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Village of Bear Lake, Manistee County, Michigan. December 2001 Minutes click here Please note that all year 2000 Minutes are now in a separate folder. Please make any appropriate changes in your Bookmarks.

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January 9, 2002
The regular meeting of the Bear Lake Village Council was called to order at 7:30 p.m. by president Glen Moore. Present were: clerk, Joanne Schroeder, treasurer, Connie Guerne, council members Jeff Harthun, Don Hyrns, Jim Reed, Len Steinberg, and Carol Urbanus. Councilman Cloyse Griffin was absent for the third time in succession, which means he is no longer a councilman. Also present were maintenance man Howard Higley, Vern and Dendra Best from the Keddie-Norconk Memorial Library Board and reporter Tim Richard of the Manistee News Advocate. 24 students from the Bear Lake School government class attended the meeting.
MINUTES: The minutes of the December meeting were approved as corrected. Fred Alkire attended the December meeting, not Dave Alkire.
TREASURER’S REPORT: was accepted as read.
Carol Urbanus moved to amend the library budget as follows: The Revenue will change as follows: Private donations change from $1,000 to $142,700; Grants change from 0 to $5,000; Interest change from 0 to $300; Expenses change from Oil and gas:$1,000, Public utilities $1,000, Repairs $1,000 and Miscellaneous $1,000 to Administration $1,000, and Construction $96,000. The motion was seconded and carried.
A motion was made, seconded and carried to pay the bills as listed at the end of this page.

Current Fund Balances
General Fund $36,379.35 Equipment Fund $22,143.52
Major Street Fund $41,281.31 Minor Street Fund $1,287.38
Park Fund $16,793.27 Water Fund  $42,972.30
Building Fund $46,124.68 Library $108,518.37

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SEWER: Jim Reed moved that the Village of Bear Lake continue their participation in the ongoing sewer study. Carol Urbanus seconded the motion. The motion carried with Harthun, Hyrns, Reed, and Urbanus voting for, and Moore and Steinberg voting against. A letter was received from Emily Friend about her concerns on the high cost of the sewer system.

STREETS: A letter was received from Ayvonne Cook regarding the runoff of water on Virginia Street. The Library committee plans to address the runoff issue after the library is built. A resident on Maple Street complained that leaves were left on the street by most of the residents on that street. Councilman Jeff Harthun proposed that he and the Bear Lake School students would address that problem for the “Make a Difference Day” in October.


EQUIPMENT: Jim Reed reported that he found a 1997 tractor for $34,000. Dendra Best made a proposal that a new tractor be requested by an application to the Revenue Sharing program. The necessary information is to be given to her in sufficient time in order to make the application. The council agreed with the proposal.

WATER: Nelson Tank sent a proposal asking for $11,700 for repairs to the water storage tank. The water superintendent will speak to the firm about the repairs before we make a decision to have this done. The decision was tabled to the next meeting.
The water superintendent agreed to write up all of the work he does for the village as part of his job description.
A leak in the public water system was reported in front of the Oak Grove center on Lake Street. The water superintendent repaired the leak.

PARK: The clerk wrote a job description for the park caretaker. Carol Urbanus, park caretaker, then wrote the final version of the job description.
Howard Higley asked the council to consider removing a tree from Hopkins Park because a tank was placed near the road, and there is a concern that people will drive over the tank.

LIBRARY: The Keddie Norconk Memorial Library Committee asked for a pledge of $1,000 for a community display case for the library. Jim Reed moved that $1,000 be put in the next year’s budget for this display case. The motion was seconded and carried with Don Hyrns voting against.

SAND BUILDING: The garage doors will be installed this month.

Jeffrey Dontz, a Manistee county commissioner, stopped by the meeting hall to introduce himself and let us know he is running for state representative for the 101st district.
Meeting adjourned at 8:15.

Respectfully submitted, Joanne Schroeder

January 9, 2002: Bills submitted to be paid:
Thompson’s Tree Removal $200.00 Miss Dig System $172.08
Jackpine Business Center $25.98 Haviland $262.00
American Water Works Assoc. $53.00 McBride Septic $108.00

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