APPROVED MINUTES

      
APPROVED MINUTES
GROSSE ILE TOWNSHIP BOARD OF TRUSTEES
July 24, 2006
Grosse Ile Township Hall – Merle Solomon Board Room
9601 Groh Road

The Regular Meeting was called to order at 7:35 p.m. by Township Supervisor Kobiljak.

Present: Supervisor Kobiljak, Clerk O’Connor, Treasurer Raithel, Trustees Will, Forrester, and Pociask. Absent: Trustee Wojewodzic

Pledge of Allegiance

Additions/Deletions to Agenda:
Motion Forrester, second Pociask, to remove Consent Agenda Items 4, Purchase Order Summary Dated July 10, 2006 and # 6, Authorization to Pay Bills through August 14, 2006 and to move Item # 2 Cash Requirements List dated July 17, 2006 to the Clerk’s Report as Item # 3. All aye.

Motion Raithel, second O’Connor, to accept the Agenda as amended. All aye. Motion carried.

Final Agenda

CONSENT AGENDA 06-062:
1. Minutes of June 26, 2006 Township Board Meeting
2. Cash Requirements List dated July 24, 2006
3. Purchase Order Summary dated July 24, 2006

Clerk’s Report
1. Wayne County Household Hazardous Waste Collection
2. August Primary Election Update: Guidelines
3. Cash requirements List dated July 17, 2006

Treasurer’s Report
1. Investment Report

Supervisor’s Report
1. Bridge Update

Township Manager’s Report

ACTION ITEMS
1. Amendment to the Zoning Ordinance, Article 3, Single Family Residential, Section 3.4(E)
2. Appointment to Island Beautification Committee
3. Elected Officials Compensation Commission Resignation
4. Deleted
5. Bid award: Sunnybrook,Woodside, Parkway, Meridian & Thorofare Sanitary Sewer Project
6. Lighthouse Grant Application
7. Senior Alliance Fiscal Year Budget Multi-Year Plan
8. Land Acquisition: Delinquent Tax Reverted Property
9. Michigan Dept. of Transportation Round Island Easement Purchase Contract

Discussion Items
Extended Public Comment
Adjourn

Regular Meeting

PUBLIC COMMENT:
1. J. Gronlund, Swan Island, spoke in opposition to fences on waterfront property.
2. G. Jones, Macomb St., asked if the Check Register or Cash Requirement Lists contain any payments for the sale or purchase of open space property or any legal fees. The Board responded that there is none.
3. W. Clark, Parke Lane, expressed concerns regarding some road conditions and utility pole installation and the status of the airport/ Round Island trees and the rumor that there was a Michigan Jets air crash at their recent show at the airport. Township Manager Reaume explained that the utility pole installation will be completed by fall. Supervisor Kobiljak stated the tree situation will be addressed in Action Item # 9 on the agenda and the Board is unaware of any incident involving the Michigan Jets show.
4. R. Janowski, Groh Road, made comments regarding his questions and comments at the June 26, 2006 township board meeting.

The following items will be adopted without discussion; however, at the request of any Board Member or Citizen, items may be removed for Board discussion or explanation.

Consent Agenda # 06-062:
Motion Forrester, second Pociask, to approve the Consent Agenda as amended. All aye.
1. Minutes of June 26, 2006
2. Cash Requirements List dated July 24, 2006
3. Purchase Order Summary July 24, 2006

Clerk’s Report:
1. Clerk O’Connor notified residents of the upcoming Wayne County Household Hazardous Waste Collection scheduled for Saturday, August 5th in Wyandotte. Further information is available at Township Hall.
2. Clerk O’Connor reminded voters that the August 8th Election is a State and County Partisan Primary Election and that voters should remember that under Michigan Election Law they may only cast their votes within one political party to avoid spoiling their ballot. She also reminded voters to be prepared to show their driver’s license or voter identification card to election officials upon request as is required under Michigan Election Law and to call the Clerk’s Office if they wish to verify their voter status or their voting location.
3. 06-063 Motion Will, second Forrester, to remove the payment of an internet item from the Cash Requirements List of July 17, 2006 and for the item to be handled internally by management. All aye.

Treasurer’s Report:
1. Investment Report: Treasurer Raithel reported that investments totaling $16,022,414.85 were made on behalf of the township through May, 2006 earning a total of $39,528.59 at an average interest rate of 4.68%.
2. Reminder to taxpayers that September 14th is the deadline to pay taxes without penalty.
Approximately 11 Million dollars in property taxes are still outstanding.
3. Treasurer Raithel announced that he will be bringing an updated investment policy to the Board for consideration in the near future.

Supervisor’s Report
1. Supervisor Kobiljak confirmed that the Wayne County Bridge will be closed for repairs for approximately 6 months beginning in April, 2007. The Bid process is scheduled to begin in January, 2007.
2. Within the next 2 weeks the Church Road & Meridian intersection will be shut down for 2 weeks up to Thorofare for repairs due to safety concerns.

Township Manager’s Report
1. Township Manager Reaume asked Trustee Pociask to provide a report on the “X-treme Warrior Program on Comcast television. Mr. Pociask announced that the 13 episode fitness program which features amateur female athletes in fitness and endurance competitions and is expected to air on November 6th has entered into an agreement with the township to film one episode on Grosse Ile featuring various township locations. More information may be found on the internet at www. Xtremewarrrior.com.

ACTION ITEMS
1. 06- 064 Motion Will, second O’Connor, to approve the Zoning Ordinance amendments as recommended by the Planning Commission regarding Section 3.4 (E) Residential Design Standards. ROLL CALL VOTE. Yes- O’Connor, Raithel, Will, Forrester, Pociask, Kobiljak.
No- none, Absent- Wojewodzic.
2. 06-065 Motion O’Connor, second Forrester, to appoint Ms. Michelle Babcock to the Island Beautification Committee for the term length of July 24, 2006 to March 31, 2009. All aye.
3. 06-066 Motion O’Connor, second Forrester, to accept with regret the resignation of Sheree Pratt from the Elected Officials Compensation Commission. All aye.
4. Deleted
5. 06-067 Motion Will, second Pociask, to award bid to Utilities Services Authority, LLC. In the amount of $1,153,576.00 for the Sunnybrook, Woodside, Parkway, Thorofare and Meridian Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation Project based upon the review and recommendation of the DPS Commission. All aye.
6. 06-068 Motion O’Connor, second Forrester, that the Township of Grosse Ile is authorized and directed to file an application for a grant of $27,920 with local matching funds from the Grosse Ile Historical Society of $13,960 for Restoration of the North Channel Front Range Light and that upon approval of the Application by the Michigan Department of History, Arts and Libraries, the Township Supervisor shall be authorized to sign the grant agreement, any grant agreement amendments, other agreement-related documents and the required historic preservation easement. All aye.
7. 06-069 Motion Pociask, second O’Connor, WHEREAS, the Office of Services to the Aging require local area agencies on aging to request approvals of their Multi-Year Plan from their local governments. WHEREAS, The Senior Alliance has submitted such a plan to Grosse Ile Township Board of Trustees in accordance with federal and state laws. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Grosse Ile Board of Trustees approves the Multi-Year Plan for Fiscal Year 2007-2009 as presented to Grosse Ile Township. All aye.
8. 06-070 Motion Raithel, second O’Connor, to purchase the following tax foreclosed property:
Parcel Number 003-01-0061-000; Vacant; Lot 61 Grosse Ile Woods PC549L61P10WCR for the amount of $1,263.57 with funds from Open Space account number 2450-101-00-971000. All aye.
9. 06-071 Motion Raithel, second O’Connor, to approve MDOT land acquisition costs for Parcel 4 for the Grosse Ile Municipal Airport in the estimated amount of $125,000 (Airport Portion is $3,125 with the State’s Share of $21,875 and Federal Funds in the amount of $100,000 and to authorize the Township Manager to sign MDOT Contrat # FM82-05-LAND. Motion carried 5 to 1. Trustee Will voted No.
Public Comment: Al Anderson, the Aircraft Owners and Pilot Association Representative and Chairman of the Airport Committee, stated he was glad to see the effort concluded and thanked the Board & airport management. The Board debated the wording of the contract.

EXTENDED PUBLIC COMMENT:
1. W. Clark, inquired about the recent electrical outages and wanted to know what DTE is doing about them.

2. G. Jones, acknowledge the passing of Grosse Ile resident, Dr. Butler on July 23rd and Clerk O’Connor extended condolences to Dr. Butler’s family.
3. R. Kanjorski, asked the board to schedule discussions regarding plans for the Wayne County Bridge Closure.
4. B. Barron, reminded residents that County Bridge would be closed on Tuesday, July 25th from 9 am to 1 pm and reported that the Police and Fire Departments have been working with the Governor’s Office and Selfridge ANG Base on handling any emergency situations during the extended bridge repairs next year.
5. G. Jones, doesn’t want the elderly to worry about emergency evacuations because both the police and fire departments have been training constantly to be ready if necessary.

Adjourn

Motion Raithel, second Will, to adjourn the Regular Meeting at 9:30 p.m. All aye.
Meeting Adjourned.

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Ute O’Connor. Township Clerk

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