WINDSOR
CHARTER TOWNSHIP BOARD
REGULAR
MEETING – OCTOBER 8, 2024
MEETING
ROOM – 7:00 PM
APPROVED
The meeting was called to order at 7:00 pm by Supervisor
Slucter with the Pledge of Allegiance.
Present: Slucter, Rumsey, Fritts, Piper, Myers, Pray
and Pisano
Piper moved and Pisano seconded to approve
the agenda as written. Motion carried unanimously.
Piper moved and Pisano seconded to approve
the Consent Agenda. Motion carried unanimously.
General Fund consisting of Voucher #35592
through Voucher #35641 equaling: $195,496.49 plus digital transfer and payments
of $5,116.59 making a Grand Total of $200,613.08.
Payroll Report consisting of Voucher #42634
through #42645 and direct deposits #DD5206 through #DD5297 plus digital
payments for a Grand Total of $131,876.70.
Reports:
Sheriff’s
Report:
Undersheriff Jeffrey Cook reported on incidents in the township and staffing
updates.
Planning
Commission:
The new Consumers Energy site plan review is on the agenda for tomorrow's
meeting.
Sewer
Board
– None
Emergency
Service Department:
Chief Miller reported 1) On significant EMS and Fire runs 2) Ambulance (A-171)
is scheduled for repair on October 21-25. 3) A Fire prevention open house is scheduled
for Thursday, October 10, from 6-8 PM.
Assessor
/ Preston Community Services: Deadline for adjustments to the Principal
Residence Exemption is fast approaching.
Public
Service Department:
1) There have been 20 burials to date for 2024. 2) Picked up and disposed of some
large items along the roadside.
Supervisor’s
Report:
1) Thanked the Sheriff's Office for their community policing efforts, noting a
successful resolution of a squatter issue in the Creyts Rd and Billwood Hwy
area. 2) An update was provided on Grand Pointe Subdivision water project.
Public
Officials:
None
Other
Reports & Announcements: None
Hear Public Present for Agenda Items: Public
comment heard.
Unfinished Business: None
New Business:
A Resolution was offered by Supervisor
Slucter and supported Clerk Rumsey that the request from Canines for Change of Dimondale, county of
Eaton, asking that they be recognized as a nonprofit organization operating in
the community, for the purpose of obtaining charitable gaming licenses, be
considered for approval.
Roll Call:
Ayes: Slucter, Rumsey,
Fritts, Myers, Piper, Pray and Pisano
Nays: 0
Absent: 0
Resolution approved.
Slucter
moved and Piper seconded to appoint Terry J. Smith to the Board of Review
for a 4-year term. The motion carried unanimously.
Slucter
moved and Piper seconded to set a public hearing for the 2025 Budget on October
22, 2024, at 7:00 PM. The motion carried
unanimously.
Hear
Public Present on any subject: Public comment heard.
Rumsey moved and Pisano seconded for the
Township Board to enter closed session to discuss real estate matters in
accordance with MCL 15.268.
Roll Call:
Ayes: Slucter, Rumsey,
Fritts, Myers, Piper, Pray and Pisano
Nays: 0
Absent: 0
Motion Carried unanimously.
Township Board went into closed session at
7:33 pm.
Piper moved and Pisano seconded to come
out of closed session.
Roll Call:
Ayes: Slucter, Rumsey,
Fritts, Myers, Piper, Pray and Pisano
Nays: 0
Absent: 0
Motion Carried unanimously.
Township Board came out of closed session at
8:33 pm.
Pray moved and Fritts seconded authorizing
Supervisor Slucter to draft a counter proposal on the Windsor Township office
space lease agreement offered by the Windsor Township Library. The motion carried unanimously.
A Resolution was offered by Trustee Myers
and supported by Trustee Piper authorizing the Supervisor, Kern Slucter, to
sign all documents pertaining to the real estate transaction for parcel number
080-022-100-001-00, commonly known as 9136 Bridge Hwy, on behalf of the
township.
Roll Call:
Ayes: Slucter, Rumsey,
Fritts, Myers, Piper, Pray and Pisano
Nays: 0
Absent: 0
Resolution adopted.
With no further business Supervisor Slucter
adjourned the meeting at 8:38 pm.
Lisa
A. Rumsey
Windsor
Charter Township Clerk