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Flowerfield Township Meeting Minutes
FLOWERFIELD TOWNSHIP BOARD MEETING The meeting was called to order by Supervisor Carroll Parmeter at 7:00 p.m. Board members Ron Shaver, Pam Altimus, Sally Hackenberg, Genevieve Wright and Carroll Parmeter were all present. There were six visitors present including County Commissioner Eric Shaffer. ADDITIONS Budget meeting under New Business Ordinance enforcement report by Ron Shaver under New Business Snow Removal under New Business AGENDA Sally made the motion to accept the Agenda with the additions, seconded by Ron, motion carried. COMMENTS Sally and Carroll said that they will not be present at the Feb. Board meeting. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Sally made the motion to approve the Dec. 1 minutes with the correction of Expenditures listing of 1431 thru 1456, seconded by Genevieve, motion carried. SPECIAL GUESTS Eric Shaffer, County Commissioner for our area was present to inform us of his meeting with Bruce Jones of the County Road Commission. Bruce informed him that we are not locked into a Cadillac road type that they would consider a lesser type of road with for instance not as many trees removed and that they will discuss it with us. Eric also mentioned that they tracked their expenses according to time spent and gravel used. Dennis Hice also asked the Board about putting his property in PA116. Sally said that she will send him the form and it will be on the March Agenda to act on. CORRESPONDENCE Ken Sparks sent us a letter informing us of the other townships in the State that had also approved the State version of the Metro Act. Carroll informed the Board of a letter he had wrote to D. Gauthier about trash removal, and that they had cleaned it up. REPORTS None OLD BUSINESS Pam has her new copier and she loves it, it can copy up to 11” by 17”which is the size of the zoning map. The Clerk discussed with the Board the probability of her copier- printer failing and if it did she would like the approval to purchase a new one. Ron made the motion for approval for purchase of a new copier/printer for the Clerk of up to $500 if she needs it, seconded by Pam with a roll call vote; Ron-yes, Genevieve-yes, Pam-yes, Sally-yes and Carroll-yes. NEW BUSINESS Budget amendment of phone(over by $ 2.14) and postage(over by $203.78), motion was made by Ron Shaver to amend the budget for phone by +$700, and amend budget for postage by +$300 with the money ($1000) to be taken from the Road Maintenance fund, seconded by Pam with a roll call vote; Pam-yes, Carroll-yes, Genevieve-yes, Sally-yes and Ron-yes. Budget meeting date was set for Feb. 16th at 6:30 p.m. This will be posted. The board decided also that Aaron and Elton Hackenberg will be responsible for snow removal. The ordinance enforcement procedure report by Ron Shaver was discussed by the board. It was decided by the board to let the Planning Comm draft an ordinance for Enforcement prodedures at their Jan. 29th meeting. Also it was decided that Carroll and Ron should do inspections of various sites for enforcement. EXPENDITURES Carroll made the motion to accept the LFP Fire Department contract for $10,000, seconded by Genevieve with a roll call vote; Ron-yes, Genevieve-yes, Sally-yes Pam-yes and Carroll-yes. Genevieve made the motion to approve expenditures 1457 thru 1475 (1462 is void), Sally seconded, motion carried. ADJOURNMENT Sally made the motion to adjourn, seconded by Pam, motion carried with the meeting adjourning at 8:40 p.m. Clerk
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