DAYTON TOWNSHIP
Proposed Regular Meeting Minutes
November 2, 2009 Meeting was called to order at 7:30 p.m. with the pledge to the flag. Members Bob Cook, Stacy Phillips, Eleanor Kilmer, Bob Steele and Mike Mocniak were all present.

Minutes from the October 5, 2009 meeting were motioned for approval by Mocniak and seconded by Steele. Motion carried.

Public Comment: Sheriff Lee Teschendorf was present to update the residents on what has been happening at the sheriff’s office. They have received a grant for child safety seats and proceeded to install over 200 seats for County residents. They have issued over 200 tickets for seat belts, which that money in turn helps out the County. They will have to lay off some troops due to funding, those six (6) remaining officers will go on days and the deputies will patrol at night. The program Operation Hemp has seized over 11,000 marijuana plants in the County as well. They also have received $15,000 from Caro Hospital to install defibulators in their police cars which is currently in the process of being performed. One last thing that Sheriff Lee mentioned was for residents to keep in mind that next election year 2010 the road patrol mileage will come up for renewal.

County Commissioner: Commissioner Tom Kern was present with his report; they are looking at a shortfall in the budget of $900,000 to 1 mil. This will affect the non-mandatory services that the County supplies. They had held a Commissioners meeting at Gilford Township Hall, with over 100 residents attending, and they listened to suggestions and complaints about these non-mandated services that they will have to cut. This meeting resulted in the Commissioners putting the discussion of cutting these services back on the agenda for their upcoming meetings. They will ultimately have to cut about 20% of these services and they now need to decide which ones and where they cut will take place. They are also looking at taking away the insurance for county commissioners, and some of the jobs at the court house.

Planning Commission: Their meeting was on October 19th at 7:30p.m., and the discussion was in regards to the proposed blight ordinance. The planning commission unanimously approved the proposed blight ordinance and then had sent it to the Township Board for their inspection.

Zoning Administrator: Bob had issued permits for an addition, pole barn, and sign. He also had two land divisions.

Cemetery: There was one burial, Elisabeth Pollion, and Eleanor has had some questions about genealogy, and residents looking for possible family members buried in the Township cemeteries.

Trustee: Bob Steele commented that they are keeping Snover Rd. maintained well. Mike commented that he still is in contact with the MTA concerning the cemeteries and abandoned plots, and what actions the Township can take to recover these.

Supervisor: Bob had made some comments about the proposed blight ordinance which are located in old business.

Treasurer: There is an income of $20,750.00 due to revenue sharing, and expenses of $15,288.08 due to garbage and wages. Account balances are $4,120.62 checking, $23,017.93 money market, $264,093.85 face value of CD’s, and $291,232.40 total on hand. A CD of $50,000 will be ready to be transferred over into the money market for any future expenses. She will transfer it over as soon as it ready. Winter taxes will be mailed out soon.

Clerk: There are invoices to be paid check #5760 - #5774 in the amount of $13,562.91, and it was motioned by Steele and seconded by Mocniak to pay these said invoices. Motion carried.
Stacy then had commented that she received the letter and contract from Lehn King, CPA to perform the Township audit; Steele motioned to sign the contract, seconded by Mocniak. Motion carried Stacy will sign the contract and the Township audit will be performed by Lehn King.
The letter from Jason Koehler concerning his application for PA 116 was then read, with some discussion and no disagreement there was a motion to approve his application made by Mocniak and seconded by Steele. Motion carried Stacy will get the information put together and mailed out to the appropriate locations.

Unfinished Business: The proposed blight ordinance was then discussed and Bob had mentioned again, that the planning commission did approve the ordinance. Bob then had let the board and floor know how the process worked and that the attorney had to go over the blight ordinance, re-write it, make any corrections as needed, and provide a section for penalties, along with any fees that would be necessary to make the blight ordinance court ready. At this time Mocniak motioned for Bob to provide the blight ordinance to the Township Attorney (Jim Abbey) for his inspection, seconded by Steele. Motion carried. The Township board will then look over the blight ordinance, at the December meeting, and at that time make a date for the public hearing.

New Business: Rick Seidler requested from the board their approval to continue with his services of snow removal at the hall. It was motioned by Steele and seconded by Mocniak that Rick Seidler continues to provide the snow removal. Motion carried.

There was a motion for adjournment by Steele, seconded by Mocniak at 8:20 p.m.