Regular Meeting
10/13/2015 Board of Trustees Meeting
Synopsis of Minutes of October 13, 2015
Township Board Meeting
A Township Board Meeting of the Charter Township of Garfield was held on Tuesday, October 13, 2015, beginning at 6:00 p.m., at the Garfield Township Hall,
The meeting was called to order at 6:00 p.m. and the Board transacted the following business:
- Public Comment – Paul Soma spoke about TCAP’s accomplishments and challenges.
Kelly Kazmierski spoke for the members in the audience regarding short term rentals.
Ken Kleinrichert spoke about the economic benefits of short term rentals.
Jack Nowland spoke regarding short term rentals.
- Approved the Agenda.
- Approved Minutes from September 22, 2015, Study Session, September 29, 2015 Township Board Meeting.
- Amended the Consent Calendar by removing the minutes from September 22, 2015 Study Session for corrections. Approved the amended Consent Calendar.
- Made the corrections to the September 22, 2015 Study Session minutes and approved the corrected minutes.
- Received the GT Metro report from Asst. Chief Terry Flynn.
- Received the Sheriff’s Report from Lt. Chris Barsheff.
- Received County Commissioner, Alisa Kroupa’s report regarding the joint meeting to discuss the dam project, TC TALUS discussions, the hiring of Tom Menzel as Administrator, and the budget deficit of 3-4 million.
- Received Clerk’s Report from Lanie McManus regarding the lack of an election this year.
- Received the Supervisor’s Report regarding TC TALUS’s reorganization and reported that John Divosso is the new Director of G.T. County Dept. of Public Works. He also talked about moving forward in a positive manner regarding short term rentals.
- Approved Resolution 2015-16-T, a resolution to amend the Township’s DPW Maintenance and Operation budget for the current year.
- Added Special Assessments to the Winter Tax roll.
- Adjusted the Park Budget for the current year to include sidewalks and boardwalk projects.
- Public Comment – Kelly Kazmierski spoke.
The Meeting was adjourned at 7:20 p.m.
Lanie McManus, Clerk
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