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August 14, 2002

The regular meeting of the Village of Bear Lake was called to order at 7:30 p.m. at the Village Hall by President Glen Moore. Present were: Treasurer: Connie Guerne, Clerk: Pam Wade. Trustees: Dendra Best, Vern Best, Jeff Harthun, Don Hyrns, Joanne Schroeder and Carol Urbanus. Howard Highley. Guest: Richard Wilson.

Minutes: The July 2002 minutes were approved with the following corrections:
1.Vern resigned from the Kedde [spelling corrected to ‘Keddie’ at the September 2002 meeting.] Norconk Memorial Library board.
2.Motion made by Vern, seconded by Don to amend the Budget in the Equipment Fund for the appropriate means; to pay for the new tractor. Motion carried.[corrected to read, ‘for the appropriate amount.’ at the September 2002 meeting.]
3. Water: The survey for the property around the water tower is complete. Glen will consult Mr. Carver and the attorney to have the agreement drawn up for the purchase of the property.[spelling corrected to ‘Carter’ at the September 2002 meeting.]
4.Request to consult the new auditor with questions concerning the revenue sharing grant.[corrected to ‘Manistee Local Revenue Sharing Grant for the Keddie Norconk Memorial Library Grant’ at the September 2002 meeting.]

Motion made by Vern seconded by Don to accept the treasurer’s report as read. Motion carried.
Motion made by Vern seconded by Don to pay the bills as presented except for the one from the Manistee County Road Commission until Joanne inquires as to the charges for labor, and to pay the Village share of the Custom Carpentry bill, in the amount of $2,201.00 to Oak Grove, since they have already paid entire the bill. Motion carried.

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Guest: Richard Wilson, Attorney for the Bear Lake/Pleasanton Feasibility board, discussed the Sewer Resolution that would approve the Articles of Incorporation and answered questions concerning the Utility Authority, posed by council members.
[corrected to read: Richard Wilson, Attorney for the Bear Lake/ Pleasanton Sewer Feasibility board, discussed the documentation that would mean the Village of Bear Lake approves the Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws and Resolution to create the Bear Lake/Pleasanton Utility Authority. Said Utility Authority would then be permitted to seek Bonds for the funding of a future sewer and other utilities for the Bear Lake Township, Pleasanton Township and Village of Bear Lake. Council Members had several questions about the documents presented as they compared to the presentation made by Miller, Canfield-Bonding attorneys at the last Special Sewer Board Meeting. (Regular Sewer Board meetings are held at Pleasanton Township Hall on the third Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m.) at the September 2002 meeting.]

Motion made by Dendra seconded by Carol to refer the document[s] to the Village attorney for review to make sure that it protects the Village interest and creates what we actually expect to get from it. Yes: Dendra, Vern, Jeff, Don, Carol and Glen. No: Joanne. Motion carried.
Motion made by Vern seconded by Carol to authorize Glen to contact the Village attorney concerning the Authority Documents.[corrected to ‘the Bear Lake/Pleasanton Utility Authority Documents.’ at the September 2002 meeting.] Yes: Dendra, Vern, Jeff, Don, Carol and Glen. No: Joanne. Motion carried.

Equipment: Motion made by Vern seconded by Dendra to have Don obtain an idea of the value of the old tractor from Wayne McLeod and then put it out for bids to sell it. Motion carried.
Motion made by Carol seconded by Vern to buy one new tire for the pickup. Motion carried.
Motion made by Joanne seconded by Carol to buy four new street barricades. Motion carried.
Motion made by Vern seconded by Carol to put the eight sections of the old dock out for bids after Howard finds out the value of it. Bids would be one price for all eight sections. Motion carried.

Library: Joanne will ask the Kedde [spelling corrected to ‘Keddie’ at the September 2002 meeting.] Norconk Memorial Library Board what exactly they are asking for with the request [with reference to a letter received ] to remove the KNM Library logo from the Village web site. During the month of July, the Village web site had 147 visits to the Library page alone.[web site statistics, added at the September 2002 Council meeting, for July were: 4,539 total visits, 5,694 total pages views, 1,660 individual visitors and 438 repeat visitors, 262 requests to the Library Progress Page, 147 to the main Library page, 127 for the June Village Minutes, 117 for the Campground, 71 for the Sewer Page.]

Park: The Park received a $25 donation from Jim Merriman. The park needs new posts. There is a rate concern and Carol suggested that the rates be looked at for the future.

Streets: Motion made by Joanne seconded by Dendra to amend the Minor Street road maintenance supplies budget to add $5,000.00 Motion carried. [corrected at the September 2002 Council to read:Motion made by Joanne seconded by Dendra to amend the Minor Street road maintenance supplies budget to add $5,000.00 for repairs to Lynn Street. Motion carried.]

Motion made by Joanne seconded by Dendra to amend the Major Street road maintenance supplies budget to add $6,000.00, for repairs to Lynn Street. Motion carried.[corrected at the September 2002 Council to read:Motion made by Joanne seconded by Dendra to amend the Major Street road maintenance supplies budget to add $6,000.00 for repairs to Main Street. Motion carried.]

Motion made by Don seconded by Vern to accept the bid from Ron Brown for the completion of the street projects on Virginia and Main Street. Motion carried.

Water: Reminder letters will be sent to those residents that are watering during the “off” hours. The survey of the property around the water tower has been sent to the Village attorney for review.
Meeting adjourned at 9:50 p.m.
Respectfully submitted, Pam Wade, Clerk

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