Regular Meeting
11/10/2014 Board of Trustees Meeting
CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF GARFIELD
TOWN BOARD MEETING
Monday, November 10, 2014, 6:00 pm
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
1. Public Comment
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 is requested to 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.
2. Review and approval of the Agenda - Conflict of Interest
3. 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 – October 28, 2014 (Recommend Approval)
b. Bills -
General Fund $ 39,250.89
(Recommend Approval)
Gourdie-Fraser
Developer’s Escrow Fund $ 340.00
Utility Receiving Fund 22,787.50 Grand Total $ 23,127.50
(Recommend Approval)
c. MTT Update (Receive and File)
d. Application for Progress Payment #2 for Team Elmers for Zimmerman Road Watermain Extension in the amount of $ 182,102.85 (Recommend Approval)
e. PD 2014-73 – SUP 2003-06-D – Premier Place Manor – Introduce and schedule for December 9, 2014 public hearing (Recommend Approval)
4. Correspondence
a. Conservation District Report – October
5. Reports
a. Construction Report
b. Sheriff’s Report
c. County Commissioner’s Report
d. Personnel Committee Report
e. Clerk’s Report
f. Supervisor’s Report
6. Unfinished Business
a. Consideration of Resolution 2014-14-T, a resolution amending Resolution 2013-03-T, clarifying the duration of the service charges
7. New Business
a. Request to add Special Assessments to Winter Tax Roll
b. Consideration of Resolution 2014-15-T, a resolution to recognize Out of the Smoke Firefighters Association as a service organization for the purposes of obtaining a charitable gaming license from the state of Michigan
c. Request for proposed local road improvement preliminary estimate of probable cost from the Grand Traverse County Road Commission
8. Public Comment
9. Other Business
10. Adjournment
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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.