December 16, 2020 Minutes

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Plainfield Township Regular Meeting Eagle Pointe Plaza
Wednesday, December 16^th, 2020 Via zoom
Meeting was called to order at 6:30 via zoom by Supervisor Lewis.

Present: Allen, Bassi, Houthoofd, Lewis and Reilly. 1 Guest

Approval of Agenda: Motion by Houthoofd supported by Allen to accept the agenda as presented with the following changes. To be approved along with regular minutes from November 18^th, 2020 there was also a Special Meeting on November 24^th, 2020. All ayes. Motion carried.

Public Comment: none.

Approval of Minutes: Motion by Reilly supported by Houthoofd to approve Regular Meeting Minutes from November 18^th, 2020 and Special Meeting Minutes from November 24^th, 2020. All ayes. Motion carried.

Financial Report: Presented by Bassi.

Budget Report: Presented by Lewis.

Presentation of Bills: Motion by Houthoofd supported by Allen to approve the bills as presented with the addition of a check from General Fund to Pitney Bowes check # 55722 for $2500.00 for postage and a check from Fire Department to MI Service Solutions for $496.00 for id tags. Roll call vote: Ayes: Allen, Bassi, Houthoofd, Lewis and Reilly. Nays none. Motion carried.

General Fund: 55661-55722
Fire Fund: 6706-6717
Road Fund: 1621
Library: 1736-1738
Building: 2057-2059
Sewer: 2905-2908
Waste Site: 3376-3380
Tax Account: 4147-4156
Little Long Lake: 8421015
W Londo Lake: 8431015-8431016
Loon Lake: 8441023
Indian Lake Improvement: 8481014
Jose Lake: 8471013
Big Island Lake: 8491006

Building Department Update: Lewis said Larry Watson our building inspector will not be retiring at the end of the year and will be here until September 2021.

Waste Site Steel Response Update: Most response from community is they would like to see us keep the Steel Bin.

Loon Lake Road Change Update: The name changes have been approved by the Road Commission. They have ordered the street signs. We will start sending notices at the beginning of the year.

Reappointment for BOR Members: Reappoint Rob Streeter, James Szafran and Todd Herzog as BOR Members for another 2 years. Roll call vote: Ayes: Allen, Bassi, Houthoofd, Lewis and Reilly. Nays none. Motion carried.

New Fireman: Motion by Reilly supported Allen to hire Jake Kirinovic as Firefighter/EMT

And Nick Klus as Firefighter. Roll call vote: Ayes: Allen, Bassi, Houthoofd, Lewis and Reilly. Nays none. Motion carried.

Assessment Roll Changes: Motion by Bassi supported by Lewis to correct 073-L90-000-360-00 for $38.85, 073-L90-000-484 for $10.80 and 072-026-300-003-50 for $40.00, Land Bank properties billed special assessments in error. Roll call vote: Ayes: Allen, Bassi, Houthoofd, Lewis and Reilly. Nays none. Motion carried.

Fire Tanker fuel injector repairs approval: Motion by Lewis supported by Houthoofd to approve repairs on Kenworth Tanker for $4786.50. Roll call vote: Ayes: Allen, Bassi, Houthoofd, Lewis and Reilly. Nays none. Motion carried.

Board Comments: Bassi would like the Board to look at options to open gym back up if the closedown is continued past December 20^th. All in favor.

Motion by Lewis to adjourn at 7:05. All ayes. Motion carried. Sue Reilly, Plainfield Township Clerk

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