Grundy Reporter

Charter Township of Garfield Town Board met July 10.

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 – June 26, 2018 Regular Meeting (Recommend Approval)

     b. Bills -

         General Fund                                              $ 147,089.53

         (Recommend Approval)

     c. Building Department Permits – May 1 thru June 30 (Receive and File)

     d. Consideration of Amended and Restated Ordinance No. 18 – Introduce and schedule for

          public hearing on July 24, 2018

4. Items Removed from the Consent Calendar

5. Correspondence

     a. Grand Traverse Conservation District – June report

     b. Email from Katie Grzesiak regarding Reunite Families Now

6. Reports

     a. Sheriff’s Department Report

     b. Clerk’s Report

     c. County Commissioner’s Report

7. Unfinished Business

     a. Public Hearing – PD 2018-67 – Proposed Amendment to Sec. 322 – C-P Planned Shopping Center – Consideration of Resolution 2018-19-T, a resolution to amend the Charter Township of Garfield Ordinance No. 68 (Zoning Ordinance)

     b. Public Hearing – Consideration of Resolution 2018-16-T(b), a resolution to create Eaglehurst Drive Special Assessment District and order preparation of Special Assessment Roll

8. New Business

     a. Consideration of Resolution 2018-20-T, a resolution from Grand Traverse Brewing for a Manufacturer and Wholesaler License located at 1974 Cass Hartman Court

9. Public Comment

10. Other Business

11. Adjournment

http://www.garfield-twp.com/downloads/71018_agenda.pdf