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October 14, 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, Clerk; Pam Wade, Trustees; Dendra Best, Vern Best, Jeff Harthun, Joanne Schroeder, Carol Urbanus. Absent; Don Hyrns. Guests Present; Dave Long, Mardel Johnson, Tim Richards, Burton Ware and Tom Stoddola.
MINUTES: Approve the September Minutes with corrections. Correcting spellings, changing the direction of the hidden intersection sign and adding that the Quarterly Wellhead Protection Meeting was held at the September Council Meeting.
Treasurer’s Report:
| General Fund | $44,568.35 | Equipment Fund | $2,343.15 |
| Major Street Fund | $33,323.67 | Minor Street Fund | $4,042.78 |
| Park Fund | $33,933.66 | Water Fund | $54,415.34 |
| Building Fund | $55,078.89 | Library | $11,328.70 |
Motion made by Vern seconded by Carol to accept the Treasurer’s report. Motion carried.
Bills: Motion made by Carol seconded by Vern to pay the bills. Motion carried.
Motion made by Vern seconded by Jeff to pay the Apple Fence Company when the bill comes in, not to exceed the estimation of $4,140.00. Motion carried.
Guests: Dave Long asked about Environmental Impact Study and also asked about the requirements of opposing the starting the Special Assessment District.
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Nominating petitions were passed out to those council members who will be up for re-election in March 2004.
New Business: Pay the BLPUA Budget Request. Dendra provided a break down of the BLPUA bills. Dendra feels that the Village may not responsible for some of the bills incurred by the BLPUA, we will wait for an opinion from the Village Attorney. Dendra read the letters received from USDA Rural development listing the tentative offer of future fundaing at $8,363,000.00 in the form of loan and $2,500,000.00 as a grant. A copy of the letter is attached to these minutes. Total costs are $11,409.806.00. Motion made by Dendra seconded by Vern that Rural Development loan/grant offer is not acceptable. Motion carried. Responses to the survey that went out with the water bills, concerning the sewer project; came back as follows: 9/for; 33/against, 1/yes, if it is affordable.
Library: The KNML Board is refusing the release of the Village of Bear Lake from the KNML Board. They are also refusing to reimburse the Village Library Fund for postage and audit expenses.
Park: Carol reported that the tree removal will commence as soon as two seasonal trailers have left the park. Replacement tree is already here.
A camper has asked the council to consider that the park reservations be limited to not more than three sites per person.
Sewer: See above.
Streets/ Sidewalks: Mr. Eddinger came in and repaired the vandalized sidewalk that he had replaced on Lynn Street.
Trees: The grant application from Consumer’s Energy was not approved but they encourage us to apply again because our tree management program is a good one. They will also help with the cost of removing dead trees.
Water: The annexation of the water tower will require hearings and expense. The recommendation from the attorney is to go forward.
Wellhead Protection: The Wellhead Protection grant for the next phase has been approved by the DEQ. A new committee meeting may be scheduled for November. Dendra reported on the DEQ Permit Application Training Workshop that she attended. The Village needs to certify a Soil Erosion Sediment Control Officer.
Equipment: The lights and bar for the new sander has been delivered.
Ordinances: Special Assessment Procedures Ordinance. Motion made by Dendra seconded by Joanne to have Dendra forward by email, the Special Assessment Document to the Village Attorney for review. Yes votes; Dendra, Vern, Jeff, Joanne, Carol. No vote; Glen. Motion carried. Update on the Junk Ordinance will be presented at the next meeting.
Old Business:
Audit Report. The Council decided to advertise in the Manistee News Advocate and the Traverse City Record Eagle for audit bids.
Employee Vacation/Sick leave policy was presented for review and will be discussed at the next meeting.
The Manistee County Road Commission will do a study to see if the hidden Intersection sign that was requested to be posted on Potter Road, near Lynn Street is needed.
The monthly web site usage statistics show great interest with over 800 people downloading the sewer report.
Meeting adjourned at 9:20 p.m.
Respectfully Submitted,
Pam Wade, Clerk
Bills paid for September: Bear Lake Ace Hardware; $32.92, DEQ; $120.00, $110, T.Edinger; $2,275.00, Hyde Equipment; $339.18, Kent County Health Department; $62.00, Manistee County Road Commission; $81.11, Marathon Ashland; $100.53, Mathieu Insurance Agency; $1,192.00, $231.00, McBride Septic Systems; $460.00, $80.00, NAPA Auto Parts; $.64, OMS Compliance; $2.50, Pleasanton Green Houses; $333.00, Shoemaker Electric Co.; $107.29, Shoreline Waste Services; $140.10, Thompson’s Tree Removal; $330.00, Quest Telephone Service; $1.51,
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