MINUTES
OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE GEORGETOWN
CHARTER TOWNSHIP BOARD HELD APRIL 25, 2005, 7:30 p.m.
The
meeting was called to order at
Prayer
for guidance by Daniel Carlton
Pledge
of Allegiance to the Flag
Roll
Call
Present: Bill Holland, Daniel Carlton, R. J.
Poel, Del South, Richard VanderKlok, Dale Mohr,
Stanley Sterk
Absent: none
#050425-01 - Public Comments
Linda VanSprange, 9165 Cottonwood, commented on the
wording of the Disorderly Conduct Ordinance and said that she preferred the
previous simple wording.
#050425-02 - Approval of
agenda as
presented for April 25, 2005
Moved by R. J. Poel, seconded by Dale Mohr, to
approve the agenda
for April 25, 2005, as presented with the addition.
MOTION CARRIED.
#050425-03 - Communications,
letters and reports: Received for information, to be filed:
B. Annual Financial Report Year
Ended December 31, 2004 (available in the Township office)
C. Sheriff
Department Report for March 2005
D. Planning
Commission minutes of April 20, 2005
E. Planner’s
Comments for April 2005
F. Planning
Commission agenda for May 4, 2005
G. Library
Report for March 2005
H. Letter
from Ottawa County Road Commission re: crossing at Baldwin/Library
#050425-04 - Consent agenda
a. Approval of minutes
of the regular board meeting held on April 11, 2005
b. Monthly
Bills
Moved by R.
J. Poel, seconded by Daniel Carlton, to approve the consent agenda as
presented.
Yeas: Bill Holland, Daniel Carlton, Del South, R.
J. Poel, Stanley Sterk, Dale Mohr, Richard
VanderKlok
Nays: none
MOTION
CARRIED.
#050425-05 - Second Reading
and Adoption of Ordinance No. 2005-05, State Plumbing Code
Ordinance
Moved by R. J. Poel, seconded by Daniel Carlton, to
read for the second time and adopt Ordinance No. 2005-05, State Plumbing Code
Ordinance, as follows:
ORDINANCE NO. 2005-05
State Plumbing Code Ordinance;
An ordinance to designate an
enforcing agency to discharge the responsibility of the Charter Township of
Georgetown, Ottawa County, Michigan, under the provisions of the State
Construction Code Act, 1972 PA 230.
The Charter Township of
Georgetown ordains:
Section 1. AGENCY DESIGNATED.
Pursuant to the provisions of the Michigan Plumbing Code, in accordance
with Section 8b(6) of 1972 PA 230, the Building Code Official of the Charter
Township of Georgetown, is hereby designated as the enforcing agency to
discharge the responsibility of the Charter Township of Georgetown under 1972
PA 230, State of Michigan. The Charter
Township of Georgetown assumes responsibility for the administration and
enforcement of said Act throughout its corporate limits.
Section 2. REPEALS. All
ordinances inconsistent with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby
repealed.
Section 3. PUBLICATION.
This ordinance shall be effective after legal publication and in
accordance with provisions of the Act governing same.
Effective Date. This
ordinance shall become effective upon approval from the State Bureau of
Construction Codes. This ordinance was read for the first time on April 11,
2005, published on April 19, 2005, read for the second time and adopted by the
Georgetown Charter Township Board on April 25, 2005, and published for the
second time on May 3, 2005, and effective upon approval from the State Bureau
of Construction Codes.
Adopted this 25th day
of April, 2005.
This ordinance duly adopted
on April 25, 2005 at a regular meeting of the Georgetown Charter Township Board
and will become effective upon approval from the State Bureau of Construction
Codes.
Date: April 25, 2005.
Signed:
R. J. Poel, Clerk of the Charter Township of Georgetown
Attested:
William Holland,
Supervisor of the Charter Township of Georgetown
Note: As recommended by the
Services/Program Committee
MOTION CARRIED.
#050425-06 - Fees for Plumbing Permits
Moved
by Dale Mohr, seconded by Richard VanderKlok, to approve the fees
for plumbing permits as presented
Note: As
recommended by the Services/Program Committee
Yeas: Bill Holland, Daniel Carlton, Del South, R.
J. Poel, Stanley Sterk, Dale Mohr, Richard
VanderKlok
Nays: none
MOTION CARRIED.
#050425-07 - Appointments to the Construction Board of
Appeals
Moved
by R. J. Poel, seconded by Del South, to appoint the following people to the
Construction Board of Appeals and to remove Jim Jansma since he asked to be off
the Board and Ray Elenbaas since he no longer has a license:
Mitch
Visser – term to expire 12/31/09
Steve
Jerkaitis – term to expire 12/31/08
Ralph
DenHartigh – term to expire 12/31/09
and
Travis Underhill – term to expire 12/31/09
Note: As recommended by the Supervisor
The
reason for the new appointments is because one member quit, one member no
longer has an active license, and qualified licensed representatives of the
building trades were needed on the Board to meet State requirements
MOTION CARRIED.
#050425-08 - Policy 2005-03 Protection of Social
Security Numbers
Moved
by R. J. Poel, seconded by Daniel Carlton, to approve Policy
2005-03 Protection of Social Security Numbers as presented
Note: As recommended by the
Utilities/Facilities Committee
MOTION CARRIED.
#050425-09 - Hold the August 8, 2005 Township Board
Meeting at Ice Arena
Moved
by Daniel Carlton, seconded by R. J. Poel, to approve relocating the August 8,
2005 Township Board meeting to the Ice Arena at 7:30 p.m. Public free skating is to be from 7:00 p.m.
until 9:00 p.m. with skate rental available.
MOTION
CARRIED.
#050425-10 - Final Plat of
Boulder Ridge
Moved by Richard VanderKlok, seconded by Del South,
to grant final plat approval for Boulder Ridge, Part of the SE Ľ Section 8,
T6N, R13W, Georgetown
Township, Ottawa County, MI, provided all state, county & local ordinance
comply & all fees are paid.
Note: Letter of
Credit, application, sidewalk compliance
letter, street
light petition, and building permit compliance
letter were received
and are on file in the office. All fees are paid to date (including $50 per
lot fee). DPW has approved.
MOTION CARRIED.
#050425-11 - Special Use Permit (SUP0503) Michelle Bowne, 916 Fairwood Ct.
Moved
by Del South, seconded by Richard VanderKlok, to table Special Use Permit (SUP0503) Michelle Bowne, 916 Fairwood Ct., to have
a group day care home under Sec. 8.3(E), on a parcel of land described as P.P.#
70-14-11-436-010, located at 916 Fairwood Ct., in a (LDR) Low Density
Residential district.
Note: The Planning Commission tabled
the request for further review
MOTION CARRIED.
#050425-12 - Rezoning (REZ0501) To change from (HDR) High
Density Residential to (MDR)
Medium Density Residential and from (MDR) Medium
Density Residential to (HDR) High Density Residential parts of a parcel of land
described as P.P.# 70-10-31-200-017, located at 10081 42nd Ave.,
Georgetown Township, Ottawa County, Michigan.
Moved
by Del South, seconded by Daniel Carlton, to approve Rezoning (REZ0501) to change from
(HDR) High Density Residential to (MDR) Medium Density Residential and from
(MDR) Medium Density Residential to (HDR) High Density Residential parts of a
parcel of land described as P.P.# 70-10-31-200-017, located at 10081 42nd
Ave., Georgetown Township, Ottawa County, Michigan. The rezoning to be swapping equal amounts of
property (resulting with the same amounts of current zoning) as shown on the
attached map
according to the legal description provided by the applicant.
Note: As
recommended by the Planning Commission
MOTION CARRIED.
#050425-13 - Preliminary Plat of Hunters Meadows No. 2
Moved
by Richard VanderKlok, seconded by Daniel Carlton, to grant tentative
preliminary plat approval of Hunters Meadows No. 2 as shown on the drawing
dated 4/14/05 with the following conditions:
1.
A record of a
conservation easement shall be submitted prior to the issuance of building
permits;
2.
A record of
approval from the Ottawa County Drain Commission shall be submitted prior to
the issuance of building permits.
Note: As recommended by the Planning Commission
MOTION CARRIED.
#050425-14 - Koster
Excavating Bid for Township Property
Moved by R. J. Poel, seconded by Del South, to
accept the bid from Koster Excavating Inc. for a total of $3,500 for work at 23
Baldwin to clean up the area after the house was burned.
Attachment: Estimate and agreement
Yeas: Bill Holland, Daniel Carlton, Del South, R.
J. Poel, Stanley Sterk, Dale Mohr, Richard
VanderKlok
Nays: none
MOTION CARRIED.
#050425-15 - Unfinished
Business-Second Reading and Adoption of Ordinance No. 2005-02,
Disorderly Persons Ordinance
Moved by Del South, seconded by R. J. Poel, to
remove motion # 050411-05 from the table.
MOTION CARRIED.
Moved by Dale Mohr, seconded by Stanley Sterk, to
amend Sec. 38-78(b)1 to add the word “so.”
MOTION CARRIED.
The motion as follows was on the table:
Moved by Del South, seconded by Dale Mohr, to read
for the second time and adopt Ordinance No. 2005-02, Disorderly Persons
Ordinance, as follows, with the
deletion of Section 38-80(a) and (b) and the change to Section 38-72(1) and (2):
Ordinance No. 2005-02
Disorderly Persons Ordinance
An ordinance to define and
prohibit disorderly conduct within Georgetown Charter Township, Ottawa County,
Michigan to prescribe penalties for the violation thereof,
The Charter Township of
Georgetown ordains that Chapter 38 of the Code of Ordinances is amended as
follows:
Name.
This ordinance shall be known
and cited as the Georgetown Charter Township Disorderly Conduct Ordinance.
Disorderly Definitions.
No person shall conduct
himself or herself in a disorderly manner in the Charter Township of
Georgetown, Ottawa County, Michigan. For
the purpose of this ordinance, a person conducts himself or herself in a
disorderly manner when he or she does any act or engages in any practice
hereinafter listed, or aids and abets any person who does any such act or
engages in any such practice hereinafter listed;
Add Sec. 38-6 to ARTICLE I as
follows:
Sec. 38-6.
Fireworks.
It shall be unlawful for
any person within the township to discharge, offer for sale, or possess any
fireworks except of the type and under the conditions permitted by state law.
Add Sec. 38-27 to ARTICLE II
as follows:
ARTICLE II. OFFENSES AFFECTING GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS
Sec. 38-27.
Township premises.
It shall be unlawful for
any person to loiter within the township or to remain on the premises of any
Township Building, or any lands or properties owned by the Township, unless
such person is present for the purpose of conducting business with Township
officials or attending, participating in or observing any hearing or meeting or
recreational gathering held in such Township buildings or property.
Amend Sec. 38-71 as follows:
Sec. 38-71.
Breach of peace.
(a) Any
person who shall make or assist in making any noise, disturbance, trouble, or
improper
diversion, or any rout or riot, by which the peace and good order of the
township is disturbed, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(b) Any person who shall permit or allow any
loud noises, electrical, mechanical,
human
or animal in origin, to be emitted from any place occupied or controlled by
him/her so as to disturb unnecessarily and without reasonable cause the quiet,
comfort, or repose of any person or persons shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Amend Sec. 38-72 as follows:
Sec. 38-72.
Creation of noise.
Loud noise is defined as a
sound which is disagreeable or loud, destroying the peace and tranquility of
any person or persons within the surrounding neighborhood.
It shall be unlawful for any
person within the township to:
(1) Create any loud noises by the erection, including excavation
therefore, demolition,
alteration,
maintenance or repair of any property or the excavation of any streets or
highways at any time, except between the hours of 7:00 6:00 a.m.
and 11:00 9:00 p.m., except as may be necessary for emergency
construction operations or repairs, or as may be necessary as determined by a two-thirds majority vote of
the full
board for essential
services.
(2) Create or allow any loud noises by the use of machinery,
including motor vehicles or
motor
equipment, manufacturing or industrial processes of any kind, at a place so as
to reasonably disturb the peace and quiet, or comfort or repose of any person
in a residential home or unit between the hours of 11:00 p.m. 12:00
a.m. and 7:00 a.m., provided such noise continues for a period of three
minutes or more, or, if of shorter duration, is intermittent so that the noise
occurs at least three times within a one-hour period or as may be necessary as determined by the board.
(3) Gun or race the engine of any motor vehicle, including any
motorcycle or motor driven
cycle
or boat or snowmobile, or run or operate a motor vehicle, motorcycle or motor
driven cycle or snowmobile without a muffler in good working order (one which
in constant operation prevents excessive or unusual noise and annoying smoke);
a person shall not remove, destroy, or damage any of the baffles contained in
the muffler, nor shall a person use a muffler cutout, bypass, or similar device
upon a motorcycle, motor driven cycle or any motor vehicle or snowmobile at any
place within the Township;
(4) Operations or activities which cause or
create measurable noise levels exceeding the
maximum
sound intensity levels measured in decibels as prescribed in this section, as
measured at or within five feet of any home or residential unit, between the
hours of 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.:
a. Pre-1960 octave, American Standards
Association, Z24.
Octave Band
Cycles Per Second Decibels
00 to 74 70
75 to 149 62
150 to 299 56
300 to 599 49
600 to 1,199 44
1,200 to 2,399 39
2,400 to 4,799 33
4,800 and above 31
b. Post-1960 preferred frequencies.
Cycles Per Second Decibels
31.5 72
63 68
125 62
250 57
500 50
1,000 46
2,000 39
4,000 32
8,000 28
Amend Sec. 38-73 as follows:
Sec. 38-73.
Tumultuous conduct.
No person shall disturb,
incite or aid in disturbing the public peace by loud, violent, tumultuous,
offensive or obstreperous conduct, or party or shall make or participate
in making any improper noise or disturbance, riot or breach of the peace, or
shall engage in any illegal or improper act. No person shall knowingly permit
any such conduct upon any premises owned or possessed by him or under his
control.
Amend Sec. 38-74 as follows:
Sec. 38-74.
Disturbing worship or any other assembly.
It shall be unlawful for any
person to disturb or disquiet any congregation or assembly met for religious
worship or any other assembly gathered for lawful purposes by making any
noise or making any profane discourse or engaging in any indecent behavior in
or near the place of worship as to disturb the solemnity of the meeting.
Amend Sec. 38-75 as follows:
Sec. 38-75.
Loitering.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person within the township to
loiter, loaf, wander, stand or
remain
idle either alone or in consort with others in a public place in such manner so
as to:
(4) Collect or stand in crowds for illegal
or mischievous purposes in any public place.
Sec. 38-78 is added under
ARTICLE IV.
ARTICLE IV. OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC PEACE
Sec. 38-78.
Social gathering or party.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person within the township to
use any premises or suffer any
premises
under his/her or its control to be used so as to destroy the peace and
tranquility of any person or persons within the surrounding neighborhood. This includes, but is not limited to, any
person who is the owner, occupant, tenant or has any other possessory interest
or premises in the Township, who either sponsors, conducts, hosts, invites,
suffers, permits, continues, or allows to continue a social gathering or party
which is, or during the course thereof becomes, a nuisance party as defined in
subparagraph (b) below.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person within the township to
sponsor, conduct, host, invite,
suffer,
permit, continue or allows to continue a nuisance party, as hereinafter
defined. For the purpose of this
subsection, the term “nuisance party” means a social gathering or party which
is conducted on premises in the Township and which, by reason of the conduct of
those persons in attendance, results in any one or more of the following
occurrences or conditions:
1.
Consumption of
alcoholic beverages in public or public drunkenness so as to cause a public
disturbance;
2.
Public
urination or defecation;
3.
The unlawful
sale or furnishing to minors or consumption by minors of alcoholic beverages;
4.
The unlawful
deposit of trash or litter on public or private property that belongs to others;
5.
The
destruction of public or private property;
6.
The generation
of pedestrian or vehicular traffic or parking of motor vehicles which obstruct
the free flow of residential traffic or interferes with the ability to render
emergency services;
7.
Excessive, unnecessary
or unusually load noise which disturbs the comfort and quiet repose of the
neighborhood;
8.
Public
disturbances, brawls, fights or quarrels;
9.
Assembly of
persons in excess of limits imposed by conditions, rules or requirements of
lease or occupancy agreement;
10. Any similar conduct which annoys, injures, or
endangers the safety, health, comfort, or repose of the neighboring residents;
11. Any conduct which results in indecent or obscene
conduct, or immoral exhibition or indecent exposure by persons at the social
gathering.
Add Sec. 38-79 under ARTICLE
IV, as follows:
Sec. 38-79.
Telephone use.
It shall be unlawful for
any person within the township to, by the use or means of telephone perform any
of the following:
a.
Disturb the
peace, quiet, or privacy of any other person or family by repeated calls
intended
to harass or annoy the person or family to whom the calls are made;
b.
Use obscene or
offensive language, or suggest any lewd or lascivious act;
c.
Attempt to
extort money or anything of value from any persons;
d.
Threaten any
physical violence or harm to any person;
e.
Repeatedly and
continuously ring the telephone of any person with intent to disturb or harass
such person;
f.
Knowingly and
intentionally make false report of a crime, fire, traffic crash, or medical
emergency;
Add Sec. 38-80 under
ARTICLE IV. OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC
PEACE, as follows:
Sec. 38-80.
Trash and garbage pickup.
(a)
It
shall be unlawful for any person within the township to conduct commercial
and/or residential trash or garbage pickup between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and
7:00 a.m.
(b)
It
shall be unlawful for any employee or owner of a company (including a
supervisor or manager) to either knowingly or unknowingly allow an employee of
the company to violate the provisions of Sec. 38-80 (a).
Amend Sec. 38-102 as follows:
Sec. 38-102.
Indecent exposure.
a. It shall be unlawful for any person within the township to
knowingly make any open or
indecent
exposure of his person or of the person of another.
Amend Sec. 38-104 in ARTILCE
V as follows:
ARTICLE V. OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC MORALS
Sec. 38-104.
Fortunes or speculation games.
It shall be unlawful for
any person within the township to tell or pretend to tell fortunes for hire,
gain, reward or profit whether by means of cards, token trances, inspection of
the hands or skull, mind reading, consulting the movements of the heavenly
bodies, or otherwise; or for hire, gain reward or profit pretend to enable
another to recover lost or stolen property, pretend to give success in any
business enterprise, speculation or game of chance, or by improper means induce
any person to dispose of property in favor of another;
Add Sec. 38-127 in ARTICLE VI
as follows:
ARTICLE VI. OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC SAFETY
Sec. 38-127.
Threatening communications.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person
within the township to verbally or by delivery
of
a written or electronic communication, threaten any physical violence or harm
to any person or any member of such person’s family.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person
within the township to deliver or cause to be
delivered
any letter, postal card, electronic writing or other object containing obscene
language or containing any words, letters, or marks with the intent to
frighten, intimidate, or cause annoyance to any other person and/or with the
intent to extort or gain money or property of any description belonging to
another.
Invalid Clauses.
Should any section, clause or
provision of this ordinance be declared by the courts to be invalid, the same
shall not affect the validity of this ordinance as a whole or any part thereof,
other than the parts so declared to be invalid.
Violations and Penalties.
Any person violating any
provision of this ordinance upon conviction thereof shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor and punished by a fine not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars
($500.00). And cost of prosecution or by
imprisonment in Ottawa County Jail for a period not to exceed ninety (90) days,
or both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.
Pending Proceedings. All
proceedings pending and all rights and liabilities existing at the time this
ordinance takes effect are saved and may be consummated or continued according
to the law in force when they were commenced.
No prosecution initiated prior to the effective date of this ordinance
or initiated after the effective date of this ordinance for an offense
committed prior to the effective date shall be affected by this ordinance.
Effective Date. This
ordinance shall become effect on the thirtieth day after publication after
adoption. This
ordinance was read for the first time on March 28, 2005, published on April 5,
2005, read for the second time and adopted by the Georgetown Charter Township
Board on April 25, published for the second time on May 3, 2005, and effective
thirty days from publication on June 2, 2005.
Note: As recommended by the
Services/Program Committee
Yeas: Bill Holland, Daniel Carlton, Del South, R.
J. Poel, Stanley Sterk, Dale Mohr, Richard
VanderKlok
Nays: none
MOTION CARRIED.
#050425-16 - Introduction and First Reading of
Ordinance No. 2005-06 Dogs and Cats At Large
Ordinance
Moved
by Dale Mohr, seconded by R. J. Poel, to eliminate the words “or cat” from the
last line of Sec. 6-37.
Yeas: Bill Holland, Del South, R. J. Poel, Stanley
Sterk, Dale Mohr, Richard VanderKlok
Nays:
Daniel Carlton
MOTION
CARRIED.
Moved
by R. J. Poel, seconded by Del South, to introduce and read for the first time
Ordinance No. 2005-06, Dogs and Cats At Large Ordinance, as follows:
ORDINANCE NO. 2005-06
Dogs and Cats At Large Ordinance
The Charter Township of Georgetown
ordains that Chapter 6 of the Code of Ordinances is amended as follows:
ARTICLE V. DOGS
AND CATS AT LARGE
Sec. 6-36.
Penalty for violation of article.
Any person who violates this
article is responsible for a municipal civil infraction and shall be punished
by a fine as set forth in the Schedule of Civil Fines [Appendix C] and court
costs. Equitable relief may also be awarded as permitted by Michigan law.
Sec. 6-37. Control of dogs and cats.
(a) No
person owning, possessing or having charge of any dog or cat shall allow such dog or cat to wander, run or be at large or stray beyond the premises of
such person unless such dog or cat is
held properly in leash, meaning a physical restraint not more than ten (10)
feet in length, or unless such dog or cat is engaged in lawful hunting or hunting practice and
accompanied by a person.
Sec. 6-38.
Animal nuisance by defecation and other activities.
(a) No
person owning or having custody or control of an animal shall intentionally, or
through failure to exercise due care, permit the animal to defecate on any
public or private property (other than the property of such person) unless such
person immediately collects all fecal matter deposited by the animal.
Note: As
recommended by the Services Committee
Yeas: Bill Holland, Del South, R. J. Poel, Stanley
Sterk, Dale Mohr, Richard VanderKlok
Nays:
Daniel Carlton
MOTION
CARRIED.
#050425-17 - Introduction and First Reading of Ordinance
No. 2005-07 Mineral Mining
Amendment Ordinance
Moved
by Dale Mohr, seconded by Daniel Carlton, to introduce and read for the first
time Ordinance No. 2005-07, Mineral Mining Amendment Ordinance, as follows:
ORDINANCE NO. 2005-07
Mineral Mining Amendment Ordinance
The Charter Township of Georgetown
ordains that Chapter 26 of the Code of Ordinances is amended as follows:
ARTICLE IV.
MINERAL MINING
Sec. 26-71.
Name.
This article shall be known
as and may be cited as "The Georgetown Charter Township Mineral Mining
Ordinance".
(Ord. No. 9804, § 1,
10-26-98)
Sec. 26-72.
Definitions.
For purposes of this article,
the following definitions and provisions shall apply:
(a) Mineral mining official: The engineer of Georgetown Charter
Township or such other person as from time to time appointed by resolution of
the township board.
(b) License: A mineral mining license as required by this article
to commence or continue mineral mining operations within the township.
(c) Mineral mining or mining: The excavation, removal or
processing of sand, gravel, clay, stone, peat, muck, topsoil or other minerals
or similar materials, including overburden, or the storage or transporting of
minerals on a mining site, or the reclamation of the site after removal or excavation
of minerals. However, the following excavation activities are not included
within the definition of mineral mining or mining and are exempt from the
requirements of this article:
(1) Excavation approved by a governmental
body of competent jurisdiction in conjunction with the installation or
maintenance of publicly owned or operated utilities, drains, roads or other
improvements where the excavation is limited to the site of the public utility
or improvement.
(2) Excavation which by its nature is of limited
scope and duration and which is undertaken solely for the immediate use and
development of the land excavated, such as for the purpose of construction or
installation of a building, septic tank, swimming pool and similar limited
excavations.
(3) Excavation in conjunction with farming
operations conducted in accordance with generally accepted agricultural
practices, including agricultural drainage work incidental to farming
operations and irrigation or stock watering ponds, if no material is removed from
the property.
The
mineral mining official shall determine whether an excavation is or is not
exempt from the requirements of this article, subject to the appeal provisions
of this article.
(d) Review board: A mineral mining review board (the "review
board") is hereby created. The review board shall consist of the township engineer,
two members of the township board appointed by the township board and two
members of the township planning commission appointed by the township
supervisor subject to confirmation by the township board and a mineral mining official.
The terms of the members of the review board shall be three years but in no
event longer than their respective official tenures. Meetings of the review
board shall be open to the public and shall be held as necessary to consider
applications for licenses or to take other actions as provided by this article.
A meeting shall be held within 45 days of receipt by the township of an
application for a license. Action of the review board requires a concurring
vote of not less than three members. The review board shall keep a record of
its proceedings, findings and determinations, which shall be a public record
and shall be filed in the office of the township clerk. The review board may
establish rules to govern its procedures and may call on other township
officials or boards for assistance in the performance of its duties.
(e) Site: A parcel or unit of land used or proposed to be used
for mineral mining purposes regulated by this article.
(f) Township board: The Georgetown Charter Township Board.
(g) Township: Georgetown Charter Township.
(Ord. No. 9804, § 2,
10-26-98)
MOTION CARRIED.
#050425-18 - Request Sound Meter
Moved
by Del South, seconded by R. J. Poel, to approve the purchase of 1 Quest
2200-10 Sound Level Meter for $1,505.00 for the Code Enforcement Officer
Note: Three
bids were requested and only one responded
As
recommended by the Services Committee
This
is to come from the budget, though not a line item
Yeas: Bill Holland, Daniel Carlton, Del South, R.
J. Poel, Stanley Sterk, Dale Mohr, Richard
VanderKlok
Nays: none
MOTION CARRIED.
#050425-19 - Tile and Concrete Work at the Library
Moved
by R. J. Poel, seconded by Dale Mohr, to approve the tile and concrete work at
the library by Scott Anderson Concrete for $2496.00 to come from the library
fund
Attachment: Proposal
MOTION CARRIED.
#050425-20 - Bids to Resurface Cemetery Roads at 28th
Ave. Location
This
item was removed from the agenda because there was a problem with the bids.
#050425-21 – Public Comment
No one was present to speak at this time.
#050425-22 - Announcement of any scheduled meeting of
interest to board members
R. J. Poel said that there was a Metro Council
meeting Thursday, June 9, 2005, there were 1031 registered absentee ballots,
tomorrow new ID cards would be out, the newsletter was out, the election was
next Tuesday, the cleanup was next Saturday.
Bill Holland said that a new person, Natalie
Schultz, had been hired as the Senior Center Director. He said that copies of the applications were
available to any interested Board members.
#050425-23 - Reports from Standing Committees
Water/Sewer
Committee Minutes of April 11, 2005
Services
Committee Minutes of April 18, 2005
Election
Commission Minutes of April 8, 2005
#050425-24 - Meeting adjourned at 8:15 p.m.
William Holland, Supervisor
R.
J. Poel, Clerk