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Clawson meeting approves routine items; Halloween hayride, CDBG projects and pickleball discussed
Summary
Council participants approved minutes, the treasurer's report and payment of bills. Members discussed a Halloween hayride, potential CDBG grant projects (walking path, chip-seal road work, cemetery maintenance) and a proposal to add pickleball lines to local courts.
Speaker 1, an unidentified participant, opened the meeting and led approval of routine business. Speaker 2 moved to approve the minutes and Speaker 3 seconded; Speaker 1 voiced support. Later in the meeting Speaker 2 moved to accept the treasurer's report (seconded by Speaker 1) and Speaker 5 moved to pay the bills (seconded by Speaker 1). Speaker 3 moved to adjourn, seconded by Speaker 2.
The group discussed plans for a Halloween hayride. Speaker 1 said, “Hayride for Halloween,” and reported that “Jukes has said they have 1 tractor,” and that a list of last year’s drivers will be contacted; Speaker 1 named Steve Beagle as one confirmed driver and said they will reach out to others in the next week.
Participants also discussed applying for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding. Speaker 1 told the group that the CDBG program is advertising that attendance at a meeting is required to be eligible to apply: “if you wanna have any money, you gotta go to, like, a meeting…If you don't go to the meeting, you can't put in for the grant.” Speaker 1 offered to attend or send a spouse and asked others to bring project ideas next month.
Project ideas raised for potential CDBG or local funding included repairing a waterline and road work near the power plant using a double-layer chip approach (county to supply chips if the town supplies oil), and creating a walking path that would require wider pipe work and filling ditches. Speaker 5 noted drainage work and a wider pipe would likely be necessary.
Under guest business, speakers discussed grounds maintenance and cemetery work. Speaker 4 noted a billing item submitted by Larry for cemetery work and said, “Larry did turn in 23 for cemetery. It's $345,” and that amount will be included in the bills to be paid. Speaker 4 also explained an accounting/printing error affecting canceled checks for September and said the system checkbox error has been corrected.
Recreation upgrades were raised when Speaker 3 suggested exploring pickleball options by repainting lines on existing tennis courts. Speaker 3 said they had never played but proposed painting two additional lines; other participants noted local examples where courts accommodate both sports and suggested the work could be a CDBG project.
Votes at a glance: Speaker 2 moved to approve the minutes (Speaker 3 seconded); Speaker 1 recorded support and no opposition was noted in the transcript. Speaker 2 moved to accept the treasurer’s report (Speaker 1 seconded); no opposition was recorded in the transcript. Speaker 5 moved to pay the bills (Speaker 1 seconded); no opposition was recorded in the transcript. Speaker 3 moved to adjourn (Speaker 2 seconded); the meeting was then closed.
Next steps and context: Participants were asked to develop CDBG project proposals and come prepared at the next meeting. The treasurer's system error was corrected and the cemetery bill of $345 was placed in the bills for payment. No formal roll-call vote tallies were recorded in the transcript.
