Middlebury Township Board Minutes, May 13,2010 Draft Minutes Page 1 Middlebury Township Board Regular Meeting Thursday, May 13, 2010, 7:00 p.m. Ovid Municipal Building 114 East Front Street, Ovid, Michigan 48866 Minutes Supervisor Anthony Sinicropi called the meeting to order at 7:03 pm Call To Order with a Pledge to the Flag and a prayer led by Richard Semans. Members Present: Supervisor Anthony Sinicropi, Clerk Susan Roll Call Tomasek-Swan, Treasurer Carolyn Stevens, Trustee Erin Dutton and Trustee Paul Dutton. Guest Present: There were eleven guest present. Among the guest were Lynn Bowne, township attorney,Brent Jones, SEDP representative,Mike Herendeen,township Deputy Supervisor, Ben Glardon candidate for the 85th district, and Deputy Steve Loomis. Scheduled Comments: Scheduled Comments Steve Loomis stated everything was going fine in the township. Supervisor Sinicropi thanked him for doing a great job. Brent Jones, Shiawassee Economic Development Partnership, updated the board about projects. Mr. Jones asked for the board's continued support at five hundred dollar level. Ben Glardon, 85th State Representative Candidate, spoke on his goal to listen and bring the two sides together to help focus on what needs to done to help our State. Dan Stewart arrived at 7:30pm and spoke to the board about the issues and proposals occurring at the county level. No Comments Public Comments Opened 7:06pm Closed 7:08pm Moved by E. Dutton, seconded by Stevens to approve the agenda Motion to Approve Agenda with the addition to (d) Floodplain management workshop (e) Lupe Garcia and carpet issue under new business. All Ayes NO: none CARRIED AGENDA APPROVED Moved by E. Dutton, seconded by P. Dutton to approve the minutes Minutes Approved from April 2010 regular township board meeting. April 2010 AYE: All NO: none CARRIED Moved by P. Dutton and seconded by E. Dutton to approve the Treasurer's Report Approved April Treasurer's report as presented. AYE: All NO: none CARRIED Moved by Tomasek-Swan and seconded by P. Dutton to pay bills Bills Payment Approved With checks numbered 2585-2603 void on check numbered 2595 for a total of $6,216.01. AYE: All NO: none CARRIED Trustees E. and P. Dutton and Supervisor Sinicropi spoke on the Capital Communications Conference. They discussed the about how many Senators and State Representatives were present to be able to speak to them. A proposal is again being discussed of consolidating smaller townships and villages as a method to save money. Resolution 2010-06, Sexton's Duties, was offered by Stevens and Unfinished Business supported by P. Dutton. Resolution 2010-06 Roll call vote was taken with the following results: AYES: Tomasek-Swan, Stevens, P. Dutton, E. Dutton, Sinicropi NO: none CARRIED OMESA contract for services was discussed with Deputy Supervisor Herendeen pointing out the pros and cons of the signing of the contract. Township attorney, Lynn Bowne also presented some pros and cons of the signing of the contract. Supervisor Sinicropi offered a motion to approve the signing the contract for services with OMESA with support from Trustee E. Dutton. Roll call vote was taken with the following results: OMESA Contract for services AYES: Tomasek-Swan, Stevens, P. Dutton, E. Dutton, Sinicropi NO: none CARRIED Trustee P. Dutton made a motion to approve the signing of the road contracts for a total of $135,296.98. Supported by E. Dutton. Ayes:All NO: none CARRIED New Business Trustee P. Dutton made a motion to decline financial support to the MAGNET program. Stevens seconded the motion. MAGNET All Ayes NO: none CARRIED Trustee P. Dutton made a motion to approve appropriation of funds Of $500.00 to SEDP. E. Dutton seconded the motion. All Ayes SEDP NO: none CARRIED Supervisor Anthony Sinicropi made a motion to approve a check of no more than $150.00 to Cen Tech for flags. Motion supported by Stevens All Ayes NO: none CARRIED Supervisor Anthony Sinicropi made a motion to approve three people to attend the Floodplain Management Workshop on June 24, 2010. The motion was supported by Tomasek-Swan. All Ayes NO: none CARRIED Doug Krebiehl discussed with the board about a check issued to Lupe Garcia. Garcia has failed to bring the carpet that was ordered. Mr. Lynn Bowne said that he would take over the matter and try to get a resolution. Final Comments Opened 9:28pm Closed 9:29pm The meeting was adjourned at 9:29p.m. Moved by E. Dutton and ADJOURNED seconded by P. Dutton. AYE: All NO: none CARRIED Minutes prepared by ___________________________________________________________ Susan Tomasek-Swan Susan Tomasek-Swan, Middlebury Township Clerk Clerk