JANUARY 3, 2022

(PROPOSED MINUTES)

MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER AT 6 PM BY CLERK BARBARA EGELER, BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT WERE TRUSTEE’S BOB KESLING & JEROME PAPES, SUPERVISOR JIM MAZUR & TREASURER PATTI GEERS WERE ABSENT. WE HAD 11 GUEST ATTEND.

MINUTES WERE APPROVED AS PRESENTED.

JEROME MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE PAYMENT OF BILLS.  BOB SECONDED

MOTION CARRIED

COUNTY COMMISSIONER REPORT WAS GIVEN BY COMMISSIONER JANET ANDERSEN.  YEAR END APPOINMENTS WERE MADE, COUNTY AGREED TO ACT AS THE WEST MICHIGAN FAIR BOARD ASSOCIATIONS FIDUCIARY.  THERE WAS NO RFP RECEIVED FOR COUNTYWIDE BROADBAND.

SHERIFFS REPORT WAS GIVEN BY SHERIFF KIM COLE.  THERE WERE 181 CALLS IN VICTORY FOR 2021, 81 WERE CRASHES.

TOTAL OFFENSES FOR THE COUNTY WERE 2972.

TREASURERS REPORT WAS GIVEN BY THE CLERK.  MONEY MARKET FUND BALANCE ON 11/30/21 WAS $314,813.84       RECEIPTS FOR DECEMBER WERE $236.24, INTEREST WAS $33.61, DISBURSEMENTS WERE $12,495.28.  LEAVING A BALANCE OF       $302,588.41 ON 12/31/21.

CHECKING ACCOUNT BALANCE REMAINS AT $300.00 ON 12/31/21.

PERPETUAL CARE CERTIFICATE BALANCE REMAINS AT $62,821.14 ON 12/31/21.

PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT FUND BALANCE REMAINS AT $232,007.31 ON 12/31/21.

HALL RESERVATION FUND BALANCE ON 11/30/21 WAS $1,119.84 NO RECEIPTS, NO DEPOSITS, INTEREST WAS .05 CENTS, LEAVING A BALANCE OF $1,119.89 ON 12/31/21.

TAX ACCOUNT BALANCE ON 11/30/21 WAS $9.103.83, RECEIPTS FOR DECEMBER WERE $324,012.66, DISBURSEMENTS WERE $65,079.94, INTEREST WAS $5.82.  LEAVING A BALANCE OF $268,042.37 ON 12/31/21.

TREASURERS REPORT ACCEPTED AS PRESENTED.

BOB MADE A MOTION TO SEND BOARD OF REVIEW MEMBERS TO TRAINING IN OCEANA COUNTY. JEROME SECONDED

MOTION CARRIED

ASSESSOR NANCY VANDERVEST GAVE REPORT ON THE MANDATORY CERTIFICATION OF BOARD OF REVIEW MEMBERS,    ALSO REPORTED ON POVERTY EXEMPTION REQUIREMENTS AND THE NEED TO PASS THE POVERTY EXEMPTION RESOLUTION .  AND, GAVE THE DATES FOR THE UP COMING YEAR BOARD OF REVIEW MEETING DATES.

JEROME MADE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION EXEMPTION GUIDELINES FOR ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS,  NOTWITHSTANDING THE VALUE OF THE PROPERTY, IN ORDER TO BE CONSIDERED FOR TAX EXEMPTIONS, UNDER PUBLIC ACT 390 OF    1994 (MCL.2117u);  THE VALUE OF ALL ADDITIONAL ASSETS SHALL NOT EXCEED 1 1/2 TIMES THE ANNUAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME OF THE APPLICANT.    BOB SECONDED

ROLL CALL VOTE:

YEAS:       BARB, BOB, JEROME

NAYS:      NONE

MOTION CARRIED

THE FOLLOWING DATES ARE SET FOR 2022 BOARD OF REVIEW MEETING DATES:

MARCH ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING                              MARCH 8, 2022 @  11:15 AM

MARCH BOARD OF REVIEW MEETING                            MARCH 14, 2022 @ 1:30  – 7:30 PM

MARCH 15, 2022 @1:30  – 7:30 PM

JULY 19, 2022 @11:15 AM

DECEMBER 13, 2022 @ 11:15 AM

BOB MADE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE BOARD REVIEW 2022 MEETING DATES.  JEROME SECONDED

MOTION CARRIED

BOB MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE ROAD CONTRACTS ON DEWEY ROAD FROM STILES TO AMBER, FOR WEDGING & CHIP WITH FOG SEAL FOR 5,164 ’ AT A COST OF $49,780.00.  ALSO,  VICTORY CORNER ROAD N OF DEWEY FOR WEDGING & CHIP WITH FOG SEAL FOR A 1/4 MILE AT A COST OF $19,722.00, THESE ARE BOTH ESTIMATES.  JEROME SECONDED

ROLL CALL VOTE:

YEAS:       JEROME, BOB, BARB

NAYS:      NONE

MOTION CARRIED

JEROME ATTENDED JUNK AUTHORITY MEETING, NO FEES TO TOWNSHIPS THIS YEAR, ARE CONSIDERING A TIRE CLEAN-UP.

MOTION TO ADJOURN AT 6:35 PM