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[0:33] Going to call to order the regular
meeting of the Lux Council Board of
[0:35] Trustees, Monday, February 2nd, 2026 at
6:32.
[0:40] Please join me in the pledge of
allegiance.
[0:43] » I pledge to the flag of the United
States of America to the republic for it
[0:49] stands one nation under God indivisible
and justice for all.
[1:01] » All right. Meeting agenda.
[1:13] I'll make a motion that we approve the
agenda as written.
[1:17] » I'll second.
>> I have a motion by Court by Trustee
[1:21] Rosal. All in favor?
>> I
[1:23] » I opposed. Hear none. The motion passes.
Moving on to approval of the minutes.
[1:36] I'll make a motion to approve the
minutes from the regular meeting of
[1:40] January 12, 2026.
>> I'll second.
[1:43] » I have a motion by Treasurer
Southerntherland, supported by Trustee
[1:47] Marino. All in favor?
>> I opposed. Hearing none. Motion passes.
[1:52] Public announcements.
[1:58] Okay. Uh I know there's been some social
media rumors around a data center. There
[2:05] is an item on the agenda for a moratorum
on data centers. At this time there have
[2:10] been no data centers presented to the
township or any plans for one. So there
[2:16] are no none that we are aware of at this
time. Also, I'm sure some of you are
[2:24] hear about the landfill that is being
handled by the county. There is a public
[2:29] hearing for it at the county
administration building February 18th at
[2:34] 9:00 a.m.
[2:38] And from that, we'll move on to public
comment. I will say there is a 3minut
[2:43] limit. If you'd like to go up to the
microphone, please state your name and
[2:47] address.
[3:01] » [clears throat]
[3:05] » Linda Rasciel, 2558926
Mile Road. First of all, I'd like to
[3:10] thank you all very much for your kind
words and thoughts and prayers for the
[3:13] death of my mother. Um, it was greatly
appreciated.
[3:17] I spoke to Jean Ta forest in Lee
Bolinsky on November 3rd, 2025 at the
[3:22] trusty meeting about the future growth
of pine tree acres. They thought at the
[3:27] time the actual garbage hill would grow
another 40 ft and they were unsure of
[3:31] the longevity of the site. Also, I had
if I had any more questions, Shantel
[3:36] gave me her business card. I never
called her. At the November 25th, 2025
[3:42] planning commission meeting, Lee
Bolinsky approached me with his boss,
[3:46] Travis. I don't remember his last name.
They said the site would not be getting
[3:50] much taller, but the garbage hill would
be increasing another 150 acres, but
[3:55] they still were in within the 527 acres
that Waste Management Hit owned at the
[4:00] time. Last week while watching Channel 7
News, there was a story about Pine Tree
[4:05] acres expanding 235 plus acres and how
the deputy executive from Mcome County,
[4:12] John Paul Ria, said there would be a
90-day public comment period for
[4:16] residents to voice their opinions. I
later re read that this period was
[4:22] October 16, 2025 through January 14,
2026. This was a communitydriven
[4:28] conversation that would be making this
ruling on the expansion of Pine Tree
[4:33] acres. Then I found out that there was
already was a public hearing and another
[4:38] one is going to be February 18th. Mr.
Reer stated at the last planning
[4:42] commission meeting that he was a member
of the solid waste planning committee.
[4:46] In fact, I have that correct. But never
said anything about the 90-day public
[4:50] comment phase and these public hearings
until tonight. In all the months prior
[4:57] to tonight, the Pine Tree Acres has been
brought up by myself regarding the
[5:00] master plan and how the potential
expansion of the landfill could affect
[5:05] the master plan. You have sat back and
have said nothing knowing that a meeting
[5:09] regarding the expansion had already
taken place and at least one more is
[5:13] coming up. Why are you hiding this
information from the residents until
[5:17] tonight whom we represent are supposed
to keep informed? Twothirds of the local
[5:23] communities are needed to vote in favor
for this expansion for it to go forward.
[5:27] Of course, it'll pass. They don't want a
landfill in their neighborhood. Are you
[5:32] asking for anything in return? For
example, having Waste Management pick up
[5:36] garbage on Grashet from 26 to 32 Mile
Road. Putting a traffic signal at 29
[5:41] Mile Road and Grash with a no turn on
Red from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Mr.
[5:46] Reader, you told me before the county
told you people would have to die before
[5:49] light would be installed. put your foot
down. Increasing their tip fees to at
[5:54] least the average of the 13 states
channel 7 showed them on their broadcast
[5:59] in Canada. So Michigan wouldn't be so
attractive to dump trash in. Also,
[6:03] Governor Whitmer keeps talking about
fixing the damn roads.
[6:07] » Well, there would be less trash
>> if there were less traffic.
[6:20] Excuse
[6:27] me. Press
that H 3940 county line in a segway
[6:33] following after that information.
[clears throat] The master plan notes
[6:40] never reflected any of this increase in
the dump. Uh, I think that's a pretty
[6:46] important thing for our master plan for
our area. Uh, and one of the things the
[6:51] master plan that really caught my eye
after going through it was the decrease
[6:56] in home values in the Lennox Township
area. Our homes are worth a lot less
[7:01] based upon that master plan and upon
what home county put out because of the
[7:08] dump.
So, we're getting all this money coming
[7:13] in from the dump. Kind of looking at
that going, okay, what are we doing for
[7:17] our community out here? How about we
take some of the dump money and maybe
[7:22] reduce our taxes? Might be a really good
idea because that dump's not going away
[7:28] for 30 plus years. And a master plan
also ought to have what we're going to
[7:33] do with the dump after it closes. Now,
it can be, you know, a little broad
[7:40] brushed on that, but that should be well
laid out and that property all around
[7:44] it. Nobody wants to build there, but you
should use it as an industrial area. Get
[7:49] some tax dollars coming in and reduce
the taxes that the residents are paying.
[8:01] Public
[8:21] Grace Eisen 6811 Passion Road
in uh the mail with our tax bills. We
[8:29] received this lovely landfill flyer
about pollinator gardens, etc. Not a
[8:35] word on it about an expansion.
Um, my question is, how did it come to
[8:42] be in our tax bill? Who paid for it? Who
paid for the postage?
[8:48] And our other for-profit and nonprofit
businesses being the given the
[8:54] opportunity to present their propaganda
in our tax bills. Thank you.
[9:02] Answer my questions, please, during your
meeting.
[9:08] public health.
[9:15] » All right, moving on to public hearing
for the 2026 community development block
[9:20] grant funds. I will make a motion to
open the public hearing at 6:41 p.m.
[9:28] » I have a motion by the chair supported
by trustee Rosal. May the deputy clerk
[9:32] please call the role.
Reader
[9:35] » I
>> Rosio
[9:37] » I
>> Gurley
[9:38] » I Sutherland
>> I Marino
[9:42] » I
>> All right summary Mr. Gbo.
[9:47] All right. Good evening board. As usual
to the residents and the board of
[9:52] trustees. This is a required public
hearing notice that's given out. We did
[9:57] notice this out last meeting. This is
for a request of the CDBG funds to be
[10:04] distributed throughout the operations
after any requests had been allocated
[10:09] back into our facility.
Uh this evening we've checked again uh
[10:15] verifying that no one on the board had
received any road request that had not
[10:21] come through the process as required.
This year, Lennox Township will receive
[10:26] approximately $1,900 in community
development block grant funds, which
[10:31] will be available for public funding. At
this point in time, based upon the
[10:36] recommendations and the requirements
that we have received, we're requesting
[10:40] that the board authorize interfaith to
receive $180 out of that 190 or I'm
[10:48] sorry, corrected. interfaith caregivers
give or should receive $180
[10:55] out of the $1,900 that was received with
the remaining balance going to the
[11:02] Lennox Township Senior Citizens
Community Center. With that, I'll take
[11:07] any questions, comments. We'll return to
the board for closing of the public
[11:12] hearing.
[11:15] All right. Public comment on the public
hearing
[11:20] once.
>> Right. Moving on. Close public hearing.
[11:33] » I'll make a motion that we close the
public hearing at 6:39.
[11:37] » I'll second.
>> I have a motion by clerk gurley
[11:40] supported by trustee Rosal. May the
deputy clerk please call the role 643.
[11:46] » Sorry, who supported?
>> Rosio.
[11:49] » Rosio.
>> Gurley.
[11:51] » Hi.
>> Rosio.
[11:53] » I
>> Reer.
[11:55] » Hi.
>> Marino.
[11:57] » Hi.
>> Sutherland.
[11:58] » I.
>> All right. Moving down discussion. Is
[12:02] there any discussion on the items?
[12:12] Hearing none, we'll move on. All right.
Next item on the agenda is the consent
[12:17] agenda. All items listed on this consent
agenda are considered routine by the
[12:21] council board. It will be enacted by one
motion. According to established consent
[12:25] meeting rules, there will be no separate
discussion of these items unless a
[12:27] member of board or public request active
meeting in which the chair of the
[12:32] meeting may remove such items from the
consent agenda for discussion and
[12:35] consideration of their agenda. Item
number eight below. Approve the
[12:38] acceptance shall be a majority roll call
vote those present and voting.
[12:49] With that, the orders and bills for the
month of January
[12:54] were in the amount of $87,518.7.
[13:12] I'll make a motion to approve the order
of bills in the amount of $87,518.7.
[13:23] » I have a motion by Treasure Southern
supported by trustee Rosal. May the
[13:26] declin.
[13:29] Rosil
>> I.
[13:31] » Gurley I. Reader
>> I
[13:34] » Marino
>> I
[13:36] » All right, moving down to new business
item A 2026 development block grant fund
[13:42] CPG recommendation.
All right, so 180 to interfaith the
[13:49] remaining total would be uh $1,720
to the seniors. I will make that my
[13:55] motion.
>> I'll second that. I have a motion by the
[13:59] chair supported by treasure sutherland.
Please call roll.
[14:03] » Reader
>> I.
[14:04] » Sutherland I.
>> Rosio
[14:07] » I.
>> Marino
[14:08] » I.
>> Gurley.
[14:10] » I.
>> All right. Moving down. Item B, waste
[14:13] management waste and recycling contract
proposal. Please have a representative
[14:17] from WM Chantel.
[14:32] Good evening, board of trustees. Uh we
recently presented an extension proposal
[14:37] for 5 years uh to supervisor Reer and
Deputy Supervisor uh Prabo that would
[14:43] entail um collection to be relatively
similar to what it is now. Uh what we
[14:48] are proposing as changes would be
transitioning to uh the contents of the
[14:53] cart only. I know most folks are already
utilizing the carts. The carts have been
[14:56] in the community for quite some time. Um
so we would be asking that whatever
[15:00] folks set out can fit inside the cart
with the lid down. Um bulk items would
[15:05] remain at one item uh per week for
folks. Um the only change there would be
[15:10] that we're asking them to preschedu it.
Um, they can do that online or via our
[15:16] live chat or by calling the call center.
[15:24] And of course, if anyone has questions
about the proposal, I'm sure you all saw
[15:28] it, but if you have questions, fire
away.
[15:32] » Just for the sake of everybody that's
here, who would they contact if they
[15:36] don't have a dumpster?
Yeah, if they don't have a cart, um we
[15:40] are actually going to be taking care of
that internally. Um so we are doing an
[15:45] audit to conduct and see which homes do
not currently utilize the WM cart. Um
[15:51] that's how we would determine who was
going to be receiving uh a cart at their
[15:55] home. However, if they do have a cart
that's worse for wear or maybe it's got
[16:00] a cracked lid, a wonky wheel, um they
would be able to contact WM and we would
[16:04] make sure that they were included as
part of that deployment.
[16:15] Are these containers larger than what we
have at the present time?
[16:19] » No, sir.
>> Same size.
[16:21] » Yes, sir.
>> Do you know when you're going to go into
[16:23] the one man trucks on that?
>> So, we've already started that
[16:26] transition. Um, this would help us
solidify that transition. Um so we are
[16:32] starting to deploy the automated side
load trucks out of our port here on
[16:36] hauling site which is um what services
your community. Uh we have rolled that
[16:41] out for I believe most of recycling. Um
there would however still be rear load
[16:46] trucks utilized for yard waste. Um I
know we don't have yard waste collection
[16:50] here but you may see it depending on you
know I know you see a lot of track trash
[16:54] trucks through the community. Um
similarly with bulk items bulk needs to
[16:59] be handled differently. Um so we would
have a separate vehicle for that but
[17:02] this would allow us to transition the
trash collection to the um oneperson
[17:07] automated side load.
>> Thank you.
[17:09] » Of course. Thank you.
[17:17] » Um yes there were some questions on the
uh cleanup of Grashet Avenue and the
[17:22] trash from the trucks that come by. I
know waste management does take care of
[17:27] some of it sometimes.
Yes.
[17:31] » Are they intending on expanding that,
Annie?
[17:35] » So, I know and I'm I apologize because
I'm not entirely familiar with where the
[17:40] boundaries for the township start and
stop. I do believe that there's a little
[17:43] bit that goes beyond um but Lee who is
the district manager at Pineree Acres um
[17:49] works very closely with Supervisor Reer
um with Deputy Supervisor Greybo and in
[17:54] general if we receive um any sort of
notice that it's it's starting to look
[18:00] icky at the end of the day we we send
somebody out there to make sure that it
[18:03] gets cleaned up. Um whether it comes
from our trucks or another hauler's
[18:07] trucks, it's your community. Um we're a
guest here and we want to keep it clean.
[18:11] Thank you.
>> Of course.
[18:23] » Um there was one other question that you
had that I thought was
[18:27] » left hand turn lane and a right.
>> I can clarify the light on 29 crash. Uh
[18:34] myself and former trustee Clifford
worked with MDOT who has jurisdiction
[18:39] over the intersection. Uh we tried to
work with them to get a traffic study
[18:43] out here for a turn signal and MDOT
basically told us there were not enough
[18:47] there was not enough traffic at the
intersection to garner a traffic study.
[18:53] » Would it do any good if we add more
pressure to them and made more phone
[18:56] calls?
>> We've utilized our representatives at
[18:59] the state level. We've even talked to
people in the governor's office. They
[19:02] will not budge.
[19:07] Good.
>> Um, what about the left hand turn?
[19:10] » There you go.
>> Again, they do not want to add anything
[19:14] that would impede the travel on
crashing.
[19:18] » Yeah.
>> Oh, really?
[19:23] » Ladies and gentlemen, please,
>> this is the board's time.
[19:28] Once again, we've stated MDOT has
control of that intersection. We've
[19:34] tried to go with them. that work with
our state representative or state
[19:37] senator and the governor's office. MDOT
does not want a bunch.
[19:43] » Um, if they don't want to put a stop
signal or a a signal there,
[19:46] » I even suggested [clears throat] a whole
turn
[19:49] » or a stop sign, an actual stop sign
where all four corners stop.
[19:52] » I've suggested that they do not want to
stop north and southbound traffic.
[19:57] » Is that because everybody's traveling
like at 70 mph?
[20:01] » Yes,
>> pretty much. Um, except
[20:09] » I I think we should make some more phone
calls into this because it is a very
[20:12] dangerous intersection. Um, I don't like
what they did with that by pass on the
[20:17] right.
>> No, I I don't like it either.
[20:19] » I mean, it's And then instead of putting
a a line that actually looks like you
[20:25] should cross it,
they put in a solid line, which you're
[20:29] not supposed to cross. So if you do get
an accident there,
[20:34] it's a flip of the coin as to whose
fault it is.
[20:39] » So I I I think we should, you know,
possibly put more pressure on the
[20:44] county.
>> The county has no jurisdiction over the
[20:47] intersection. That is a state.
>> Yeah, it's a direction is a state
[20:51] highway. It purely rests with the
bureaucrats at MD.
[20:55] » Okay. And we need to put pressure there.
[21:03] Correct.
>> Correct.
[21:07] » I mean, we we do need to do something
because it's not a good situation.
[21:12] » I agree. But the problem is if Amnot
refuses the budge, we've engaged our
[21:17] state senator. We've engaged our state
representative. We even engage the
[21:21] governor's office.
>> There's not much we can do other than to
[21:26] continue the bond vote.
Sometimes squeaky wheel gets soaked
[21:31] against the oil.
[21:35] » So yeah, maybe maybe this needs to come
down to a point where we need to
[21:42] call them once a month, call them, once
a week, do whatever it takes to uh get
[21:48] some clarification as to what they're
going to do on this.
[21:55] report.
[21:58] » Yeah, that that data is available public
way through southeast Michigan.
[22:02] » I I see where 27 mile has any more
traffic than 29.
[22:08] In fact, I think 29
27 does have a so obviously they they
[22:15] thought that 27 mile road had
>> uh 27 I think in the village. So that
[22:21] maybe that's a difference.
>> I don't know.
[22:25] » Okay. It'd be in the village. How did
they get it?
[22:29] » I don't know.
[22:33] » That line's been there before.
>> I know.
[22:38] » And and and
I'm sure like I know people in New Haven
[22:42] have been fighting 26 and New Haven Road
at the state level. Yeah. to get turn
[22:48] lights,
>> everything there because there's so many
[22:52] accidents and so many deaths at that
intersection and they have bought that
[22:56] at the state level with governors and
everything else and they basically said
[23:00] there's nothing in our budget to help
you put anything,
[23:05] » but we had to go with New Haven to Lisa
McLean's office to try and get it before
[23:09] Congress for funding
>> and even that didn't go through.
[23:17] It's all
>> but moving on.
[23:21] » This is about the trash contract, not
the landfill.
[23:26] » I'll make a motion to approve the waste
management waste and recycling contract
[23:29] beginning July 1st, 2026 and conclude
July 30th, 2030. The cost will be $21
[23:38] per unit per month for the first year.
It will increase by 4% each year.
[23:45] Motion.
>> I have a motion by treasure
[23:47] Southerntherland supported by trustee
Rosal. May the deputy clerk please call
[23:50] the role.
>> Sutherland
[23:51] » I.
>> Rosil
[23:53] » I.
>> Marino
[23:55] » I.
>> Reer.
[23:56] » I.
>> Gurley.
[23:58] » I.
>> All right. Thank you.
[24:00] » Thank you.
>> All right. Moving down. Item C. Great
[24:04] Lakes Water Authority payment agreement
proposal. Mr. Strong.
[24:10] » Yes. Good evening. So, what I have in
front of you is uh what I received back
[24:14] from Waste Management in regards to a
claim that I had made. Uh you may be
[24:19] aware last July they experienced a
watering break down at Chesterfield
[24:24] along Ratchet. Uh that line that broke
was our supply for our township. uh lot
[24:32] of collaboration and work by all the
communities and workers to reroute keep
[24:39] us in water during that repair effort.
Um even with significant planning and
[24:47] and so forth when the system was brought
back online we experienced a water main
[24:52] break uh that correlated with that
repressurized sidation of our system.
[24:58] Thus, I submitted the claim to GLWA for
the repairs that we we had to do um and
[25:05] the water loss that we also experienced.
So, part of their process, which is
[25:11] built into their contract that we have
with them, um I submitted the claim,
[25:15] they reviewed it, they've accepted it.
Uh they're willing to uh basically cover
[25:20] our costs that we endured for this. Uh
part of that is basically creating a
[25:26] resolution and signing this uh relieving
them of any further uh damages or claims
[25:33] on that incident.
[25:39] So basically it would we would get back
$6,59.77
[25:46] uh which we had to pay out to repair our
water loss.
[25:54] And Ryan, you're you're the one in the
PAL's office that looked at this.
[26:00] » I have a little bit. Yeah.
>> Microphone.
[26:03] » Yeah, I looked at the uh at the
[26:08] looked like it was
appropriate and ready to go.
[26:24] Is there any further discussion from the
board of the second?
[26:28] » If there is no discussion, a motion will
be in order.
[26:41] » I'll make a motion to vice. I'll make a
motion to accept the settlement release
[26:46] agreement between Lennox Township and
Great Lakes Water Authority assembling
[26:50] the cost of the water main break that
occurred on July 16th, 2025
[26:55] as recommended by DPW Supervisor Cam
Trombly.
[26:59] » I'll second.
>> I have a motion by Treasure
[27:01] Southerntherland supported by Court
Gurley. May the deputy clerk, please
[27:04] call the role.
>> Southerntherland I.
[27:06] » Gurley I, Rosio I. Marino
>> I
[27:11] » Reer
>> I
[27:13] » All right, moving down to item D. Mcome
County Agricultural Purchase of
[27:17] Development [clears throat] Rights
Committee request quick.
[27:22] Um at our last meeting, the uh Mcome
County Agricultural Purchase of
[27:28] Development Rights, the PDR commit
committee came and asked us um what they
[27:33] do is they if I'm not mistaken, I think
he's here.
[27:38] Yeah, John series
>> um they preserve farms.
[27:45] So, um they're asking us for um a
commitment for the next year for the
[27:51] fiscal year of a pledge of $500 to
enable the committee to continue to
[27:57] support preserving uh farms and
properties. And just on the 30th, they
[28:03] had a farm in Richmond. Is that right,
John? that we uh because of the the um
[28:11] pledges from other communities were able
to save that farm and keep it
[28:16] preserved. So, they're asking for a
donation of $500 for the upcoming year.
[28:25] » I can add to that. uh the six northern
townships in the county are members of
[28:31] that being Armada, Bruce, Ray,
Washington, Richmond, and West. So,
[28:37] we're one of six of the townships that
partake in this venture.
[28:47] » All right. If there's no further
discussion, I will make a motion to
[28:50] approve the $500 commitment to the Mcome
County Purchase and Development Rights
[28:55] Committee for the coming fiscal year to
continue the support of preserving
[28:59] farmland properties.
>> I second that.
[29:02] » I have a motion by the chair, second by
Treasurer Southerntherland. May the
[29:04] clerk, please call the role.
>> Reer,
[29:06] » I.
>> Sutherland,
[29:08] » I.
>> Marino,
[29:10] » I.
>> Rosal,
[29:11] » I.
[29:14] All right, moving down to item E. Uh,
data center moratorum resolution. Uh,
[29:20] before you, you have a resolution
establishing a temporary moratorum on
[29:25] any acceptance of any data center
proposals or any filing.
[29:31] This was done in abundance of caution.
As I said previously, we are not aware
[29:38] of any proposals that have been
submitted to the township.
[29:44] » And today we are seeking approval of
resolution 2026-30.
[29:55] Um, the only thing that I would like to
see in this,
[29:59] um, and I think the moratorium is a good
idea for us to be able to research it,
[30:04] but we're putting a fourmon moratorum on
there, and I would like to see like a
[30:09] 30-day
um,
[30:12] synopsis
at every meeting. In other words, I
[30:17] don't want this to go four months and
nothing get done on it and then we have
[30:21] to ask for another four months. Well,
before it comes to the board, it's going
[30:25] to go to the planning commission. They
are going to be engaging with draft or
[30:29] the draft ordinance and start crafting
it. It's going to be a zoning ordinance
[30:33] goes to the planning commission first,
then it comes to the board so we can get
[30:36] proper supports.
>> That would be nice that we would uh
[30:41] definitely want to hear you know that.
>> At this time, does a new master plan
[30:47] provide an area for this?
Technically, yes, they would fit within
[30:55] the light industrial or heavy industrial
use.
[31:01] Are they named specifically? No. That's
why we are working with proposing this
[31:07] moratorum. Get a zoning ordinance on the
books. That way they are mentioned
[31:11] specifically.
[31:22] Who would um organize the committee to
research this? Would that come from the
[31:26] trustees or planning commission?
>> It would start with the planning
[31:29] commission. They have the power to
organize any uh subordinate committees
[31:33] of their own members.
>> Thank you,
[31:40] » Supervisor. If um the four months isn't
long enough for us to get ordinances and
[31:47] zoning and stuff in place, can this be
changed and added more time?
[31:51] » Yep. There is a provision in there
allowing for the board to extend another
[31:55] four months.
>> Okay.
[31:58] [snorts]
>> Is this going to be at the next is this
[32:02] going to be on the next planning
commission? No, this resolution will go
[32:06] into effect immediately, but we will
start having the planning commission
[32:09] working on it at the next planning
commission.
[32:26] » If there's no separate discussion, a
motion is in order.
[32:32] I'll make a motion that we accept the uh
um 4mon
[32:40] moratorum on uh data centers.
Um I would like a 30-day progress report
[32:48] put in that.
Um and that would be all. Second motion.
[32:54] » I have motion by trustee Marino
supported by trustee Rosil. May the
[32:58] deputy clerk please call the role.
Marino
[33:01] » I
>> Rosio
[33:03] » I
>> Sutherland
[33:04] » I
>> Reer
[33:05] » I
[33:08] » All right passes moving on to item F
Township as Wayne healthcare proposal
[33:15] miss
over here. Um good evening ladies and
[33:20] gentlemen of the board. My name is Mary
Madow and I serve as head of human
[33:24] resources for the Chartered Township of
Linux. Over the past year, I focused
[33:28] heavily on improving employee longevity
and organizational stability. One of my
[33:34] most influential factors in attracting
retaining quality employees is the
[33:38] strength of our benefit package. Not
only for the employee, but for their
[33:42] families as well. As you know, the 2425
insurance plan with Blue Cross Blue
[33:47] Shield was structured as an 8020 split
with the township covering 80% and
[33:54] employees covering 20%.
Life insurance coverage ranged from
[33:59] 5,000 to 10,000 depending on your job
title and firefighters received no life
[34:04] insurance coverage at all. The total for
the uh township's monthly cost was
[34:09] $13,070.
[34:13] Um before we move forward, I just want
to be transparent. I don't take the
[34:16] medical insurance, so I have no personal
stake in this outcome. Um my
[34:21] recommendations are based solely on what
I believe. In your packet, you're going
[34:25] to find three different options. Option
one is the same coverage as this year.
[34:30] So, it' be the 8020 split, but the life
insurance would jump up to 25,000 for
[34:35] all employees, including the
firefighters,
[34:38] 100% dental and optical, and a $350
stipen. Due to our larger group plan,
[34:45] actually, the results is a savings of
$361.39.
[34:51] Option two is a 9010 employee split, but
family members would pay 8020. The same
[34:58] the $25,000 life insurance for all
employees and firefighters, 100% dental
[35:04] and optical, and a $375 stipen. And then
my option three was 100% township paid
[35:12] medical coverage and but the family
members would still do the 8020. Uh the
[35:17] $25,000 life insurance for all 100%
dental and optical and a $400 stipend.
[35:24] My the human resource department
recommends a combination of option three
[35:29] and option two. The employees with 20
years or more and board members would be
[35:35] offered option three whereas employees
that are under 20 years would be offered
[35:40] option two. It'd be kind of like a step
up program to reward longevity. The
[35:46] total cost they figured out for everyone
that is benefiting for it right now
[35:50] would be $84045
more. Um if you divide that by the 40
[35:56] people who are benefiting from this, it
comes to $21 per person per month.
[36:02] Uh cost could fluctuate as staffing
levels do change. This plan can also be
[36:09] integrated into our broader benefit
package that we offer employees for the
[36:13] year. At this time, I'm happy to address
any questions the board may have.
[36:26] » Um, I had a question. This is for
full-time employees only, Mary.
[36:30] » Yes. Yep. Just full-time employees.
>> Thank you.
[36:37] » [snorts]
>> And Mary, if I'm not mistaken, the
[36:41] 25,000 life insurance that's for the
firefighters and employees,
[36:46] » uh, they can add to it themselves if
they want to increase to up to 100,000
[36:51] on their own.
>> Yes, absolutely.
[36:54] » The town people have no part of that,
but employees have an option if they
[36:59] want to add more. Yes.
>> And the firefighters have never had a
[37:03] life insurance policy with us at all.
>> Nothing.
[37:09] Like for the firefighter, is there a
probation period before it starts or 90
[37:14] days or does it start today? Their fire.
>> Yeah, there is a counseling policy for a
[37:20] 90-day probationary period where they do
not receive health insurance or the
[37:25] benefits associated with that job after.
>> Correct.
[37:28] » Thank you.
[37:34] » [cough]
[37:48] » If there's no further discussion, I will
make a motion to accept the human
[37:53] resources department recommendation with
a combination of option three and option
[37:58] two.
[38:07] Is there support to the motion?
>> I second that.
[38:11] » I have a motion by the chair supported
by treasurer Sutherland. May the clerk
[38:14] please call the role.
>> Reader
[38:16] » I.
>> Sutherland
[38:18] » I.
>> Marino
[38:20] » I.
>> Gurley
[38:23] » I.
>> Rosio.
[38:24] » I.
>> All right. Moving down to item G. TPW.
[38:30] Superintendent additional certifications
slobo.
[38:36] » Good evening board. Um first off uh as a
deputy supervisor I want to thank you um
[38:44] for looking at our employee staffing our
retention and setting forth one of the
[38:50] most important things is recommending
our firefighters and first responders. I
[38:56] think that was a great thing looking at
them, their families, and putting
[39:01] together the package that the HR
department has done. So, thank you very
[39:05] much. With that, I'm going to move into
a request for this evening. Our DPW
[39:13] supervisor, TM Traley, has went through
and been certified now to an S2
[39:19] classification.
Um, I'm not sure how many people
[39:22] understand, but there is a
classification that starts out at the
[39:26] lower end, like an S6, an S5, S4.
The higher you get, the lower the number
[39:34] becomes. Historically, we have always
transferred that into a rate per hour
[39:41] change. Uh, Mr. Troley recently passed
his S2 certifications.
[39:47] Mr. Charlie is responsible for the
drinking water, the contaminations, and
[39:51] the preservation of those items for our
community. Uh this evening, I would like
[39:58] to bring that forward and move the range
from his current
[40:04] position to increase at a 150 per hour
increase
[40:10] based on the certification and the
passing of the S2.
[40:15] retroactive to the date of
certification. This would be about 30
[40:18] days ago he passed us or 45 actually if
I look at the dates on this but
[40:24] historically we have done this
throughout the township's time frames
[40:28] each time we've increase the DPW
supervisor's rate he is more responsible
[40:35] and required to be under those testing
standards for the state of Michigan that
[40:41] I'll bring it back to the board for any
questions or comments.
[40:49] How often do we test our drinking water
in L Township?
[40:54] » Mr. Trump can answer that directly, but
I can tell you that we get
[40:57] certifications constantly through him
and I and we get all the notifications.
[41:03] Mr. struggling.
So currently there's multiple tests that
[41:08] are done every month for back tea
chlorine residual but then there's also
[41:13] a quarterly test that we do for
disinfected byproducts. Um all these are
[41:19] mandated through the state and they're
done on a routine basis as well as
[41:23] reported in our annual report.
>> mandated through the state done
[41:27] routinely quarterly and monthly.
>> Correct. Okay.
[41:32] » Thank you.
[41:37] If there's no further discussion, I'll
make a motion to approve the increase of
[41:42] $1.50 per hour to the EPW Superintendent
Cam Trumley as he has recently passed a
[41:47] drinking water certification exam as
recommended.
[41:51] » Second.
>> I have a motion by the chair supported
[41:53] by Trustee [clears throat] Rosal. May
the deputy clerk please call the role.
[41:57] » Peter
>> I.
[41:59] » Rosio
>> I. Gurley
[42:02] I Sutherland I
>> All right moving on to item G
[42:11] item
on it township building official letter
[42:15] of designation acceptance request Mr.
Good evening, board. This evening, I'm
[42:19] in front of you. A few months ago, we
had asked for a few variations due to
[42:24] issues
uh with our building department
[42:27] officials uh some medical items and some
changes in operations.
[42:33] This evening I am in front of you asking
that as of Thursday, January 23rd,
[42:38] Dennis Lemieux, our building official
for the last 10 years, has design
[42:44] decided to retire his resignation or
deliver his resignation effective
[42:51] immediately. Dennis has served with the
township more than 10 years and his
[42:56] dedication and knowledge and commitment
has been a tremendous asset throughout
[43:01] the time that he's been with us. We do
want to extend our sincere appreciation
[43:06] for his years of service and wish him
the very best in his future endeavors.
[43:11] It is the recommendation of the
supervisor's office and the HR
[43:14] department to accept the board accept
this resignation with the board of
[43:19] trustees approval.
[43:24] and I'll bring it back for any questions
or comments.
[43:33] » I'll make a motion to accept the
resignation of death as of January 23rd,
[43:37] 2026.
>> Second.
[43:39] » I have a motion by Southernland
supported by clerk gurley. May the death
[43:42] clerk please call the role.
>> Sutherland.
[43:44] » I gurley.
>> I reader.
[43:47] » I
>> Marino
[43:49] » I. Rosio.
>> Hi.
[43:52] » All right. Moving down to item I land
council building official formal buyer
[43:56] request.
>> All right board following up uh of
[44:01] course the resignation of Mr. Lemieux.
We now have a position that we must
[44:07] fulfill. We have a current person in
that position. Kurt Stento was a
[44:14] building official that we had came in
from the board and approved under your
[44:20] request
back in late October.
[44:25] We're asking that we allow Mr. Steock to
become the Lennox Township building
[44:30] official, mirroring the exact same
one-year contract previously held by the
[44:36] former building inspector official
Dennis Le. Kurt brings significant
[44:41] experience to the role and will be an
asset to Lennox Township. He has been
[44:46] assisting the department over the past
several months and consistent
[44:50] consistently moves forward exceeds our
expectations.
[44:55] With that, I'll bring it back for any
questions or comments.
[45:01] » Yeah, I have a couple questions. Um,
under insurance, it says medical
[45:06] insurance is negotiable by a stipulation
during an agreement process. I believe
[45:12] this is a part-time position. So, will
he get u insurance through the township,
[45:19] paid through the township? That is a
negotiated item. Under state law, he
[45:24] must be considered an employee.
We do have contractual requirements.
[45:31] That is an item that has to be finalized
as a required item.
[45:36] » Well, that we had cleared to somebody
already back in December, I believe, is
[45:41] when him and the supervisor signed. We
know at this point we were giving him
[45:47] insurance.
>> He was a bed help part time. He wasn't
[45:50] receiving insurance at that time,
>> right? He was only fulfilling Mr.
[45:54] Lemieux's spot at that time. If the
board approves this evening, we will
[46:00] then go back to negotiate that item.
>> This is moving them up to the full-time
[46:05] growth official.
>> But it says 16 hours a week in the one
[46:10] spot in red Monday through Thursday, 4
hours a day. So, is that considered
[46:16] fulltime?
[46:19] » Mr. Gable. No, that is a contractual
requirement, but we have to recognize
[46:24] that that official as an employee does
not have to be full-time. Mr. Lemieux
[46:31] was a part-time, and that's the way the
contract was written. If you look at the
[46:36] contract, the hours and the wages don't
even come close to a full-time building
[46:42] official's wages. They are virtually
fraction of a full-time building
[46:46] official. And this is only his current
contract. This is not the one he would
[46:52] be utilizing for full time,
not the one that's signed in the
[46:57] package.
There would be a different new blank
[47:01] contract.
>> So have presented next month or
[47:05] » that is that is correct, Mr. Russio.
Once we've concluded the negotiations,
[47:11] we will bring it back to the board for
final approval.
[47:14] At this point in time, we're asking for
approval to move forward and negotiate
[47:19] with Mr. Extenstock and make him our
building official. The previous
[47:24] building, Inspector Dennis, I know,
drove his vehicle some of the time or
[47:29] maybe all the time. Um, is that how this
will be or furnishing?
[47:34] » So, Dennis sometimes drove his truck,
but he had a township vehicle available
[47:39] to him at all times. It was his personal
choice to drive his personal vehicle. I
[47:44] think he only drove his personal vehicle
when he was on his way home and he would
[47:47] stop the inspection on the way home to
Arma.
[47:50] » We I know he had his personal
we
[47:56] » Mr. Russio, just to set clarity here,
while they're on duty working for the
[48:02] township, liabilitywise,
we recommend and highly require that
[48:07] they utilize township equipment
so that there is no crisscross of
[48:13] liability. So, while they're on duty and
going out and doing inspections,
[48:18] it's highly recommended that they
utilize and required to utilize township
[48:23] equipment. Should we be making that
mandatory?
[48:27] » That is part of the contract that we're
going to be able to negotiate. I'll take
[48:31] that into consideration. Uh Mr. Lemieux,
prior there was, you know, a whole
[48:38] different set of processes that was
going on and it came to light is when we
[48:43] had become to an employee status. Under
that prior contract, they were
[48:49] subcontractors that could in fact
utilize their personal vehicle. That has
[48:55] since changed on the liability
requirements. And that's what I'm
[48:59] looking at is liability.
>> Correct.
[49:02] We'll make sure that's clarified and
directed in the new contract.
[49:07] » Thank you.
>> Are all of our inspectors employees?
[49:14] » No, just the building.
>> No, sir.
[49:17] They are subcontracted.
>> Okay. Why is that?
[49:21] » State law requires that the building
official is an employee. That is very
[49:26] clear in MTA and the requirements that
was verified through our legal
[49:31] department and clarified. Now the rest
of the inspectors u whether they be
[49:37] plumbing, mechanical, electrical, those
can be in fact contractual items that we
[49:43] put in forth. But a building official
must be classified as an employee.
[49:50] » I mean, I I'm just wondering, shouldn't
all our inspectors be employees? I mean,
[49:56] » we we went through this
>> with the liability and it would help
[50:00] with the understanding. I I understand
your questions, but we went through this
[50:05] process extensively with legal not even
a year and a half, two years ago and
[50:11] clarified all of these clarifications,
requirements, and contractual items.
[50:18] So we we went through this and cleared
this very very systematically to make
[50:24] sure we cannot support at this point in
time full-time employees for plumbing,
[50:32] mechanical, electrical based upon the
building specs, the requirements. So
[50:40] contractually there are requirements in
each one of their contracts that require
[50:45] insurance and then debt limitation along
with liability insurance that they're
[50:50] required to carry.
[50:57] » And do we know what that coverage is? I
mean are they covering
[51:02] » Yes. We we've had each one all of these
contracts were written and
[51:06] [clears throat] reviewed by our legal
teams
[51:10] prior to being approved.
>> They're also required to file a copy of
[51:14] that insurance with us. So, we are aware
that they do have that.
[51:17] » That was my question. Okay. Thank you.
That all transpired before you and I
[51:26] » or me
on the board.
[51:40] » Is Mr. Sun here?
>> No, we did not ask him to be here this
[51:44] evening.
>> He knows this is happening. I don't
[51:46] think we've been told.
>> I think he is aware. He's aware that
[51:51] this was the first step of the process.
We have to get your approval for us to
[51:55] move forward to sit down and negotiate
with him.
[51:57] » Okay.
>> Well, I'll make a motion to approve the
[52:01] hiring of backup building inspector Kurt
Sangtock as the Lennox Township building
[52:06] official marrying the same one-year
contract previously held by the former
[52:11] building official.
>> I'll second.
[52:14] » I have a motion by Treasur
[clears throat] supported by Trusty
[52:17] Marino. May deputy court, please call.
Sutherland.
[52:21] » I burrito.
>> I
[52:24] » Reer.
>> I
[52:25] » gurley.
>> I
[52:30] » All right. Moving on to item 12, public
comment.
[52:50] Linda Russio 2558926
mile. I just need to clarify or have
[52:56] half have this clarified.
>> Why did the supervisor's office never
[53:01] mention the public hearing process about
the expansion of the landfill during the
[53:04] public announcement part of the trustees
meeting?
[53:09] We've heard over the past few months
about the community dinner, the tree
[53:12] lighting, but why not this?
And this is just a a question.
[53:19] Do you take money for campaign donations
from Waste Management?
[53:25] The representative here from um Waste
Management said she's a guest in our
[53:29] community.
Maybe have her call the state and tell
[53:34] them they are willing to put in the
traffic light and pay for it.
[53:38] Also, the extra garbage pickup along
grass
[53:43] They drive to get to the landfill every
day to go to work or the days that
[53:48] they're working. They see the garbage.
We shouldn't have to call them.
[53:53] And yes, they do pick it up on occasion,
but I think, you know, as a good
[53:56] neighbor, they'd want to pick up it a
little bit further north and south.
[54:01] And what about the deceased people that
the police have looked for over the past
[54:07] few years? Every time I drive past
there, I think of their families
[54:12] of those two young women that recently
were have been looked for in the
[54:18] landfill. Those are things that as our
community that we have to look at every
[54:24] day that we drive past there between the
garbage, the thoughts of the deceased
[54:31] and all the times that we have those
trucks pull out in front of us with all
[54:35] those rolling stops. We shouldn't have
to wait for our people to die because of
[54:41] this.
And as our representatives here, I think
[54:45] you'd be a little bit more forceful, a
little more understanding, and I I'm
[54:50] just kind of disgusted right now.
[54:57] [applause]
[55:04] » Hi, my name is Nick Bien. I live on
37444
[55:08] 30 Mile Road. Um, this is my first ever
town hall ever. I'm very, very new to
[55:15] the area. Uh, I was hoping to come in in
a more positive, you know, environment,
[55:20] but it kind of tends. Um,
so I've been I've seen the social media
[55:26] posts and talking about the data center.
Um, the company is called WHP. They are
[55:32] looking for 300 acres on between 20 mile
29 mile and 30 mile road off of East
[55:38] Grait. I haven't signed anything, but
I've been told by my neighbors that I am
[55:42] in within that area that they're going
to be calling me next. Um, I don't
[55:46] understand why New Haven or Romeo can
pass a one-year moratorum, but we're
[55:53] going to pass it forward. I appreciate
the effort, but if there's no confidence
[55:58] I'm just to protect my family, if I
eventually get that phone call, I'm
[56:02] probably going to have to sign a public
or a agreement to purchase of a tenant.
[56:07] These contracts are two years with an
option of three. Um, so even if nothing
[56:13] happens in the four months and we extend
four months after that, it's we're those
[56:17] contracts outlast that. So I don't want
to be touching the property line of a of
[56:22] a data center. I've only been here 7
months, 8 months.
[56:26] » Um, I've moved 22 times in my life. I'm
33 years old. I have a daughter. I have
[56:31] an a boy on the way. I would like to
make this my home. I live next to a
[56:35] family farm. Everybody's been there for
generations. I'd like to just stay and
[56:40] stop moving, but I I'm not sure I have
confidence I'm going have to make one
[56:44] more move in my life. So, that's all I
got.
[56:50] [applause]
[56:57] » Hey, 3940 county line. Um, every meeting
that we have, we always have the consent
[57:04] agenda where we go over all these
different reports and we say they're
[57:09] approved. I've never really seen them,
but could we post these online for full
[57:15] transparency?
That would be very beneficial. And if
[57:18] someone would like to review them and
look at them, that would be a great
[57:22] thing. And a lot of our documents should
be posted online where it's click click.
[57:27] We've got a website. Doesn't take much
to make a PDF copy of something and then
[57:31] post it. And if you have to wait until
after it's formally approved, it'll at
[57:36] least we'd have a reference point from
the previous meeting where we could
[57:40] review those documents. Um other than
that, I mean, I don't know. I can't find
[57:46] them. I maybe have to come in and knock
on the door and say, can I get a copy or
[57:49] put a foyer request in it? But that's
kind of a waste of time. Uh, I think
[57:54] again with full transparency, I think
that would be an excellent thing for the
[57:58] township to be open and showing where
everything's at and what's in the
[58:03] reports so that we all have an
understanding. Maybe 99% of the people
[58:07] would read them, but the 1% that would,
they'd be there. Thank you.
[58:14] [applause]
[58:20] size and 6811 Pashuk Road. It was
mentioned and I'll repeat it again. Mr.
[58:26] Reer sits on the Senate waste committee.
That committee has been meeting for
[58:31] several months. The discussion of the
expansion has been going on since prior
[58:36] to the first of the year. We received
our tax bills with propaganda that you
[58:41] didn't answer my questions about. Why
couldn't we have the information about
[58:47] this expansion and the community
meetings that were being planned put in
[58:52] our tax bills
[58:56] and I looked all over the website for
the township. I went to the township
[59:02] supervisor's Facebook page. I went to
your personal Facebook page because
[59:08] somebody had told me that's where I
would find it. not being your friend and
[59:12] no desire to be your Facebook friend. I
cannot see all of your Facebook posts,
[59:18] let alone how many people do not use
Facebook. As a government official, I
[59:24] don't think Facebook is the appropriate
place to put out
[59:30] government information.
>> And that landfill letter should have
[59:36] been mailed to our homes.
Why are we trying to hide it?
[59:42] Lastly,
there's about four inches of snow on the
[59:46] sidewalk between the back parking row
and the front parking row on the night
[59:51] of a meeting. Why can't it be shuffled?
>> Absolutely.
[59:56] » Thank you. [applause]
[1:00:05] » Jessica, 644.
I wanted to ask a couple questions for
[1:00:10] um waste facility which I will be asking
at February 18th meeting. Has the
[1:00:14] expansion on the landfill taken into
effect that there's a preschool less
[1:00:17] than a half mile away from there? Um as
well as is Brashet going to be widened
[1:00:22] county road going to be wided with this
expansion? And then someone else also
[1:00:25] mentioned this too. Um it would be great
if Pine Tree would make um you know some
[1:00:29] type of grant or whatnot for this
traffic light or you know some more
[1:00:34] phone calls to Governor Whitmore or
fixing the roads something should really
[1:00:38] take effect and then also for in my
opinion with the data center if there is
[1:00:42] any merit to it which it seems like this
is full steam ahead in my opinion um
[1:00:46] Linux is going to be unlivable between
you know the expansion of the waste with
[1:00:50] everything going on there as well as the
data center who's going to want to live
[1:00:54] here and leave it at
[1:01:06] Good evening.
>> Good evening. My name is Michelle
[1:01:10] Derswicki, 31500 Donovan Drive in
Lennox.
[1:01:16] I don't get any mailing from you guys
other than my tax bill because I've got
[1:01:20] a post office box in Richmond. So, that
needs to be corrected. Um,
[1:01:28] I've been a resident here for 36 years.
I used to come to the meetings and got
[1:01:34] really disgusted with with the board and
said, "Heck with that. I came back
[1:01:38] tonight because the AI center
information." You guys need to step up
[1:01:43] and put your foot down and just say flat
out no. We've already got one closed
[1:01:51] landfill in Lennox Township that was
closed by the DEEQ. We've got Pine Tree
[1:01:56] Acres who is apparently expanding now,
but not really expanding. They're just
[1:02:03] making their current property
>> more landfill.
[1:02:08] » Um, you've got the prison
We're going to put an AI center that's
[1:02:14] going to mess up our water. It's going
to mess up all the ponds that are in
[1:02:19] almost everybody's backyard.
You've got well water. There's a lot of
[1:02:24] people on the other side of the tracks,
which I'm one of them, that live on
[1:02:29] wellwater. All of the wellwater gets
messed up. What are they doing with the
[1:02:34] water after they get done with it?
Where's the hazmat going to go? We're
[1:02:39] gonna get a hazmat landfill down next,
too. It It's ridiculous. You guys need
[1:02:45] to put your foot down. Say no.
And put a light and fix grass because I
[1:02:52] won't drive crashing. I've lived here 36
years. I won't drive crashing because
[1:02:57] there's too many nails and too much
trash on the road. I don't need another
[1:03:02] flat tire. I go county line.
>> Thank you.
[1:03:07] » Yep. You're right.
[1:03:15] My name is John Ryan. I live at 3137032
Mile Road. And uh I'm here on behalf of
[1:03:21] the PDR committee to thank you for uh
your continued support for this ongoing
[1:03:25] program. And just to clarify that the
money that you've allocated, there's
[1:03:29] actually no money being, you know,
transferred at this point. It's just a a
[1:03:33] commitment that if another farm is
preserved like the one that was done
[1:03:36] this past week in Richmond Township,
which one is in the process right now,
[1:03:40] whether it gets approval at the state
level or not remains to be seen, but
[1:03:44] that money is a commitment to help
offset a commitment from each of the
[1:03:48] participating townships to offset um
administration fees, closing costs,
[1:03:53] things of that nature, and what have
you. Um so, I just want to thank you on
[1:03:57] behalf of the committee for that. And on
another note, I'm not that well
[1:04:00] informative, but uh a comment was made
about the issue with the traffic on
[1:04:04] Grash regarding the 29 mile road. And I
would venture to guess that the amount
[1:04:10] of traffic on Grash is fairly
consistent, but the crossroad traffic at
[1:04:13] 29 probably doesn't equal what is say at
27 when you make that comparison. But
[1:04:19] one intersection is not the same as the
other. 29 mile is an entirely different
[1:04:23] situation because of trucks leaving and
enter you know leaving 29 and entering
[1:04:27] the flow of traffic on grass when every
vehicle is doing 55 mph at least um a
[1:04:33] truck just cannot accelerate at the same
rate of speed and I know it's impossible
[1:04:36] to work with MD dot but maybe they need
to be made aware that this is a
[1:04:41] different scenario it is a an ongoing
neverending flow of trucks one after
[1:04:47] another from you know before sunrise
nice after sunset sometimes. Um, and
[1:04:53] that is the biggest safety hazard I'd
say. Thank you.
[1:04:58] [applause]
[1:05:03] » All right.
Call from the board. Are you getting
[1:05:06] enough public comment?
>> Yeah.
[1:05:20] My name is Dave Cox.
Uh 3495129
[1:05:24] Mile Road and I've been here for 33
years. Um, I'm the first house off of
[1:05:30] Crashet on 29 Mile Road west of Crash.
And I've been putting up with that
[1:05:36] garbage dump over there for all these
years. I've been lied to by this, not
[1:05:41] your board, but boards in the past about
what they're going to do and how they're
[1:05:45] going to get rid of all that. It was
supposed to be done 5 years after I
[1:05:48] moved in that township that was supposed
to be closed down. It never happened.
[1:05:54] Then I was asked, "How tall is this
thing going to actually go?" And they
[1:05:59] had no answer.
But the first time they told me it was,
[1:06:02] "Oh, it's only going to go up to a
certain height." So then two years
[1:06:06] later, they lied to me again about it
and said they don't know. Nobody knows
[1:06:09] what's going to happen with the height.
And it's just nothing but about
[1:06:15] what goes on with that landfill. They
want to act like there are nice friends
[1:06:20] in the neighborhood, but they don't do
anything for us. And the fact that all
[1:06:25] this garbage comes off those tires and
mud and all the coming down 29 and
[1:06:31] then up and down Brashet.
They have a system that they can have a
[1:06:36] flush out system where the trucks just
go across it. All the water sprays up in
[1:06:41] their facility there and cleans out the
damn underc carriage of all those
[1:06:45] vehicles and the tires.
>> Why don't we do that?
[1:06:53] So, and the other thing is we really
need a light. Whether the whether that
[1:06:58] landfill wants to be nice guys and show
us how much they like us over here.
[1:07:02] Well, let them put the damn lamp. Let
them pay for the whole thing.
[1:07:06] [clears throat] It's ridiculous. I can't
pull out. I use my pickup truck to pull
[1:07:11] out because I'm afraid I'm going to get
hit by somebody. My wife's the same way.
[1:07:16] She's been had the scared out of
her I don't know how many times. We've
[1:07:19] had enough accidents at that
intersection.
[1:07:23] I don't know what it's going to take. We
have to start killing more people over
[1:07:26] there. There's actually I think if you
look it up, I think there's actually
[1:07:29] been people killed there. I know of a
couple really bad accidents over there
[1:07:34] that were caused by those trucks.
[1:07:38] I guess that's all I got to say.
[applause]
[1:07:53] Good evening everyone. Uh this is my
first uh town hall I guess you could
[1:07:58] say. Uh the two big items, the dump and
the data center. My big things to come
[1:08:03] here for say my name and place too.
Brandon 34880 32 Mile Road. Um I just
[1:08:09] want to first off give credit where
credit's due. I'm impressed with the
[1:08:12] trustees here. They kind of seem like
real people, real residents. I know that
[1:08:17] a lot of people that work for Lennox
Township aren't even residents, which is
[1:08:20] kind of astonishing to me. But, uh,
first off, I want to make a point that
[1:08:25] all the time and money afforded here on
these things tonight, and nothing's been
[1:08:29] really said or done as far as
transparency when these things are going
[1:08:32] to happen and what's going to happen
during them. Use the social medias.
[1:08:36] That's how the world communicates these
days. Why is there not money allowed to
[1:08:41] a third party or somebody something to
use social media? That's how everybody
[1:08:46] finds everything out, you know?
>> Um
[1:08:52] yeah, I I feel like sometimes our words
are just kind of futile up here. They
[1:08:56] get heard, but nobody's listening. So,
it's unfortunate. But as far as the dump
[1:09:01] goes, I work on the water and sometimes
I'm all the way as far down as almost
[1:09:05] Detroit and I can see that dump from on
top above the trees from miles and miles
[1:09:11] around even across the Canadian border
on the lake. Um, I don't know if you
[1:09:17] guys know, but most, if not, I'd like to
get some waste management lawyer
[1:09:21] statistics on this, but most of that
garbage trucks that I see on GRA that
[1:09:24] are causing all this havoc and,
>> you know, fueling the stoplight issue
[1:09:29] are all Canadian garbage trucks.
>> It's not even our garbage.
[1:09:33] » There's some kind of backboard deal or
something. All the millions get paid.
[1:09:37] You can't interfere with free market. I
get that whole. But we're doing things
[1:09:41] here in the township to limit the data
center business businesses from
[1:09:45] happening or trying to control that. How
come there's no control over the dump?
[1:09:50] And
you know, you can only do so much, I
[1:09:53] get, but it's it's unfortunate.
>> But uh yeah, it seems like the stop
[1:09:57] light isn't the answer. It's the trucks
that are the the problem. So
[1:10:01] » that's all I got to say about that for
for now. Thanks,
[1:10:05] [applause]
[1:10:12] All right, last call. Public comment.
>> All right, moving down. Call from the
[1:10:18] board.
[clears throat]
[1:10:21] » Yes, I'd like turn it off.
>> Oh,
[1:10:27] » I'd like to make a comment about the
traffic light at 29 Grashet. I think
[1:10:32] everybody in here probably heard of
Blakes's Orchard up in Armada. Uh they
[1:10:36] have a parking lot on the north side of
the center road and one on the south
[1:10:40] side. Several years ago at their own
expense they put a traffic light in
[1:10:44] there. I know that's a county road not a
state road but if somebody was willing
[1:10:49] to pay for it I don't know if the state
would have a different approach to it. I
[1:10:54] think that's maybe something we should
check into see that would be a
[1:11:00] possibility.
And as the lady said from on waste
[1:11:04] management being a good neighbor, maybe
they would like to do that for
[1:11:08] attention.
>> Thank you.
[1:11:11] » Time to tip these.
[1:11:16] » All right. Anything else from the board?
[1:11:22] » Hearing not. I'll make a motion to
adjourn at 7:43 p.m.
[1:11:26] » I have a motion by the chair support
other. All in favor? All right. All
[1:11:30] right.
None. We are journey.
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