001Please stand for the pledge of allegiance. I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, liberty and justice for all us. Thank you for the rest of us here. Pray that you just continue to bless each one and pray for those that are having a health issue, lot of citizens going around. Be free to give us wisdom as we go through today's meeting. >> Amen. President Moore >> here. >> Kennedy is absent and excused. Pelichek here. Swag is absent, excused. Hopkins >> here. for the record clerk and treasurer Kennedy for her presence. Okay. So, >> can I have a motion to approve the minutes of the September 8th meeting, please? >> Yep. I'd like to approve approve minutes of
002September 8th, 2025 as is. >> Second. All in favor? >> I opposed. None. Motion carries. Can I get a motion on the special meeting of September 29th minutes, please? I'd like to approve the minutes of September 29th. Motion has beed. >> All in favor? I oppos. Hearing none. Motion carried. >> Can I wait? Can I agenda approval, please? Approve the agenda. >> Yes, I like to approve the agenda on October 13, 2025. Second. >> All in favor? I motion carries. Let's go into the treasures report. >> I don't know what >> just basically as she doesn't tough tonight. >> I'd like to approve the September 2025 motion as presented. >> A second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> How would I do a [Music] Pich Hawkins. >> Yes. >> More. >> Yes. >> Car
003going to accounts payable. >> Right. General $10,877.31 major 27,48459 and local $200 and bill park recreation $816. Is that correct? That's correct. Is that motion? Make a motion to >> You need to say all of that in your motion. Yeah. I'll make a motion to approve um accounts payable in general 10,877 51 cents major 27,484 59 local 200 Walmart will be 860 roll please >> yes >> more >> yes >> check yes At this time, >> are there any public comments? I I'm sorry, Dave. I said I had to move you down. We had some other stuff to take president. You're still on the agenda, but >> I don't care. >> Okay, let's move on to new business. >> Anybody? >> I didn't see anybody. >> Okay. Do you want me to have something for
004you? would be the same old same old. >> All I got to do is don't do budget adjustments for the 2025 budget. Motion to read the motion to adopt the budget. just all right. I'd like to approve the budget adjustments for 2025 through 2026. um as is to adopt the 2026 budget adjustment to make the general fund budget 5,78 and 28569 and major fund will be 369 070 or 25 local fund 17,673 call Yes. >> Yes. >> Motion carried. >> Well, I have uh next on the agenda, the forest street project financial advisor quotes. I have three quotes in mind here and I have talked to uh each individual involved in those quotes. Um and did you did you put them? Did you get them quotes earlier in your So you guys have had a
005chance to go over the votes. There's three quotes. One from Benzinski and one from FLI Mutual Funds, but it's a it's company. But as I go through, which means if they don't get us to a bond, we don't own anything. However, if I look in the other ones, if I look in Benzinski Chapman, there are a lot of consulting freebies in there to get started with. So, while we'll probably own money in it, won't get us until he gets us there, won't they're same, but they're not a fudiciary company. If you look at them, they were the high quote. They're up they're up around 9,500 to $1,200. So I don't have to figure while while Andy Chapman told me generally start about $7,500 and that's what I got from the ficiary company also. That $7,500
006figure, you know, it's a floating figure because I it's not an exact science because they've got to go through everything. We have all our all our records and everything to find out. It's a lot of work. So I wouldn't think that is that far out where it could end up being. I think maybe he misrepresented itself a little bit. I just want a starting figure because I knew this was time depending on how much work they had to do to give us. So I wouldn't use that as a deterrent factor. So we have used them in the past. They have been good for us and they're very interested. They want to come back here. So that that can give them that recommendation that we've already that we've already used. They've been wrong for us. We
007need to look at one of these three. I'm not opposed to Beni again nor am I opposed to MFCI. And they also g also added some information NCFI. They also have some information about uh bond council firms and stuff that we're going to have to get into a little bit later. But we need to do this to get these people. We need to get one of these people hired and get moving on on this before we spend too much money in engineering. We can't recoup any of that cost. The quicker they get started, the quicker we know when we can whether or not we can get the bonds for this. And without that, that's just where we're at. >> So, are you looking for a motion for council to authorize you to hire? >> Yes.
008As far as your recognition lean more towards >> well you consider him kind of better because we used them before successful that's all I know about and that he had in his quote were a lot of things that they would do and they were not charged for which is you know that's the only difference I see between him and And we got I think we'd be happy with either one. But Baker Tilly were paying million dollars. So that that's no good. I I you know we Andy Campbell was not with excuse me but the same Benzinski at the time he was with Tilly has now left Tilly and he's moving for which is a plus because we used him before as a financial advisor when he was at so he has moved pretty nice guy.
009I add a lot of very nice, very detailed. >> Okay, so right now we're looking for a motion to make one um to have the village president enter into a contract with a financial advisor firm. Would anybody like to make that motion? I'd like to make the motion to let the president continue with Benzinski or co. Do you want their case which or just >> you could just have an insurance to a contract out >> authorizing contract >> at this point? I don't know are these figures are they firm Bill or are they is it kind of flexible? They're not real firm because of the amount. They don't know how much work they have to do. >> Okay. >> Going through our files and compiling everything and then being able to get us to a
010body. >> So, we're just kind of trusting you based on your judgment from all the work that you've done right now doing research and working with these is feeling comfortable with them for us to have you make that judgment call then? >> Yes. I I'm most I'm most comfortable with either one of these. And like I say, this one is a judiciary company. pay but this one I said well generally we don't charge people for what we can't provide. >> Okay. >> So either either one of these two to me is is the way we should go and I think we can work with either one. Who has a leg up is probably this because they're interested. They've already worked with us once before. >> Okay. So, >> right. >> Is that what we're going
011to say to >> Would you make >> Would you would you mind doing it again just so that way I can make sure that I've got my steps straight? >> I'd like to make a motion for President Moore to continue considering Bozinski and Co. for the >> second. >> Did you roll, please? >> Yes. Hopkins. >> Yes. Treasures resolution. You want me to speak on that? I will just do you want me to? >> Sure. >> Okay. I just I know that that was a response. >> So, well, you know, just do what we can, right? >> So, um this is our new treasurer, um Amy Kennedy, and um in the process of the change over in office from the um previous treasurer to the new one. There's a little bit of business that has
012to be taken care of and that has to do with like bank accounts. Um we have accounts with a group bank and the third and also other things with IRS, state of Michigan. And so basically I could read the whole thing line by line if you guys want me to. But if not the essence of it is it's just saying that we are asking just as an official resolution that uh village council would approve that the old treasurer is taken off of those accounts. The new treasurer is put on them and then any other items that would need a signatory or official account authorization would go to gate. So that's it. So we just need motion somebody to adopt the resolution and we're good to go. >> I'd like to make a motion to adopt
013the resolution for the village treasure and authorizing signatures for all official village financial accounts. Have a roll call, please. >> You know, I'm working really hard when that happens. >> Okay. >> Roll call. Let's see here. Um, more. >> Yes. >> Teleich. >> Yes. Okay, on to number four. New business major street account project category. We need to create a new account in our budget for this baby project. So I'll read this off to here. You need to create a new account in the major street account for the 2728 road project for the engineering cost of 281,397. This brings the new budget amount to $396,25. >> So we're looking for a line item. Is that basically what it is? To be added to the >> to the budget. A line item added to the budget.
014The major street I will make a motion to um create a new account, a major street account for 227 to 228 road projects with engineering cost of 281,397. Um this brings the new budget amount to 369,25. >> Do you have one second? Got it. I just wanted to write in the number but I can add it later. Okay. So that was Hawkins and we'll do a roll. >> Yes. >> Check. >> Yes. Hopkins. >> Yes. More. >> Yes. >> Okay. On to number five. Okay. You are number five. You got five minutes. >> Oh. Okay. Got a solve this building and three others on this. Anyway, um where's Leonard? >> I think it's house. >> The village of Leonard isn't that big. It's just these four buildings here and then all the houses by the
015they're hooked to the post office. That's that's the village of Leonard. At some point, this property for this building used to be 162 ft. Now it's down to 99. I don't know where it went, but I I got a suspicion that in the 1800s to maybe 1900, logs were brought through from the west side. And I'm I'm going to imagine that the ladies in town did not want logs going downtown. So, they probably they picked the best spot was this this little path right through here that would cut up to the sawmill. I don't know if it's true. It might be in the minutes someplace. I can't figure it out. I've looked. I went to the county. We have uh a lot of pieces at 44 feet disappeared all the way to the song. So,
016I guess that was where they took the logs. But then a lot of that property came back. But these four didn't come back to the original owners and and now we have an alley and that 44 ft ended up being part of Janet's property. Now some point I don't know when that was but Janet now and all all she has all 44 all all four pieces had 44 feet and they're all back on her property. I don't know what happened, but we have a crisis here right in this building. We don't have an acceptable septic field, and I don't see how we can ever get one if we don't get We should get rid of the alley. That would give us 20 more feet. But then our our cable company decided to take the the
017cables from the from the pole, drop them into the ground. So, We got a new problem. How are we going to do that? I looked it up and there are circumstances that we can put a septic field on top of those cables depending on which cables they are and how well they're sealed. I don't know how they are, but I'm just bringing this up. We can't have parties here. We can't do anything here but this meeting. This is pathetic. I have a picture of our fire chief and my daughter under the table at one of those parties. We don't have those anymore. We can't. Something went wrong and I can't even get the bottom of it because I don't know what went on. I spent an hour and a half with the register of deeds
018and funding or wherever they are. Got a friend there. She spent an hour and a half researching all the properties just on this area here. There's there's much that went on. I haven't got to the point of actually reading all that, but I may. I don't know. I've got a map from 1884 that you can't read, but you can read. If you want a picture of it, you might be able to read it, but I can't I can't copy it. It doesn't show up. But if you're interested, that shows the the 164 feet that originally was there. And that's that's the mystery to me. I don't know how to solve it. So what I make a proposal here is I'm not willing to uh we don't have any place to gather. Nothing. This is done.
019You can't gather here. So I decided to take my property and forest. And if the village wants it, we can turn it into a little restaurant. And um I I will definitely want it to look like a 1800's train station. That is my goal. Um I've got some that I I think are pretty one that I really like. It's uh I got I got the layout of the uh soil down the microphone. >> I can talk pretty loud. Anyway, I have two styles of uh soil. One is good soil and one isn't all that good soil. So, my suggestion is I've got over an acre here. Um the green or blue, whatever that is, that's susceptible soil for a subject field. I could do like three or four subject fields on that property. Um the
020other part is Cape Sandy Mo like most of the villages that can be drained to put a building and parking lot. Um and I got a picture there shows what it would look like possibly. I don't know people's input on that. I apparently don't have that town according to my wife. >> Is it Is that property zone residential? >> It's residential. >> Okay. >> It would have to be changed. But here's here's the thing and and we don't do this much. Um Chester Road and Elmo are commercial roads. They are that's where commercial growth is. That's where it is. It can't be on any other streets. not without a change of law. So when people say they don't want it there, and I'm sure they are, I will challenge that. So if you don't want
021it there, that's fine. I'll challenge it. If you want it there, you must work peacefully to put it there. Are the neighbors going to be upset? Oh, maybe. Why did they move next to a main road or They can hear it from the main road. If they wanted it to quiet peacefully, they should have went up on the hill here where we have a HOA. I think you do. And if you do, then you can control that stuff. But you can't control it on on on the main road. I'm sorry, but uh that will not take place. >> Um you know, Dave, just you know, I think maybe your first step, and please correct me if I'm wrong, anybody audience or on council um might be to apply for a zoning variance. Yeah. >> Because
022what you're asking for is is a pretty big ask. Like you know a lot of times when it comes to zoning >> if it's dimensional you know sometimes if it's a small thing it can be done but when you start changing that kind of zoning it's it's extremely rare that something like that would happen. But I would say if you're really interested I think that's going to be your next step. If you want to go upstairs, you could get a site plan um you know set up that you want a site plan review and that you want a zoning variance request and that would be a place to start. >> Oh, I know. That's why we came here. >> Okay. All right. >> That's the only reason. >> Yeah. Get it out there. >> Let's
023just I think that's step one for us. >> We don't have a place to gather in this town. It just isn't right. I don't know any community like this. >> It's bad. >> This building doesn't have a septic field. It's bad. Let's get our land back and get a subject field. That's that's what I have to say. And uh I'm going for it and go to court. That's what we'll do. >> Okay. We canave. >> We can definitely We do appreciate the input. We appreciate the time. >> Appreciate your time and input, Dave. We really do. >> So, just if you want to I'll make sure before I leave tonight, I have those items set for you aside. If you want to come up and get the the variance request and the site plan request
024started, I can at least get you that paperwork. >> Okay. >> So, that way if you come up to the office tomorrow or one day this week, >> you can pick that up. I will do that. >> All right. Awesome. >> Okay. >> Thank you. >> Yep. I need this available to the two missing trustes as we move on. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> So they're aware of it when Jennifer would be back this week, but Alex will be back till next week. >> Absolutely. >> Is that something that the public could have an input on at some point? A meeting? >> Yes, the public input on that. Yes. Thank you. I'd like to address some of the points uh just regarding the alley abandonment proposal that you just heard. Um Peter Brewer was the original
025farmer that platted this northeast portion of Leonard now Leonard. uh with the lots and all of the uh parcels that are laid out in it and they were originally sold as those parcels and as Mr. Ratford mentioned things changed. Um they changed because property owners receive we filed and received deeds for their properties and in the process of doing that easements were granted to the village for rightways and not just this one but we have a couple more instances of the same. And so this all happened in the period between 1889 and 1906. Um, and while those records may not be readily available to Mr. Rafford, they are readily available at the clerk's common clerks if a if a proper search is performed. Um, now that being said, I've looked at um the deeds for
026the parcels on the alley on both sides. They are all legitimate deeds. They're all recorded properly and they all show the uh creation or exclusion of the land that was formerly part of the lot number um that were combined to make the parcels that we see today. So that's no mystery that if you look in any village or any community, you're going to see wherever there was a plat performed, if the plat if the if the parcels are changed or combined, they receive a different partial number and they're uh the deed is what controls um and they're as long as they're properly filed, which these are. Furthermore, um the uh property owners are budding any um adjacent parcel or any abandoned parcel are all entitled to half of the frontage um in front of that
027their parcel is next to. So abandoning a 20 foot parcel or 20 foot wide lane is only going to produce a 10 by 50 foot parcel for Mr. Ratberg's purposes. You cannot, unless you plan on condemnation, take land from a private individual. So there is no getting back for the owners what they used to own. If the village does that, it'll be an uphill fight. And you'll have to prove that it's worth it. And frankly, I like access to the alley, which I still have. I think the village of Leonard benefits from access because it owns two buildings here that have over time you need access front and rear. And we only have, frankly, two parcel owners that think it's a great thing to abandon the alley. And why do they want it abandoned? It's
028for their own benefit. The village of Leonard, like many other lots in the village, is a substandard lot. It does have a septic tank and a field. They don't work well. So, the village pumps the tank four times a year, which other structures along here do or should do. And that's how you keep things going. You keep things in repair. and maintain them. And it is what it is. It's not the village's responsibility to provide land or services because somebody wants it if it's not to the benefit of all the people. Um I respectfully um argue that this hall is not useful, that it doesn't serve a purpose in the community. It's for all official meetings. There have been a number of uh plowing and trail meets here. Nota meets here not under schedule because
029of the new facility. But the point is is that it is a central point and it does serve um we did look into getting a generator for it so that in the winter or summer if there's a need for a community u gathering place that it would be available for that as well, which it still is. So I think that and I don't want to abuse my five minutes but I'd like to see the remain the way it is and ask your support for that. [Music] >> Thank you Mike. >> Um I don't have a problem with >> Does anybody else want to speak before he gets another turn? Nothing disappointed quite a bit. >> I don't have a problem with any of that. What really irritates me, it's dropped the cable down there. Um,
030so there's no chance of ever using it, the way it was intended. I believe it's an alley, isn't it? Is it called an alley? It doesn't meet the definition of an alley, so I don't know what it is. It has a separate partial number. >> It does credited to the village. >> So, >> it's owned by >> We should be able to find it, but it might be down in the county. >> Yeah. >> Right. >> Yeah. I But I I'm not opposed to any of that. It's just it's frustrating to me to see that we we gave up property, but we could have put a little septic field on. Luckily, I have one. I have a subject field on my property. Um, so I don't know if Dave has one down there or not.
031I have no idea. But, uh, >> I think they had a restroom in that facility. I think I think they probably did. They think they used water. I don't know, but it it seems like it's something we should I just don't know what to do, father. >> Okay. >> All right. >> Can I move forward now? Go ahead. Thank you. >> Let's go on to number six, Clark train. So about a week or so ago, I I got a dig ticket and from an excavating company and it mapped out the entire Clark drain system and I said, "Holy cow, what's this about?" And all it said was sewer. So I called the excavating company. I call these companies home. I get them tickets before I approve just to get a complete picture of what they're
032going to do. So, this is a two-year project that I didn't know about and and when I called Water Resources Commission, generally they don't call me back, but they called me back in about 5 minutes and I said, "Dad, this is not good." So, this is a two-year project. They have the money to do. So, they're lining up excavators to come in and repair that whole train line on the west side of town. Danny said the word that nobody likes to hear, assessment. So this is outside this our control. This is their train system. We can't do anything with it. But we're just we're just going to have the people are just going to have to eat the cost as to how they're going to come in and do this over and above the money
033they have allocated for it now and above what we paid in tax dollars for maintenance of the system. So that is that is brand new. I didn't know anything about that. But right behind that. So let's I'm going to move on to old business. That's the park train. So in your head, but it's it's not probably going to be something we want to deal with, but we're going to have to nature park. Cindy, this is for you. >> I'm going to read this communicate I just got from John yesterday. Based on my prior review of the drawings and legal descriptions you sent over, we should be good to go. I just need to do a final review of the previously drafted purchase agreement since it was done last in February when I drafted the agreement.
034That's it. So that's where he's at working on it another two, three, four, five months. >> I don't say I don't say anything more and I just go across the street surprise. probably work out. >> It might be that might be better. >> So, let's go on to the middle part. Currently, I am reviewing the bill DNR agreement to be able to provide you with some brief discussion points in advance of your meeting next week. I have a meeting this week on Wednesday with DNR here and then we'll be out on the grounds. It it it I don't know a lot about this. So, so John is sending me all the data he has on the agreement and everything that was done. So, I'm more up to what questions I can answer per amount. It
035seems to be very restrictive our use of that property and that building to the point where we own the building but we and the grounds but we almost can't do anything with it. I I don't quite understand that but uh the DNR seems to be the owner. >> Are you talking the elevator? >> Yes. >> Okay. if I can't if I can't if I can't get around this and it specifically says there will he can't do ticket sales and stuff like that on there. It's for for recreational which is part of way this entrepreneur has come here and makes his money. That's part of the whole thing here that he's allowed to make some money off this. We're not >> I understand >> and that we'll be able to finally show by this will be
036uh uh vital to to the downtown area. we show that we'll get more funding to actually be able to restore. The whole thing is to be able to restore the grain though going forward for us. So we don't want you just fall apart. We put a lot of money into it now and I hate to stop there and we just don't get a lot of funding. This this goes a long way to that. So in my talks with Oakland County actually I talked to Oakland County supervisor about this. He said, "If need be, then you're willing to go with us to state representatives. If we can't get anywhere, we'll put with the DNR and see if stateh our state senators and stuff can do anything about some way of opening this up to make it
037useful to the community. So whether or not they're going to do that remains to be seen, that's where we are in the middle. If I can't get this turnaround, that mill is going to stop right right where it is. We're not going to get to the the point everybody wanted to get to. I'm sorry to say that because I don't like it either. So the 20 Let's go on to number three. The 2020 3 2024 audit progress. We're due in two weeks to have that done. So for us to pull it down and try to start over and give it to somebody else, it it's just not feasible. It would just cost too much money and too much more time. >> You're saying he'll be done in two weeks? >> Yep. >> Oh wow. That's
038good news. on a handshake that written in writing. >> It's something >> it it's Yeah. better than I've done before. >> Yeah. Okay. >> So, Forest Street update 4285 for speed update. So, what's happening here is now we're going to go through the process again because they have another uh attorney Kaja Holings went bankrupt. And I found out that they were going to abandon this building out here and just walk away from this. But now they and because of bankruptcy protections, we couldn't do anything with it. We couldn't make we couldn't make them do anything with it. And the thing is falling in now. There's windows missing. The door was kicked open again. The people next door had to hire a tracker to come in and trap all the German coming across from that building.
039So there's there's there's black wounds and who knows what else in there. And they didn't do the job they were supposed to do when they came out and cut the grass. They only cut along the road. They didn't cut the rest of it. So it's all overgrown and there's trash in that overgrown area. As I went back there and took a look and gee, there's trash everywhere back. So I It's becoming a real bad situation for the neighbors and for us. >> What's going to happen? So if if you see anything going on, email any complaints, anything going on to the office, then I can take that email as a document and send it to John to put heat on these people because they have changed their mind now that they've gone through this bankruptcy,
040got these new lawyers, now they're trying they're trying to pull out of the bankruptcy and not have it. They're trying to change it. I don't know how successful I would be, but so it, you know, it's it's it's just going to go on and on and on because they're not going to do anything with it. It took me but took all summer for me to get somebody out here just to cut grass for God's sakes. So that's that's where I have the up. So if there's anything at all you see going on over there, don't just email the village, please, and just so I can send it on to the lawyer. Anything at all. So he wants to now put the heat on now. to try to make him do something. So, let's go on
041to number five. Leonard drain on the back of Clark's drain. When I called when water resources called me, they start talking about Leonard drain. I said, "Oh god, I wasn't even thinking about that for a while." So, they Leonard drain is done. They have all the surveying done. They know what they're going to do. They're now calling excavators for that one that drain system, too. But they don't have the money to do what they're doing. So >> cost. >> So So they're they're >> well this is very on both of these trades is very preliminary. I don't have any cost structures. They don't have any cost structures yet. It's going to be a while. But they're committed to Clark first. They're not committed to linear train right now. That's it. One more thing I have
042we have to So in your packet is and and I told you before once we sign this that there's nothing new for this is the the air departmental not agreement. Again you have you have both copies in here the original copy and the one that's been changed on the second step. one that's going to change is in the back. Until this until this final draft is done of the whole notary agreement, I think we're going to have to revisit this every once in a while when we're older. In the back is the new reader. the amended agreement that we have to approve tonight. >> Yes. >> I'm sorry to interrupt, but I'm doing a in a kind of a semiofficial capacity because I'm the chair of Dota build. They're making another modification to the agreement.
043It's relatively minor. So you think the council would indulge you and give you authority to sign the agreement subject to the village attorney making sure everything's good. Um I would wait I would don't sign that one wait for the next that comes through >> which you'll probably see this Thursday. Okay. >> So apologies for the >> No, that's fine. I'm glad you said that. Let's We're not going to do that tonight because there's another another amendment coming right out of the back of this anyway. >> But we are going to ask for a motion >> to allow you to sign the amended one. >> Yes. I'll make a motion to have President Moore um sign the amendment um document after the old time. >> You run the belly, right? >> Second. >> All in favor?
044I >> I opposed none. Motion carries. >> Thank you for that, Mr. Chairman. >> Okay. DPW update. Now, we've got a pretty good hydraulic leak in the in the truck. I'd like to get that fixed before. I don't know if I can get parts to work. We can do it ourselves or I need to bring the mechanic down. I don't like to bring a mechanic down to get that across the bottom. But I think when we did the brakes, it was $750. We bought the parts before he just came and installed them. So Randy could come here and do that. That's what he charged for about 3 4 hours work. So it's it's a little stiff. >> Do we have a DPW? >> Yeah. You have me and >> huh? >> Yes. You have me
045and you have Andy. >> Andy official. >> Annie is up temporarily because No, because We have we have to put it out for because it's not out of anything. We need to put it out for hire. So he's out temporarily until we can go through through that hiring process. >> How long is that going to take? >> Well, it's challenging. >> So you and him are going to be plowing the roads or they're not going to get Is that what you're saying? >> In the winter. So it's sort of maybe what maybe sort of could be. >> Did they do any worse than I did, Sydney? >> I will try to not hit you. I will try to not hit your mailbox. And since I got my eyes fixed, you know, without the glasses, I
046do pretty good. So passed my driver's test. >> Know what happens? >> I passed my driver's test before. >> You know what happens? before I got my ice. >> Donnie had it down path. He did not go super fast and blow all the rocks onto the properties. >> I have warned my son to go slow. >> Has he has he done anything about it? >> Has he done plowing? >> Yeah. In the past, yeah, but it was like parking lots and stuff. >> Oh, okay. Okay. All right. So, we, you know, it's just the uh cost of doing business to hire the mechanic come and fix the truck if I have to. Just to let you know. >> Okay. I talk to Brock. >> I don't know if he does. >> Hydraulics and stuff. >>
047Not just yet. So, I I got Thanks for the awful. The uh Freedom of Information Act. I do have one. It's from a company in uh Colorado and they're asking for all our records on our insuranceances and I think uh we we have a we have an answer to that. We have a sheet we're going to send in but uh we haven't done it yet. So we're going to have to get into that this week. >> Preferably tomorrow because this is all this came in on the 26th of September. So I don't know how it got lost in our emails but it did for a while. Okay, black grant reports. >> There's no ordinance enforcement at this point in time. So, let's go on to the trustee committee reports. Uh we don't have a summer
048festival committee anymore at at this point in time. I've had two I got a letter from two people willing to sit on the on the committee but there is no committee and I don't think they understand how how much effort it takes to even get that going. It would be too late to do anything now for next summer anyway. >> John, would you like to give us a report on cable commission? >> Here's the report cuz we do monthly now. So our meeting will be at the end of this month. >> Good rating committee. We're good. >> Halloween decorations look great. >> They do. Looks so nice. >> Yeah, she >> she called me outside. The flowers were drying. I said, "Oh man, I got to water these flowers. I came out with the water
049stuff." She's let them dry up now. Get your little gallon container. >> That would be a lot of gallons. Yeah. I was going to do each plant individually. Make sure they got the same drink. >> You'd still be doing it. >> So, so you know there's a there's a meeting on North Oakland Transportation Authority here coming up this week. I haven't just heard from Mike. So, there's there's an amendment we'll be dealing with for on that. So, but I don't really have anything more to say right now about that at this point in time. >> Are they meeting Thursday? >> Yes, Thursday. >> Gotcha. Okay. >> Wednesday is Polyandra. >> Okay. So, do we have any news from the planning commission? >> We have um we had a um zoning board of appeals meeting. Since
050Jennifer isn't here, she's our person that usually reports. So, I guess I'll just share um there's a request for a dimensional variance um which was uh denied by planning commission the last meeting that's pretty much or by the zoning board of appeals. Yes. >> Okay. Thank you. >> So, yeah. Yes, Mike. >> The So, there's been a a a filing for a ZBA meeting. >> We had a zone board of appeals meeting last month. So, um >> Okay. >> Yeah. It was It was >> Oh, so it's been heard. >> Yeah. So, it was published in the paper. Letters were sent to the neighbors. um regarding it. And then what we did is uh we actually had a training session prior to that and we consulted with our consultant planner Caitlyn Habin just to kind
051of get some input and to kind of help the all of us on the planning commission just um since it's not something we do very often. Um just go over what the standards are that we're looking for when we get variance requests and how we deal with them. >> Thank you. So, um, and then a follow-up letter, um, letting them know what the appeal process is was mailed. So, everything, all the little boxes have been checked and, um, that's where we're at with that. >> Thank you. Okay. Okay. On to Polyan Trail Management Council. We have a meeting this Wednesday at 3:00 at the Edison Township offices. That is right back up right after the meeting I'm having with DNR. So, on Wednesday. So that uh we have news from that. Although I am compiling
052uh all our hours and everything for our community service credits to to go to them because it's time for budget for trail. So I I need to get that to her. I don't have it quite done yet. So is she back yet? You know I do I haven't seen she back. Okay. Now she yelling at all right. That's all I say about the trip management council at this point in time. So, Village Park, we hung a new sign out there. >> That's nice. >> Of course, you don't have a lot going on in your life, but you get excited about that new sign. Wonderful. >> I like it. >> But you get excited. I mean, it does look nice. >> So, I I've had ordered some new spacers for it so that it hangs correctly.
053It's the stringers have to be at an angle and it's great right now. But but I've got those and I'm going to be out there tweaking it this week yet. Well, that's not going to hold tomorrow. >> I haven't heard anything about fenn. And that took place in Mike. >> What's that? >> The fence. Remember us talking about fence? >> Yeah, it's in the plans. Cindy, since we haven't started the plans there, >> we haven't been able to get that far back yet. What they're doing is trying to meet the requests from the personal representative of the state of the estate so that there's some recognition for going into before they start doing everything. But you know this is takes time. >> Well, I understand that the problem is now they're going back in there.
054It's only a matter of time before they're at our property either antagonizing our horse or worse falling in the pond. >> We No, we know a fence has to go up. >> We know that. >> I didn't understand that. >> It's not like it's not going to go up. >> Oh, no. It's been a long time now. >> Actually, I took the first this past week with Doug. I met Doug New and I took was able to get in the back part of the property to look around. That's the first time I've been able to get back there, but it's so dry right now. You can do that. >> Why don't you ask me? You could have come across our property. >> Pardon me. >> You could have come across our property and gone back
055there. >> Actually, I was dealing with the signing. He said, "I'm going out there to look around." I said, "I'll go out there. I'll meet you out there." So, I stopped. >> He needs to rain again. Keep people out of there. We We did get number eight. The last thing on the list and that we did get a a request for block grant funds from the resident >> um >> actually she hasn't submitted the application yet but she's she came in asking for an application. >> Well, she did. >> Yeah. So that >> once that happens then um I review it for you know finance part of it and then we'll see if we have anything available that's left in my home repair. So she just has to be vetted first. >> Thank you. >>
056Correspondence at this point in time. So we're going to go right into the meeting. >> I'd like to make a motion to close the meeting at seven. Second. >> All in favor? I opposed the meeting. Yay.