Regular Meeting
7/25/2017 Board of Trustees Meeting
CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF GARFIELD
Synopsis of Minutes of July 25, 2017
Township Board Meeting
A Township Board Meeting of the Charter Township of Garfield was held on Tuesday, July 25, 2017, beginning at 6:00 p.m., at the Garfield Township Hall, 3848 Veterans Drive, Traverse City, Michigan.
The meeting was called to order at 6:00 p.m. and the Board transacted the following business:
- Public Comment – None
- Approved Minutes from July 11, 2017, Township Board meeting.
- Added Discussion regarding Ridgeview Court to Unfinished Business as Item a. and approved the Agenda as amended.
- Removed Item b. Bills and approved the Consent Calendar as amended.
- Trustee Walters asked about several items which Clerk McManus answered and the Board approved the Bills.
- Received the Construction Report from Jennifer Hodges of Gourdie-Fraser.
- Received the Sheriff’s report from Lt. Chris Barsheff.
- Received the GT Metro Fire report from Steve Apostle.
- Received the County Commissioner Cheryl Gore Follett’s report regarding a recent discovery concerning the selected Administrator.
- Received the Treasurer’s report from Jeane Blood Law regarding balances as of June 30, 2017.
- Received Clerk Lanie McManus’s report regarding a recent Clerk’s conference.
- Received Supervisor Chuck Korn’s report regarding meetings on with DN Tanks and John Divozzo on the associated costs with modernizing the water system.
- Decided to have our engineer provide a cost estimate for the residents of Ridgeview Court.
- Approved Resolution 2017-17-T, to amend the budget to pay Parks and Recreation Commission members for their meetings.
- Agreed to hold a public hearing on a Silver Lake Boat Launch No Wake Zone.
- Postponed the YMCA lease agreement on the Boardman River property.
- Appointed Supervisor Korn, Trustee Walters and Trustee Schmuckal to serve on the Runway 10 Avigation Easement committee.
- Approved a contract with Prein and Neuhof for $8,300 and another contract with Gourdie-Frasier for $6,900 for work on the Boardman Valley Nature Preserve project.
- Public Comment – None
The Meeting was adjourned at 7:45 p.m.
Lanie McManus, Clerk
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