Grundy Reporter

Charter Township of Garfield Town Board met Aug. 14.

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 24, 2018 (Recommend Approval)

b. Bills -

General Fund $ 23,121.15

(Recommend Approval)

c. Consideration of Contracter’s Application for Payment No. 2 for Boardman Valley Nature Preserve Site Improvements to Elmer’s Crane and Dozer in the amount of $94,298.09 (Recommend Approval)

d. Consideration of Contractor’s Application for Payment No. 1 and Change Order No. 1 for NW Water System Improvements to Elmer’s Crane and Dozier in the amount of $519,350.18 (Recommend Approval)

e. PD 2018-82 - Proposed Amendment to Sec. 313 One Family Residential District – Introduce and schedule for Public Hearing on September 11, 2018 (Recommend Approval)

f. Annual monitoring of Conservation Easement Properties (Receive and File)

4. Items Removed from the Consent Calendar

5. Correspondence

6. Reports

a. Sheriff’s Report

b. County Commissioner’s Report

c. Clerk’s Report

d. Supervisor’s Report

7. Unfinished Business

a. Public Hearing – Consideration of Resolution 2018-16-T(d), a resolution approving the Tentative Assessment Roll for Eaglehurst Drive Special Assessment District

b. PD 2018-85 - Consideration of Resolution 2018-24-T, a resolution adopting Ordinance No. 72 - Flood Plain Management and Consideration of Resolution 2018-25-T, a resolution to Manage Floodplain Development for the National Flood Insurance Program

8. New Business

a. PD 2018-83 – Silver Lake Recreational Area Crack Repair and Court Restoration Bidding

b. PD 2018-84 – Discussion regarding Picnic Pavilion Reservation Fees

9. Public Comment

10. Other Business

11. Adjournment

http://www.garfield-twp.com/downloads/81418_draft_agenda.pdf