WINDSOR CHARTER TOWNSHIP BOARD OF TRUSTEES

REGULAR MEEITNG – FEBRUARY 8, 2005

MEETING ROOM – 7:30 P.M.

Meeting was called to order by Supervisor St. Clair with the Pledge of Allegiance.

Present: A. St. Clair, Towsley, J. St. Clair, Blair, Butler, Kline, Slucter

Absent: none

Minutes of previous meeting were read and approved.

Blair gave report from Planning Commission.

Chief Deputy Brian Peacock, Eaton County Sheriff Department, shared comparisons of statistics for the township for the past several years. He does not see any major problems.

Sgt. Doug Burkhardt, Eaton County Sheriff Department, gave our monthly report of 153 calls in past 30 days of which 91 were traffic related. No major concerns.

Cribley gave report from Emergency Service Department. He presented an offer to purchase 1152 (95 Freightliner) from Great Lakes Emergency Vehicles for $55000. The board members have some concerns over the way the offer was written. When a new offer is received it will come back to the board.

Butler presented Doug Martin with his badge as he has moved from trainee to member of the Fire Department.

Blair gave report on MSU project to update our web site.

Treasurer’s report received.

J. St Clair moved and Blair seconded to pay general fund bills totaling $104478.24. (Vouchers 15496-15563 & 18515 – 18547) Carried unanimously.

Butler moved and Blair seconded to award the contract to Davis Construction of the Plant Expansion at a cost of $2098739.00. Carried unanimously.

Slucter moved and J. St. Clair seconded to authorize the Supervisor to sign the contract with Davis Construction for the Plant Expansion. Carried unanimously.

Butler moved and Blair seconded to authorize the Supervisor to sign the letter that will be sent to Treasury with the amended resolutions for the corrected dollar amount of the required bonds for the project. Carried unanimously.

Towsley offered and Blair supported the resolution to Amend and Reconfirm Sanitary Sewer Treatment Special Assessment District 2002-C Special Assessment Roll.

Waived the reading of the resolution.

Ayes: Kline, Blair, J. St. Clair, A. St. Clair, Towsley, Butler, Slucter

Nays: none

Absent: none

Resolution adopted 7-0.

Towsley offered and J. St. Clair supported the resolution Authorizing Issuance Charter Township Of Windsor Special Assessment Improvement Bonds, Series 2005

Waived the reading.

Ayes: Slucter, Butler, Towsley, A. St. Clair, J. St. Clair, Blair, Kline

Nays: none

Absent: none

Resolution adopted 7-0.

Blair presented the sewer budget for 2005-2006. Discussion held on changes in the budget and the goals for the upcoming year.

Blair moved and Slucter seconded to approve the budget as presented. Carried unanimously.

Blair offered and Butler supported the resolution to raise the sewer fee from $ 18 to $22.

Butler moved and Slucter seconded to amend the motion by adding the fee is per month. Carried unanimously.

The original motion was approved unanimously as amended.

Clerk shared letter from Red Carpet Keim where they are asking the township to buy back 5 RE’s that they did not use in Dimondale Farms.

Slucter offered and Blair supported the resolution to authorize the clerk to sign the grant application with the State of Michigan for new optical scan voting equipment.

Ayes: A. St. Clair, Slucter, Kline, Butler, Blair, St Clair, Towsley

Nays: none

Absent: none

Resolution adopted 7-0.

Clerk presented the bill for the Township General Insurance. The cost is much higher than in the past. There were several cuts that could be made to lower the premium.

Towsley moved and Slucter seconded to leave the policy as is. Carried unanimously.

Alexis Millisor from Don’s Truck stop asked about a variance to shut down their elevator, which is outside the building. The board advised her to contact Eaton County Building Codes, as the Township does not have that authority.

With no further business Towsley moved and Kline seconded to adjourn the meeting. Carried unanimously. Adjourned at 9:28 PM

Linda Towsley, Clerk