1. The meeting was called to
order at
2. The meeting was opened with the Pledge of
Allegiance. Supervisor Mann offered prayer.
3. The minutes of the February 25th
Regular Board meeting were reviewed. MOTION Mann, DeKorne,
CARRIED to approve the minutes with a correction in Item #13 to read JKW not
JRW. The minutes of the March 20 Special
Meeting were reviewed. MOTION Rubingh, DeKorne, CARRIED to
approve the minutes.
4. The treasurer’s report
of incomes and balances was given. General Fund Balance: $351,185.14 with $120,000
due from the Fire Fund; Fire Fund Balance: $147,348.10; Roads Fund Balance: $86,891.24
Liquor Fund Balance: $1,908.07 Grand Total: $587,332.55. She reported that she
has settled the tax account with the county. Summer Tax collection is at 96%
collected, Winter Tax collection at 91%.
5. Bills represented by the
attached list were reviewed and presented for approval for payment. MOTION Mann, Rubingh,
CARRIED to pay the bills as presented.
6. Public Comment: There was none.
7. Zoning Administrator Report: Andy Veenstra
addressed the Board, reporting that he was contacted about combination of
parcels that have a lake between them.
The property owner would like them combined. Discussion was held regarding standards for
combination, i.e. parcels are contiguous.
Since the parcels are not directly across the lake from each other, it
was felt the standard that they are contiguous is not met. Andy reported that he attended the workshop
on strategic planning and felt it was very worthwhile. A public hearing by the ZBA is pending on
application for variance to allow parcel division that was denied by the
Assessor as the resultant parcels do not meet zoning ordinance requirements.
8. Fire Department: The Fire Board met this
evening and approved purchase of 3 additional helmets ($260 each) and update of
garage door openers at a cost of $200.
MOTION Mann, DeKorne, CARRIED to approve the
purchases.
9. Planning Commission:
Trustee Rubingh reported attorney Graham attended the
March Planning Commission meeting to assist with language amendments related to
safety fall zones for towers and wind turbines.
The map revisions are still in discussion.
10. The meeting was recessed
at
11. The Public Hearing on
the proposed General Fund, Liquor Fund and Road Fund Budgets was called to
order at
12. Supervisor Mann presented his proposals and
questions were answered.
13. The Public Hearing was
adjourned at
14. The regular meeting was
reconvened at
15. MOTION Heeres, DeKorne, CARRIED to adopt the General Fund Budget as
proposed. MOTION Heeres, Rubingh,
CARRIED to adopt the Fire Fund Budget as proposed and set the millage rate at
.0088 mills for 2008. This is a
reduction of .0002 mills from 2007.
MOTION Heeres, DeKorne, CARRIED to adopt the
Roads Fund Budget as proposed. MOTION DeKorne, Rubingh, CARRIED to
adopt the Liquor Fund Budget as proposed.
16. Budget Amendments:
MOTION Heeres, Mann, CARRIED to amend the budgets per the proposal submitted by
the Clerk General Fund: Decrease Tax
Income to $77,753 from $77,711.33; Decrease Zoning Income to $1080 from $3000;
Decrease Cemetery Lot Sales to $400 from $1000;
Increase Township Board Expenses to $2020 from $1500; Increase Data
Processing to $3066 from $3000; Increase Township Hall Expense to $35,062 from
$35,000; Increase Bank Building Expenses to $1670 from $800; Increase Atwood
Street Lights to $2300 from $2100; Increase Library Contracts to $4560 from
$4000. Road Fund:
17. Info Items: Par Plan News was
distributed. Update on the
18. Clean Up Day:
Contract with American Waste for Clean Up Day
May 10 was reviewed. Cost is $37 per
yard. American Waste has agreed to have
a minimum of three trucks onsite at all times with 3 helpers to assist
unloading.
19.
21. Cemeteries: Proposals
for new riding lawn mowers and push mowers were reviewed. Trustee DeKorne
will meet with Pete VanderArk to review needs, take
inventory of tractors including number of hours on the meters.
22. PA 116 Applications: Two
applications are in progress.
23. Road Improvement Plans
for 2008: Supervisor will contact the Roads Committee and ask them to meet
again to prioritize the needs, including gravel.
24. Shop Local Program:
Thirty Seven businesses have responded so far.
25. Roads: M-32 Extension/Breezeway group will meet
again March 25 @
26. Newsletter: Nearing
completion. Plan to have mailed
approximately April 1.
27. Next Meeting scheduled
for Monday April 21 at
28. The meeting was
adjourned at
Respectfully submitted,
Donna L. Heeres