BUENA VISTA CHARTER TOWNSHIP
Regular Board Meeting
October 8, 2007

Supervisor Parker called the Board Meeting to order at 7:45 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 LATE Treasurer Williams

7:00 P.M. Public Hearing – Establish an Industrial Facilities Exemption District –K. L. C. Enterprises, LLC

7:15 P.M. Public Hearing – Industrial Facilities Exemption Certificate – K. L. C. Enterprises, LLC

7:30 P.M. Public Hearing – Industrial Facilities Exemption Certificate – MKR Fabricators, Inc.

Motioned by Martin second by Orange to close the public hearings at 7:45 p.m. Motion carried unanimously.

AWARDS/PRESENTATIONS None

AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION Mary Carpenter

(10-08-01-07) Motioned by Ritter second by Martin for the approval of the

September 24, 2007 Regular Board Meeting Minutes of the Buena Vista Charter Township Board of Trustees. Motion carried unanimously.

(10-08-02-07) Motioned by Orange second by Martin for approval to review and approve the statements for accounts payable and payroll as listed below:

General Fund $198,803.57

Sewer Fund $ 25,502.49

Water Fund $ 54,979.43

Motion carried unanimously by roll call vote.

(10-08-03-07) Motioned by Orange second by Martin to approve Industrial Facilities Exemption District #15 for K.L.C. Enterprises, LLC, at the location commonly known as 4765 Holland Road and as described in attachment. This approval is needed to facilitate a pending Act 198 IFT Application by the company at this location. 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.

(10-08-04-07) Motioned by Carter second by Martin to approve the request for a six-year 50% PA 198 (personal property tax abatement) Industrial Facilities Exemption Certificate for K.L.C. Enterprises, LLC, whose common location is 4765 Holland Road in the amount of $117,300.00. Motion carried unanimously roll call vote.

(10-08-05-07) Motioned by Martin second by Ritter to approve the request for a six-year 50% PA 198 (personal property abatement) Industrial Facilities Exemption Certificate for MKR Fabricators whose common location is 1600 Terminal Drive in the amount of $185,600.00. Motion carried unanimously by roll call vote.

(10-08-06-07) Motioned by Orange second by Carter to approve a Resolution Correcting Legal Description of the Town Center Development Area. Motion carried unanimously by roll call vote.

(10-08-07-07) Motioned by Carter second by Montgomery to approve a revised Amended Resolution of Necessity and Declaration of Taking (Town Center Development Area). Motion carried unanimously by roll call vote.

(10-08-08-07) Motioned by Ritter second by Martin to approve appointment of Mr. Bruce McKinney and Mr. Wayne Squanda to the Buena Vista Charter Township Planning Commission. Motion carried unanimously.

(10-08-09-07) Motioned by Martin second by Montgomery to approve the resolution honoring Marvin Weiss as the 31st recipient of Buena Vista Charter Township’s "80th" Milestone Award. Motion carried unanimously.

(10-08-10-07) Motioned by Ritter second by Montgomery to approve to adopt the Saginaw Regional Male Health Conference Proclamation designating Thursday, October 11th as Male Health Day in Saginaw County on behalf of the fine residents of Buena Vista Charter Township. Motion carried unanimously.

Motioned by Martin second by Montgomery to accept agenda items 10-08-11-07 through 10-08-17-07 collectively. Motion carried unanimously.

(10-08-11-07) Motioned by Martin second by Montgomery to receive and file the September Monthly Report for the Buena Vista Charter Township Police Department. Motion carried unanimously.

Motioned by Martin second by Montgomery to receive and file the September 2007 monthly report for the Buena Vista Charter Township Fire Department. Motion carried unanimously.

Motioned by Martin second by Montgomery to receive and file the September 2007 monthly reports for the Public Works, Sewer and Water Maintenance Departments for August and September 2007. Motion carried unanimously.

Motioned by Martin second by Montgomery to receive and file the Saginaw CRA Banker’s Forum invitation to the "FORECLOSURE INTERVENTION WORKSHOP" Thursday, October 18, 2007 at Ames United Methodist Church, 801 State St., starting at 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Motion carried unanimously.

Motioned by Martin second by Montgomery to receive and file the Michigan Township Weekly Legislative Report, September 2007. Motion carried unanimously.

Motioned by Martin second by Montgomery to receive and file the Saginaw Regional MALE HEALTH conference, Thursday, October 11, 2007 at the Dow Event Center from 7:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Motion carried unanimously.

Motioned by Martin second by Montgomery to receive and file the EPA’s Brownfield Program dated September 2007. Motion carried unanimously.

Motioned by Martin second by Montgomery to add agenda item 10-08-18-07 to the agenda. Motion carried unanimously.

Motioned by Montgomery second by Martin to approve and accept nomination of Jason Tunney and Lauri Coe to serve on the Downtown Development Authority Board. (DDA). Motion carried unanimously.

COMMITTEE REPORT’S

Trustee Carter: The Brownfield Authority met on October 3, 2007 which was Wednesday of last week to discuss our third project which is on Dixie as the old Ponderosa and Cinema is now gone. And by January you should see new construction and we are very please with that

SUPERVISOR’S REPORT

Supervisor’s Report: I just got a few things folks, October 11, 2007 which is Thursday the Saginaw County Central Dispatch is celebrating its 30 year anniversary at 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at 618 Cass of Saginaw, Michigan. If you can, please go out to celebrate and it's certainly an opportunity for us to be apart of that celebration. Lastly, hot off the press, MTA 55th Annual Education Conference in Detroit, Michigan on January 8th through the 11th 2008. Township Pride, Michigan Wide is what it is called. Early registration is 75 bucks and I am encouraging every single Board Member to attend this year. It is a wealth of education as well as a networking with others. I will make sure that Atonya Patterson has a copy of this and she will be communicating with all Board Members as it relates to your attendance.

TRUSTEE’S REPORT

Trustee Martin: I just want to say in regards to setting up this Coordinating Council or whatever with the schools. It should be the schools, township board and board of education to set up some kind of coordinating council to oversee what we are talking about concerning jobs for these young folks. We need to stay on top of it and deal with it. It’s not enough for the phone calls, because the phones are hopeless really because nothings get done. We need to have a committee sitting down on a regular basis overseeing this particular endeavor because it is very important to this community. I know Trustee Carter here should think about it and you should think about as necessary because to many years have gone by and we have not been in touch with each other as we should. These young people need a job and everybody doesn’t have to go to college. We should get on that as soon as possible.

Trustee Carter: Trustee Martin basically said what I wanted to say. We had talked about this years ago when Debra Clark was here as our Superintendent but due to series of complications from her; we weren’t able to actually pull that all together. Buena Vista’s Industrial has pretty much grown out of its boundaries and now we have several companies that are going to expand its corporations and all have expressed a desire to work with us. I think it’s a prime opportunity to have the new Superintendent time now and we have the people that are interested.

ADJOURNMENT: Motioned by Orange second by Martin to adjourn the meeting at 8:10 p.m. Motion carried unanimously.

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED BY

BARBARA MONTGOMERY, TOWNSHIP CLERK

DULY ATTESTED BY

DWAYNE PARKER, TOWNSHIP SUPERVISOR