Township Information, Forms & Ordinances
Homestead Township Board of Trustees
Regular Meeting
Homestead Township Hall
11508 Honor Highway
Honor, MI 49640
February 4, 2008 at 7:00P.M.
Present: Cathy Demitroff, Shelley Rosa, Mary Geetings, Matt Miller and Zelda Gray
Also present: Frank Walterhouse, Roger Hubbell, Todd Warren, Katrina Smith, Calvin Smith, Marcus Link, Nate Brown and Bill Sholten
The entire audience participated in the Pledge of Allegiance.
APPROVE AGENDA: Motion by Miller, Support Gray to accept the agenda as presented. All Ayes. Motion Carried.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Motion by Rosa to accept the January 7th minutes as presented. Support Miller. All Ayes. Motion Carried.
TREASURER'S REPORT: Motion by Miller, support Geetings to accept the Treasurer's Report as presented. All Ayes. Motion Carried.
CLERKS REPORT: Motion by Rosa, support Miller to Accept the Clerk's reports as presented. All Ayes. Motion Carried.
APPROVAL OF BILLS:
General Fund - Motion by Rosa to pay the General Fund Bills. Support Gray. Roll Call. All Ayes. Motion Carried.
Fire Millage - Motion by Gray, support Rosa to pay the Fire Department Bills. Roll Call. All Ayes. Motion Carried
CORRESPONDENCE:
Gary Richter - STOP THE BENZIE COUNTY ATV ORDINANCE
Ed and Jeffie Lynch Jones - Proposed Benzie County All-Terrain Vehicle Ordinance
PUBLIC INPUT:
Todd Warren - from the County Solid Waste Advisory Committee updated the board on recent changes that have take place with the Solid Waste Committee.
Frank Walterhouse, introduced Andy Loveland, a current fire fighter who is interested in County Government.
OLD BUSINESS:
Park and Rec - No news has been heard from the Grant that was written for restrooms for the park. A grant for a Skate Park is being written. The floor was turned over to Katrina Smith, who has been designated to write the grant for the skate park. She introduced her son Calvin, and friends Nate Brown, and Marcus Link. Katrina stated that one of the requirement of the grant is to have fund raiser and show that money is being raised for the skate park. One of the ideas she and the boys have come up with, is to have a sledding party in the Twp Park and is asking the board permission to use the hall to have a small concession stand.
Motion by Rosa to allow the Skate Park Committee to use of the hall on March 22, from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. Support Miller. All Ayes. Motion Carried.
Fire Dept: Eleven runs for the month of January
The Fire Dept would like permission to use the hall for a HazMat Training session. Motion by Rosa, support Miller to allow the Fire Dept to use the hall from 6:00 p.m. until 10:00 p.m., March 18 for HazMat Training. All Ayes. Motion Carried.
The Fire Dept would like to use of the Twp Hall for their pancake breakfast fund raiser on March 2nd, 9th, 16th and the 23rd. Motion by Gray, support Miller to allow the Fire Dept to use the hall on March 2nd, 9th, 16th and the 23rd for their Pancake Breakfast Fund Raiser. All Ayes. Motion Carried.
With the boards approval the Fire Contract for Inland and Platte Township are ready to be sent out.
Inland will compensate Homestead Twp the equivalent of one mill based upon Inland's 2007 Taxable Value of $20,304,583.000. Their Operation fee shall be $20,305.00
Platte will compensate Homestead Twp the equivalent of one mill based upon Platte's 2007 Taxable Value of $14,285,427.00. Their Operation fee shall be $14,385.00
Motion by Geetings, support Rosa to adopt Inland's fire contract for Operation fees of $20,305.00 and Platte Twp's Fire Contracts for Operation fees of $14,385.00. All Ayes. Motion Carried.
Joint Planning: Minutes for the January 16th and 22nd meetings were distributed, along with correspondences.
Officers were elected at the January 16th meeting. Chairman is Roger Hubbell, Vice Chairman is Fred Poynor and Secretary is Dan Moore.
An ad will be placed in the paper for a Zoning Administrator. The next meeting will be February 19, at the Homestead Twp Hall.
Public Hearing Meeting are scheduled for March 4th , 7:00 p.m. at Homestead Twp and March 5th , 7:00 p.m. at Inland Twp.
WEB PAGE:
Cathy is gathering information.
Sheriff's Snowmobile Request: Motion by Miller to decline the $300.00 support being asked by the Sheriff's Dept to fund the Snowmobile Safety Program. Support Demitroff. All Ayes. Motion Carried.
ATV Ordinance: Numerous information was distributed and a lengthy discussion took place regarding the ATV Ordinance. Motion by Rosa, support Gray to table until the next meeting, so the board can have time to research and review the documents. All Ayes. Motion Carried.
NEW BUSINESS:
Assessor Contract: The Assessor and her husband Bob Rosa spoke regarding a wage increase. They requested a 3.7 % cost of living increase for the Assessor's three (3) year contract.
Motion by Geetings to give the Assessor a 3.7 percent cost of living increase and a 3 year contract. Effective April 1,2008. Roll Call. Miller - yes, Demitroff - no, Gray - yes, Rosa - abstain, Geetings - yes. Motion Carried.
Joint Planning Appointment: Motion by Demitroff to appoint Bill Sholten as an alternate to the Inland/Homestead Joint Planning Committee. Support Gray. All Ayes. Motion Carried.
Budget Draft: Table the Fire Mileage Budget until the negative $8.000 can be found.
Wage Resolutions and Budget: Motion by Geetings to table until next month, so the board can review. Support Rosa. All Ayes. Motion Carried.
Advertise for Auditor: Motion by Demitroff to run and an ad in the Record Eagle and the Record Patriot for an Auditor that has had dealing with municipalities, if it is in our 2 year span. Support Rosa. All Ayes. Motion Carried.
PUBLIC IN-PUT:
Bob Rosa - Suggest to the Board that they should take at least a cost of living raise.
Roger Hubbell - 4 copies of the Inland / Homestead Master plan will to be giving to Homestead Twp to sell for a negotiated cost of $10.00 per plan.
Bill Sholten - Thanks for the appointment to the Planning Committee.
The ATV Ordinance from an law enforcement view, is that they would not be able to handle the cost. ATV/ ORV can be ridden 12 months out of the year
Any other business to come before the board: When renting the hall, people have asked if the flag could come down off the back wall. It is suggested that a flag always be placed in the hall, preferable in a stand. Motion by Rosa to take down the flag from the wall and place a flag in a stand in the hall. Support Gray. All Ayes. Motion Carried.
Adjourn: Motion Miller, support Rosa to adjourn 8:45. All Ayes. Motion Carried.
Respectfully submitted,
Mary Geetings, Clerk
Cathy Demitroff, Supervisor
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