[0:00] to reset our meeting.

[0:02] I'd like to uh call to order the charter

[0:05] township Oxford Board of Trustees

[0:07] regular meeting for today, Wednesday,

[0:10] September 9th, 2026 at 6:00 p.m. We all

[0:16] please rise and pay respects to the

[0:18] flag.

[0:21] I pledge allegiance to the flag of the

[0:24] United States of America and to the

[0:26] republic for which it stands, one nation

[0:29] under God, indivisible, with liberty and

[0:32] justice for all.

[0:34] >> Thank you. Uh noting of the role,

[0:37] please.

[0:38] >> Noted there is a quorum.

[0:40] >> Thank you. Approval of the agenda. I'll

[0:43] make a motion to approve the agenda with

[0:44] the following amendment. Moving item

[0:46] nine after item seven. Moving everything

[0:49] down accordingly. I'll support.

[0:52] >> I have a motion by Treasure Ferrari and

[0:55] a second by Trusty Coven moving the fire

[0:58] department from n number nine to number

[1:01] eight.

[1:03] Uh all those in favor signify by saying

[1:05] I.

[1:06] >> I.

[1:07] >> Those opposed hearing none. Uh item

[1:11] five, approval of the consent agenda.

[1:14] >> I'll make a motion to approve the

[1:15] consent agenda as presented.

[1:17] >> I'll second. I have a motion by

[1:19] Treasurer Ferrari, a second by Trustee

[1:22] Coven. Are there any questions?

[1:26] Seeing none, roll call.

[1:28] >> Trusty Cvin,

[1:29] >> yes.

[1:30] >> Trusty Wiccol,

[1:31] >> yes.

[1:31] >> Wright, yes. Tony Ferrari,

[1:33] >> yes.

[1:33] >> Trustee Charles,

[1:35] >> yes.

[1:35] >> And Supervisor Curtis,

[1:36] >> yes.

[1:38] >> Uh, item six, uh, public comment. Are

[1:42] there any members of the public that

[1:44] would like to come up and make a comment

[1:46] tonight?

[1:51] Seeing none, we'll move on. Number

[1:54] seven, board of trustees comments. We'll

[1:57] start with Trustee Coven.

[1:58] >> Nothing at this time.

[2:00] >> Trustee Leicolo.

[2:02] >> Nothing at this time.

[2:03] >> Clerk Right. Uh just want to thank my

[2:06] staff, Susan and Kelly, for uh keeping

[2:09] the department going while I was absent

[2:11] for better part of last month. And

[2:13] anybody else who helped out in the

[2:14] office. Appreciate it. Thank you. You're

[2:16] welcome.

[2:18] >> Uh, Treasure Ferrari,

[2:19] >> nothing at this time.

[2:21] >> Trusty Charles,

[2:23] >> just a reminder that this Saturday is

[2:25] the last noaz event of the year. So,

[2:29] it's Saturday from 8 to 1:00 over at

[2:32] 1200 North Telegraph.

[2:34] >> Okay. And Trusty Wagner,

[2:38] >> I have nothing at this time.

[2:39] >> Okay. I have a couple of comments. Uh,

[2:43] one, um, we had a cemetery committee

[2:47] meeting today and we had some

[2:49] interesting dialogue with Trip Holt and

[2:52] Dev Mick from the, uh, historical

[2:56] society in in Oxford and they're wanting

[3:00] to form the Friends of Oxford Township

[3:02] Cemetery. So, the committee is

[3:05] recommending I'm going to add Drew Holt

[3:08] as a non voting member to that

[3:11] committee. And what that does is allows

[3:14] us to have uh formulated organized

[3:19] uh preservation work uh research work

[3:22] done in conjunction with the historic

[3:24] society uh in our cemetery. So, that'll

[3:28] be welcome. Uh, number two, I want to

[3:30] give an update on Oxford Woods. Uh,

[3:34] Oxford Woods water uh, pump station has

[3:37] been without power since Wednesday. Uh,

[3:41] a plethora of issues. Uh, storm damage

[3:44] and previous damage to 1,700 ft of cable

[3:49] has caused all the wells to be running

[3:51] on pumps and generators. I'm sorry, the

[3:55] pumps are running on generators. So, I'm

[3:58] getting a lot of concerns about the

[4:00] noise. Uh, Colts is out there right now.

[4:03] They've got approximately 400 ft of the

[4:06] 1,700 ft of wire ra. Uh, and the third

[4:11] thing, I think you all saw CJ Carnakio,

[4:16] our grants and communications manager,

[4:19] uh, put our first TAP grant in for $1.2

[4:22] million for the Seymour Lake uh, safety

[4:26] path. So that'll be selected uh it was

[4:29] due in October should be selected by the

[4:32] spring.

[4:34] Other than that

[4:34] >> personal topic

[4:35] >> conclude that

[4:37] >> item nine fire department of office for

[4:41] Tyler Smith.

[4:46] » Good evening everybody. Um

[4:49] >> here tonight to swear in one of our two

[4:51] new members. We actually brought two on.

[4:53] one to fill the spot vacated by

[4:55] Lieutenant uh Templeton when he left to

[4:57] take the position as assistant chief in

[4:59] White Lake and one for one of the three

[5:03] positions that we had increased our

[5:05] staffing to this year uh through our

[5:07] regular budget process. Um one of the

[5:10] one candidate is at doing his paramedic

[5:13] clinical tonight. So he is unable. We're

[5:15] going to try and get him in here for

[5:17] next month or November at the latest for

[5:19] his swearing in. Uh but Tyler actually

[5:22] is one of our people who started with us

[5:24] a while back. Uh was part-time. Um and

[5:28] at the time, uh he was doing really

[5:30] well. Uh but at that time, we did not

[5:33] have a full-time position available. Uh

[5:35] Tyler accepted a job full-time with the

[5:38] Shelby Township. And when this position

[5:40] came up, he reapplied and came back. And

[5:42] here we we've stolen him back. Um and

[5:46] we're happy to have him back. So, uh, at

[5:48] this time, I'd like to ask Tyler to step

[5:50] forward.

[5:54] » Raise your right hand. Repeat after me.

[5:55] >> Sir,

[5:56] >> I state your name.

[5:57] >> Tyler Smith. Or I, Tyler Smith. Do

[5:59] solemnly swear or affirm

[6:01] >> Do solemnly swear or affirm

[6:03] >> that I will support the Constitution of

[6:04] the United States

[6:05] >> that I will support the Constitution of

[6:07] the United States

[6:07] >> and the Constitution of the State of

[6:09] Michigan

[6:09] >> and the Constitution of the State of

[6:11] Michigan

[6:11] >> that I will faithfully discharge the

[6:13] duties

[6:14] >> That I will faithfully discharge the

[6:16] duties

[6:16] >> of my office to the best of my ability

[6:18] >> of my office to the best of my abilities

[6:21] >> that I will uphold the mission, values,

[6:23] and policies

[6:24] >> that I will uphold the mission, values,

[6:26] and policies

[6:27] >> of the Oxford Fire Department

[6:30] >> and that I will serve the citizens of

[6:31] the township of Oxford

[6:33] >> and I will serve the citizens of the

[6:35] township of Oxford

[6:36] >> with honor, integrity, professionalism,

[6:39] and dedication.

[6:40] >> with honor, integrity, professionalism,

[6:42] and dedication.

[6:43] >> Congratulations.

[6:44] >> Thank you, SIR.

[6:52] » Let me get the glasses off. Sorry. Now,

[6:54] Chief, are we up to full staff now?

[6:59] No,

[7:01] >> we we hope to bring on another one this

[7:04] year and another one right after the

[7:06] first of the year if if all goes well

[7:08] and then we will be at full staff,

[7:10] >> full budget staff.

[7:11] >> Thank you. Congratulations.

[7:16] » Congrats.

[7:18] >> Signature

[7:20] got to make it official.

[7:35] one for you, one for us, and I'll be

[7:36] giving the clerk in the morning.

[7:41] >> Thank you.

[7:41] very much. Is that uh all the

[7:45] fire department had, Chief?

[7:47] >> Uh

[7:49] yeah, that is all we have at this time.

[7:51] We are we are waiting on some uh we're

[7:53] hopefully hearing some news soon on the

[7:56] grants that we had submitted for. Um we do know that we'll be hearing we're

[8:03] supposed to be notified by the end of

[8:04] the month on the large one that we put

[8:06] in for on a on a regional grant with uh

[8:09] three other departments here in northern

[8:11] Oakland County for new cardiac monitors.

[8:14] If that comes through, that's going to

[8:15] be a little over $350,000.

[8:18] And then uh I just got notification

[8:20] today on some final stuff for the uh

[8:23] Michigan Fire Gear Grant. Uh and that's

[8:27] all completed and submitted. And if we

[8:29] get that, it's going to be another

[8:31] almost $50,000. So uh we're keeping our

[8:33] fingers crossed, but like anything else,

[8:36] we're not going to count the chickens

[8:37] till they hatch. And if uh comes

[8:38] through, then it'll save us a lot of

[8:40] money out of our uh capital outlay. So

[8:43] >> thank you.

[8:45] >> Yes. Go ahead. Would this would this be

[8:47] a good time to ask the chief to give us

[8:48] a rundown on the recent events with the

[8:50] uh cave-ins and stuff like that or

[8:52] >> Well, it might be a good time to

[8:54] congratulate all these men and women

[8:56] that uh have been playing in trenches

[9:00] lately. Uh I've been on one accidentally

[9:03] and I've seen them all working hard. I

[9:06] stayed away from that one because you

[9:07] didn't need in the way, but your guys

[9:10] and gals have been working their butts

[9:11] off lately. It's it's it's been hectic,

[9:14] but I can't uh I cannot praise the guys

[9:16] and gals enough for the work they did.

[9:19] Uh you know, I was lucky. I just got to

[9:22] be the safety officer on that incident.

[9:24] Uh but kudos to all the all of our crew

[9:27] and then our mutual aid partners who,

[9:29] let's face it, we no one agency has the

[9:32] manpower or equipment to handle

[9:34] something as labor intensive as as that

[9:36] was. That was almost 5 hours uh from

[9:39] time of call till uh victim out of the

[9:42] hole. And it was I I I guess I would say

[9:45] uh to give you an idea what what that

[9:48] soil was like, it was kind of like as if

[9:50] you had sands in an hourglass and we put

[9:52] a plug in it and the the guy was the

[9:54] plug. Uh and every time we tried to get

[9:56] them out, everything just kept coming in

[9:57] on him. So, uh it was again all hands on

[10:01] deck like we said. Uh so much thanks to

[10:04] our neighboring communities that helped

[10:06] out the entire Oak Oakland County

[10:08] technical rescue team, part of the

[10:09] Western Wayne technical rescue team, our

[10:12] on duty crews. We had a lot of offduty

[10:14] people who saw this call come in and

[10:16] they knew that we were going to be tied

[10:18] up. So we had multiple people come in

[10:20] from home and actually staff the station

[10:22] and I think some of them are here

[10:23] tonight.

[10:24] >> Captain Fector, Lieutenant Bolinsky, uh

[10:26] I don't want to miss anybody who did

[10:28] come in off duty, but I know I did

[10:29] obviously. Um but some of them are

[10:31] working tonight as well. So uh again we

[10:34] you know a team effort and the guys did wonderful work.

[10:38] >> Yes they did. Thank you.

[10:40] >> Thanks.

[10:42] >> All right. Moving on. Item number 8A

[10:46] second reading of ordinance 139 electric

[10:49] bike regulations.

[10:51] Uh is that up there now Curtis?

[10:55] >> I don't have not the uh attorney.

[10:57] >> Oh that's okay. Um,

[11:01] that one is Were there any questions on

[11:05] that board members?

[11:07] >> I I do.

[11:09] >> Yes. Go ahead. So I I guess um partially

[11:13] knowing what and and I know Jack you

[11:15] talked to the uh city manager over in um

[11:19] Oxford Village and if we read the two

[11:22] that there's a disalignment between the

[11:25] two the village and what is currently

[11:28] presented at the uh for for the

[11:31] township. uh notably the difference

[11:33] between allowing um type twos on the

[11:37] bike on the bike path and the helmet law

[11:40] for helmet requirement for under 14 and

[11:42] then it's a kind of a silly one of just

[11:44] you know no wheelies and things of that I noticed were in there. So I'd

[11:49] like to make sure that just for interest

[11:51] of the consistency for for the residents

[11:54] of Oxford that we do try to as best we

[11:56] can try to reconcile those two

[11:58] differences

[12:00] um in the law so that there is

[12:01] consistent and we're not treating

[12:03] village residents or village people that

[12:05] are in the village different than we'd

[12:06] be doing in the township. So, and and

[12:09] the um I know that we run into an issue

[12:12] with type two because of the DNR

[12:14] um on the polyan trail and that

[12:18] requirement there where they don't

[12:19] require any type one or I'm sorry, type

[12:22] two, but I'm not necessarily convinced

[12:25] that that's a reason for us not to

[12:27] consider type two on on our safety

[12:29] paths. So, I don't know how we how we

[12:32] what what we need to do at that point

[12:35] >> as as to address those. I know that it

[12:38] came up in front of the village council

[12:40] last night. It did not get voted on. It

[12:42] was tabled on. And I talked to Joe Mador

[12:45] today and I said that after tonight's

[12:47] meeting, I'm going to work with him to

[12:49] ensure that there's parody. Uh the

[12:52] reason they don't uh the DNR does not

[12:56] allow class two uh ebikes on the on any

[13:00] trail unless you are mobility impaired

[13:04] and uh you have to have the trail

[13:06] manager uh sign off and carry a card on

[13:10] it. But uh we're going to work on that.

[13:12] And then along with that, there's about

[13:15] 10 different uh regulations the state is

[13:19] going to be working on here over the

[13:21] next few days. With the massive increase

[13:24] in injuries and annoyances,

[13:28] uh they're they're acting fast on this

[13:30] one. So, do do we and I I guess for the

[13:33] attorney, I'll ask, do we

[13:36] word our ordinance to to be more in

[13:39] compliance with because what I'm afraid

[13:41] of is we're going to do our ordinance,

[13:42] Michigan's going to pass it, and then

[13:44] we're we're back here at square one

[13:46] reviewing our ordinance, right?

[13:47] >> We will amend our ordinance uh based on

[13:50] the additions of the states, but ours

[13:52] are a lot inclusive of what the state is

[13:55] going to have,

[13:56] >> right? which is not unusual to have a

[13:58] local ordinance very similar to a state

[14:00] law.

[14:01] >> And as far as being in uh alignment with

[14:04] the village,

[14:06] >> I I guess somebody has to go first,

[14:08] right? So maybe the village comes into

[14:10] align with what we've

[14:12] >> or Yeah. Either way, you come back in a

[14:14] >> I think that there needs to be

[14:15] consistency between the two just so that

[14:17] there's no confusion to the residents.

[14:19] >> Right. That's what we Yeah, that's what

[14:22] we were trying.

[14:22] >> I move to approve the second reading and

[14:24] adoption of ordinance 139 to create an

[14:26] article 3

[14:28] >> of chapter 58 of the township ordinances

[14:31] for the regulation of electronic bikes

[14:33] ebikes authorize a township clerk to

[14:35] publish same and accords with state law.

[14:38] >> I'll second for conversation. So a

[14:40] motion by treasure Ferrari, second by

[14:43] supervisor Curtis. There was another

[14:45] question down here.

[14:46] >> Yeah, a couple of quick questions. One

[14:48] is enforcement will be by the Oakland uh

[14:50] police

[14:52] >> uh Oakland County Sheriff.

[14:53] >> Oakland County Sheriff, I'm sorry. And

[14:55] they're and they're staffed enough in

[14:57] order to do this.

[14:58] >> Yes.

[14:59] >> The um the other request I have is I

[15:02] know I asked for this earlier is that we

[15:04] publish a a map on our website on where

[15:07] these ebikes can actually be written

[15:09] according to this ordinance because

[15:11] right now folks I think are going to be

[15:13] guessing.

[15:15] >> Okay.

[15:17] Any other questions?

[15:20] Hearing none. Roll call. Trusty Wagner.

[15:23] >> Yes.

[15:24] >> Trusty Charles.

[15:24] >> No.

[15:25] >> Treasure Ferrari?

[15:26] >> Yes.

[15:27] >> Quick Wright? Yes. Trust Piccolo?

[15:29] >> No.

[15:29] >> Trusty Coven?

[15:30] >> Yes.

[15:31] >> And Supervisor Curtis?

[15:32] >> Yes.

[15:33] >> Okay. Item

[15:35] >> question.

[15:35] >> Yes.

[15:36] >> For uh Mr. Kelly, um what is the

[15:38] effective date of the ordinance for

[15:40] publication?

[15:42] I have to check the ordinance.

[15:45] >> Usually it's uh upon adoption unless it

[15:48] specifies otherwise. Apologize.

[15:57] » All right. Well, they'd be upon adoption

[15:59] to take effect immediately.

[16:00] >> Okay. Thank you. Thank you.

[16:03] >> So, be careful on your way home.

[16:05] >> Yeah. Okay. Item 8B, ordinance 1078.0.

[16:11] 010 sewer ordinance.

[16:15] >> Uh we have some changes to be made to

[16:16] this. So I'd like to make a motion to

[16:18] postpone the second reading adoption of

[16:22] uh Brit's table or postpone.

[16:24] >> Postpone if you know if you're choosing

[16:27] the date which I believe your intention

[16:29] is to

[16:30] >> say the date it's postponing

[16:33] >> postpone the second reading and adoption

[16:35] of ordinance 107A. 010 to amend article

[16:39] 3 of chapter 62 tons of ordinances

[16:42] governing service and sewage disposal

[16:44] until the October 14th 2026 regular

[16:47] meeting the charter toner box for board

[16:49] trustee trustees to address the

[16:51] following one change the required sewer

[16:53] inspection in the second paragraph new

[16:56] 62-83b

[16:58] from every 5 years to every three years

[17:00] two incorporate the changes suggested by

[17:02] clerk right into the amended ordinance

[17:05] three add another section to the

[17:06] ordinance or as additional language in

[17:08] section 62-83

[17:11] that states that any property within

[17:12] Oxford Township that abuts a lake, river

[17:14] or stream not connected to sewer must

[17:17] also under substance inspected every 3

[17:19] years with copies provided to the

[17:21] township utilizing Eagle definitions of

[17:23] lakes, rivers and streams and four

[17:26] include a mechanism for the water and

[17:27] sewer committee through link fee waiver

[17:30] requests.

[17:32] >> I'll second.

[17:34] >> I have motion by treasurer Ferrari. I

[17:36] have a second by trustee Coleman.

[17:40] Any questions?

[17:41] >> Yes.

[17:43] >> Any questions, board members?

[17:46] Roll call.

[17:48] >> Clerk right? Yes. Treasure Ferrari?

[17:50] >> Yes.

[17:50] >> Trust Piccolo?

[17:51] >> Yes.

[17:52] >> Trusty Charles?

[17:53] >> Yes.

[17:53] >> Trusty Wagner?

[17:54] >> Yes.

[17:54] >> Trusty Cvin?

[17:55] >> Yes.

[17:55] >> Supervisor Curtis?

[17:56] >> No.

[17:59] >> Um,

[18:00] item 10, Sharp Engineering Report. Uh

[18:04] board members, in your packet was the

[18:06] sharp engineering report. Uh are there

[18:09] any questions on that? We have engineer

[18:11] sharp here to answer those questions for

[18:14] you.

[18:17] Hearing none, move on to unfinished

[18:20] business. We have none.

[18:23] New business number 12A, certification

[18:27] of August 4th, 2026 primary election.

[18:31] Okay, clerk right board members, in your

[18:33] packet is a certification of the August

[18:35] 4th election. Uh, as you as you'll see

[18:38] in there, it has been certified by the

[18:40] board of canvasers. Uh, just as a

[18:42] summary, it's 7,500

[18:45] 17 people that voted either absentee or

[18:48] in person or early voted and that was a

[18:52] 41.3%

[18:53] turnout. So with that, I'll move to

[18:56] approve the canvas of votes for the

[18:58] August 4, 2026 primary election for the

[19:01] charter country of Oxford as presented

[19:03] and to include them as an attachment to

[19:05] the minutes.

[19:06] >> Second.

[19:07] >> I have a motion by clerk right second by

[19:10] treasurer Ferrari. Are there any

[19:11] questions?

[19:14] Hearing none. Roll call.

[19:16] >> Trusty Le Pigal.

[19:17] >> Yes.

[19:18] >> Trusty Charles.

[19:19] >> Yes.

[19:19] >> Trusty Wagner.

[19:20] >> Yes.

[19:20] >> Trusty Coven?

[19:21] >> Yes.

[19:22] >> Treasure Ferrari?

[19:22] >> Yes.

[19:23] >> Click Wright. Yes. And Supervisor

[19:25] Curtis.

[19:25] >> Yes. Item 12B, budgets. Board members,

[19:30] our um budget meeting uh special meeting

[19:34] this past month uh was held. Uh Deputy

[19:38] Supervisor Smith went through and made

[19:41] all the changes, corrections, and

[19:44] improvements. And in front of you in

[19:47] your packet tonight were all the uh

[19:49] budgets. And if there are not any

[19:52] questions, I look for a motion.

[19:54] >> I move to approve the recommended 2027

[19:56] budgets or the following as presented in

[19:59] detaches spreadsheets and appendix of

[20:01] the minutes. General fund 101 with

[20:03] revenue and expenditures balancing at

[20:05] 4,137,924

[20:09] based on the property tax military to be

[20:10] levied at 0.8579

[20:13] mills. Road fund 204 with the revenues

[20:15] and expenditures balancing at 526,905.

[20:19] Fire Department 206 with revenues and

[20:22] expenditures balancing at 8,941,259

[20:26] based on a property tax millage rate to

[20:29] be levied at 5.1330

[20:31] mills. Please contracting fund 207 with

[20:34] revenues and expenditures balancing at

[20:36] 5,62,494

[20:39] based on property tax military to be

[20:41] levied at 4.1569 mills. Parks and

[20:44] Recreation Fund 208 with revenue and

[20:47] expenditures balancing at 2,400,000

[20:50] based on the property tax mills rated

[20:52] levied at 0.9410

[20:54] mills. Cemetery maintenance fund 209

[20:57] with revenues and expenditures balancing

[20:58] at 185,000. Telecommunications fund 239

[21:02] with revenues and expenditures balancing

[21:04] at 15,0005.

[21:06] Building department fund 249 with

[21:08] revenue expenditures bouncing at 499500.

[21:11] Cable TV fund 296 with revenues and

[21:14] expenditures balancing at 35,300.

[21:17] Safety path fund 297 with revenues and

[21:20] expenditures balancing at 343,000.

[21:22] Poly and trailway management council

[21:24] fund 298 with revenous expenditures

[21:26] balancing at $110,000.

[21:28] Sewer fund 590 with revisit expenditures

[21:31] balance at 4,318,400.

[21:35] Water fund 591 with revisit expenditures

[21:38] balance at 1,14515.

[21:41] North Area Transportation Authority

[21:42] budget with reven expenditures balancing

[21:45] at 13 million 894586.

[21:48] >> Oxford Public Library budget with

[21:50] revenant expenses balancing at 1,86,67

[21:55] based on the property tax mill to be

[21:56] levied at 0.6084 mills and 0.6492 mills

[22:01] equal to 1.2576 mills.

[22:04] >> I'll second.

[22:05] >> I have a motion by Treasurer Ferrari.

[22:07] >> Tell me about it. A second by trustee

[22:09] Coen. We go back the old way.

[22:12] >> Mr.

[22:13] >> So repeat. I'm good.

[22:14] >> Would you repeat the revenues and

[22:17] expenditures number for the Oxford

[22:19] Public Library?

[22:21] >> Was I not clear on that?

[22:23] >> You went fast.

[22:25] >> Well, North Oakland Transportation

[22:27] Authority, not North Area Transportation

[22:29] Authority. And then the amount.

[22:32] >> Hold on one second.

[22:33] >> Restate the amount for the Oxford Public

[22:35] L.

[22:35] >> North Oakland Transportation Authority.

[22:37] Oxford public library budget with revis

[22:40] expenditures balancing on 1,816,607

[22:44] based on the property tax mills rate to

[22:45] be levied at 0.6084

[22:48] mills and 0.6492 mills equal to 1.2576

[22:53] mills.

[22:55] >> Yes.

[22:56] >> Okay. I have a motion and a second. Uh

[23:00] are there any questions?

[23:04] Hearing none. Roll call. Treasure

[23:07] Ferrari,

[23:07] >> yes.

[23:08] >> Trusty Wagner,

[23:09] >> yes.

[23:10] >> Trusty Coven, yes.

[23:10] >> Trusty Le Piccolo,

[23:12] >> yes.

[23:12] >> Trusty Charles,

[23:13] >> yes.

[23:13] >> Clerk Wright, yes. And Supervisor

[23:15] Curtis,

[23:16] >> yes. Item 12 C, 2026, tax request. Tax

[23:21] rate request L4029

[23:24] approval.

[23:25] >> I'll make a motion to the Oxford

[23:26] Township Board of Trustees authoriz

[23:28] supervisor Jack L. Curtis and Clerk

[23:30] Curtis W. right to sign the 2026 Oxford

[23:34] Township L429's tax rate request. I also

[23:37] include the signed 2026 L429 forms as

[23:40] attachments to the minutes.

[23:42] >> I'll second.

[23:44] >> I have a motion by Treasurer Ferrari, a

[23:46] second by Trusty Coven. Are there any

[23:49] questions?

[23:50] >> Yes, Trusty Wagner.

[23:52] >> What is or what are the changes in the

[23:54] tax rates from the uh from the current

[23:58] >> the changes? Uh, you mean the reduction

[24:01] from Headley from last year?

[24:03] >> Is it Are these all a reduction from

[24:05] last year?

[24:05] >> Yes.

[24:06] >> Okay.

[24:06] >> With the deletion of the parks bond debt

[24:08] cuz that's been paid off.

[24:09] >> Park bonds debt's gone.

[24:10] >> All right.

[24:11] >> And then what is it.5%

[24:15] reduction for Edley?

[24:17] >> Uh, yeah. Round that. If you take a

[24:18] look, Dave, last year on column five.

[24:22] >> Yeah.

[24:22] >> That tells you what we love you last

[24:23] year.

[24:23] >> Is that our last year? Village rate.

[24:25] Okay.

[24:25] >> And then go to column 9 is where we're

[24:26] at now.

[24:27] >> Column nine.

[24:28] >> Yes. So this should be good for the

[24:30] residents actually seeing taxes go down

[24:32] a little bit.

[24:34] >> Yes.

[24:34] >> Correct.

[24:35] >> They have not gone up

[24:37] because they don't have a motion on a

[24:39] second.

[24:40] >> Uh roll call, please.

[24:42] >> Trusty Le Piccolo.

[24:43] >> Yes.

[24:44] >> White. Yes. Trusty Cen.

[24:45] >> Yes.

[24:46] >> Trusty Charles.

[24:47] >> Yes.

[24:47] >> Trusty Wagner.

[24:48] >> Yes.

[24:49] >> Ferrari.

[24:49] >> Yes.

[24:49] >> Supervisor Curtis.

[24:51] >> Yes. Item 12D, Water and Sewer

[24:54] Committee. Uh Trusty Wagner. Okay. So,

[24:58] we received a a three three different

[25:01] requests for waiverss of the late fees.

[25:04] Uh the first one, so item I for 1150

[25:08] irkquoise trail. Again, the committee

[25:12] reviewed this and granted that waiver.

[25:15] So, we are re the water and sewer

[25:18] committee is recommending to this board

[25:20] to provide the wave the $15 late fee.

[25:26] I'll make a motion the Oxford Township

[25:27] Board of Trustees authorizes that the

[25:29] $15 sewer late fee for the property at

[25:32] 1150 or Cory's trail be waved.

[25:35] >> I'll second.

[25:36] >> I have a motion by trustee by Treasure

[25:39] Ferrari, second by Trustee Coven. I have

[25:42] a question. In our current ordinance, it

[25:46] can we wave late fees? Right. According

[25:49] to ordinance section 62-112

[25:53] subsection A indicates that failure to

[25:55] receive a bill does not excuse the

[25:58] responsibility to pay the bill in

[26:00] certain words.

[26:02] So I heard

[26:05] uh in the motion for the amended

[26:08] ordinance that uh that wanted to be that section needs to be revisited. So

[26:14] we're currently operating under the

[26:15] current ordinance. Correct. Correct.

[26:19] Thank you. Roll call.

[26:21] >> Can I quick question?

[26:22] >> Yes.

[26:22] >> Clarify. So the or Mr. Wright possibly.

[26:25] So the curtain or ordinance says we

[26:27] cannot wave these fees is what I'm

[26:29] hearing you say. Is that correct?

[26:32] >> Correct.

[26:33] >> Okay.

[26:35] >> Trusty Coin.

[26:36] >> That is not how I read that section of

[26:38] the ordinance. It says failure to

[26:40] receive a bill doesn't

[26:44] absolve the resident of responsibility

[26:46] to pay it. It doesn't say anything about

[26:47] our ability to wave a late fee.

[26:49] >> Correct.

[26:50] >> What the ordinance is going to say is we

[26:54] have the right to wave the

[26:56] >> but this ordinance is silent on it. So

[26:58] it really doesn't say one way or the

[26:59] other what we can do.

[27:00] >> Okay.

[27:01] >> Yeah.

[27:04] » Everybody clear?

[27:06] >> There's mas

[27:08] roll call.

[27:10] >> Okay. Trusty Wagner.

[27:11] >> Yes.

[27:12] >> Trusty Charlesson.

[27:13] >> Yes.

[27:15] >> Ferrari?

[27:15] >> No. Clerk right? No. Trusty Le Piccolo.

[27:19] >> Yes.

[27:20] >> And uh Trusty Coen,

[27:22] >> yes.

[27:22] >> And Supervisor Curtis,

[27:24] >> no.

[27:26] >> Motion passed.

[27:29] >> Uh item double I.

[27:31] >> So double I again is a sewer late fee

[27:34] waiver request for 7180 Scenic Way. The

[27:39] uh water and sewer committee met on

[27:41] this, discussed it, and agreed to

[27:44] recommend the board to wave the late fee

[27:47] for this for this property.

[27:48] >> I'll make a motion that the Oxford

[27:50] Township Board of Trustees authorizing

[27:52] the $15 sewer late fee for the property

[27:54] 7180 scenic way be waved.

[27:57] >> I'll second.

[27:58] >> I have a motion by Treasurer Ferrari, a

[28:00] second by Trusty Coven. Any questions?

[28:05] >> Hearing none. Roll call.

[28:07] >> Trusty Coven. Yes.

[28:09] >> Trusty Licolo.

[28:10] >> Yes.

[28:11] >> Right. No. Treasure Ferrari.

[28:13] >> Yes.

[28:15] >> Trustee Charles.

[28:17] >> Yes.

[28:18] >> Trustee Wagner.

[28:19] >> Yes.

[28:20] >> And Supervisor Curtis.

[28:21] >> No.

[28:23] >> Item uh 12D3I.

[28:26] Sewer Lake fee for 222 Dan View.

[28:30] >> Yes. Again, another waiver request. The

[28:33] U water and sewer committee again met on

[28:35] this and we are recommending to the

[28:37] board not to wave the late fee in this

[28:40] particular case.

[28:42] >> I'll make a motion that the Oxford

[28:43] Township Board of Trustees authorizes

[28:45] the $15 sewer late fee that the property

[28:47] at 222 Tan View Drive not be waved.

[28:50] >> I'll second.

[28:51] >> I have a motion by Treasurer Ferrari and

[28:54] a second by Trustee Kovven. Any

[28:57] questions?

[28:59] Hearing none. Roll call.

[29:01] >> Treasure Ferrari. Yes.

[29:02] >> Wright. Yes. Trusty Charles.

[29:04] >> Yes.

[29:05] >> Trusty Piccolo.

[29:06] >> No.

[29:07] >> Trusty Wagner.

[29:08] >> Yes.

[29:08] >> Trusty Coven.

[29:09] >> Yes.

[29:09] >> And Supervisor Curtis.

[29:11] >> Yes.

[29:12] >> Okay. Item 13, items removed from the

[29:16] consent agenda. We had item 14, uh,

[29:20] public comment. Uh, saw Dan had his hand

[29:24] up.

[29:28] » How you doing today, Mr. Curtis?

[29:30] >> Good. I'm kind of uh happy to see that

[29:32] you're saying no to a lot of this uh

[29:34] stuff that's going on because I believe

[29:37] that you're starting to see a lot of

[29:38] this stuff going on isn't

[29:42] it's a lot of crap. Um

[29:46] do you guys realize that we got a lot of

[29:47] kids that hang out at that bus stop? All

[29:49] that gravel's at, all that dirt, all

[29:52] those tools

[29:54] where those kids could be killed and

[29:55] hurt. Nobody's supervising it. No

[29:59] security at all. Do you not care about

[30:01] children? You have grandchildren? Any

[30:04] anything? That was a 50 year old 50-y

[30:06] old man that barely made it out of

[30:08] there.

[30:09] >> I'm sure you do, sir, don't you? Fire

[30:12] department.

[30:13] >> How would you feel about that? Grandkid

[30:15] hurt?

[30:16] >> Yeah.

[30:16] >> No, this is a reasonable conversation

[30:18] that I'm asking.

[30:20] >> You guys went into this thinking you

[30:22] were doing us a favor in the community

[30:24] and you're not.

[30:27] We have water veins in that area.

[30:31] You know what a water vein is? Any of

[30:33] you?

[30:35] I don't think you do.

[30:37] Water veins in that type of area run on

[30:41] top of each other. Different levels. You

[30:43] have no control over it. You have a

[30:45] water vein here, clay, water vein here,

[30:48] clay. It all goes in different areas. So

[30:51] when you dig, you break that ground up

[30:54] and you have no control over what caves

[30:57] in and what you don't cave in.

[31:00] A man could have lost his life. But

[31:01] think about the children that could lose

[31:04] their life at any given day over a

[31:07] selfish, inconsiderate thing that you

[31:10] think you're doing us a favor for.

[31:12] You're not.

[31:15] There's no reasonable reason you could

[31:17] give us for a sewer.

[31:21] Nobody asked for that.

[31:24] But you're willing to put a child's life

[31:26] in danger, let alone a worker. You guys

[31:30] are leaving these tools unsupervised.

[31:34] » Chemicals.

[31:35] You can leave this here building right

[31:38] now and there's a building that has its

[31:42] doors trapped by a machinery. And on the

[31:44] opposite side of that is bottles of

[31:46] bleach.

[31:48] Chemicals that are swallowed by a kid

[31:50] will kill them.

[31:52] Any of you want to be responsible for

[31:54] that?

[31:58] » Shame. A shame.

[32:00] >> You're welcome. Item 15.

[32:03] >> I know he's not happy about it. I'm

[32:05] >> any uh other

[32:11] » Good evening. Brian Cloutier, director,

[32:13] Oxford Public Library. I just want to

[32:15] bring you up to date. I don't get an

[32:16] opportunity to be here that frequent.

[32:18] Um, so I want to share with you some

[32:20] things that are happening at the

[32:20] library. Um, I over I don't know a

[32:23] couple years time, I'd been talking to

[32:24] you about we're getting new windows.

[32:26] Well, finally, I can't remember if I saw

[32:28] you since, but finally, um, the windows

[32:31] are installed in our circulation lobby.

[32:33] And with the downpours that we had on

[32:35] Thursday, um it was a great feeling to

[32:37] stand in the middle of the circulation

[32:39] lobby and not watch the water flow down

[32:40] the wall. Um I also want to I'm happy to

[32:44] share with you that we recently

[32:45] installed a brand new flat roof on the entire building uh where there is

[32:51] a rubber membrane roof. Um again, it was

[32:54] a great feeling in a trench downpour to

[32:56] stand in the building and not see water

[32:58] dripping from the ceiling. It's a

[33:00] 30-year-old roof. It was time. Um, and

[33:02] we did this without raising taxes. We

[33:04] took it out of our fund balance.

[33:06] The furniture in the building, the

[33:08] majority of it is 30 years old as well.

[33:10] Um, it's very good furniture. It's uh

[33:12] they don't make it like that anymore.

[33:14] And the new stuff just doesn't hold up

[33:15] as well. So, the board uh recently made

[33:18] the decision to um reupholster that

[33:21] furniture rather than buy new furniture.

[33:23] So, if you be patient with us in the

[33:25] next several months, um the furniture is

[33:27] going to be removed from the library in

[33:28] stages uh and then returned um refreshed

[33:32] with with new upholstery. Landscape plan

[33:35] the building has landscape design uh of

[33:38] the building has seen better days. Uh

[33:41] some of the stuff is beyond its its its

[33:45] age, I guess. Uh so we've been working

[33:47] with landscape architect to redesign the

[33:50] uh outer perimeter of the building and

[33:52] we are very pleased to be presenting to

[33:55] the board a plan to modify and update

[33:59] that plan as well. Most of you have

[34:01] probably heard about the book bike. Um

[34:03] it's overwhelmingly popular. Uh, and

[34:06] it's it's a great feeling to go to the

[34:08] festivals and the concerts in the park

[34:10] and and and meet with um residents of

[34:13] the community and and we've been giving

[34:15] away free books to children uh and and

[34:18] in some cases we even have been invol uh

[34:21] invited to uh other organizations to um

[34:24] register people for library cards. So,

[34:27] we're very happy. And the nice thing

[34:28] about that book bike, uh, which was

[34:30] several thousand, is that it was

[34:33] completely paid for through a grant with

[34:35] the Molina Foundation, the Molina

[34:36] Healthcare Foundation, the For County

[34:38] Community Foundation, and the Oxford

[34:39] Public Library endowment fund.

[34:43] Uh, as you know, our board approved the

[34:45] budget for our next fiscal year. Um, it

[34:49] looks like a favorable budget for us.

[34:51] Uh, we're going to be able to, um,

[34:53] continue to do a lot of the things that

[34:55] we do in this community. Um, some of you

[34:57] are aware that we through the for county

[34:59] community foundation uh provide access

[35:01] to the Dolly Parton Imagination Library.

[35:03] We've had some concerns since Dolly has

[35:06] passed that uh this uh program would

[35:08] cease to exist, but we've been reassured

[35:10] through the foundation, the Dolly

[35:12] Foundation, um the Dollywood Foundation

[35:15] rather, um and that Miss Parton had uh

[35:17] established a clear parameter that this

[35:19] is to continue on and the 4ount

[35:21] community foundation is committed to

[35:23] continuing that as well. the end of

[35:26] summer reading back to school

[35:28] celebration. That was something that we

[35:29] started for the first time last year uh

[35:31] during the 100th anniversary celebration

[35:33] and we had I don't know probably close

[35:35] to 500 people 4 or 500 people at that

[35:37] event. uh we it was so popular that we

[35:39] decided it's something we're probably

[35:41] going to be doing annually and in fact

[35:43] this year we had that celebration as

[35:45] well a few about a month ago roughly

[35:47] well not a month ago probably a couple

[35:49] weeks ago and um we were very pleased to

[35:52] see somewhere between 5 to 600 people

[35:54] that attended that event so very well

[35:56] received

[35:58] um and just a reminder too I've had

[36:01] conversations with our treasurer that

[36:04] with changes in state law I don't back

[36:08] in

[36:10] 2000. It was a long time ago, needless

[36:12] to say, uh that the DDA tax capture law

[36:16] has changed for the public library and

[36:18] once those DDA debts are um expired, uh

[36:21] the the funds for that are captured

[36:23] currently by the DDA um will come back

[36:26] to the public library. I'm not sure when

[36:28] that debt I think it's like in another

[36:29] year, is it not treasur?

[36:31] >> I believe so.

[36:32] >> Yeah. So, just making you aware of that

[36:33] as well. So, thank you for your time and

[36:36] uh if ever you have any questions about

[36:38] the public library, come to us. Um come

[36:40] to me, contact me, come see me. I'd love

[36:43] to have you and um and I'd be happy to

[36:45] answer any questions you have. And if

[36:47] you have any right now, I'll even

[36:48] entertain that.

[36:49] >> Thank you, Brian.

[36:50] >> All right. All right. Thank you.

[36:51] >> Thank you.

[36:52] >> Uh item,

[36:54] anybody else in the public?

[36:57] >> Yes, sir.

[37:01] » Uh hi. first time here. So, um Okay.

[37:04] >> Not sure about protocol or anything, but

[37:06] uh uh I just um I'm curious about the

[37:09] ordinance on the ebikes thing. It seems

[37:11] to be getting very popular and then all

[37:13] of a sudden I read in the paper that

[37:15] there's going to be a ban. Uh there

[37:17] wasn't much information in the paper.

[37:19] So, I was wondering if there was any way

[37:20] to get a copy of the ordinance.

[37:24] >> We'll address that after the meeting

[37:26] public comment. We don't have a

[37:28] dialogue. We listen to your Okay. Okay.

[37:30] Yeah. Okay. I trust.

[37:31] >> Okay. Thanks. I appreciate that's like I

[37:33] said in understand the protocol. So I'd

[37:34] like to say is is some advanced

[37:36] communication on what it exactly be in

[37:38] this ordinance and and maybe even some

[37:40] like what are you basing your uh

[37:43] ordinance on? Have you had any studies?

[37:45] Are you taking input from the state or

[37:47] are you just listening to complaints and

[37:49] just kind of like doing it in a vacuum

[37:52] coming up with well this will be our

[37:53] ordinance?

[37:55] >> Talk about that. So um in your first you

[37:58] had like one earlier hearing right

[38:00] because that's what in the paper.

[38:03] >> Yes.

[38:03] >> You had one earlier hearing I

[38:05] understand. So if you can't comment um

[38:07] that was my understanding if there would

[38:09] have been some kind of like uh

[38:11] communication about uh uh the agendas

[38:14] that go out for uh um

[38:18] uh your meetings. Are they just usually

[38:21] just t they're usually probably just in

[38:22] the paper but I hadn't seen it. I guess

[38:25] I just want to make the comment that uh

[38:26] I hope we're not moving too aggressively

[38:29] um on the ebike laws because this is

[38:32] something new. So, let's not just have a

[38:34] reactionary uh response. Let's let's be

[38:38] thoughtful about this. Let's not throw

[38:39] out the baby with the bathwater. Times

[38:41] are changing. Kids are getting off their

[38:43] screens a little bit and getting out

[38:45] with this activity. So, let's just not

[38:47] throw out the baby with the bathwater.

[38:48] There are ways to enforce rules without

[38:51] outright bans. And I like to also say

[38:54] that most ebikes are class two. There's

[38:58] rarely any class ones for sale that I

[39:01] see. And I bought my first ebike in 2020

[39:05] and I've got several and they're all

[39:08] mostly class 2. Now you can get into

[39:09] these out of class bikes, but I've not

[39:13] seen any class ones. So, if that's like

[39:16] a special European very expensive bike,

[39:19] well, you're just putting a big burden

[39:21] on anybody wants to um reduce the cost

[39:24] of their transportation or even get

[39:26] their first transportation by putting a

[39:29] ban on this. So, I would hope that you

[39:30] would reconsider and think more

[39:32] thoughtfully and not move too

[39:34] aggressively about having very

[39:36] restrictive ebike laws. Thank you very

[39:38] much.

[39:39] >> Thank you. Any other members?

[39:46] Hi, my name is uh Shane Carbellis. I'm

[39:48] also from the Dewey Brab sub. I think

[39:51] all the residents are in agreeance.

[39:53] We're not a fan of the sewer system

[39:55] going in, but I got a feeling there's no

[39:57] stopping or avoiding it. But I do want

[39:59] to thank uh Tre Treasurer Ferrari and

[40:03] Mr. Char from coming out um listening to

[40:06] our concerns and questions. That was

[40:07] very helpful. I appreciate that. Um,

[40:10] after the comments, could you make a

[40:12] point of is there a delay now in the

[40:16] sewage going in? Are you going to finish

[40:18] it this year? Um, what has the timeline

[40:22] changed since the last incident? Thank

[40:24] you.

[40:28] Any other members of the public?

[40:33] Seeing none, uh, board of trustees

[40:36] comments. I'm going to start with uh

[40:37] clerk right tonight.

[40:39] >> Yeah. To address the gentleman there

[40:41] about the ebike ordinance. I do have a

[40:43] copy from the packet. If you'd like that

[40:45] tonight, it's not signed. Yeah.

[40:46] >> So, you're welcome with that or you can

[40:48] wait till we get it signed off on. Uh as

[40:51] far as the agendas, if you'd like a copy

[40:53] of the agenda, we can email you a copy.

[40:55] Also, our communication and grants

[40:57] manager puts that on our website.

[40:59] >> So, the actual packet is on the website.

[41:02] >> Oh, the ordinance is on the website.

[41:03] >> The the board packet itself. Maybe

[41:06] something

[41:08] have the details, right?

[41:10] >> Everything that we have that you get

[41:11] that isn't confidential. You'll be able

[41:13] to see that

[41:14] >> on the website.

[41:14] >> Yeah. As if you're setting up here at

[41:16] the board level.

[41:16] >> And right now if I go home, it would be

[41:18] on there.

[41:19] >> Yeah.

[41:19] >> Oh,

[41:19] >> yes.

[41:21] >> Yep. So hopefully that addresses your

[41:23] questions or concerns. But you're

[41:24] welcome to this copy after the meeting

[41:26] if you'd like it.

[41:26] >> Um, no, that's I can look on on the

[41:28] website.

[41:29] >> Okay. And I don't have any more

[41:31] comments.

[41:32] >> Okay. I'll make one comment on the

[41:34] ebikes. As you heard Trusty Le Piclo, we

[41:38] were talking about the differentiation

[41:40] between the village and the township.

[41:42] has safety paths,

[41:45] sidewalks, and polyan trail. Currently,

[41:49] the DNR has a packet that's 10 pages

[41:53] about rules and regulations for ebikes.

[41:56] They do not allow class 2 ebikes on the

[42:00] Polyan Trail. Okay. our safety path system.

[42:07] Technically, we don't allow motorized

[42:09] vehicles on there, ebikes included. So,

[42:14] we're at least bringing them into

[42:16] legality, if you will. We're not trying

[42:18] to overrestrict them. Sergeant Dhy's in

[42:21] the back of the room. Sergeant Dhy's

[42:23] held numerous training events in

[42:27] conjunction with the Polyant Trail, the

[42:29] parks and recck department.

[42:32] What what's happening is the outliers

[42:35] are performing rather well causing

[42:38] problems and we have no uniformity in

[42:42] addressing them. As you can see, I'm

[42:44] working with the village. We have to

[42:46] take into consideration the state. The

[42:49] state's taking into consideration even

[42:51] more indepth

[42:53] regulations for ebikes. The few spoil it

[42:57] for the most. So, we have to be careful.

[43:00] Sergeant DHY is not out there looking

[43:02] for you on your ebike going 15 miles an

[43:05] hour on the Polyan Trail. He's looking

[43:07] for the kid that's going on its rear

[43:09] wheel across Berdick Street, Seymour

[43:12] Lake. You know, but you have to have

[43:14] ordinances in place to do that.

[43:16] Discretion of the officers. I was told

[43:19] today the village doesn't even go out

[43:22] into the uh Polyad Trail. So I I you

[43:25] know who does what is what we're trying

[43:29] to get our arms around. And then today

[43:31] we were informed of the state being even

[43:34] more egregious at uh ordinances. So

[43:38] we're trying our best to have something

[43:40] to address the concern.

[43:43] Uh Treasure Ferrari just a couple

[43:46] things. Uh next a agenda looking in

[43:49] October, we're going to have an agenda

[43:51] item from water sewer committee about

[43:53] doing some water main extension. Uh as

[43:56] you know, we're looking at getting

[43:56] Sanders Road paved in 2030. We're

[43:59] looking at doing some of the design work

[44:00] on West Rainer Road to eventually loop

[44:03] that system, which was anticipated back

[44:06] in our 200

[44:08] seven bonds. Uh we're looking at getting

[44:11] that design work done. the sewer and

[44:13] water uh letter adjustment that the

[44:15] board approved. Uh that's going to be

[44:17] it's all was printed today. We're

[44:19] waiting on the envelopes to come and

[44:20] those should be in the mail within the

[44:21] next week or so. That's all I have.

[44:24] >> Super. Trustee Charles.

[44:27] >> Yes. Um attorney Kelly and I both being

[44:30] graduates of Western Michigan University

[44:31] want to remind everybody that Western

[44:33] actually won the game on Saturday.

[44:35] >> I agree.

[44:38] » Trusty Wagner.

[44:41] >> All right. I will echo the comment that

[44:43] it is a challenge to find class one

[44:46] ebikes for sale. Most of the bikes that

[44:48] you do find, they they do come with

[44:51] removable throttles and the manufacturer

[44:54] will provide you a class one sticker for

[44:58] the bike. So,

[45:00] it's again, but it's a challenge to find

[45:02] a class one only bike. got one in my

[45:05] garage.

[45:11] » Uh, Trusty Le Pickwell.

[45:13] >> Um, yeah, a couple comments. I I the

[45:18] regarding the ebike, I've already made

[45:19] my comments, but I also want to make

[45:21] sure that as we do this that we look at

[45:23] the the benefit for the residents as is

[45:25] really the common goal here that we look

[45:28] at in their safety. I question whether

[45:32] uh if we don't allow one or two on the

[45:35] pass where they're going to go is on the

[45:37] road which creates a little bit more of

[45:38] a safety issue that I think is a bigger

[45:41] concern that we have to take into

[45:42] consideration in moving into the polyan

[45:45] trail um as well. So I'd like to be able

[45:48] to to make sure we take all of that into

[45:49] consideration as we are moving forward

[45:52] with this. Um I was not unfortunately I

[45:54] was not able to make the last board

[45:56] meeting and and I wanted to say um give

[45:59] a kudos out to our planning commission

[46:01] for their handling of their their last

[46:04] planning meeting. I think you guys have

[46:06] one tomorrow as well uh dealing with the data center issue. Um, I thought

[46:11] that that and kudos to the police chief

[46:13] for recognizing that we may have had an

[46:15] issue with uh how popular and to delay

[46:18] that to allow our residents to voice

[46:21] their concerns.

[46:22] >> Fire chief, I'm sorry, fire chief to

[46:25] voice their concerns relative to the the

[46:28] data center. I would like to remind

[46:29] everybody that does attend tomorrow's

[46:32] meeting that that it, you know, to

[46:34] exercise some uh restraint and to

[46:38] understand that that the what the rules

[46:40] are relative to us having data centers.

[46:43] Um it's been kind of a really hot topic

[46:45] and I'm just somewhat embarrassed in

[46:47] some of the reactions I've heard on from

[46:49] some people. So just hopefully we'll

[46:51] kind of get through that as well. Thank

[46:53] you and everybody have a great weekend.

[46:55] >> Thank you, Trusty Coin. Yeah, just a

[46:58] couple of things to address. Um, how we

[47:00] publish agendas. They're on this

[47:02] bulletin board out here. You can always

[47:04] look outside here. They're up there. Um,

[47:06] the communications and grants manager

[47:08] also posts on social media. So, if you

[47:10] follow the township of Oxford on

[47:12] Facebook, you'll get those in your feed.

[47:14] Um, I see those agendas before I get

[47:16] them in my email half the time. So, it's

[47:18] a good way to to get the agenda for our

[47:20] meetings. but it also includes the

[47:22] agendas for things like the planning

[47:23] commission and other things that

[47:24] obviously a lot of people have been very

[47:26] interested in of late. Um, and I also

[47:29] want to thank the fire chief and the

[47:30] entire fire department and everyone that

[47:32] responded uh to the trench incident. I

[47:35] know that you guys did such a great job

[47:37] and uh everyone went home safe and

[47:39] that's what's important. So, thank you.

[47:42] >> All right. Thank you. Item 16.

[47:45] >> I'll make a motion to adjurnn.

[47:46] >> I'll second. I have a motion by

[47:48] Treasurer Ferrari, a second by Trustee

[47:50] Cover. Any questions?

[47:53] Hearing none.

[47:56] All those in favor signify by saying I.

[47:59] >> I.

[48:02] Motion carries. Ready.

Oxford Township Board of Trustees 9/09/26

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