| Village of Ubly Regular Meeting Minutes October 1, 2009 | |||||||||
| The village of Ubly regular meeting of October 1, 2009 was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by President | |||||||||
| Mark Brown. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited. | |||||||||
| Roll Call: President Mark Brown, Trustees Shawn Wright, Lance Krueger, Mark Dropiewski, Jeremy | |||||||||
| Melnik, Trustee elect Adam Kain, Trustee Elect Jeff Maikrzek, Treasurer Elect Laura Kramer, Clerk | |||||||||
| Elect Alger Lemke, Clerk Judy Messing, Police Chief Matt Kuhl and DPW Supervisor Carl Weber. | |||||||||
| Absent were Steve Romzek and Jean Grifka. There were 4 citizens in attendance. | |||||||||
| Due to time limitations, Cub Master Dave Eilers from Troop 585 was moved up on the agenda. He asked | |||||||||
| for permission to develop a camp site in a natural clearing in the woods on the Hoover farm. This is | |||||||||
| to be part of an Eagle Scout project intended to take 75 to 100 man hours for planning and development. | |||||||||
| Discussion. Motion by Shawn Wright to allow the project and seconded by Lance Krueger. Motion | |||||||||
| carried. | |||||||||
| The minutes of the September 3, 2009 meeting were read and discussed. A motion by Mark Dropiewski | |||||||||
| and seconded by Lance Krueger to accept the minutes of September 2, 2009 as read. Motion carried. | |||||||||
| Discussion on bills to pay for the month of October. Bill not on the list but added at the meeting include | |||||||||
| money owed to Steve Messing for digging a trench for a water line at the girls softball field. Also | |||||||||
| discussed the SLC bill. A motion by Jeremy Melnik and seconded by Shawn Wright to pay the bills for | |||||||||
| the month of October as amended. Motion carried. | |||||||||
| General Fund | |||||||||
| AT&T | 330.20 | Matt Kuhl | 2,315.50 | ||||||
| Bad Axe Tire | 536.00 | Virgil Briolat | 1,690.65 | ||||||
| Citgo Petroleum Corp. | 424.91 | Independent Bank | 4,134.12 | ||||||
| DTE Energy | 2,496.00 | Bell Equipment | 550.00 | ||||||
| Huron Daily Tribune | 28.75 | Bischer Ready Mix | 160.00 | ||||||
| Judy Ann Messing | 349.75 | Cass City Oil & Gas | 540.00 | ||||||
| Richfield Equities | 3,242.40 | Consumers Energy | 812.16 | ||||||
| Nye Uniform | 292.50 | Village of Ubly Local Streets | 15,165.26 | ||||||
| Sleeper Public Library | 18,351.43 | Village of Ubly Major Streets | 25,276.94 | ||||||
| Staples Credit Plan | 151.52 | National Retirement Solutions | 300.00 | ||||||
| Susan Schrader | 207.00 | State of Michigan | 770.81 | ||||||
| Alger Lemke | 574.35 | AFLAC | 152.56 | ||||||
| Laura Kramer | 338.41 | Bingham Township Fire Dept | 100.00 | ||||||
| League Employee Benefits | 3,516.16 | Northstar Bank | 4,434.37 | ||||||
| Thumb Office Supply | 34.50 | Michigan UIA | 1.72 | ||||||
| Ubly Meat & Grocery | 43.33 | Fleet Services | 294.71 | ||||||
| Wells Fargo | 99.17 | MERS of Michigan | 2,482.67 | ||||||
| Steve Messing | 150.00 | Dorothy Morell | 152.00 | ||||||
| Barbara Butch | 1,581.49 | Fast Freddies | 35.00 | ||||||
| Carl Weber | 2,696.89 | First American Realty | 43.98 | ||||||
| Christina Osantowski | 293.55 | Huron County Treasurer | 131.09 | ||||||
| Dan Thompson | 204.16 | Jim Osentoski Trucking | 1,492.50 | ||||||
| Joan Particka | 438.07 | Johnson Portable | 65.00 | ||||||
| Judy Harrington | 293.56 | Kay Peruski | 144.00 | ||||||
| Kevin Jimkoski | 1,915.15 | Mark Brown | 19.08 | ||||||
| Kevin Butch | 140.80 | Mary Jane Longuski | 144.00 | ||||||
| Kevin Laming | 331.76 | Michigan Election Resources | 411.09 | ||||||
| TOTALS | 100,881.02 | ||||||||
| Water Fund | |||||||||
| Michigan Pipe & Valve | 146.02 | ||||||||
| Thumb Electric Cooperative | 17.28 | ||||||||
| DTE Energy | 732.14 | ||||||||
| TOTALS | 895.44 | ||||||||
| Sleeper Public Library | |||||||||
| AT&T | 179.22 | Wal-Mart Community | 210.41 | ||||||
| Baker & Taylor | 451.43 | Bay Port State Bank | 18,351.43 | ||||||
| Barbara Butch | 90.00 | ||||||||
| Capital One Credit | 37.09 | ||||||||
| Consumers Energy | 363.00 | ||||||||
| DTE Energy | 415.00 | ||||||||
| Micro Marketing, LLC | 39.90 | ||||||||
| TOTALS | 20,137.48 | ||||||||
| Major Street | Local Street | ||||||||
| No expense activity | No expense activity | ||||||||
| TOTALS | 0.00 | TOTALS | 0.00 | ||||||
| Treasurer's report stands approved as printed. | |||||||||
| DPW | |||||||||
| Carl discussed the Amish logging project and it's progress. Everything going O.K. so far. The Cass | |||||||||
| River Drain cleanup project is completed. | |||||||||
| POLICE | |||||||||
| In his police report Matt said that the tree stand cut down by the Amish is now at the P.D. Also that the | |||||||||
| Pike street trailer should be gone by next summer. Suggested publishing Halloween hours for the village | |||||||||
| in the Huron Daily Tribune and the Minden City Herald. | |||||||||
| Matt also said that the $1,000 budgeted for police overtime was almost used up. Asked if money could | |||||||||
| be transferred from salvage inspection revenues since those were quite higher than anticipated. Council | |||||||||
| thought that would be an O.K. way to handle it, but would not formally adjust the budget until fiscal year | |||||||||
| end. | |||||||||
| TRUSTEE REPORTS | |||||||||
| DPW - Chairperson Steve Romzek - no report. | |||||||||
| Parks & Recreation - Chairperson Mark Dropiewski - A private donor has offered to pay up to $1,500.00 | |||||||||
| for a memorial park bench. Council discussion recommends contacting Bad Axe Mausoleum to determine | |||||||||
| style and cost. | |||||||||
| Water & Services - Chairperson Lance Krueger - no report. | |||||||||
| Police - Chairperson Jean Grifka - no report. | |||||||||
| Personnel - Chairperson Shawn Wright - Discussion about posting "no hunting" signs for the Hoover farm | |||||||||
| as well as any village property to help ensure the safety of the Amish loggers and Boy Scouts. Motion | |||||||||
| made by Shawn Wright and seconded by Jeff Maikrzek to allow the Scouts to post the signs. Motion | |||||||||
| carried. | |||||||||
| Planning & Zoning - Chairperson Jeremy Melnik - Jeremy read the 1st of 2 required Planning Commission | |||||||||
| meeting reviews. The second required reading to be completed at the November Village Council meeting. | |||||||||
| OLD BUSINESS | |||||||||
| A) MML Training Date - We have a $300.00 training gift certificate to use before the end of the year. | |||||||||
| Discussion about Wednesday October 21, 2009 or Wednesday October 28, 2009 at 4p.m. No firm | |||||||||
| plans for the training set at this time. | |||||||||
| B) Cass River Drain cleaning - covered previously in the DPW report. | |||||||||
| C) Forever Soaring Signs in Albert E. Sleeper Park - Mark Brown spoke with John Misico's wife about | |||||||||
| them, and she said that the signs were present in approved models and/or drawings. No knowledge of | |||||||||
| such approvals were brought forth during council discussion. | |||||||||
| A motion to remove the "Forever Soaring Parkette" signs was made by Shawn Wright and seconded by | |||||||||
| Jeremy Melnik. Motion carried 6 to 1. | |||||||||
| NEW BUSINESS | |||||||||
| No new business | |||||||||
| PRESIDENT'S REPORT | |||||||||
| President Mark Brown - read a letter from Susan Schrader stating she would no longer be available to | |||||||||
| publish the village newsletter. Council discussed sending her a Thank You card and a $40 gift certificate | |||||||||
| redeemable at any Ubly business. | |||||||||
| Motion on the Thank You card and gift certificate made by Jeremy Melnik, seconded by Jeff Maikrzek. | |||||||||
| All approved. Motion carried. | |||||||||
| Council also discussed at this time sending Kayla Vogel a Thank You card and a $25.00 gas card for | |||||||||
| her excellent work during the past summer. | |||||||||
| Motion made by Shawn Wright and seconded by Lance Krueger. All approved. Motion carried. | |||||||||
| Mark Brown also encouraged council to look for interested persons to take over publishing the Village | |||||||||
| Newsletter every 3 months. It is open to council members first. Further discussion to take place at the | |||||||||
| November Village Council Meeting. | |||||||||
| Mark read a letter from Jean Grifka offering congratulations to the newly elected council members and | |||||||||
| officers, also expressed her thanks for the opportunity to serve as a past council member. | |||||||||
| Mark would like an appreciation dinner for Judy Messing, Florence Schrader, and Steve Romzek for their | |||||||||
| many years of exemplary public service to our village. Mark will look into the size and cost of such a | |||||||||
| celebration and report at the November meeting. | |||||||||
| As a way of keeping council members fresh, Mark suggested the areas of responsibility for committee | |||||||||
| chairpersons be swapped/mixed up. Newly named chairpersons and their areas of responsibility are: | |||||||||
| DPW | Jeremy Melnik | ||||||||
| Parks & Recreation | Shawn Wright | ||||||||
| Water & Services | Mark Dropiewski | ||||||||
| Police | Lance Krueger | ||||||||
| Personnel | Jeff Maikrzek | ||||||||
| Planning & Zoning | Adam Kain | ||||||||
| Public Input | |||||||||
| County Commissioner David Peruski congratulated the newly elected trustees and officers. Reported | |||||||||
| that animal control will currently be contracted through Sanilac County at the cost of $60 to $75 per animal. | |||||||||
| He asked that all voters oppose House Bill H.B.5252 by contacting our legislators. Huron County stands | |||||||||
| to lose $150,000 in revenues if the bill passes into law. He finalized by reporting that the Expo Center | |||||||||
| cleanup will cost another $25,000 to $28,000 to comply with environmental laws. | |||||||||
| There being no further business, a motion to adjourn was made by Adam Kain and seconded by Jeff | |||||||||
| Maikrzek. Meeting was adjourned at 8:45 p.m. | |||||||||
| Loyally submitted by, | |||||||||
| Alger Lemke - Ubly Village Clerk | |||||||||