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CALL TO ORDER:   Supervisor Jay Fish called the Regular Board meeting to order at 6:00 P.M. at the Arvon Township Fire Hall on May 5, 2025.

ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS PRESENT: Jay Fish-Supervisor, Lisa Marinich-Clerk, Krystal Eliason-Treasurer, Robert Janda-Trustee and Keith Erickson-Trustee.

MINUTES APPROVAL: Erickson motioned, seconded by Janda to approve the April 7, 2025 minutes.  All in favor, motion passed.

AGENDA APPROVAL: Eliason motioned, seconded by Erickson to approve the agenda.   All in favor, motion passed.

PUBLIC COMMENT: 

OLD BUSINESS: Strohshein let the board know that she talked to Jay Loman about the Elmblad property, that the issue is with the Zoning Board of Appeals.  She also let the board know that there will be a public meeting May 8^th at 6:00p.m. about the Four Winds Property LLC that is on Liimatainen Rd. Point Abbaye. It may take action of a Special Meeting. 

-The Township website will be tabled until next month’s meeting.

-The Township permit fees will be tabled until next month’s meeting.

-Royal Lawn Care was the only bid for the Skanee Cemetery clean up.  The bid was $3,200.00.  Eliason motioned, seconded by Marinich to approve Royal Lawn Care.   All in favor, motion passed.

NEW BUSINESS: Eliason motioned, seconded by Erickson to approve Rukkila and Associates for the preparation of form F-65-Annual Local Unit Fiscal Year Report for March 31, 2025.  The estimated fee for the service will be $1,400-$2,100.  All in favor, motion passed.

-Janda motioned, seconded by Erickson to approve the Township’s annual insurance through Hannula Agency.  The premium of $25,947.00.  All in favor, motion passed.

-Marinich gave the final SLFRF report-Skanee Ballfield-$13,043.20, Twp hall CR2 AED machine-$2858.50-Pickleball court-$23,341.51-Election costs-$5,734.77. 

-Erickson and Janda questioned why K&N Contracting did not replace the rotten trim boards on the back door of the township hall and Marinich mentioned that the foundation was not painted last year either.   Township hall restoration will be tabled until K&N Contracting is contacted.  K&N Contracting was not able to finish the steeple of the town hall last year, he put in a bid this year for $12,900.00.  Neil Whitman called Marinich to let her know that the lift truck would cost $5,000.00 to rent for a week and that the proposal will need to be signed before he can rent the lift truck.  Marinich contacted the board, al members approved the bid over phone conversations.

 JAMES FEDIE:

MAIL CALL:   

TREASURER’S REPORT: Eliason gave the monthly Treasurer’s Report.  General Fund-$336,630.04, Ambulance/EMT Fund-$46,913.08 Fire Fund-$437,174.52 Liquor Fund-$743.70, Road Fund-$293,802.24.  Janda motioned, seconded by Erickson to approve the Treasurer’s Report.  All in favor, motion passed.      

BILL APPROVAL: Eliason motioned, seconded by Janda to approve the bills.  All in favor, motion passed.                                                                                                                                                                NEXT MEETING DATE:   The next meeting date will be June 2, 2025 at 6:00 P.M. at the Township Firehall.

ADJOURN: Erickson motioned, seconded by Eliason to adjourn at 6:25 P.M.  All in favor, motion passed.

Lisa M. Marinich/Arvon Township Clerk

CALL TO ORDER: Supervisor Fish was absent at the meeting, Clerk Marinich called the March 27, 2024 Annual/Budget meeting to order that was held at the Skanee Fire Hall at 5:00 P.M.
BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Jay Fish-Supervisor-Absent, Krystal Larson-Treasurer, Lisa
Marinich-Clerk, Robert Janda-Trustee, Keith Erickson-Trustee.
ROLL CALL: Taken at 5:00 p.m. MARCH 28, 2023 MINUTES APPROVAL: Keith Erickson motioned, seconded by Robert Janda to approve the minutes of the March 28, 2023 meeting. All in favor, motion passed.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA: James Soli motioned, seconded by Kelly Erickson, to approve the agenda. All in favor, motion passed.
SUPERVISOR’S TOWNSHIP UPDATE: Supervisor absent.
TOWNSHIP HALL MAINTENANCE: K&N Contracting will be renovating the township hall exterior. The proposal is for $47,850.00. Power washing the building, replacing boards and cedar shingles if needed, window glazing, painting the building, high lift rental. Whitman let the board know that it should be complete before the end of summer.
DEPOSITORY: Kelly Erickson motioned, seconded by Nancy Soli to stay with Superior National Bank and Baraga Co. Credit Union as the Township depositories. All in favor, motion passed.
SALARY APPROVAL: The Supervisor’s yearly salary currently is $9,646.32 the Clerk and Treasurer’s yearly salary is $11,300.40 and the Trustee’s is $119.44 per meeting. With the approved 5% yearly elected official increase, the new yearly wage for the Supervisor will be $10,635.00, Clerk and Treasurer $12,429.96 yearly and the Trustees $125.41 per meeting. After discussion about the Trustee’s salary, Kelly Erickson motioned, seconded by James Soli to approve a flat $150.00 per meeting for the Trustee’s and to approve the Supervisor, Clerk and Treasurer’s salary. All in favor, motion passed.
DATES, TIMES, LOCATION OF REGULAR BOARD MEETINGS: The Regular monthly meetings are at 6:00 P.M. At the Skanee Fire Hall. James Soli motioned, seconded by Kelly Erickson to leave it the same. All in favor, motion passed.

MILEAGE REIMBURSEMENT RATES: James Soli motioned, seconded by Nancy Soli to approve the Federal Government rate per mile for reimbursement. All in favor, motion passed.
TOWN HALL/FIRE HALL RENTAL FEES AND AGREEMENTS: Nancy Soli motioned, seconded by Kelly Erickson to leave the downstairs and upstairs of the Town Hall rental $150.00 each and leave the deposit fee for alcohol at $100.00. Rental of the Fire Hall remains $50.00 and a $100.00 deposit for alcohol. Fire hall rental will be free to all Fire Dept. members. All in favor, motion passed.
CEMETERY LOT FEES: Nancy Soli motioned, seconded by James Soli to keep the cemetery lot fees $500.00 for a full lot and a half lot $250.00 for only taxpayers of Arvon Township. All in favor, motion passed.
CEMETERY CLEAN UP: Nancy Soli motioned, seconded by Nancy Strohshein to bid out the Skanee cemetery clean up again this year. All in favor, motion passed. Marinich will put an ad in the paper for bids in next week’s paper.
BOARD OF REVIEW/ZONING BOARD/ELECTION BOARD SALARIES: Board of Review wage currently is $20.00/hr with paid lunch. Nancy Soli motioned, seconded by Strohshein to keep it the same. All in favor, motion passed. The Election Chairperson wage currently is $22.00/hr. and the election workers wage is $20.00/hr, with paid lunches of $10.00 each. Nancy Soli requests the election workers lunch raise to $15.00. Nancy Soli motioned, seconded by Nancy Strohshein to keep their wages the same and raise their lunch. All in favor, motion passed. The Zoning/Planning Commission and Zoning Board of Appeals chairperson and secretary wage is currently $80.00 per meeting, and the Zoning Board members and Zoning Board of Appeals members are currently $65.00 per meeting.
Nancy Soli motioned, seconded by Nancy Strohshein to keep their wages the same. All in favor, motion passed. All training for the Board of Review, Zoning Boards and the Election Board are paid $25.00 for a half day (up to 4 hours) and $50.00 for a full day (over 4 hours) plus mileage. Nancy Soli motioned, seconded by Nancy Strohshein to keep it the same. All in favor, motion passed. The Zoning Administrator wage is $200.00 a month. Nancy Soli motioned, seconded by Nancy Strohshein to keep it the same. All in favor, motion passed.
ADDITIONAL BUSINESS: After discussion, Marinich motioned, seconded by Eliason to raise the Assessor’s salary from $18,249.00 to $25,200.00 annually and the Janitor’s salary from $7,500.00 to $8,400.00 annually. All in favor, motion passed.
ANNUAL MEETING ADJOURNMENT: Nancy Soli motioned, seconded by James Soli to adjourn the Annual meeting at 5:30 P.M. All in favor, motion passed.
BUDGET MEETING: Clerk Marinich called the 2023-2024/2024-2025 Budget meeting to order at 5:30 P.M. at the Township Fire Hall. After the board read through the revised budget, Erickson motioned, seconded by Janda to approve the revised budget of 2023-2024. All in favor, motion passed.

After the board read through the Budget of 2024-2025, Eliason motioned, seconded by Erickson to approve the 2024-2025 Budget. All in favor, motion passed.
TOWNSHIP BILL APPROVAL: Eliason motioned, seconded by Janda to approve paying the bills. All in favor, motion passed.
ADJOURNMENT: Eliason motioned, seconded by Janda to adjourn the Budget meeting at 5:45 P.M. All in favor, motion passed.
Lisa M. Marinich
Arvon Township Clerk

CALL TO ORDER: Supervisor Jay Fish called the Regular Board meeting to order at 6:00 P.M. at the Arvon Township Fire Hall on April 7, 2025.
ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS PRESENT: Jay Fish-Supervisor, Lisa Marinich-Clerk, Krystal Eliason-Treasurer, Robert Janda-Trustee and Keith Erickson-Trustee/absent.
MINUTES APPROVAL: Eliason motioned, seconded by Janda to approve the March 3,2025 minutes. All in favor, motion passed.
AGENDA APPROVAL: Fedie requests “Policy 2025-005 Real Property” under “New Business.” With the addition to the agenda Janda motioned, seconded by Eliason to approve the agenda. All in favor, motion passed.
PUBLIC COMMENT:
OLD BUSINESS: Strohshein let the board know that there is someone interested in a resort on Point Abbaye. There are 77 acres. This individual will be attending the April Planning Commission to introduce himself and to discuss what his plans are for this resort.
-Strohshein would like to review the townships website with the board. This will be tabled until next month’s meeting.
-Sweeney let the board know that as of now Jay Elmblad has not applied for an appeal with the Zoning Board of Appeals concerning his Skanee Rd lake front property.
NEW BUSINESS: Marinich requests to pay Richard Schnieder an annual mileage reimbursement. Eliason motioned, seconded by Janda to pay him $200.00 annually. All in favor, motion passed.
-Fish would like to attend the next Supervisor’s training. Marinich motioned, seconded by Eliason to approve the training when it is available. All in favor, motion passed.
-Strohshein showed the board the Building Permit Fee Schedule effective January 1, 2019. The board will put it on the agenda for next month’s meeting to consider possible increases in the permits. This will be tabled until next month’s meeting.
-The last time the Real Property policy was updated was in 2019. Fedie has an updated Policy 2025-005 Real Property to be approved. Eliason motioned, seconded by Marinich to approve the policy update. Janda and Fish also approved the motion. All in favor, motion passed.
JAMES FEDIE:
MAIL CALL:
TREASURER’S REPORT: Eliason gave the monthly Treasurer’s Report. General Fund-$328,834.35, Ambulance/EMT Fund-$45,094.01 Fire Fund-$438,330.77 Liquor Fund-$743.70, Road Fund-$290,770.11.
Marinich motioned, seconded by Janda to approve the Treasurer’s Report. All in favor, motion passed.
BILL APPROVAL: Eliason motioned, seconded by Janda to approve the bills. All in favor, motion passed.
NEXT MEETING DATE: The next meeting date will be May 5,2025 at 6:00 P.M. at the Township Firehall.
ADJOURN: Eliason motioned, seconded by Janda to adjourn at 6:47 P.M. All in favor, motion passed.
Lisa M. Marinich/Arvon Township Clerk

CALL TO ORDER: Supervisor Jay Fish called the Regular Board meeting to order at 6:00 P.M. at the Arvon Township Fire Hall on March 3, 2025.

ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS PRESENT: Jay Fish-Supervisor, Lisa Marinich-Clerk, Krystal Eliason-Treasurer, Robert Janda-Trustee and Keith Erickson-Trustee.

MINUTES APPROVAL: Erickson motioned, seconded by Janda to approve the February 3, 2025 minutes. All in favor, motion passed.
AGENDA APPROVAL: Eliason motioned, seconded by Erickson to approve the agenda. All in favor, motion passed.
PUBLIC COMMENT:
OLD BUSINESS: Strohshein was absent at the meeting so the Zoning Ordinance will be tabled until next month’s meeting.
NEW BUSINESS: Arvon Township was approached by the Aura Town Hall board asking for financial help with some upgrades to the Aura Hall kitchen. Fish and Marinich contacted MTA and were advised that township tax money cannot be used.
-The Aura Fire Hall asked for money to help with a small addition on their firehall. Fish and Marinich talked with MTA about helping out monetarily with the addition, being that Aura Fire Department does help in cases of fires in Arvon Township. MTA advised that we cannot use taxpayer’s money outside of Arvon Township unless we have a contract with Aura Fire Department. The Aura Fire Department is in L’Anse Township.
JAMES FEDIE:
MAIL CALL:
TREASURER’S REPORT: Eliason gave the monthly Treasurer’s Report. General Fund-$297,630.90, Ambulance/EMT Fund-$33,655.87 Fire Fund-$392,849.29 Liquor Fund-$788.36, Road Fund-$259,198.70. Erickson motioned, seconded by Janda to approve the Treasurer’s Report. All in favor, motion passed.
BILL APPROVAL: Eliason motioned, seconded by Janda to approve the bills. All in favor, motion passed.
NEXT MEETING DATE: The next meeting date will be April 7,2025 at 6:00 P.M. at the Township Firehall.
-At the end of the meeting, Jason Elmblad approached the board with an issue of his building being too close to the lake. The board heard his argument and decided to turn it over to the Zoning Board of Appeals for a variance consideration.
ADJOURN: Erickson motioned, seconded by Eliason to adjourn at 6:15 P.M. All in favor, motion passed.
Lisa M. Marinich/Arvon Township Clerk

CALL TO ORDER:   Supervisor Jay Fish called the Regular Board meeting to order at 6:00 P.M. at the Arvon Township Fire Hall on February 3, 2025.

ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS PRESENT: Jay Fish-Supervisor, Lisa Marinich-Clerk, Krystal Eliason-Treasurer, Robert Janda-Trustee and Keith Erickson-Trustee.

MINUTES APPROVAL: Erickson motioned, seconded by Janda to approve January 6,2025 minutes.  All in favor, motion passed.

AGENDA APPROVAL: James Soli would like to add “Fire Truck” under “New Business”.  Janda motioned, seconded by Erickson to approve the agenda with the addition under “New Business”.   All in favor, motion passed.

PUBLIC COMMENT:  Strohshein let the board know that the documents are done on the township’s website.  She would like to have Zoning Ordinance put on the March Regular meeting agenda. 

OLD BUSINESS:   Fish met with McBroom, Markkanen and Bonak over the tax situation in Baraga County.  They agree that Baraga County has the worst tax table in the State of Michigan, 87% of Baraga County’s property is untaxable.                                                                                                                                                                               -The remainder of the ARPA funds total $5,644.52.  Marinich would like to clarify that when the board approved the December 2024 minutes it was not clear how the remainder of the ARPA funds were spent.  $3,000.00 was used to pay for the township’s cemetery clean up spring of 2024 and the remainder of $2,644.00 was used to pay for the 2024 elections.  Erickson motioned, seconded by Eliason to approve the remainder of the ARPA funds expenditures.  All in favor, motion passed.

NEW BUSINESS:   On behalf of the Arvon Fire Department, James Soli let the board know that the fire department has a 1983 800 gallon pumper truck that is not user friendly.  With the larger homes that are being built in the township, the Fire Dept would like to purchase a 1000 gallon user friendly pumper truck.  The cost of a newer used pumper would cost approximately $150,000.00.  Erickson motioned, seconded by Eliason to approve the purchase of a pumper truck.  All in favor, motion passed.               

-The Bay Ambulance Service Agreement for the year 2025 needs approval.  On the August 2024 election, the Ambulance/EMT millage renewal increase was voted in.  It went from .30 to .60 mills for four years.  The previous agreement was $15,006.00.  With the election millage increase the agreement increased to $30,012.00.  Eliason motioned, seconded by Janda to approve the Service Agreement.  All in favor, motion passed.

-The Budget Workshop date will be set for February 24, 2025 at 4:30 P.M. at the Fire Hall.

-The Annual/Budget meeting date is set for March 24, 2025 at 5:00 P.M. at the Fire Hall.

-Jim Fedie would like to see the Board of Review pay increased.  From $20.00 an hour to half day $75.00 up to four hours and full day over four hours $150.00.  Eliason motioned, seconded by Marinich to approve the Board of Review increase.  All in favor, motion passed.                                                                                                                                                                                    -Marinich and Fedie also talked about raising the Township training pay to increase from $25.00 to $75.00 half day and over four hours to increase from $50.00 to $150.00.  Erickson motioned, seconded by Eliason to approve the training increase.  All in favor, motion passed.

 JAMES FEDIE:

MAIL CALL:   

TREASURER’S REPORT: Eliason gave the monthly Treasurer’s Report.  General Fund-$308,128.86, Ambulance/EMT Fund-$33,655.87 Fire Fund-$386,699.58 Liquor Fund-$877.68, Road Fund-$251.815.80.  Erickson motioned, seconded by Janda to approve the Treasurer’s Report.  All in favor, motion passed.      

BILL APPROVAL: Eliason motioned, seconded by Janda to approve the bills.  All in favor, motion passed.

NEXT MEETING DATE:   The next meeting date will be March 3, 2025 at 6:00 P.M. at the Township Firehall.

ADJOURN: Eliason motioned, seconded by Erickson to adjourn at 6:50 P.M.  All in favor, motion passed.

Lisa M. Marinich/Arvon Township Clerk