Board minutes
2025-12 Regular Board Minutes
Middlebury Township PO Box 622, Ovid, Michigan 48866
Regular Meeting
7627 W. M-21, Ovid, MI
Tuesday, December 9, 2025 at 7:00 pm
REGULAR MEETING
Call to Order:
Supervisor Herendeen called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm.
Board Members Present:
Supervisor Michael Herendeen, Clerk Jamie Aldrich, Treasurer Jill Ruess, Trustee Gene Ruess-Absent , and
Trustee Ronald Powell
Guests Present: Guests were present: 9
Jeff Swan, Jodi Medina, Gary Keiger, Carl Chalker, Mark Darling, Josh Haley, Diane Aldrich, Carrie Meisel,
Mark Holley
Scheduled Comments:
Scheduled Comments:
Josh Haley-Budget was passed at state level. Increase in tax revenue, everything is balanced. Larry
Johnson at the health department had meeting with them due to cuts, however they have not had to
lay anyone off. Some equipment needs to be updated. They are working on that. If you have to get
ahold of him please email or text. jhaley@shiawassee.net 989-992-4698 text
Public Comments: Opened at 7:02 pm Closed at 7:02 pm
Motion to Approve Agenda:
J. Ruess made a motion to approve agenda. R. Powell seconded the motion.
Voice Vote: Ayes: All Nays None Carried
Motion to Approve Minutes:
J. Ruess made a motion to approve the November 2025 minutes. J. Aldrich seconded the motion.
Voice Vote: Ayes: All Nays: None Carried
Motion to approve Bills
J. Ruess made a motion to approve bills Total General Fund Cks; #6508-6527 for $11,670.11 an EFT for
$1,424.49 a road check: #1098 for $1,232.00 For a total amount $14,326.60.
J. Aldrich seconded the motion.
Roll Call Vote: Ayes: M. Herendeen-Yes J. Aldrich- Yes R. Powell- Yes J. Ruess- Yes G. Ruess- absent
Communications:
MTA- No meeting
Library- Business as normal. They will be open before the light parade on Friday for people to stop in.
OMESA- Amount of runs are up by almost 50% medical and fire
Clerk- Renewal of the website. When would you like to get together to work on the budget for 2026?
Assessor- No BOR business for December. Will have some poverty changes coming in January.
Treasurer- No new business
Business:
1. Shiawassee County Road Commission (SCRC) contracts. Jeff. Please
take a look at what the county proposed. We will discuss this at
January’s meeting. We will keep this on the agenda and expect them
to attend in Feb 2026
2. Assessor contract review. See updated contract in meeting packet.
Discussion on changing township address to PO BOX, change
clerical errors. Clarification on who pays the fees stated in #5,
township or tax payer. These are paid by tax payer. Mike wants
contract changed to end April 1, 2029 to get us through BOR and
follow FY. Jamie would like to review the contract annually. Mike
will make changes to the contract and bring to next meeting. Copy
of the contract was emailed to Mike to review with Mark and bring
to the next meeting for review
Old Business:
1. New Hall- Mike will call Ron Mallery to see if we can get a
quote. Mike spoke to Ron and he will provide us a quote for what
it would cost to build a hall like Antrium hall today
Final Comments: Time Opened 7:47 Time Closed 7:48
Adjourn 7:49 PM without objection
CALENDAR:
Tuesday, January 13th, 2026 Regular Township Board Meeting 7:00 p.m.,
Tuesday, December 16th, 2025 OMESA 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday, December 17th, 2025, Library Meeting 7:00 p.m.
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Angela Wheeler
Deputy Clerk