57:54] patients up there or ambulances up
there, they don't have one to transfer
[57:59] the patients to another facility to
distribute the load and uh get them the
[58:04] definitive care they need. So, u long
story short, I wrote a letter to the CEO
[58:11] of Trinity and he was quite open and
perceptive and we all had a meeting with
[58:17] him and he uh outlined some changes they
were going to do in the ER with the
[58:23] patient handover. So, we'll see if it
all works out.
[58:27] » Fingers crossed.
>> Yes.
[58:35] » Yeah. Yeah.
[58:40] » Um, hospital communications. Uh, the
we had a
[58:48] I guess it's in in lie of the recent
scanner sites
[58:54] everybody is going nuts with. All of our
communications are are being
[59:00] intercepted and posted on Facebook and
on these scanner sites where you can
[59:05] just download and app and listen to
everybody's radio traffic. So the big
[59:09] one that broke the camels back here was
the four fatality PI on 75 where the
[59:15] hospital communication
was
[59:18] blasted out and they even put it over
the news and everything. That's not
[59:23] something that the family member or even
John Key public needs to hear.
[59:31] So, uh, I
contacted MDHHS
[59:38] and sent them my concerns and,
uh, the communication subcommittee met
[59:44] last week. Uh, the LA area chiefs were
on board with it and the discussion with
[59:51] them was that what I put in place is
good enough. So,
[59:56] I put in place no longer using the
radios. You only use the cell phones to
[1:00:00] contact the hospital on the recorded
lines and and they came out with we've
[1:00:05] been utilizing the system ebridge. It's
basically an app that we put the patient
[1:00:10] complaint information in and they
receive it like a text basically at the
[1:00:15] hospital and then we communicate that
way.
[1:00:19] Uh the problem with that is is all this
is governed by uh medcom plan. It's it's
[1:00:27] the law in Michigan basically for
communications. So the way it stands now
[1:00:34] is our ebridge isn't accepted. Uh we're
doing it under a special study and cell
[1:00:41] phones are not recognized at all under
the communications.
[1:00:46] You're not supposed to use them at all.
you're only supposed to use a landline.
[1:00:49] So, um, with all this in mind, uh,
laying out all the problems and
[1:00:55] concerns, they just said, "No, just keep
doing it."
[1:00:58] They didn't want to address, uh,
remedying the situation or or coming up
[1:01:04] to a unified
plan that we could implement in 10 years
[1:01:08] or 15 years, nothing. They're just
>> No, it sounds like it's working great.
[1:01:12] So, that's a little bit disheartening.
So, um, we plan on pursuing it further.
[1:01:19] Their excuse to that was, well, there's
places in the up that only run two or
[1:01:24] three calls a year and they can't afford
it, you know, rather than looking at
[1:01:28] systems that we could get funding for in
the future to be compliant with all
[1:01:33] these things in mind. So, um, a lot more
work on that to let you know. And as
[1:01:40] well kind of tacking on to that um we're
also looking at encrypting our channels
[1:01:47] on the north side here. Um we haven't
quite presented it to the other
[1:01:51] departments yet but Brandon Springfield
North Oakland Holly Village and and
[1:01:56] ourselves are working with the county
dispatch on uh possibility of encrypting
[1:02:02] our channel and how it will affect our
interoperability with other departments.
[1:02:08] Say if we had blank come down.
So, um I think we're in the end stages
[1:02:14] of that. We are probably
for now going to encrypt our channel 3.
[1:02:21] So, once after we're initially
dispatched, we can all switch over to
[1:02:25] that and use that channel
for a little more privacy. Um
[1:02:33] kind of tacking on to that, the the
worst part of it is is
[1:02:38] time after that
um the brother of
[1:02:45] the guy that died in that four fatality
PI he called to to thank the crew. He
[1:02:52] found out it was bruter. So he he called
and we talked to him and he did hear
[1:02:57] that the hospital communication and he
was very upset by it. So
[1:03:05] it does have its impact and
people.
[1:03:13] » Did Did Martin think we could get a
hearing over there at some point on it?
[1:03:18] Did he think he could get you in front
of a committee?
[1:03:20] » I haven't talked much further with him
on that other than that day he was at
[1:03:25] the station, but um he was quite
adamant. He he was all for encryting
[1:03:31] » for that reason. So,
>> I'll reach out to John.
[1:03:34] » Thank you. [snorts]
operations in the hospital
[1:03:39] communications. Uh task force one, we
talked about that. Uh station two
[1:03:44] internet, we're testing the Starlink
right now because uh
[1:03:49] cable is
very spotty. It seems like if the wind
[1:03:55] blows, it goes out over there and it'll
be substantially cheaper. Uh we're
[1:03:59] testing on a plan that's $55 right now
versus our $170 we're paying for
[1:04:04] Comcast. So, with any luck, it'll work
out well for us. And then, uh,
[1:04:11] we'll be able to make a determination
whether we can use it, utilize it in the
[1:04:15] new station because it was almost $500
for Comcast and
[1:04:23] » 585.
>> 580. Yeah. Almost $600 for AT&T. So, if
[1:04:29] we can save that money there since it's
not in the budget at all for that with
[1:04:34] the other increases
>> because what was start for commercial
[1:04:37] was what 285 or something to buy the
equipment.
[1:04:39] » Yeah, it was it was well below 300. So,
>> yeah.
[1:04:45] » No, it'd be a great savings.
>> Yeah. Hopefully it works out.
[1:04:49] » Uh it just came in Friday afternoon, so
hopefully Jeff can install it this week.
[1:04:54] Gota
>> we can start reviewing it.
[1:04:59] Company training as always, the run
reports, fire training. We're hitting
[1:05:05] engineer really hard so we can get some
people through before it gets cold. It's
[1:05:10] a lot easier to do it while it's warm
when people show up. Um the
[1:05:17] continuing on getting everybody on the
IC 127 and 800. The county will be here
[1:05:23] the end of next month to do 300 and the
following month to do 400.
[1:05:30] So
then we'll meet our requirements and
[1:05:35] exceed them actually in most cases.
We're continuing with the TIMS training.
[1:05:40] That's the traffic incident management
system. Um I think you're about 85%
[1:05:45] compliant with
everybody completing that.
[1:05:53] Then we've done our HIPPA bloodborne and
protocol updates. The along with the
[1:05:58] paradigm we're still pushing. Um
and
[1:06:06] the MTA is holding an e issues in the
emergency services contra
[1:06:12] conference. I'm sorry. Um we request
that Sergeant Mar and myself attend.
[1:06:21] one of your paper on there.
>> Yes. I was just looking. Can you
[1:06:25] remember what the cost was, Jim?
>> It was $125.
[1:06:34] » Frank,
[1:06:39] » September 9th.
[1:06:48] I'll make a motion that we approve um
sending
[1:06:54] Chief Williams and Sergeant Mar to
Frankenmouth for the emerging
[1:07:02] issues in emergency services MTA
annual event
[1:07:08] um with the cost covered as well as uh
mileage reimburse
[1:07:15] It'll be in the chief's truck. So,
>> oh, be in the chief's truck. Okay.
[1:07:19] Scratch that part about mileage
reimbursement
[1:07:23] » and uh paid for from
>> Chief's
[1:07:27] » Yeah, we take professional development.
>> Yeah,
[1:07:32] » I'll second that. Laura, you want a roll
call?
[1:07:37] » Uh Jim Christopher, yes.
>> Keith Weederold, yes. Kevin Scramlin,
[1:07:40] yes. Theresa Bells,
>> yes.
[1:07:45] All right. And then on to grants. I
request a board action for a resolution
[1:07:51] authorizing Stacy Malar as designated
signatory for the Michigan Department of
[1:07:56] Treasury fire equipment grant
application. It's a grant up to $50,000
[1:08:01] for fire equipment that we were going to
utilize for turnout here.
[1:08:12] says roughly
and I do have the resolution drafted
[1:08:22] number.
>> No.
[1:08:25] » Noel
number. Oh, you mean page number?
[1:08:30] » No.
[1:08:35] » Resolution. We can just make it
[1:08:53] see
[1:09:04] We'll
[1:09:15] take a motion to approve resolution
2026-018.
[1:09:23] The resolution authorizing designated
signatory for the Michigan Department of
[1:09:28] Treasury Fire Equipment Grant Program
application
[1:09:33] to the St.
[1:09:37] I'll second it.
All those in favor?
[1:09:40] » I opposed.
[1:09:44] Thank you.
>> Uh we're still awaiting notification on
[1:09:49] our AFG grant for four cardiac monitors.
Hopefully what next month?
[1:09:57] Yeah, possibly may start announcing the
awards next month for that along with
[1:10:03] the safer grant
and then our DNR grant that that's uh
[1:10:10] just whatever they want to say. So,
we're always waiting for that. We have
[1:10:14] for a a sky lift on that.
the pipeline safety grant. We applied
[1:10:22] for thermal imagers and we weren't
awarded
[1:10:25] unfortunately.
Uh the alarms
[1:10:30] for the year were up to 542
versus last year we were 631. And
[1:10:36] there's a breakdown of the reasons. Um
predominantly we had a reduction in
[1:10:44] high utilizers.
Uh the WO zone gone. We had a drop in
[1:10:49] calls to Mount Holly, uh, Camp Tamarak.
There were several larger incidents out
[1:10:55] there last year.
So,
[1:10:58] » I see you've actually got more crashes
than you had last year.
[1:11:01] » Yeah, it's kind of interesting, isn't
it?
[1:11:03] » Yeah, actually, um, the way it was set
up last year versus just the cones and
[1:11:09] everything and the way they reduced the
lanes was a lot worse this year. People
[1:11:17] tend to get very confused when there's
cones there.
[1:11:20] » So, I think that was the main
reason for that.
[1:11:26] » I sent an email to the one guy from MDOT
last week. I've never heard back.
[1:11:31] Weren't they supposed to be done out
there like the end of June or something?
[1:11:34] » Yes.
>> And they're still out there.
[1:11:38] » There's no penalty for them this time
around. So,
[1:11:41] » you've never responded. Okay.
[1:11:48] And then Township attractions Michigan
Renaissance Festival is opening August
[1:11:54] 22nd through October 4th
[1:12:00] and we will be doing first aid there and
also the association will be doing the
[1:12:07] ice cream.
[1:12:14] the ice cream stand for several four
weekends. So
[1:12:19] hopefully we'll make some profit on that
and do well.
[1:12:23] And then Holly Reck continues to be
closed for the dam repairs.
[1:12:31] » Yeah, damn.
[1:12:35] » How How's the volunteers on that ice
cream
[1:12:40] volunteering [cough]
festival? Do you have volunteers of
[1:12:43] people signing up
>> or can you tell me what weekends and how
[1:12:48] many people you need?
>> Yep, we have a list here. We just got
[1:12:51] it. So, haven't had any chance to work
on it yet.
[1:12:55] » Okay. But it's not every single weekend.
Um we took the first four weekends
[1:13:00] because we just didn't have enough
interest to do all all six days.
[1:13:04] » First four weekends. That closely.
>> Okay. So if you want to sign up
[1:13:10] » Well, I may I may want to Can you just
pass that over right now? We just keep
[1:13:16] forgetting.
>> Yeah, we want to know.
[1:13:18] » It should be fun.
>> I know. It's going to be fun.
[1:13:25] » And I'm pretty sure it's in the ice
cream booth at the station. So you're
[1:13:28] not standing outside.
[1:13:37] » Uh ticket. They let you in the park, you
know, they let you like we don't need a
[1:13:41] ticket to get in in order to go
volunteer at the ice cream place. Just
[1:13:46] checking.
>> I I'll clarify what ship um you come in
[1:13:49] in the morning. We'll show you how to do
the cash and do the credit card machines
[1:13:53] and that kind of stuff.
>> Um but I just got him back tonight. I'm
[1:13:57] like,
>> "Did you confirm with your girl we're
[1:13:59] good for four weekends?" He's like,
"Yeah, you're good to go." I'm like,
[1:14:02] "Thanks. We got like
last minute.
[1:14:10] And then the rest is uh about the
incident, the OBV part, the article I
[1:14:16] wrote for
David Fleet, and then uh just continue
[1:14:23] on more of an explanation of the radio
encryption
[1:14:31] topics.
And then just hitting again on the uh
[1:14:37] Dixie roadway diet.
>> Just want to keep it on everybody's
[1:14:43] radar.
[1:14:47] » I don't think anybody's forgot about it,
John.
[1:14:51] » I don't I don't mean to be out of order,
but there's a meeting at the Royal
[1:14:55] Commission this week.
[1:15:04] And then the rest is just our report
cards. We were excellent as always,
[1:15:09] surprisingly.
We work hard, but um they were all good.
[1:15:17] So that is all I have.
>> Thank you, John.
[1:15:24] Got any public comment on the fire board
meeting?
[1:15:29] I take it we don't Sweet.
[1:15:35] » Motion that we adjourn.
>> Second. All those in favor.
[1:15:42] » Thank you.