001Everyone have their mics on. >> It's 6:30 p.m. I'd like to call to order. Let me turn this on. Uh I'd like to call to order the Charter Township of Oxford uh Board of Trustees special meeting Wednesday, February 24th, 2006 at 6:30 p.m. Uh roll call, please. >> Wright >> here. >> Charles, >> here. >> Ferrari, >> yes. >> Curtis, >> Here. There is a quorum. >> Thank you. If we'd all please rise and pay respects to the flag to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. >> Thank you. >> Okay. No, we got that done. Approval of the agenda. >> I'll make a motion approve the agenda as presented. >> Second. I have a
002motion by Treasure Ferrari and a second by Trustee Coven. Any questions? Hearing none, all those in favor signify by saying I. I. >> Those opposed? Hearing none. Um item five, public comment on items not on the agenda. Is there any public that would like to speak about any item not on the agenda? I don't want to know your Super Bowl pick, but >> Okay, seeing none, board of trustees comments. We'll start with Trusty Coven. >> No comments at this time, >> Clark. Right. No comments, trustee Charles. >> Just an FYI, the uh DDA achieved its accreditation this year in the National DA Association. >> Uh Treasure Ferrari, >> no comments at this time. And I have no comments at this time. All right. Unfinished business. Uh board members, uh we do have tonight uh trustee
003candidate interviews and appointment. Uh we have two candidates. John, uh James Deutsch. >> Is that right? Okay. And Jamie Leakoli. >> We'll pick them. >> Okay. I've said it wrong for [laughter] 30 years. >> I have a hard time with Italian last names. Right. Can I knock you off? >> Um, what we do uh for the interview is we'll ask one of the members that are going to be interviewed, you'll sit out in the hall so that we can ask the questions of each candidate and then we'll bring you both back in and a motion will be made to select a candidate. So, uh, James, you're on first. Jamie, if I could ask you to just step outside and enjoy your nice comfy chair out there. Uh James comes to us today a wellplaced uh
004statement of interest and uh resume. Uh what we do James is we just go down the list here. We have our questions to ask of you. Um, I'll normally ask the last question because by the time I go through five, four smarter people than me, boom, it's done. Um, well, let's start with Trusty Coven tonight. Trusty Coven, >> um, I looked at your resume. Um, thank you for applying. I just, uh, want to know what your availability is. This job is not an hour a month. It's not just one board meeting. And often a lot of times we have to be at committee meetings during the day or go to see sites dur you know during normal business hours. I'm wondering do you have the ability to meet that time commitment? >> Yes I do.
005So I actually work remotely work from home more often than not. Um and also I'm in a position that's very flexible. Um basically second in charge at my company. So therefore I can manipulate schedules if I need to. So, as long as there's a decent amount of heads up, uh, it's not a problem at all to be extremely flexible throughout the week, weekends, whenever. >> Is that it? >> Good question. >> Started with an easy one. All right. [laughter] >> Um, clerk, right? >> Yeah, that was a couple of my questions as well. James, welcome and thank you for applying for the position. Um, I see EABX, you've worked for them for five years, >> correct? >> Yeah. And, uh, in your role, how many people you oversee? >> Um, we flexed up and down
006with cuts and growth, but currently we're at about 35 people. >> 35 people you oversee. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Um, one of one of the statuto duties as a trustee is a responsibility for the township's fiduciary health. >> So, besides budgets, revenues, and expenditures, what would you say are other fiduciary responsibilities of the trustee? So obviously our responsibility is to take care of the taxpayer dollars that are coming in. So obviously setting the budget, but also that comes into play when you're talking about the contracts that you're establishing with outside parties, whether that's consultants, whether that's partnerships with the the county or whomever. Um, but basically anytime that we're talking about public money that is coming in, again, whether it's tax dollars from our residents or grants or funds from the state level, um, it's
007our duty to make sure that that money is tracked and spent with intention and is in alignment with the goals of the township. >> One more question here. What [clears throat] do you feel the township board should or shouldn't be doing going forward? Great question. >> Um, I think that Oxford is in a good position relative to uh a lot of impending growth. I think it's a thing that a lot of townships and cities in the metro area are facing right now. Um, especially going even further north as we keep expanding outward. Um, I think going forward in the future, growth is at its face a very good thing. I think it's something that should be celebrated. It's it's a positive thing. It means that there's things going right here. Um the community is a
008place that people want to be, that people want to come and raise their families like myself, people that want to come work here and spend their time here. Um, so I think what the the township board should be doing is promoting that growth, but should also be keeping in mind that there's a reason that people want to come here and that we should maintain those core values and principles and standards of what's what this community is about while we intelligently grow in the right direction. >> Thank you. >> Okay, [clears throat] Ferrari, thanks again for applying James. What three attributes do you think you could provide for us members of the county board? What what what are your strengths that you can help us become better at? >> Sure. Um I think one thing that
009I'm like to think I'm very good at is just being very direct and honest. Um I think that that's something that's very important. Not saying all of you are not this already, but I think being direct and open and being able to have a measured conversation with whomever um regardless of their opinion and being able to listen and thoughtfully consider that when you're talking about some proposal or some policy. Um so being you know an intentional listener and being very direct. Um, from a kind of budget and management perspective, again, um, we're a relatively small company, but we're part of a larger parent company organization, multi-billion dollars. Um, but I'm responsible for setting [clears throat] that budget, maintaining that budget, sticking to that budget, and that includes obviously budget cuts and reductions in force and
010making those kind of decisions. So again, not to say that you already don't have this specialty or this skill, but being able to those tough decisions and tradeoffs and balance, you know, short-term realities and long-term goals and make sure that, you know, you don't sacrifice where you want to go. >> What level of course you put on education in terms of this position? >> Education in terms of the top. >> Um, I think that being well informed is the most important and respectful thing you can do to the people that you're elected or in this case appointed to represent. Um, I think being well read on a topic and um, as you said, Trusty Coin, this job is more than an hour a month. There's a lot of homework to be done to make sure
011that you're prepared and that you are engaged and understand what the implications are of everything that comes in front of this board. If >> there's one thing you could change about Oxford, what would it be? >> I don't think that there's much that I would change. I moved here three years ago. Um, I'm from Plymouth Canton area, so relatively the other side of the world. Uh, but my wife were up here and it didn't take much convincing. Um, coming here and spending time here and just enjoying the community, the amenities, the environment, the downtown. Um, it was a pretty easy sell to come here and say, you know, the schools are great. This is a place I would like to raise my family. Um, so there's nothing major that sticks out that I would like
012to change. Uh, like I said, I think the most important thing is measured tempered growth. So maintaining the important things and growing responsibly because I like it here. So >> that's all my questions. >> Trusty Charles. >> So you don't want to change the traffic. >> Yeah. Okay. I would like to change the intersection of drainer and 24 by my house and the traffic. Yes. >> I have the same intersection to deal with. Um Katherine Cohen asked probably the best question is the time permit which you answered that. So thank you very much. Are you aware of the fact that this is an appointment for a time frame and there's an election after that? That's correct. >> Okay. Um you mentioned communities. What other communities do you benchmark Oxford or would you thought of that?
013>> So um I grew up in Plymouth Canon and Plymouth first. Um I would equate it similar to that in a way. Um you know downtown that's really the center that has a bunch of you know green space and activities and a restaurant and shopping scene and all that. important to a downtown. Um, similarly, Northville, those kind of areas. So, to me, I think Oxford represents a lot of the best of those things, but it has even less traffic. It's not as hustle and bustle. You are purposely further away, which I think is again a reason a lot of people live here and they're moving here is because they want a little bit more peace and solitude. Um, so I think it does all those key things, right? And that's kind of how I measure
014it. And then conversely, if I measure it against, you know, maybe some on the east side where things have been overdeveloped very quickly and now it's just overpopulation and it wasn't managed properly. Even in Canton, I lived off of Ford Road. I don't know if you've been to IKEA or that general area, but it is a nightmare. Um 24's main throw throw through. You just got to manage those important. >> This is you've been here three years. Are you involved with any other Oxford organizations, clubs, teams, whatever? >> I am not in the townshipwide. Um, that's kind of what I've been looking for what what the opportunity is for me to get my time and experience back and I feel this is a good fit. Um, I'm hoping that through doing this and interacting more
015with the community that I'll identify other areas that I can spend some time. Um, I am on my neighborhood's HOA. Um, I've been for three years. It's a new build community. So, handling the architectural committee and it's a really you know involved much more involved than let's say the average wellestablished HOA but um yeah this would be the first entrance into it >> is a good train for some things right it >> yeah pretty much when it gets to me almost all the questions are answered but um James are you familiar at all with the legislature and the house and the house bills any of those activities >> I pay attention Um lately I try to not drown myself in it uh because it can be all consuming but I'm aware enough of what's important.
016>> It is all consuming but we have we have a void that we are looking to fill too as somebody who understands that and can get involved with that. >> Um so if you have some of that experience please let me know. >> Sure. >> Um you have a wide range of experience at your company. Do you have an HR personnel or do you have HR experience? >> Um, so we're a part of a parent company that's in Houston. So that's HR is kind of a corporate function and we don't have anybody locally. So we depend on them, but also we're in a completely different state by ourselves. So between myself and my boss, we basically are in formal HR, right? >> You hire, you fire, you >> control the benefits and you understand all
017those kind of things. Correct. >> Some of these committees you work on would would possibly work on is is compensation, personnel, issues like that. So, >> very familiar. >> Okay. Um, property rights versus zoning. How do you feel about property rights? >> Um, okay. So, kind of back to the point of um keeping things in the way that they are in a in a realistic way. So, um, zoning versus property rights, um, I think that each case has to be taken kind of by itself, but there's a reason that the zoning exists. There's a reason that it was decided to be that. We just went through the the master plan revision. There's there's a reason that things are the way they are. And so, I think it should be that should be the rule, not
018the exception. And we should be focused on what was laid out as the plan in the first place. >> Okay. Um, pretty much all my other questions were asked, the time commitment, uh, being able to be flex and come up for a an hour or two meeting during the week on some of the committees. Um, other than that, I think we're complete with our questions. Do you have any of us? Um, I was going to ask you about, you mentioned some of the possible committees and appointments and it sounds like you have a couple in mind that that need that need filling, but I was just curious if you could share what what ones are. >> You have the list right there. >> Artificial intelligence committee, compensation performance evaluation committee, and election commission. >> Those
019are the three committees that we have vacancies on right now. >> Okay. >> Any other questions? >> I think that's all. I appreciate your time and I appreciate uh this opportunity. >> Thank you. Would you send Jamie for me and wait out the hall? We'll have you out there. >> Thank you. >> Watch that big guy by the door. He'll trip you. [clears throat] >> Good evening, Jamie. How are you? >> Good. How about yourself? >> Wonderful. Um, I'm going to start with the panel. We'll just ask you a few questions and >> um, when it got to me, I had only three of the 20 that were asked, so >> Oh, good. >> You're ready. >> All right. Sounds good. >> Trusty Coven, do you want to start again? >> I'll start again. Same
020question again. Um, >> this job is not just one hour a month commitment. It's quite a time commitment that when I first started, I wasn't aware of. Um there's definitely time you have to be available during the week, uh normal business hours, you know, to go to site visits, other things like that. >> Sure. >> What is your ability to make that time commitment? >> Um my boss is pretty lenient. I'm I'm the owner of the firm and so um as long as I've got the calendar commitment ahead of time and I can um that never is an issue. I've done plenty of other volunteer u in the middle of the day and so forth and so that should not be an issue. at all. As long as I can, again, I say that it's
021my I live by my calendar, so as long as it's on my calendar, then then I can make time for it to work around it. >> Greg, hello again, Jamie. >> Hello. How are you >> doing? All right. I see you have a couple more here. >> Yeah. Yeah, I did. Since we last met, >> been a busy person. >> Yeah. Yeah. So maybe these will be repeat questions, but um one of my questions is one of the statutory duties as the trustee is the fiduciary responsibility of the township. So besides budgets, revenues, and expenditures, what other fiduciary responsibilities do you feel is your responsibility as a trustee? >> Uh just the representing the the township in in the right way, in the right light, is you're person among the public. So they're going to
022look at you as a general representative of the the the township. So the way you act in public and the way you perceive yourself is is a reflection of the township. And I think that's probably one of the strongest responsibilities we have is is how we portray ourselves as representatives of of this organization. >> Okay. And you have no problem with people attending day meetings with your your >> No, no. I I mean Yeah. If you want to talk about additional fiduciaries of of attending meetings, being present and yes, that to me is is I I guess goes without question that that you're going to be committed to the various time schedules and the meetings and and do the due diligence and the premeating preparation and so forth. And it's it's things I've been used
023to doing with with the other volunteer organizations that I've worked with in the past. My last question, Supervisor Curtis, is um what do you feel the Tom board should be doing or what they shouldn't be doing going forward? >> Um, great question. I know from my past experience, the township board is is really in in the level of governance and making sure that we're looking at the bigger picture of the township and and and instructing our clerk and our supervisor and our treasurer and other people that work for them on what that big picture is and help them execute that as they need to. Um I firmly believe as a member of the outside part of oper that we don't step into operations unless we're asked to. We look at the governance. So, we're following
024the the township charter and making sure that we're following the rules that we need to be following in in setting the tone and the direction of this this township, whether it it is the master plan or whether it is we're how we're going to develop this and in and revenue and and so forth. >> All right. Thank you. >> Yep. >> Treasure Ferrari. >> Welcome back, Jamie. >> Thank you. What what do you think are your three strongest qualities you bring to the township board? >> Just three, huh? Um, well, I I I think first, so I and I'll expand on each of them. Um, being a CPA, I think, is number one. Um, being a CPA, we're we obviously know the finances and and the reality is, as they say, that's the that's the
025language of business. That's the language of everything. If you understand the finances, you understand 90% of how the working operations of of an organization. As a CPA, we also, you know, I bring integrity and professionalism to everything that I do. That's just part of my professional standards and my professional code. Um, as a business owner, um, that's two. I bring um just years of advisory and advising businesses. I've done nothing but work with small business owners and individuals and and advise them on on the way to do things. Our part of our mission statement is we challenge the status quo. So, I don't look at it and just say, "Let's just do it the same way we've been doing it." we look at it a different way, come at it from a different angle. So
026that advisory I think would be um is something that we would do. And then I think my years of being on various volunteering board um I understand how boards work. I understand the governance roles that we have and I understand where we need to what lanes we need to stay in and what lanes we don't. So I think those would be the three best qualities I can bring. >> How do you feel education in terms of learning the position as a ton of trustee? What other reports do you put on that? Oh, it's extreme. I I I think that you had I mean, in order to do your job, I mean, no different than anything that I've done in the past. I've had to, you know, I'm still learning every day on certain things to
027to what to do and what, you know, I do believe that maybe I have a little bit of a step up of of non financial experts or people because I can at least interpret the audited financial statements or the budget or or things of that and not necessarily have to learn all of those aspects of how that works. But there's still going to be other non-financial areas that I'm going to have to learn and absolutely ready to be educated on that. >> What one thing about Oxford would you change? >> Um I I think you know and it I thought of this in the past is is there still seems to be a stigmatism in Oxford that we're a small community and I think that we're growing. we're growing in and you look at our
028expenditures that we've incurred and the development that we've done and you look at some of the investment that we've done to the township. We're not a small community anymore, but everybody still wants to feel like we're a small community. So, I think there's we have to kind of change a little bit of our narrative of who we are and almost go through a little bit of a maybe a redefinition of what Oxford is. Um, I know that I've tra I've done a lot of travel for business and so forth. And I mentioned that I'm from Oxford. I still get the unfortunately the the tragic events of of the school shooting and that's not who we should be defined by. So I think trying to figure out who we are in getting that out there, that
029message out there and communicating that. >> That's all I have to say. >> Trust Charles. >> And one thing you said I agree with about not letting the shooting. >> Yes. I was in London, England about a year ago and somebody asked if I was there. >> Um, are you aware that this is a temporary appointment pending the election? >> Correct. >> I've been told sometime April >> something. >> What other kind of community events have you been involved with? Oxford type events, not outside Oxford. >> Um, you know, this came up last time and and and really I've spent most of my time outside of Oxford just because of where my work has been related. So other than attending community events as as such as the various things that are going on a long
030time ago we had Taste of Oxford, we had the um the Low Ranger event and and so forth like that. So um but as a sense of the only thing that I've been involved in within this community is is spent 10 years as order director and president and treasurer of our homeowners association. What other communities would you benchmark with Oxford? >> Well, I I I think it's Oxford's so unique in what it does. Um, it's hard to benchmark it, but I would look at our surrounding communities of of Lake Orient. I would look at at at uh Clarkston and maybe even I think we're bigger than Leonard, but but Leonard is probably looked at the industrial base and so forth. It's hard for us to to compete and say that we're comparative to Lake Orian
031because Lake Oran has got Round Road. It's got all the GM and so it's got a bigger industrial base as Oxford does. Rochester is just a booming city and I don't think I want to be a Rochester if I was to look. I love Oxford the way it is um with the the small town that it has, but I think probably the best one would be Clarkson. So, thank you. >> Jamie, um I I know you own your own company because the name's on it. >> Yeah. >> Um you have relinquished your uh presidency, what was it, the executive committee as chairman of the board of the Michigan Association of CPAs? >> Yes. >> Um are you still on the chair of the economic development of tax policy? >> Yes. Yes. So, so what had
032happened is is um I was termed out of the Michigan Association board of directors and and you you have a six-year term on the the standard board and then you're asked to serve on the executive committee. So, I had the privilege of being asked to serve on and then you run through the board pos the the officer positions there. Um I fell off of that and and then I was reached out to by Small Business Association of Michigan to serve as their chair of the economic development and tax policy council which I believe is a two or three year term. So, I'm just initially getting started with that. >> Oh, good. Um, so are you familiar with uh what's going on in the house, the legislature, uh being a involved in a lot of the
033monetary accountant end of the business. A lot of those legislative things affect you, >> but yeah, >> we have been missing what it's affecting Sure. us as a town. Are you familiar how they work, what they do? We're I mean I'm I'm as as we talked about earlier, I'm learning that position right now, but I also have some experience from my my time on the MICPA board of directors where we are very actively involved with the legislature and still I will I've been asked to serve on their pack and legislative committee as well for so I'm going to be very in tune with the state of Michigan and their rules. I know that right now there's a couple things that are that are they're tossing around and and we'll find more out in in a
034[clears throat] couple weeks from our this that council is the property tax they're in and there there's rumblings of the speaker of the house wants to look at changing property taxes. We don't know what the impact of that is. Um, I know that just earlier in the year we had our they took away the sales tax on gas which impacts all local municipalities relative to, you know, their revenue share and so forth. >> Yes. Uh, here here's one who how much experience you have with HR? >> Oh, human resources. >> Yes. Now, I've got a staff of six, so um we're a little loosey goosey to some extent, but I've also I also serve as a fractional CFO for about a four or five million dollar organization with about 10 or 15 people and I
035work with their HR very closely in making sure we have policies in place. We our firm did education on on the um recently when Michigan had passed the u the sick time leave act. We had done education and presented that to our clients and into the community in general. So I know basic HR. Would I say I'm an HR expert? No. But I do know certain things that we have to worry about when it comes to HR policies and so forth. >> Some of these committees you work on, we're looking for those strings. uh property rights and zoning. I own 100 acres here next to your house. >> It's zoned R1. Are you going to complain? >> I'm not I'm not familiar with the the zoning regulations, but >> it's R1 is uh residential like
036live in Y. >> I'm going to build a subdivision. I'm going to cut all the trees down. >> I think there's a zoning issue there, but I wouldn't know what I mean. Again, I I probably know enough to say, "Hey, wait a minute. we've got to look and then have the resources to go back and figure out what we have to do. >> Okay. >> But I at the same time too, it's not a decision made by one person. So, >> very good. Um, let me see. Yeah, I had the question of this is a partial term 26 you would have to run again, right, clerk? Right. >> That's correct. >> So, here we have about eight months to Would you are you going to consider ing. Absolutely. And realistically, I have until April, I
037believe, because I have to at least put my name out there. Correct. >> April. >> Yeah. >> So, >> thank you. All right. Um, I want to ask you if you have any questions of this board. >> Um, the only question I I I kind of gave this some thought. The only question I have is is um you've had turnover, you know, in nine months, two people, and so is this just a is this them the ability for everybody to kind of be able to to work together or is this an issue of just just personal things came up in their lives and and they just couldn't do it? >> Personal things that came up in our lives. >> Uh we work pretty good together. >> Okay. >> On some pretty contankerous stuff. We try
038to look out for our residents. Uh last week we had a meeting uh sewer meeting and we uh avoided having to do some things by sure >> moving funds and borrowing money instead of right >> putting that on but we all came together and >> solved the problem for the residents. So it is personal issues. The last candidate we picked up, they got a very high intensive job. >> And it did not allow them the time to come and help us work in committee level. >> Sure. I get that. Um, what does does the board go through any [clears throat] formal type of strategic plan or does the township go through a formal strategic plan or process to kind of review the direction that that the the township is going on some sort of frequency?
039We we look at um well strategic planning. >> Not really. It's capital improvement plans that we do uh both the fire department and this township. We look at our assets and see what needs to be fixed, corrected, updated, uh software, uh all the new legislature that's coming down. And that's our water steward. We have a plan with that and what we're doing. We have water districts that we plan for, but uh do you have some offerings you might think about strategic? >> No. No. When I look at a strategic plan, it it encompasses all of that relative to all of what really gives direction and drive to what's going to drive the next couple years in the associate ASA association in the township. We at the the MICPA, we had a strategic plan and we
040did a strategic retreat. um it was at the board office so it wasn't like we went anywhere fancy but we'd have us want to we'd have a all day and and really focus on what are the major focuses we're going to have this year what are our pillars if you will and so of of membership of education of advocacy and so forth and that was really kind of what drove how we moved forward and and really it was one of those that the board was involved in and then the the the executive team was involved in it but then the the association management and their employees really then drove that that plan as a sense of how they serve their members. So having some sort of strategic plan, I feel we even do a small
041strategic plan every every October in our office is just what are our goals for the upcoming year? What are we going to do? What are we going to hire? And things of that nature. I think it just helps set the tone a little bit >> of the direction of we go. >> Any other questions you have? >> No, I'm good. >> Just we kind of do that, but it's more fragmented. >> Sure. >> It's not a strategic plan. We have a safety path committee feeds into the board. water, sewer feeds into the board, >> right? >> You know, and we have all these different committees that kind of function that way, right? >> The board sets its direction. It's up to us to make that happen. >> Okay, good. Okay. >> Any other questions? Um,
042no other questions? Well, um, if you wouldn't mind, we could invite James back in. >> Sure, I'll do that. Thank you. >> Okay. Um, well, that's a tough on this, ladies and gentlemen. And it's a very very tough tough quality candidates here. >> The audience pretty good. Can I make a motion? >> You can make the motion treasure. >> Unless there's any debate anybody wants to talk before I make a motion. I move to appoint James and Lapakolo to the charter town of Oxford Board of Trustees serve as a trustee for the term of office that expires on the certification November 20 26th midterm election by the board of canvasers I'll second that motion questions hearing none call >> yes >> Charles >> yes >> Ferrari Yes, >> right. Yes. And Supervisor Curtis. >> Yes.
043Uh James, I want to thank you for standing up. Um we did have a question of us. Uh what happens is life changes in people's lives. The board comes to we have one appointment here tonight that was made when we lost a trustee and two have gone since. So please continue to uh submit your resume. I've kept your resume because I always look for planning commissioners, >> uh, zoning board of appeals, board of tribunal, the tax tribunal. So, we are always looking for them. Jamie, I welcome you to the trustee position and I thank you for your time. Um, two strong candidates. I'm going to tell you right now, two strong, >> very strong and I thank you for your time. Um, we can move on to I lost my item number 7B. I got
044to get it out here. I know I have it right here. >> 7B. Um, committee committee appointments for the new trustee. I move to appoint trustee James Laakolo serve on the following committees to the certification November 2026 midterm election by the board of canvasers artificial intelligence committee compensation performance evaluation committee election commission >> I'll second >> I have a motion by treasurer Ferrari and a second by trustee Kovven any questions hearing none roll cally Charles >> yes >> Ferrari >> yes >> right yes trusty >> yes supervisor Yes. Uh item 7 C, resend the January 14th, 2026 motion approving a public hearing for Brad Dwey sewer sand sad project. Uh board members, um we had some questions on the role, questions on the cost and financing of it. Um, and we have to resend that
045motion and we will be bringing this forward uh at the February 11th trustee Township Board meeting. >> This probably in March. >> This will be in March. >> In March, >> it'll it'll be in March to bring it forward the public hearing, but you'll get everything ready to get out. Correct. >> Okay. Super. Thank you. I move to resend the following motion approved to the January 14th, 2026 Oxford Township Board Trustees meeting. Treary move trusty Coleman second that the township board approved the resolution titled tenative assessment resolution. Dur improvement project special assessment district authorize the township clerk to certify and file the resolution to set the first public hearing required required under public act 188 1954 February 11 2026 at 6:30 p.m. at the township hall D road Oxford Michigan >> I'll second >> I
046have a motion by treasurer Ferrari a second by trustee colon any questions hearing none roll call right yes >> yes >> Mr. Charles, >> yes. >> Trusty Coven, >> yes. >> Supervisor Curtis, >> yes. >> Item 7D, resend public hearing. Uh motion for Brad Dwey stairway sidewalk improvement project. Uh board members, same thing. We uh tried to get it rapidly onto the agenda and uh we were not prepared correctly with finance. So we ask at this time to resend that motion. >> I move to resend the following motion approved of January 14th, 2026. Township board trustees meeting. Treasure far removed. Trusty Coleman seconded. The township board approved the resolution titled ten of special assessment resolution Dairway sidewalk improvement project. Authorize the town to certify a file saying hereby first public hearing required a public act
047188 of 1954 February 11th 2026 at 6:30 p.m. the township hall Oxford Michigan. I move that the township board approve an amended resolution titled 10 of a special assessment resolution for D stairway sidewalk improvement project and authorize a township certified file saying hereby set the first public hearing inquired on public act 188 of 1954 March 11 2026 at 6:30 p.m. at the council hall reap road Oxford Michigan >> I'll second >> I have a motion by treasurer Ferrari on one second by trusty coin any questions hearing none roll call treasure Ferrari >> yes >> trusty Charles >> yes >> trusty >> yes >> right yes supervisor Curtis >> yes >> all right thank you item eight new business uh board members I'm looking for authorization to fill the planning and zoning executive assistant position uh
048working with uh building official Tim London, uh planner Matteo Pasalqua, and myself, we'd look to uh um advertise for a candidate with uh strict um requirements for the planning and zoning uh executive position. And um we would like to go out post for uh applicants, interview applicants, and propose hiring of an applicant at a future board meeting. I move that a legal notice be published in the Oxford leader on February 9th, 2026 to appoint individuals planning his own executive assistant position. A resume and letter of interest shall be submitted in person to the supervisor's office by 5:00 p. p.m. on Monday, February 23rd, 2026. also authorized supervisor Jack Curtis with the assistance of building official Tim London Township Plan Mail Posa to seek and interview candidates to fill a vacant planning and executive assistant position.
049The selected candidate will be offered a starting salary between 60,000 and $75,000 per year depending on experience and qualifications. The planning and zone executive assistant position will include the benefits afforded to all other full-time occupational employees. >> I'll second for discussion. I have a motion by Treasure Ferrari, a second by CF Trusty Kovville. Um I saw clerk right throw his hand up first. So right. >> Yeah. My my uh not concerned, but um I don't know if you want to just restrict your uh notices to the actual >> Did the motion restrict it to the It has to be there. It it will have to be there, but we do plan on putting it in the MAP, the Michigan Association of Planners and MML, Michigan Municipal League. So, we're going to put those out there.
050>> So, it doesn't restrict you from >> Correct. >> Trusty Co. >> I was just concerned for Quick Rights. >> Correct. Uh, okay. Any other questions, board members? Hearing none. Roll the roll call. >> Treasure Ferrari. >> Yes. >> Quick, right? Yes. Trusty Coburn. >> Yes. Trusty Charles. >> Yes. >> Supervisors. >> Yes. >> Uh item nine, public comment. Anybody in the public wish to make any comment they'd like? >> Any insight on Super Bowl? Nothing. >> Okay. Item 10, Board of Trustee comments. I'm going to drag this out to 7:15. Daniel >> um >> Board of Trustees. I'll start with Trustee Charles. >> Uh Treasure Ferrari. One thing, we got the MTA coming up, Michigan association conference. Like to encourage Jamie to talk with Supervisor Curtis and Deputy Supervisor Smith. If that's something they
051can fit into their agenda to go to that, I think it'd be very, very worthwhile. I also want to thank James and Jamie. I think you're both very good candidates. I wish you both the best and it was a very tough decision. And for my son, go Seahawks. >> Oh, I'm gonna [laughter] uh click Greg. Yeah, just thank you also to the candidates, uh, James for your interest in applying as Supervisor Curtis said, don't don't give up. You know, there's plenty of opportunities here. So, thank you. >> Yeah, >> too cold. >> I agree. Thank you for coming and thank you for applying. And, um, next time, uh, bring your wives or some women because I get lonely up here. >> Feel like village council. All right. Uh, I was going to also reference MTA
052conference for the new trustee. That's April 20th through the 23rd up in Trevor City. Uh, the C the the the conference has courses for uh new trustees. It has awarenesses for positions in the township, how to work and deal with things. one of the hot topics, data centers, one of the, you know, it'll teach anything from HR to to current buzzwords and legislative legislative uh activities going on. Uh secondly, board members, in the future, uh when we have a committee that decides to uh send out a letter, uh we are no longer going to be stuffing letters in the township hall. Um back in the 90s, it was cute. we could all buckle down and put 500 letters in envelopes. Uh last week, I know, or this week even currently, we're stuffing almost 4,200 4,200
053envelopes and uh it it's grown immensely. The township has grown and uh the demand on stuffing goes above and beyond what we have to do in the office. So, we're going to ask for that to be reviewed next time we have that. Um, other than that, I believe that is it. >> I'll make a motion to journ. I'll second that. >> Oh, I got one from I have a motion by Treasure Ferrari and a second by Trustee Charles. All those in favor signify by saying I. I.