April 3, 2000
Regular Meeting
Charter Township of AuSable

Meeting called to order at 7:00 P.M. by Supervisor Lamrock.

PRESENT:
Lamrock, Kopko, Schweickert, Burley, Beliveau, Gary and Wassmann.

ABSENT:
None.

PRESS COVERAGE:
Holly Nelson.

Pledge of Allegiance recited.

MEETING AGENDA:
Motion by Schweickert, seconded by Beliveau to accept the meeting agenda as presented. All in favor, motion carried.

PUBLIC COMMENTS:
None at this time.

CONSENT AGENDA (Minutes Twp. 3/20/00  HSRUA 3/7/00  OWAA 2/17/00 Reports,  Bills, General, Water &  Sewer):
Motion by Gary, seconded by Kopko to approve the consent agenda.
Burley and Wassmann NO on Ck. #17514 in General Fund and YES on
everything else;  Gary, Kopko, Schweickert, Beliveau and Lamrock
YES, motion carried.

CENSUS MAILING:
Pat MacDonald presented a map with the response rate and explained some of the highlights of the census in progress. His request was for the township to do a first class mailing to homeowners, explaining the importance of sending their census forms back to the Census Bureau.
Ron Lamrock moved to authorize himself to do a first class mailing to homeowners in AuSable Township, but withdrew his motion, saying he would bring back a sample document to the next meeting, of what he wants to get authorization to mail, and we can decide at that time.

CHAMBER PARK REQUEST ( Bethany Styer/Jay Simon):
Motion by Gary, seconded by Schweickert to approve the proposal to hold the Sonny Geraci Concert at AuSable Shoreline Park on June 24, 2000, from 6:00 p.m. to Midnight, pending legal review by our attorney.
Roll call, all yes, motion carried.
Jay Simon to get the whole proposal & copy of insurance etc, to Supervisor Lamrock as soon as possible.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS ( * = nothing new to report)

OHS WATER/SEWER UPDATE:
Supervisor Lamrock explained that the tank cave in is not finished but the facilities are up and running. He will keep us updated.


BICYCLE PATH *

WATER/SEWER RATE CHANGE/ORDINANCE-ACT ON RECOMMENDATION:
Motion by Gary, seconded by Beliveau to move forward on sewer rate change and hold a public hearin'~ at the next 
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regular board meeting (04/17/00)  but table action on water until loss is determined. Gary and Beliveau amended their motion to include "pending an MTA review". Roll call: Kopko, Schweickert  and Lamrock NO; Gary, Beliveau, Burley and Wassmann YES; motion carried.

NEMCSA NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION PROPOSAL *

EFFICIENCY STUDY UPDATE:
Supervisor Lamrock explained that he is still waiting to hear from Michigan Municipal League and has nothing to up-date us on at this point.

SPECIAL VOTED MILLAGE-BURLEY/WASSMANN PROPOSAL:
Motion by Burley, seconded by Wassmann to place the Library, Cemetery and Parks and Recreation Budget on the ballot for the people to vote on and the money be transferred from those three items over into the police budget and that we do not place the police budget on the ballot.
After some lengthy debate, Burley restated his motion as follows:
I move that we place the Library, Cemetery, and Parks and Recreation Budget on the ballot in the Primary Election, so the people of AuSable Township can vote on these three items. If the people vote yes, then we transfer the present funds under the Library, Cemetery and Parks and Recreation into the Police Budget.
Roll Call: Gary, Beliveau, Kopko, Schweickert and Lamrock NO; Wassmann and Burley YES; motion defeated.

WATER LOSS UPDATE:
Supervisor Lamrock explained that the water loss is getting worse. He called Michigan Rural Water, seeking names of companies that do leak analysis survey.
Notion by Gary, seconded by Schweickert authorizing the Supervisor to sub-contract out one of the companies to find our water leak and the Supervisor use his own discretion, keeping the cost to low bidder, up to $5,000.00.
Roll call, all yes, motion carried.

BALDWIN TOWNSHIP WATER CONNECTION *

PLANNING/ZONING CLASS UPDATE:
Supervisor Lamrock commented that over 70% of our respondents have shown interest in attending the class, so he is moving forth in sending it so some other townships around the area to see if they have any officials that want to attend.

WEBSITE *

HOUSING STANDARDS ORDINANCE *

NEW BUSINESS

IOSCO COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY:
No action taken.

MSU IOSCO EXTENSION -4H TAG DAYS REQUEST:
Motion by Burley, seconded by Gary that we grant the request and give authorization to hold Tag Days Campaign 2000 within our jurisdiction on May 19th and 20th, 2000.
All in favor, motion carried.

IOSCO COUNTY TOWNSHIPS ASSOCIATION:
Motion by Kopko, seconded by Beliveau authorizing payment of
$7.50 for any board member wishing to attend the ICTA meeting
on Thursday, April 20, 2000.
Roll call, all yes, motion carried.

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GRASSER LETTER (US COAST GUARD CUTTER MACKINAW):
Motion by Burley, seconded by Beliveau to refer the matter of the US Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw, as proposed by Al Grasser, to the Parks and Recreation Committee for study.
All in favor, motion carried.

ACTION OF SIDE LOT OF TOWNSHIP HALL:
Motion by Gary seconded by Burley to refer the matter to the
Buildings and Grounds Committee.
Roll call: Gary, Burley, Beliveau YES; Wassmann, Kopko,
Schweickert and Lamrock NO; motion defeated.
Supervisor Lamrock to bring back costs of paving and screening
at a future meeting.

BOARD COMMENTS:
None.

PUBLIC COMMENTS:
Bruce Myles read a letter he sent to Supervisor Lamrock concerning his property abutting Finishline Park. He said what he would like to do is make an offer to the township to purchase the township property and that would eliminate a lot of problems. Motion by Burley, seconded by Beliveau to take Mr. Myles' offer under consideration. All in favor, motion carried.

ADJOURN:
Motion by Burley, seconded by Kopko to adjourn, 8:55 p.m.
All in favor, motion carried.





Della Schweickert, Clerk	Ron Lamrock, Supervisor