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Votes at a glance: Millington Township Board actions, Aug. 19, 2024
Summary
Summary of motions and recorded votes from the Millington Township Board meeting Aug. 19, 2024, including approval of road limestone, tabling of narcotics contribution, and an administrative pay increase.
At its Aug. 19, 2024 meeting, the Millington Township Board recorded the following formal actions and vote outcomes:
• Payment of bills as presented totaling $95,526.19 across township funds (General $18,942.00; Fire $8,206.15; Police $36,459.08; Refuse $26,639.63; Murphy Lake Weed $5,279.33). Motion to pay bills carried unanimously.
• Allowing Hemingway family plots: An initial motion to allow all six plots was withdrawn. A subsequent motion to allocate Kay 3 plots, Bruce 3 plots and Lynette 2 plots failed (Jaruzel no, Green no, Sabgash yes, Keinath no, Loomis yes). The advanced-sale request for Bruce Hemingway and Lynette Love was tabled until they appear before the board in person (Keinath yes, Green yes, Loomis no, Jaruzel yes, Sabgash yes).
• Limestone for Murphy Lake Road: The board approved adding limestone to the end of asphalt to the county line at an added cost of $4,058.65 (motion by Keinath, support Loomis; unanimous yes).
• Shipping/Conex containers: The board directed the Planning Commission to proceed with ordinance amendments to allow shipping containers to be used as storage containers and to set standards (motion by Loomis, support Keinath; ayes all).
• Thumb Area Narcotics contribution: The board tabled consideration of a monetary contribution until the next meeting after consulting the township attorney (motion by Green, support Jaruzel; ayes all).
• Administrative assistant pay: The board approved raising the administrative assistant’s pay from $12.50 to $14.50 per hour effective Aug. 20, 2024 (motion by Loomis, support Green; Jaruzel yes, Green yes, Keinath yes, Loomis yes, Sabgash abstain).
• Agenda amendments, moratorium and ordinance direction: The board amended the agenda to add a moratorium on renewable energy siting, renewable energy ordinance amendments and cemetery ordinance amendments (aye votes unanimous), then imposed the renewable energy moratorium and directed the Planning Commission to draft amendments.
• Cemetery ordinance amendment direction: The board instructed the Zoning Administrator to draft an amendment to remove the advance-sale prohibition line and to clarify the three-grave lot limit (ayes all).
• Adjourned at 7:32 p.m.
All motions and recorded votes are reflected in the board minutes for Aug. 19, 2024. Where vote tallies were recorded in the minutes the article reproduces them verbatim; where motions were withdrawn or tabled, the minutes note those outcomes.
