Jewel of the U.P.
Quilt Show is 12p.m. – 3pm at the Arvon Township Museum and the Pie Social at Zion Lutheran Church is from 1 – 3 p.m.
Featuring at Zion Lutheran Church is the amazing “Jesus Quilt”
Located at the corners of Skanee & Roland Lake Roads
Skanee Firehall
Skanee Firehall
CALL TO ORDER: Supervisor Jay Fish called the Regular Board meeting to order at 6:00 P.M. at the Arvon Township town hall on June 3, 2024.
ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS PRESENT: Jay Fish-Supervisor, Lisa Marinich-Clerk, Krystal Eliason-Treasurer, Robert Janda-Trustee and Keith Erickson-Trustee.
MINUTES APPROVAL: Janda motioned, seconded by Erickson to approve the May 6,2024 minutes. All in favor, motion passed.
AGENDA APPROVAL: Eliason motioned, seconded by Janda to approve the agenda. All in favor, motion passed.
PUBLIC COMMENT: Bette Gabe would like to thank Bob and Kathy Janda for all the work they did to improve the Vets monument. Donna Preston let the board know that the new township signs are beautiful.
OLD BUSINESS: Preston let the board know that the Planning Commission will be meeting this week to finalize the ordinance for next month’s meeting.
-Tom Olson painted the lines at the basketball court for pickle ball. Mary Deline gave the township a packet of costs for a pickle ball court at the park and possibly purchasing a shed for the equipment. JCS in Baraga puts up fencing for pickle ball courts. Also maybe 2 benches for the court.
NEW BUSINESS: Kelly Erickson requests a new weed eater for the township grounds, approximately $500.00.
Erickson motioned, seconded by Eliason to approve it. All in favor, motion passed.
-The township has their audit this year. Rukkila has done it for many years. Janda motioned, seconded by Erickson to approve Rukkila. All in favor, motion passed.
-After proof-reading the townships millage renewals, Eliason motioned, seconded by Erickson to approve the wording for the Fire Dept millage, Ambulance/EMT millage and the Road millage. All in favor, motion passed.
-Tikky’s tree service was the only bid for the removal of 12 trees at the township hall. The bid was $9,500.00 for taking down and removing the trees. Erickson motioned, seconded by Janda to approve Tikky’s bid. All in favor, motion passed.
-UPSET is a multi-jurisdictional narcotics task force that is committed to the safety and well-being of the citizens in the UP. They are seeking funding to assist with operating expenses which greatly enhance investigative efforts in our community. UPSET does not receive operating expenses from the State and is funded by local municipalities,
grants and private donors. The township contributed to UPSET back in 2020 and 2021 each year $1,000.00.
Erickson motioned, seconded by Marinich to approve a contribution of $1,000.00 to UPSET. Erickson, Janda, Eliason and Marinich approved, Fish opposed. Motion is passed.
JAMES FEDIE:
MAIL CALL:
TREASURER’S REPORT: Eliason gave the monthly Treasurer’s Report. General Fund-$321,510.34, Ambulance/EMT Fund-$27,387.72Fire Fund-$341,448.74 Liquor Fund-$643.47, Road Fund-$215,687.13. Erickson motioned, seconded by Janda to approve the Treasurer’s Report. All in favor, motion passed.
BILL APPROVAL: Janda motioned, seconded by Erickson to approve the bills. All in favor, motion passed.
NEXT MEETING DATE: The next meeting date will be July 1,2024 at 6:00 P.M. at the township firehall.
ADJOURN: Erickson motioned, seconded by Eliason to adjourn at 6:40 P.M. All in favor, motion passed.
Lisa M. Marinich/Arvon Township Cler
The Planning Commission will continue working on the Zoning Ordinance update. We hope to have the final draft at this meeting.
CALL TO ORDER: Supervisor Jay Fish called the Regular Board meeting to order at 6:00 P.M. at the Arvon Township town hall on May 6, 2024.
ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS PRESENT: Jay Fish-Supervisor, Lisa Marinich-Clerk, Krystal Eliason-Treasurer, Robert Janda-Trustee and Keith Erickson-Trustee.
MINUTES APPROVAL: Eliason motioned, seconded by Erickson to approve the April 1,2024 minutes. All in favor, motion passed.
AGENDA APPROVAL: Supervisor Fish requests three additions to the agenda-Old Business, “Tree Removal” and under New Business “Nature Conservancy” and “Mining Company”. With the three additions Eliason motioned, seconded by Janda to approve the agenda. All in favor, motion passed.
PUBLIC COMMENT: Tom Kurkowski requests that the township attorney Tinti put in writing the conclusion to the property easement issue and have it added to the deed so this does not happen again.
OLD BUSINESS: Strohshein let the board know that the Planning Commission should have the ordinance update completed at the May meeting. There will be public input this summer. She also received all the paperwork from Nancy Soli that has to do with the township land down by the Witz Marina. A suggestion was made to get it surveyed.
-The family that was interested in donating the Ravine River Cemetery to the Township does not want to pursue the issue anymore.
-After discussion, the trees behind the Skanee Township Hall are not safe and need to be removed. Erickson motioned, seconded by Janda to approve the tree removal. Marinich will put an ad in the paper for bids with a deadline of May 31st
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NEW BUSINESS: The Ambulance millage expires this year. Bay Ambulance is requesting an increase from .30 to .60 mills to be put on the Arvon Township ballot on August 6, 2024. After discussion, Marinich motioned, seconded by Erickson to approve the increase millage proposal. All in favor, motion passed.
-The Road millage expires this year which is 1 mill. Erickson motioned, seconded by Janda to approve the Road millage proposal to be put on the August 6, 2024 ballot. All in favor, motion passed.
-The Fire Millage expires this year which is 1.5 mills. Erickson motioned, seconded by Janda to approve the Fire Hall Millage proposal to be put on the August 6, 2024 ballot. All in favor, motion passed.
-Fish met with the Nature Conservancy that purchased All Woods land. They let him know that most roads will remain open, some of the secondary roads will be closed. Leased land may put up No Trespassing signs.