BUENA VISTA CHARTER TOWNSHIP
Regular Board Meeting
September 24, 2007

Supervisor Parker called the Board Meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. in the Township Hall.

Pledge of Allegiance was led by the Board of Trustees.

MEMBERS PRESENT Supervisor Parker, Clerk Montgomery, Trustee Martin, Trustee Carter, Trustee Orange and Trustee Ritter.

MEMBERS ABSENT Treasurer Williams

AWARDS/PRESENTATIONS Chief Booker, BVCT Police Department

Officer Jason Hendricks, BVCT Police Dept.

Officer Jose Douglass, BVCT Police Dept.

AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION None

(09-24-01-07) Motioned by Martin second by Carter for the approval of the

September 10, 2007 Regular Board Meeting Minutes of the Buena Vista Charter Township Board of Trustees. Motion carried unanimously.

(09-24-02-07) Motioned by Martin second by Ritter for approval to review and approve the statements for accounts payable and payroll as listed below:

General Fund $180,944.31

Sewer Fund $ 17,420.92

Water Fund $ 27,022.41

Motion carried unanimously by roll call vote.

(09-24-03-07) Motioned by Martin second by Montgomery to approve the proposal from McKenna Associates, Inc. to complete updating Buena Vista Township’s Zoning Ordinance in the amount not to exceed $26,000.00. Please note: We currently have $15,000.00 budgeted for planning and engineering and the remaining balance will be paid out of the 2008 Budget. Motion carried unanimously by roll call vote.

Motioned by Martin second by Montgomery to accept agenda items 09-24-04-07 through 09-24-07-07 collectively. Motion carried unanimously.

(09-24-04-07) Motioned by Martin second by Montgomery to receive and file the August Monthly Report for the Buena Vista Charter Township Police Department. Motion carried unanimously.

(09-24-05-07) Motioned by Martin second by Montgomery to receive and file the Varnum Attorneys at Law memorandum on Wireless, Cable and Cell Tower Update. Motion carried unanimously.

(09-24-06-07) Motioned by Martin second by Montgomery to receive and file the Michigan State Housing Development Authority announcement of upcoming training and workshops. Motion carried unanimously.

(09-24-07-07) Motioned by Martin second by Montgomery to receive and file the After School Tutoring program offered October 1, 2007 at the Buena Vista Community Center. Motion carried unanimously.

SUPERVISOR’S REPORT

Supervisor’s Report: I just have one item here and it is relatively good news. I just got a call today from the Michigan Department of Civil Rights. We all had an opportunity to meet Ms. Parker a while back and real quickly, what we are in the midst of is back in August the Department of Civil Rights formerly requested to the Secretary of State to hold hearings or otherwise allow public comments regarding the closure of the Secretary of State’s Office and she went on further explaining the reasons behind those particular requests and that information was sent to the Department of Justice and Civil Rights Division which I now have in hand a letter from the Civil Rights in Washington, DC. Mr. John Tanner, and as you can see on the second page at number 6 where it talks specifically about providing all records and public notices and notifications regarding the decision of the Secretary of State’s Office closing.

In a nutshell, the Assistant Attorney General has 60 days to consider a complete submission pursuant to this hold matter and what does this all mean? It means that the Department of Justice has weighed in and has requested that the Secretary of State not be closed until they fully fully provide all submitted documents and even having a public hearing for comments and so on and so forth. So, it looks as if we have a decree for about 60 days plus to keep the Secretary of State Office open. So, there’s more to come.

TRUSTEE’S REPORT

Trustee Martin: I have always advocated that we Buena Vista have the best Police Chief and the best Police Department in the County of Saginaw. That’s my personal saying and you all know that I have that on my agenda right from the start. In addition to that I just want to say a good job the Police Department is doing including Code Enforcement activities and recently the Liaison with the School District which we should have had years ago and in addition to all of that, I think that that particular bit of information should be marketed in all of our endeavors. It should be said that the Buena Vista Police Department is something special. I would like to turn that a loose.

Trustee Orange: I think that Chief Booker is doing a good job and he might be trying to get a raise. I also like the idea of having a School Liaison and I think that the presence of a car there is good.

ADJOURNMENT: Motioned by Montgomery second by Martin to adjourn the meeting at 7:35 p.m. Motion carried unanimously.

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED BY

BARBARA MONTGOMERY, TOWNSHIP CLERK

DULY ATTESTED BY

DWAYNE PARKER, TOWNSHIP SUPERVISOR