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Regular Meeting
12/10/2009 Board of Trustees MeetingCHARTER TOWNSHIP OF GARFIELD TOWN BOARD MEETING
Thursday, December 10, 2009 at 7:00pm Garfield Township Hall 3848 Veterans Drive Traverse City, MI 49684 Ph: (231) 941-1620
A G E N D A
ORDER OF BUSINESS Call meeting to order Pledge of Allegiance Roll call of Board Members
Public Comment Guidelines: Any person shall be permitted to address a meeting of The Township Board, which is required to be open to the public under the provision of the Michigan Open Meetings Act, as amended. MCLA 15.261, et.seq.) Public Comment shall be carried out in accordance with the following Board Rules and Procedures: a.) any person wishing to address the Board shall state his or her name and address. b.) No person shall be allowed to speak more than once on the same matter, excluding time needed to answer Township Board Member's questions. Where constrained by available time the Chairperson may limit the amount of time each person will be allowed to speak to (3) minutes. 1.) The Chairperson may at his or her own discretion, extend the amount of time any person is allowed to speak. 2.) Whenever a Group wishes to address a Committee, the Chairperson may require that the Group designate a spokesperson; the Chairperson shall control the amount of time the spokesperson shall be allowed to speak when constrained by available time.
1. Review and approval of the Agenda - Conflict of Interest
2. Consent Calendar
The purpose of the Consent calendar is to expedite business by grouping non-controversial items together to be dealt with in one Board motion without discussion. Any member of the Board, staff or the public may ask that any item on the Consent Calendar be removed there from and placed elsewhere on the Agenda for full discussion. Such requests will be automatically respected. If any item is not removed from the Consent Calendar, the action noted in parentheses on the Agenda is approved by a single Board action adopting the Consent Calendar.
a. Minutes
November 12, 2009 Town Board Meeting Minutes (Recommend Approval)
b. Bills
General Fund $99,226.24 (Recommend Approval)
Gourdie Fraser Utility Receiving Fund $4,285.60 Park Funds $758.31 SRF Loan $14,202.23 $19,236.14
Elmer's Crane and Dozer $15,442.73 Application for Progress Payment #6 Hammond/Keystone Division B Water
Superior Excavating $228,519.96 Application for Progress Payment #4 Garfield Road Sanitary Sewer Bypass
c. Appointments (Recommend Approval)
Board Term Expires
Board of Review Gary Rousseau 2 years Dec. 31, 2011 Robert Follett 2 years Dec. 31, 2011 Cherry Wolf 2 years Dec. 31, 2011
Building Code of Appeals Dave Chryst 2 years Dec. 31, 2011 Tom Piehl 2 years Dec. 31, 2011 Tom Strait 2 years Dec. 31, 2011 Richard Irvine 2 years Dec. 31, 2011 Philip Ezzo 2 years Dec. 31, 2011 Mark Burkholder (Alternate) 2 years Dec. 31, 2011
Code Enforcement Officer Rob Larrea 1 year Dec. 31, 2010 Carl Studinski 1 year Dec. 31, 2010
Planning Commission Terry Clark 3 years Dec. 31, 2012 Kit Wilson (TB Rep) 1 year Dec. 31, 2010 Linda McGuire 3 years Dec. 31, 2012
Grand Traverse County Commission Chuck Korn 1 year Dec. 31, 2010 Kay Schumacher (Alternate) 1 year Dec. 31, 2010
Grand Traverse County Road Commission Chuck Korn 1 year Dec. 31, 2010 Kay Schumacher (Alternate) 1 year Dec. 31, 2010
TC TALUS Chuck Korn 1 year Dec. 31, 2010 Kay Schumacher (Alternate) 1 year Dec. 31, 2010
Zoning Board of Appeals Ken O'Brien 2 years Dec. 31, 2011 Bob Featherstone (TB Rep) 1 year Dec. 31, 2010
STANDING COMMITTEES (1 Year Term - Expires Dec. 31, 2010)
Personnel Committee Todd Chargo Employee Member Denise Schmuckal Town Board Kay Schumacher Town Board Chuck Korn Town Board
Building and Grounds Committee Carl Studinski Employee Member Kay Schumacher Town Board Jeane Blood Town Board
Finance Committee Don Wilcoxen Employee Member Chuck Korn Town Board Kay Schumacher Town Board Jeane Blood Town Board
d. Resolution 2009-38-T - Banks Township is Doing Business with in 2010 (Recommend Approval)
e. Resolution 2009-40-T to amend the Garfield Township 2009 Budget (Recommend Approval)
3. Correspondence
•4. Reports
a. Building Committee Report/Treasurers Report
b. Sheriff's Report
c. Fire Station Report
d. Personnel Committee Report
e. Clerks Report
5. Unfinished Business a. Superior Excavating Contract Change Order for Garfield Road Sanitary Sewer Bypass
b. Superior Excavating Work Change Directive for Garfield Road Sewer Bypass
c. Liability Insurance Bids
d. Garfield Township Audit Bids
e. Solid Waste Discussion and Report
f. Silver Lake Park Baseball Field Lease
g. Public Hearing - Resolution 2009-29-T 2010 General Fund Budget
h. Public Hearing - Resolution 2009-30-T 2010 Road Fund Budget
i. Public Hearing- Resolution 2009-31-T 2010 Budget Stabilization Fund Budget
j. Public Hearing- Resolution 2009-32-T 2010 D.P.W. Budget
k. Public Hearing- Resolution 2009-33-T 2010 Enterprise Fund Budget
l. Public Hearing - Resolution 2009-34-T 2010 Lighting Fund Budget
m. Public Hearing- Resolution 2009-35-T 2010 Special Assessment Fund Budget
n. Public Hearing- Resolution 2009-36-T 2010 Park System Fund Budget
o. Public Hearing- Resolution 2009-37-T 2010 Municipal Building Debt Fund Budget
p. Public Hearing- Resolution 2009-39-T 2010 Fire Fund Budget
6. New Business
a. Public Hearing- Report PD 2009-106 - Proposed Zoning Ordinance Amendment Addressing Streets, Alleys, and Driveways
b. Public Hearing- Report PD 2009-107 - Proposed Zoning Ordinance Amendment Addressing the Sign Standards of Section 7.2.4
c. Mary Gillis - Silver Lake and Zimmerman Signal Project
d. T.A.R.T. Trails Funding
e. PD Report 2009-105 - Introduction of Land Division Ordinance
f. Carl Studinski Promotion
7. Public Comment
8. Other Business
9. Adjournment
_____________________ Kay Schumacher, Clerk
The Garfield Township Board will provide necessary reasonable auxiliary aids and services, such as signers for hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed materials being considered at the meeting to individuals with disabilities upon the provision of reasonable advance notice to the Garfield Township Board. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the Garfield Township Board by writing or calling Kay Schumacher, Clerk, Ph: (231) 941-1620, or TDD #922-4412
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