DAYTON TOWNSHIP
Proposed Regular Meeting Minutes
March 1, 2010 Meeting was called to order at 7:30 p.m. with the pledge to the flag. Members Bob Cook, Stacy Phillips, and Eleanor Kilmer were present.

Minutes from the February 1, 2010 meeting were motioned for approval by Kilmer, and seconded by Phillips. Motion carried.

Public Comment: There were no comments at this time.

County Commissioners: Tom Kern was present to give this report; the airport zone plan will not be decided as a county wide decision. The commissioners will make the decisions for the clearance which will be a 10 mile radius.
On the agenda for their next meeting they will decide if the road commissioner’s board should be an elected position or an appointed. If this is an elected position it would cost the candidate quite a bit of money to campaign, and you could have many candidates run from one community and not spread county wide. These are some of the issues that the county commissioners are taking into consideration when they decide about whether these positions should be elected or appointed. The recycling center will have to cut back on some of their hours of operation because of some conflicts with staffing and pay, which has caused this outcome.

Ambulance: Glenn Fox was present to give this report; there is a new EMT that signed up, and they are still in need of more if anyone is interested. Had there audit this past month but the results are currently not back yet. This is a census year so the amount of the contract is determined on how many residents are covered. They will let us know if there is a change when the census has been completed.

Planning Commission: They had their meeting on the 15th of February, at which time they also had the public hearing for the floodplain insurance. If the Township participates in the National Floodplain Insurance program it will be at no cost to the Township. This will allow the township residents to get this insurance from the National Floodplain Ins. at a reduced rate. The only area that is at risk of flood is at Cat Lake, per the flood maps issued by FEMA. The planning commission passed this program, and now the Township Board will have to make a decision on whether to participate in this program.
Doug, Bob and Mike also went to the meeting in Caro for the wind energy. Doug commented about this meeting, and had said that the planning commission will have to make some zoning ordinances to satisfy the requirements that deal with wind energy.

Zoning Administrator: Bob had 1 land division for the month. He also commented that he has been working on the ordinance administration in regards to the blight ordinance. He has been to the court house to talk with the magistrate to find out what he has to do with the issuing of violation citations. He has to learn where to get the citations, how to fill them out, and how to file them. Bob will be in contact with Barb Tanks to help him with this process.

Cemetery: Eleanor had a question from Quindell and Eva Williams in regards to some of their cemetery lots. They would like to sell some of them back to the Township or possibly transfer them to another resident. If the Township bought them back it would be at the cost that they paid for them. There was no decision made at this time.

Kingston Fire Department: Jeff Mallory fire chief reported that the amount of fire runs has not change much from last year the average around 6 – 10 per year in the Dayton Township area. They have purchased an old factory in Kingston to make into their new fire hall. It will be able to store all their apparatus along with having a nice meeting room. He encouraged residents to come check it out, and the new equipment if they would like. Jeff also wanted to apologize for not showing up sooner, but he will follow up with a report annual or twice a year depending on what the Township would like.

Supervisor: Bob presented the resolution for the BOR date change, which states that to accommodate the attendance of the members the date will be changed from March 8 to March 9. There was a motion to accept this resolution by Phillips, and seconded by Kilmer. Motion carried with a roll call to follow: Kilmer – Yes, Phillips – Yes, Cook –Yes.

Treasurer: March first was the last day to pay taxes if they are paid after that date there will be a penalty applied. Eleanor will try to settle with the county soon.
There is an income of $21,768.69 due to revenue sharing and a fire run payment, expenses of $14,654.78 due to wages, garbage, etc. There is $5,960.61 in checking, $63,384.68 in money market, $214,093.85 face value of CD’s, with a balance on hand of $283,439.44. This is the end of this fiscal year and the Township audit is approaching.

Clerk: There are invoices to be paid #5844 - #5870 in the amount of $16,053.10 due to garbage, wages, advertisements, etc. Kilmer motioned to pay these said invoices, seconded by Phillips. Motion carried.
Stacy then mentioned the fiscal year end and the dates for the budget meetings. The budget workshop will be March 13, 2010 at 9:00 a.m., and the budget public hearing will be March 20, 2010 at 9:00 a.m. Both of these meetings are at the Township hall.

New Business: The Mayville Area Ambulance fee will remain the same as the previous year, and if this should change when the census comes back they will update it. The Kingston Library fee will remain the same from the previous year at $400. The fiscal year 2010 - 2011 budget will reflect these fees.

With no other discussion the meeting was motioned for adjournment by Kilmer at 8:30 p.m.