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August 12, 2003
The regular meeting of the Bear Lake Village Council was called to order by President Glen Moore at 7:30 p.m. at the Bear Lake Village Hall. Present: Treasurer; Connie Guerne, Trustees: Vern Best, Dendra Best, Don Hyrns, Joanne Schroeder, Carol Urbanus. Absent: Clerk; Pam Wade, Trustee; Jeff Harthun. Guests Present: Steve & Theresa Hillard and Pam Wood; Managers of Curves for Women.
Minutes: July minutes were approved as read with the following corrections: “spelling of Mr. Biederman.” “Attaching the report from the BLPUA board meeting.”
Treasurer’s Report:
| General Fund | $28,846.14 | Equipment Fund | $4,363.21 |
| Major Street Fund | $36,337.07 | Minor Street Fund | $2,626.98 |
| Park Fund | $35,011.42 | Water Fund | $58,344.81 |
| Building Fund | $55,013.48 | Library | $11,310.11 |
Motion made by Vern seconded by Dendra to accept the Treasurer’s report as read. Motion carried.
Bills: Motion made by Dendra seconded by Vern to pay bills. Motion carried.
Guests: Steve & Theresa Hillard and Pam Wood explained that Curves for Women is planning an opening in Bear Lake on October 20, 2003 at the former Bear Lake Hansen Foods Store, located on U.S. 31.
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Dendra presented the council with a Certificate of Achievement from Michigan Municipal League for our Web Site. Dendra reported the statistics of the web page as follows: Total visits 4,470; with an average of 114 per day. Total pages viewed 6,693.
The Sunshine Laws day long workshop the Village is sponsoring with the Municipal League and the Manistee Chamber is set for Saturday, October 25, 2003 at the Bear Lake Methodist Church. The cost may be underwritten.
New Business: Century Tel may eventually make available local calling to surrounding areas near us.
Motion made by Joanne seconded by Carol to allow Treasurer and Clerk train with the Village Auditor for the GASB audit. Motion carried.
The Clerk will send a welcome letter to the Witgen’s. Send an appreciation letter to Masons for the much needed improvements to their building.
Joanne will forward the Resolution for the Village to be released from the Keddie Norconk Memorial Board to the Village attorney review it before bringing it before the Council for approval.
Clerk will send letters concerning junk cars to the offenders within the Village.
Dendra brought grant proposals for grant opportunity for park activities next year and will bring a proposal for revenue sharing grant for the park to the council in September.
School parking lot---DEQ has sent a letter to the school board to inform them of what needs to be done in order to satisfy the requirements of the DEQ. Vern and Dendra were asked to go to the school board meeting on August 13, 2003 to request a decision about the parking lot from the school board immediately.
Library:A Bill for postage and for the library portion of the audit will be sent.
Park: Carol reported that campers have requested a weekly rate. Carol will investigate the feasibility of weekly rates and present to the council at a later date. The new bulletin board is working out very nicely.
Streets: Joanne presented a bid for sidewalk repair totaling $6,100.00.
Joanne will contact the residents to inform them that they will be required to split the cost of replacement with the Village and asked what their decision is before council votes on any of the sidewalk projects presented.
Motion made by Dendra seconded by Don to purchase from the Manistee County Road Commission (12) 25mph speed signs, (3) 3-way stop signs, (4)Parking Prohibited and (6)Wellhead Protection Area signs at a total cost of $1,257.80 installed. Motion carried.
Water: Motion made by Carol seconded by Vern to put the fence up around the water tower and the compost area at a total cost of $4,075.00. Motion carried.
Glen will get an estimate for the purchase of a trash pump.
The leaks at Virginia Street will be repaired on Monday, August 18th.The school will be informed that the live water main that they left underneath the school caused problems that could have been serious. Water rate changes were presented for council members to review and will be discussed at the September meeting.
Equipment: Motion made by Dendra seconded by Carol to purchase a new stainless steel sander from Hyde Equipment at a total cost of $6,845.00. Motion carried..
Ordinances:
Motion made by Dendra seconded by Joanne to pass the Noise Ordinance, number 2003:03, with the following addition-to add winter snow removal to the list of exempted activities.Motion carried.
Special Assessment Policy and Procedures Ordinance will be presented at the September meeting.Dendra will get a ruling from Michigan Municipal League on weather we have to publish an entire text of the ordinance or if a summary will do.
Policies: Motion made by Dendra seconded by Don to adopt the Village of Bear Lake sick leave policy with the following revisions: 10 days of paid sick leave per year and unused sick leave may be rolled over up to a maximum of 30 days instead of 60 days. Motion carried.
Other Business: Motion made by Vern seconded by Carol to pave the end of Bill Monk’s driveway as he requested.Motion carried.
Sewer: Motion made by Vern seconded by Dendra to permit Glen and Dendra to discuss legal obligations and rights pertaining to future BLPUA activity; with the Village attorney.Motion carried. All other matter concerning the BLPAUA, have been tabled until that discussion.
Old Business: The Village attorney has begun the process to annex the property surrounding the water tower to the Village.
Meeting adjourned at 9:50 p.m.
Respectfully Submitted,
Pam Wade, Clerk
Bills paid for July 2003:
Ace Hardware; $297.62, Apple Fence Company; $2,720, Mike Farnsworth; $110.00, Kay Park-Recreation; $380.00, Kent County Health Dept.; $48.00, Marathon Ashland; $108.32, McBride Septic Systems; $87.50, McLeod Sales & Service; $405.51, NAPA Auto Parts; $12.08, Pioneer Group; $237.83, Pioneer Press Printing; $90.00, Rathco Safety Supply; $194.96, Ron Brown & Sons; $412.43 and $980.62, Shoemaker Electric $53.50, Shoreline Waste Services; $176.10, Dale Stanton; $205.00, Staples; $164.95.
August 20, 2003
A special meeting was called to order at 11:35 a.m. by President Glen Moore at the Village Hall.Present: Treasurer;Connie Guerne, Trustees;Dendra Best, Vern Best, Don Hyrns, Joanne Schroeder, Carol Urbanus. Absent were; Clerk; Pam Wade and Trustee; Jeff Harthun.
The purpose of the special meeting was to discuss the issue of the property near the water house at the corner of Smith & Cody Streets, currently owned by Bear Lake Schools and the Village’s legal obligation to comply with the Safe Drinking Water Act.
Motion made by Vern seconded by Don to permit Glen, Joanne and Carol to meet with Bear Lake School Administration and Board Members concerning our repeated requests that they pave or fence the property in order to comply with the restrictions requirements of the year 2000 land swap deal and the DEQ. (State of Michigan Department of Environmental Quality) If an immediate solution is not presented in writing at this meeting, a letter of intent will be sent to the Bear Lake Schools. Motion carried.
Motion made by Dendra seconded by Vern to grant the Bear Lake Schools until September 3, 2003 to take steps to isolate the entire perimeter or pave that section of land, which would be in compliance with the DEQ requirements. Yes votes; Dendra, Vern, Joanne, Carol. No votes; Glen and Don. Motion carried.
Meeting adjourned at 12:05 p.m.
Respectfully Submitted,
Pam Wade, Clerk
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