Charlton Township Minutes of Meetings

The regular December meeting of the Charlton Township Board was called to order by Chairman Matthew Nowak at 7:00 pm on Monday, December 13, 2004.

Board members present: Nowak, Samkowiak, Milbocker and Edwartowski.

Board members absent: Maschke.

Others present: Bob Fleury, Lee Olsen, Tammy Myers, Mike Pickelmann, Ann Proctor.

Milbocker moved, Edwartowski supported, to accept the minutes of the previous regular meeting as printed. Ayes, all. Maschke absent. Motion carried.

Kim Samkowiak presented the Treasurer's report as follows: General Operation, $97,962.09. Roads Account, $ 204,637.15. Milbocker moved, Edwartowski supported, to accept the Treasurer's report as presented. Ayes, all. Motion carried.

Audience: Lee Olsen talked about the county budget. One (1) fulltime and three (3) part time people will be laid off to help balance the budget. The county is considering a 'no smoking' ban in public buildings in the county. Restaurants and bars would be the only place a person could smoke inside a building. The board will discuss the possibility of an increase in the 9-1-1 surcharge. This would be necessary if the State Police pull their dispatcher and go to a central dispatch in Lansing. Lee stated that he will not run for chairman of the commission this time.

Tammy Myers reported that they may change EMS bylaws a little to include a communication component. Tammy stated that there is a need for more EMS people. Everyone is spread too thin. There is a new class starting on January 3, 2005.

Old Business: Matt gave an update on personal property tax audit. Letters have been sent out and there are some actual sittings scheduled.

Discussed Fire Department bylaws. They need to be updated. Talked about this before but have not heard from the fire department.

Deb Milbocker moved, Matt Nowak supported, to accept Jos. Edwartowski's resignation from the Board of Review. Ayes, all. Motion carried.

Matt Nowak moved, Jos. Edwartowski supported, to appoint Willard Brown to fill the remainder of the term for the Board of Review. Ayes, all. Motion carried.

Edwartowski moved, Nowak supported, to appoint the following to the Board of Review for 2005-06: John Milbocker, Sandra Wagner and Willard Brown. Ayes, all. Motion carried.

Discussed hall rentals. Milbocker moved, Samkowiak supported, to accept Marian Walker's verbal resignation as keeper of the hall contract book. Ayes, all. Motion carried. Kim suggested that the hall rental contract book be kept at the office building and the office number be added to the advertisement in the paper. It was decided that the book would be kept at the office and Kim and Matt would take care of contracts for hall rentals at no extra compensation.

Milbocker moved, Edwartowski supported, to accept the resignation of Michael Pickelmann as custodian at the hall and waste station attendant. Ayes, all. Motion carried. Maschke arrived at 7:45 pm.

Discussed replacing the waste station attendant/custodian and how to go forward. .It was decided that the board would cover the jobs until after the 1st of the year.

Talked about having board members as liaison between the fire department, county commissioners and EMS. Edwartowski will take the county commissioners, Kim the EMS and Ivan will do the Fire Department.

Kim stated that the Rotary Club will be working on the ball field at the park in the spring.

Edwardtowski moved, Milbocker supported, to pay the General Operation bills presented in the amount of $13,491.27. Ayes, all. Motion carried.

Meeting adjourned at 8:10 pm.

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