Grundy Reporter

Charter Township of Garfield Town Board met July 24.

Here is the agenda provided by the Board:

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 – July 10, 2018 Regular Meeting (Recommend Approval)

July 17, 2018 Study Session Meeting (Recommend Approval)

b. Bills -

General Fund $ 42,112.29

(Recommend Approval)

Gourdie-Fraser

Developer’s Escrow Fund – Storm Water Reviews $ 1,700.00

Developer’s Escrow Fund – Utility Plan Review, Oversight & Closeout 17,831.75

Utility Receiving Fund 36,320.00

Park Funds/DNR Trust Fund 2,286.00

Total $ 58,137.75

(Recommend Approval)

c. MTT Update (Receive and File)

d. Consideration of Resolution 2018-16-T(c), a resolution to schedule a Public Hearing on Special Assessment Roll for Eaglehurst Drive for August 14th, 2018 (Recommend Approval)

e. Letter requesting the addition of a Community Police Officer for Garfield Township (Recommend Approval)

4. Items Removed from the Consent Calendar

5. Correspondence

6. Reports

a. Construction Report

b. Sheriff’s Department Report

c. GT Metro Fire Report

d. Northflight EMS Report

e. County Commissioner’s Report

f. Treasurer’s Report

g. Supervisor’s Report

7. Unfinished Business

a. Public Hearing – Amended and Restated Ordinance No. 18 – Payment in Lieu of Taxes

b. Special Assessment Policy

8. New Business

a. Consideration of Tower Space Lease Agreement between Charter Township of Garfield and the Grand Traverse County Road Commission.

b. Consideration of Resolution 2018-21-T, a resolution to enter into a contract with Consumers Energy Company of Jackson Michigan for furnishing lighting service for General Service Unmetered Lighting Rate GUL, Standard High Intensity Discharge within the Township of Garfield for 1 year(s) and thereafter from year to year, in accordance with the terms of the contract heretofor submitted to and considered by this Board.

c. Consideration of Resolution 2018-22-T, a resolution to enter into a contract with Consumers Energy Company of Jackson Michigan for furnishing lighting service for General Unmetered Experimental Lighting Rate GU-XL within the Township of Garfield for 1 year(s) and thereafter from year to year, in accordance with the terms of the contract heretofor submitted to and considered by this Board.

d. Consideration of Resolution 2018-23-T, a resolution to authorize Consumers Energy Company to make changes in the lighting services as provided in the Standard Lighting Contract between the Company and the Township of Garfield, dated 3/1/2017, in accordance with the Authorization for Change in Standard Lighting Contract dated__________, heretofor submitted to and considered by this Board.

e. Discussion regarding the Board to have a copy of all attorney’s opinions for any long term contracts entered into on behalf of the Township

f. Public Comment

g. Other Business

11. Adjournment

http://www.garfield-twp.com/downloads/72418_agenda.pdf