DELTA
A Regular meeting of the Delta County Board of Commissioners was held
this date, pursuant to the following call:
The Honorable Members of the Delta
Dear
Commissioners:
A
Regular Meeting of the Delta County Board of Commissioners is scheduled for
Sincerely
yours,
Nancy
J. Kolich
ROLL
CALL
PRESENT: Commissioner
Bengry, Elegeert, Nelson, and Schultz.
EXCUSED: Commissioner Ruohomaki.
The
meeting was called to order at
V. APPROVAL
OF BOARD MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING
Moved by Commissioner Schultz and supported
by Commissioner Nelson to approve the minutes of the
VI. PRESENTATATION OF WRITTEN
COMMUNICATIONS
A. Received:
No written communications were received.
B. Forwarded: No written communications were
forwarded.
VII. REPORTS OF
STANDING AND STATUTORY SPECIAL COMMITTEES
1. Concealed Weapons Board minutes
of
2.
Dept. of Human Services minutes of
4. Road
Com. minutes of
5. Solid Waste Management minutes of
6. Pinecrest
Board of Trustees minutes of
7. Airport
and Parks minutes of
VIII.
REPORTS OF SPECIAL COMMITTEES AND OTHERS.
1.
Township Association minutes of
Moved by Commissioner Nelson and
supported by Commissioner Schultz that the Communications and Reports of
Standing and Statutory Committees and the Reports of Special Committees and
Others be received and placed on file. MOTION CARRIED.
VIII. PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEMS
Drain Commissioner Don Shirley addressed the
Board with his concerns with the Ren Zone.
X. COMMITTEE REPORTS:
1. Building
and Grounds Committee.
2. Finance Committee.
a.
IV. 1.
Jail Issues.
Moved by Commissioner Schultz and seconded
by Commissioner Nelson to approve the quote from DeGrave Quality Homes for
$1750 to repair an exterior wall at the jail.
MOTION CARRIED.
Moved
by Commissioner Schultz and seconded by Commissioner Nelson to approve creating
a Grant Committee to oversee Hannahville 2% Grant applications. MOTION CARRIED.
V.1. Payment
of Bills.
Moved by Commissioner Schultz and seconded
by Commissioner Nelson to approve payment of the bills. MOTION CARRIED.
2. Payment
to VanEssen of $4678.89.
Moved
by Commissioner Schultz and seconded by Commissioner Nelson to approve payment
of the county share of $4678.89 to Silver and Van Essen for legal services for
the
6. Interactive
Video Testimony Project – District Court.
Moved
by Commissioner Schultz and seconded by Commissioner Nelson to approve the
Agreement between the Michigan Supreme Court and the Michigan State Police to
provide funding to purchase equipment to conduct interactive video testimony
from the MSP Forensics Laboratory in
8.
Billing for Pearson Asbestos Abatement, Inc. & the Carpet and Drapery
Shop.
Moved
by Commissioner Schultz and seconded by Commissioner Nelson to approve payment
of $2,399.84 to Pearson Asbestos and $3,627.16 the Carpet and Drapery Shoppe
for repairs for mold damage in the
Pathways office in
9. Billing
for Treasurer’s Co-Employer Status Attorney.
Moved
by Commissioner Schultz and seconded by Commissioner Nelson to refer to the
Committee of the Whole meeting. MOTION
CARRIED.
Moved
by Commissioner Schultz and seconded by Commissioner Nelson to ratify the phone
poll approving payment of $8,500 for the purchase of a truck for the Airport. MOTION CARRIED.
11.
Citizen Planner Class Invoice.
Moved by Commissioner Schultz and
seconded by Commissioner Nelson to approve the $4410 and $945 expenditures for
the Townships, Planning Commission and
Moved
by Commissioner Schultz and seconded by Commissioner Nelson to receive the
minutes with correction to item #9 and place on file. MOTION CARRIED.
3. Personnel Committee.
4. Administrator’s Report.
3. Ren Zone.
Moved by Commissioner Nelson and seconded by
Commissioner Schultz to approve negotiating selling or leasing of the 40 acre
parcel in the Ren Zone at the Airport.
MOTION CARRIED.
Moved by Commissioner Schultz and seconded
by Commissioner Nelson to adopt the map presented by the Administrator as the concept
of way the 40 acre parcel will be split to maximize road frontage and report
back to the Board. MOTION CARRIED.
Moved by Commissioner Bengry and seconded by
Commissioner Nelson to approve a sign depicting the Ren Zone to be placed on
the corner of the entrance of the Airport with the
Board Packets for County Commissioner
Candidates.
Moved by Commissioner Nelson and seconded by
Commissioner Schultz to approve providing Board Packets to
Moved by Commissioner Nelson and seconded by
Commissioner Schultz to receive the Administrator’s report and place on
file. MOTION CARRIED.
X. GENERAL ORDERS OF BUSINESS
A. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
B. NEW
BUSINESS
1. Payment of Bills.
Moved
by Commissioner Schultz and seconded by Commissioner Nelson to pay the bills in
the amount of $3,142,725.34. MOTION
CARRIED.
2.
Presentation of Airport Issues by Michael Falcon.
Airport
Board Chairman, Michael Falcon, made a presentation to the Board of Airport
issues. He requested By-Laws for the
Airport Board and timeliness of information and guidance from the Board. Other issues include the Ren Zone.
3.
MSU Extension Update.
MSU
Extension Director Julie Moberg, Agricultural Educator Warren Schauer, 4-H
Youth Educator Dave Radloff and Nutrition Program Manager Mary Simonson gave an
update presentation for 2005-2006 to the Board on services the MSU Extension
provides to
4.
City of Escanaba’s DATA Board Appointment.
Moved
by Commissioner Bengry and seconded by Commissioner Nelson to appoint Judith
Good as the City of
5. Skyway Airlines proposal and
comment period.
Moved by Commissioner Bengry and
seconded by Commissioner Nelson to support Skyway Airlines, Inc. proposal for
Essential Airline Service for the
6. Committee of the Whole
Procedures.
Moved
by Commissioner Nelson and seconded by Commissioner Schultz to set a Special
Committee of the Whole to discuss guidelines for Committee of the Whole
meetings. MOTION CARRIED.
Moved
by Commissioner Nelson and seconded by Commissioner Bengry to hold a Committee
of the Whole meeting on June 13 at
XI. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT
Peter Mark addressed the Board with his concerns about the
reorganization of the Airports and Parks Board with regards to the Airport
employees.
Mike Larrabee addressed the
Board with his concerns with the Grant Committee formed to review Hannahville
2% Grants.
XII. COMMISSIONERS
CONCERNS
Commissioner
Ruohomaki:
Commissioner Bengry: Will review about the budgets for 2002-2005
and the Audit report and will present his concerns to the Board.
Commissioner
Nelson: None.
Commissioner Schultz: None.
Commissioner
Elegeert: None.
XIV. ADJOURNMENT
Moved by Commissioner Nelson and supported by Commissioner Schultz to
adjourn at
Respectfully Submitted,
____________________________ _________________________________
Nancy J. Kolich,