May 17, 2022 Township Board

LET'S HOPE IT'S NOT A SIGN OF THINGS TO COME FOR THE WAYFINDING SIGNS OR THE WELCOMING SIGNS.

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YEAH. YEAH THE ONLY CHALLENGE IS THEN IT KIND OF DISRUPTS THE ESTHETIC OF THE FRONT OF THE SIGN BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS WEIRD OVAL SHAPE AROUND THE LOGO.

THAT ISN'T..

BECAUSE IT HAS A WHITE BORDER.

YEAH. YEAH. RIGHT.

BECAUSE WE CAN'T MAKE IT TRANSLUCENT RIGHT ON THE FRONT SIDE.

BECAUSE THERE'S A SOLID BLUE COATING ON IT ON THE BACK SIDE.

SO IT'S JUST THAT INVERSE RELATIONSHIP IF YOU LOOK AT, LET ME ZOOM OUT.

THESE ARE ALL DOUBLE SIDED SIGNS.

SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE SIGN MENU.

YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THE WELCOMING SIGN IS NOT DOUBLE SIDED IN TERMS OF LOGO, RIGHT? WE HAVE THE BLUE BACKGROUND, SO THERE IS NO TAIL PROTRUDING OUT HERE BECAUSE THERE'S NO LOGO ON THE BACK SIDE OF IT.

BUT ON THESE YOU DO SEE THE TAIL PROTRUDE OUT HERE ON THIS SIDE BECAUSE THERE'S LOGOS ON BOTH SIDES RIGHT FOR NORTH END OR IN THIS CASE EAST AND WEST TRAFFIC IN CENTRAL PARK FOR THIS SIGN.

AND THEN IN THE CASE OF THIS SIGN, IT'S, THERE'S A LOGO ON BOTH SIDES FOR NORTH AND SOUTHBOUND TRAFFIC ON MARSH ROAD.

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I JUST HAVE ONE FINAL AESTHETIC QUESTION.

CENTRAL PARK SOUTH.

THE CENTRAL PARK SOUTH SIGN.

THE FONT IS NOT ITALICIZED, BUT IN THE INTERNAL GUARD SIGN, THE FONT FOR THE PARK'S HISTORICAL VILLAGE IS ITALICIZED.

IS THAT. I THOUGHT MAYBE THEY WERE ALL SUPPOSED TO BE THE SAME.

OR IT'S GOING TO, IT'S EASIER TO READ NON ITALICIZED SIGNS.

IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO READ ITALICIZED SIGNS.

I DON'T KNOW MAYBE I JUST HAD EYE SURGERY AND I'M HAVING DIFFICULTY ANYWAYS.

BUT IT'S, IT'S JUST HARD IN GENERAL TO READ ITALICIZED.

THAT'S ACTUALLY A MISTAKE ON CENTRAL PARK.

THAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF TONIGHT.

THAT SHOULD BE NON ITALICIZED.

THE HISTORICAL VILLAGE WAS BEING ITALICIZED BECAUSE OF ITS HISTORICAL NATURE.

SO YOU'RE JUST TRYING TO KEEP THE BRAND FOR THE HISTORICAL VILLAGE.

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IT SHOULD SIMPLY JUST HAVE THE GREEN BACKDROP TO NOTING THAT IT'S A PARK OR A PRESERVE.

THANK YOU. THAT'LL BE. WE CAN MAKE THAT CORRECTION.

THANK YOU. AND THEN I'M NOT SURE IF I RECEIVED AN ANSWER ABOUT HOW YOU ANSWERED WHAT WAS HOW MANY TIMES THE MESSAGING BOARD COULD BE CHANGED TODAY.

BUT I DIDN'T HEAR HOW IT WAS GOING TO GET THERE FROM A TO B.

YEAH, IT'LL DEPEND ON WHO ARE SIGN MANUFACTURERS, BUT IT'LL BE A COMPUTER SYSTEM, PROBABLY CLOUD BASED.

MEANING YOU LOG IN, GO TO A WEBSITE AND LOG IN AND THEN YOU CAN CHANGE THE CONTENT.

SO DIRECTOR MAISNER WILL PROBABLY CONTROL THE MARKETPLACE ON THE GREEN OR HER DESIGNEE, AND THEN FOR THE MUNICIPAL COMPLEX, THAT WILL PROBABLY FALL TO MY OFFICE AND WE'LL PROBABLY UPDATE THAT.

IS IT A TRANSPONDER? IS IT? IT DEPENDS. YEAH, IT DEPENDS.

WE SIMPLY SPECIFY THAT IT NEEDS TO BE AN LED BOARD.

FROM THERE, IT'S UP TO THOSE BIDDING TO GIVE US A ADDITIONAL SPECIFICATIONS.

THANK YOU, THOSE ARE ALL. AND AGAIN, PLEASE PASS ALONG TO MELISSA, SINCE SHE'S NOT HERE, MY GRATITUDE FOR GETTING THIS PROJECT THROUGH AND EVERYONE ELSE WHO WORKED ON THE PROJECT, THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS.

ABSOLUTELY. OKAY, I SAW TREASURER DESCHAINE FIRST.

DAN, QUICK QUESTION ABOUT THERE'S A SIGN NOW ON DOBIE ROAD, RIGHT AT JOLLY ROAD.

THAT'S LIKE A 24 BY 18 STEEL SIGN, A SECOND MDOT KIND OF SIGN SAYING WELCOME TO MERIDIAN TOWNSHIP.

ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THAT SIGN? YEAH.

ARE WE GOING TO DO ANYTHING WITH THOSE TYPE OF SIGNS? ADOBE, VANETTA, GREEN, ALL THE OTHER PLACES WHERE PEOPLE COME INTO THE TOWNSHIP AND IT'S A WELCOME SIGN? NOPE. THOSE ARE JUST STANDARD SIGNS THAT ARE PUT UP BY THE ROAD DEPARTMENT OR MDOT.

SO THOSE WILL STAY.

THERE'S ONE AT THE TOP OF THE HILL ON MARSH ROAD WHEN YOU ENTER THE NORTHERN LIMIT AND THOSE ACTUALLY DENOTE THE ACTUAL BOUNDARY OF THE TOWNSHIP.

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THESE WILL ROUGHLY BE ON THE BORDER.

IF WE CAN SECURE THE EASEMENT FOR MERIDIAN AND GREEN RIVER, THAT ONE ACTUALLY WILL BE AT THE BOUNDARY OF THE TOWNSHIP RIGHT. THE OTHERS ARE NOT QUITE GOING TO BE ON THE BOUNDARY.

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DO WE HAVE THOSE AT EACH OF THOSE ENTRANCES? I SEE THE ONE ADOBE ALL THE TIME, BUT I DON'T SEE THE OTHER ONES.

YES, WE DO. THANK YOU.

THERE'S ONE ON OKEMOS ROAD, JUST NORTH OF JOLLY ROAD TOO.

OKAY, THANK YOU. TRUSTEE WISINSKI.

THANK YOU SUPERVISOR.

TARGET HERE, I GUESS OVERALL QUESTION WAS HOW IT SAYS HERE YOU WORKED IN A TEAM INCLUDING DIRECTOR MAISNER, BUT HOW DID YOU CHOOSE WHICH PARK SIGNS YOU WERE GOING TO DO FIRST? AND I ASK THAT BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TWO MAIN SIGNS AROUND THE MUNICIPAL, INCLUDING CENTRAL PARK, THEN CENTRAL PARK SOUTH, THEN THE MARKETPLACE.

IT SEEMS LIKE THEY'RE ALL VERY, I GUESS, LOCALIZED.

AND THEN WE HAVE TOWNER AND THE OTHER THE OTHER TWO.

SO.. DIRECTOR MAISNER PICK, THE FINAL LIST OF SIGNS THAT SHE WANTED TO INCLUDE, CENTRAL PARK SOUTH WAS PICKED BECAUSE IT'S LITERALLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE MARKETPLACE.

SO JUST CONTINUITY WISE AND SHE WANTS TO KIND OF EVALUATE AND SEE HOW IT GOES AND THEN DECIDE WHICH PARKS TO BUILD OUT FROM IN TERMS I MEAN, THE COST WOULD BE THESE ARE NOT THESE ARE NOT CHEAP SIGNS.

THE COST TO DO ALL OF THE PARKS WOULD BE PRETTY ASTRONOMICAL AND THEN TO ADD THE PRESERVE.

SO SHE PICKED BASED ON THE SIGNS THAT OR THE PARKS THAT ARE IN MOST NEED OF SIGNS WHICH IS THE MARKETPLACE TOWNER NEWTON THE NEW PARKS RIGHT.

AND THEN CENTRAL PARK SOUTH, BECAUSE IT'S ACROSS THE STREET FROM ONE OF THE PARKS THAT WE'RE DOING AND THEN CENTRAL PARK, BECAUSE WE'RE DOING THE COMPLEX AS A WHOLE.

GOT IT, THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? I MIGHT, IF I MIGHT SUMMARIZE YOUR YOUR POINT TONIGHT WAS TO HAVE US REVIEW AND MAKE FINAL SUGGESTIONS AS LIMITED AS YOU'VE ALLOWED ON THE DESIGN AND THE PLACEMENT.

THE NEXT, YOU DON'T NEED ANYTHING FROM US AT THIS POINT? NO. THIS WILL COME BACK IN THE FORM OF A SECOND QUARTER OR THIRD QUARTER BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR YOU AT SOME POINT.

BUT TONIGHT I DON'T NEED ANYTHING.

THIS IS JUST A FINAL PUBLIC VETTING OF THE ACTUAL PLAN ITSELF TO FIND ANY ISSUES WHICH WE'VE IDENTIFIED ONE.

THE ITALIC FONT FOR CENTRAL PARK ON THE WAYFINDING BEFORE WE GO TO BID.

SO NOW WE WOULD GO TO BID AND THEN WE WILL HAVE ADDITIONAL VETTING THAT OCCURS AT THE PRE-CONSTRUCTION MEETING WITH WHOEVER OUR VENDOR ULTIMATELY IS FOR THE SAME PROJECT. AND THEN WE'LL START SEEING THEM COME THROUGH THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR LOCATION VETTINGS.

ONLY TWO OF THE SIGNS.

THE E BOARDS REQUIRE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT, SO ANY ELECTRONIC SIGN REQUIRES A SPECIAL USE PERMIT.

THE OTHERS DON'T NEED ANY FURTHER APPROVAL.

ALL RIGHT. AND ONE MORE QUESTION.

TIMELINE. YOU HAVE ANY SENSE ABOUT TIMELINE? I DON'T THINK ANYTHING WILL PREVENT US FROM GETTING IT COMPLETED THIS YEAR, WITH THE LONE EXCEPTION OF THE EASEMENTS THAT ARE NEEDED FOR THREE OF THE SIGNS.

ONE OTHER FACTOR THAT COULD COME INTO PLAY THERE'S BEEN SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT ACQUIRING THE PARCEL AT HASLETT IN PARK LAKE ROAD, NORTHEAST CORNER. THAT COULD BE A WELCOMING SIGN LOCATION.

SO IF WE DID SOMEHOW SECURE THAT FOR LAND PRESERVATION, WE COULD PUT THE SIGN THERE IF WE DIDN'T SECURE THE GRAND RIVER EASEMENT.

SO TRAFFIC VOLUMES HIGHER IN GRAND RIVER.

WE WOULD PREFER THAT LOCATION, BUT WE'RE ALSO BIDDING.

WE'RE GOING TO BID WITH LIGHTING AND WITHOUT LIGHTING TO ELIMINATE THE WELCOMING SIGNS AT NIGHT.

SO WE'LL SEE WHAT THE BIDS COME IN AT.

OK.

NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOUR, THE TEAM, MANY PEOPLE THAT YOU'VE WORKED WITH OVER THE YEARS FOR ALL THE WORK THAT'S GONE INTO THIS, I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE IT.

AS YOU'VE HEARD MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS DO THAT.

AND THANK YOU FOR LETTING US KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON.

THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR JACKSON.

WE COME NOW TO ITEM 13D AND WE WILL HEAR FROM DIRECTOR CLARK. HELLO AGAIN.

VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS ONE, ACTUALLY.

AND I'VE BEEN TELLING MYSELF I'M NOT GOING TO GET EXCITED, SO DON'T PAY TOO MUCH ATTENTION MY SMILE ON MY FACE 1655 AND 1621 RUST IN THE HASLETT PICA. THEY ARE THE TWO REMAINING PARCELS AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE AT WHAT WE CONSIDER HASLETT VILLAGE SQUARE, THE INTERSECTION OF MARSH AND HASLETT ROAD AND HASLETT.

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SO WHEN YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT PURCHASING A PROPERTY FROM A DEVELOPER SINCE THE UNCAP, RIGHT, THE LARGE TAXES THAT WILL SOON BE RESPONSIBLE OF THE NEW DEVELOPER, THE NEW PROPERTY OWNER IS GOING TO BE EXTENSIVE.

RIGHT. SO WE'VE SAT DOWN WITH THE DEVELOPER A FEW TIMES TO DISCUSS HOW DO WE FEASIBLY BRING FORWARD THIS MAJOR REDEVELOPMENT THAT WILL PROVIDE PUBLIC AMENITIES, PUBLIC SPACE, COMMERCIAL SPACE AND NECESSARY HOUSING IN HASLETT.

AGAIN, ANOTHER COMMENT I CAN MAKE IS THAT HASLETT HAS DOES NOT HAVE VERY LARGE PARCELS AVAILABLE FOR HOUSING REDEVELOPMENT OPTIONS.

WE'RE BUTTING UP INTO SOME INTERESTING DEVELOPMENT SPACE FOR THE SCHOOLS AS FAR AS GETTING NEW FAMILIES IN.

AND SO THIS IS ONE OF THOSE COMPONENTS THAT COULD HELP BRING IN ADDITIONAL NEW FAMILIES.

TODAY, WE ARE ASKING FOR THE BOARD.

WE ARE RECOMMENDING TO THE BOARD TO ESTABLISH A COMMERCIAL REHABILITATION DISTRICT.

THIS IS A PART OF PUBLIC ACT 210 OF 2005.

THERE ARE TWO COMMERCIAL TAX EXEMPTIONS THAT CAN BE APPLIED TO PROPERTIES.

WE ARE GOING AFTER THE REHABILITATION EXEMPTION.

THIS IS ONE THAT IS APPLIED TO COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES THAT HAVE BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR 15 YEARS AND HAVE A FOOD ESTABLISHMENT IN THEM.

SO MANY OF YOU WOULD KNOW THAT THE OLD [INAUDIBLE] WENT OUT IN 2011 AND THEY'RE GOING TO CONVERT THE PROPERTY TO A MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL.

THE PREMISE OF THE PROGRAM FREEZES THE VALUE OF THE TAXABLE VALUE ON THE BUILDINGS, SO THE VALUE OF THE LAND WILL STAY THE SAME, BUT THE TAXABLE VALUE OF THE BUILDINGS WILL FREEZE AT ITS CURRENT VALUE.

TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A HINT OF WHAT'S GOING ON, THERE'S ONLY TWO FUNCTIONING BUSINESSES IN THE COMPLEX AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW.

THAT'S THE FRINGE HAIR DESIGN AND LITTLE CAESARS.

THE VALUE OF THE PROPERTY CONTINUES TO BE DECREASED EVERY YEAR BY THE ASSESSOR DUE TO ITS OBSOLESCENCE.

AND WE, AS THE TAX AUTHORITIES, DO NOT SHARE MORE THAN $80,000 ANNUALLY ON THE VALUE OF THAT LAND.

SO WE COULD EXPECT, IF NO IMPROVEMENTS ARE MADE TO THE PROPERTY, FOR IT TO CONTINUE TO DECREASE.

RIGHT. IT'S NOT REALLY GIVING US ANYTHING.

IT'S A HUGE PARKING LOT UNATTENDED.

IT'S A HUGE EYESORE.

IT'S IN OUR PICA AND WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS AS A VIABLE OPTION TO REDEVELOP.

SO THE COMMERCIAL EXEMPTION WOULD APPLY BASICALLY A NEW TAX TO THE PROPERTY FOR TEN YEARS.

AND THIS NEW TAX IS WHAT THEY ARE CURRENTLY PAYING.

SO WE ARE NOT MISSING OUT ON ANYTHING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE DISTRICT.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO PAY WHAT THEY ARE PAYING CURRENTLY AND AT THE END OF THE TEN YEARS INTO THE 11TH YEAR, IT WILL BE AS IF THEY PURCHASED THE PROPERTY AT THAT TIME AND THE FULL VALUE, TAXABLE VALUE WILL BE APPLIED AND THE FULL TAXES WILL BE PAID TO ALL THE AUTHORITIES.

IF WE WERE TO DO NO IMPROVEMENTS OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS, THE TOWNSHIP AND THE OTHER TAX AUTHORITIES WOULD SHARE IN ABOUT $1.6 MILLION FOR 20 YEARS.

IF WE DO PROVIDE THE EXEMPTION, WHICH WOULD FREEZE THE TAXABLE VALUE OF THE INCREASE OF THE BUILDINGS FOR TEN YEARS, WE COULD SHARE IN 13 MILLION.

SO THERE IS A VERY LARGE OPPORTUNITY FOR IMPROVEMENT.

ANOTHER GREAT THING ABOUT THIS EXEMPTION IS THAT IT'S PERFORMANCE BASED.

IF THE DEVELOPER DOES NOT DO THE IMPROVEMENTS ON THE VALUE OF THE LAND, THEN OBVIOUSLY THE BUILDINGS DO NOT HAVE AN INCREASE IN VALUE.

AND SO THEREFORE THEIR TOTAL TAX INCREASE THAT THEY WOULD PAY US OR IN GENERAL THEIR ENTIRE PORTFOLIO WOULD NOT BE AS GREAT.

WE DO HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH THE DEVELOPER ALSO USING BROWNFIELDS.

SO AGAIN, BOTH PERFORMANCE BASED TAX INCENTIVES APPLIED TO THIS PROPERTY, THEY'VE GOT TO DO THE WORK IN ORDER TO GET WHAT'S GOING TO COME OUT OF IT.

THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE DISTRICT TAKES SOME TIME.

IT CAN BE DONE WITH PROMOTION OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS OR THE IN OUR CASE, THE LOCAL UNIT OF AUTHORITY, WHICH IS THE TOWNSHIP.

WE WOULD ESTABLISH A RESOLUTION CREATING THE DISTRICT, AND OUR PROPOSAL IS TO CREATE THE FIRST COMMERCIAL REHABILITATION DISTRICT, NUMBER ONE IN THE TOWNSHIP FOR 1655 AND 1621 SPECIFICALLY.

SO THOSE WOULD BE THE SPECIFIC HASLETT NUMBER ONE DISTRICT COMMUNITIES ARE ALLOWED TO DO MORE THAN ONE DISTRICT.

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ONCE THAT FREEZE IS APPLIED, WE ESTABLISH THAT RESOLUTION.

WE WOULD SUBMIT IT THE COPY OF THAT RESOLUTION TO CERTIFIED MAIL TO THE COUNTY.

THEY HAVE 28 DAYS TO REJECT OUR PROPOSAL FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE DISTRICT.

THE COUNTY AND THE TOWNSHIP ARE REALLY THE ONLY ENTITIES THAT ARE MAJORLY AFFECTED BY THE FREEZE OF THE TAXES.

AGAIN, THE LAND VALUE STAYS THE SAME IN THAT VALUE AS IT INCREASES GETS PAID TO THE TAX AUTHORITIES.

SO THIS IS FOR BUILDING VALUE ONLY REALLY.

ESSENTIALLY AFTER THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE DISTRICTS, THE DEVELOPER OR DEVELOPERS COULD COME TO THE TOWNSHIP WITH AN APPLICATION THAT IS APPROACHED.

THAT IS AN APPLICATION THAT WE SUBMIT WITH OUR TOWNSHIP CLERK THAT GETS SUBMITTED TO THE STATE TAX COMMISSION WITH SPECIFICATIONS OF THE VALUE THAT WOULD BE APPLIED TO THE PROPERTY AFTER THE TEN YEAR EXEMPTION.

SO THESE ONCE IT IS SUBMITTED TO THE STATE TAX COMMISSION, THEY GO THROUGH THEIR PROCESS AND IF THEY APPROVE IT, THEY WILL SUBMIT A CERTIFICATE TO THE DEVELOPER AND THAT WILL BE THE FREEZE FOR THE TEN YEARS.

AFTER THE TEN YEARS, WE WILL UNFREEZE IT, BASICALLY UNCAP AND WE GET THE FULL AMOUNT OF THE VALUE AT THAT TIME IS AN ANNUAL REPORT REQUIRED BY THE ASSESSING DEPARTMENT.

THEY HAVE TO SUBMIT THAT BY EVERY END OF OCTOBER, BASICALLY ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THE CERTIFICATE IS STILL IN EFFECT THAT NO IMPROVEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE ON THE PROPERTY BEFORE THE CERTIFICATE WAS IN EFFECT AND JUST CONTINUING TO LET THE STATE TAX COMMISSION KNOW WE ARE STILL HAVE THE CERTIFICATE APPLIED TO THIS AREA.

TODAY WE WENT TO MOUNT PLEASANT TO VIEW A CONSTRUCTED PROJECT THAT USED A COMMERCIAL EXEMPTION.

THEY DID NOT USE THE PA 210, BUT THEY DID USE SEVERAL EXEMPTIONS TO GET THAT FOUR STORY BUILDING PUT INTO THE GROUND.

IT'S A BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL PROJECT.

IT'S NO SKIN OFF THE CITY OF MOUNT PLEASANT, AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT I LIKE THE MOST ABOUT THIS EXEMPTION, IS THAT ESTABLISHING THE DISTRICT DOESN'T DO ANYTHING TO THE TOWNSHIP. THERE'S NOTHING UPFRONT THAT THE TOWNSHIP HAS TO PAY.

IT'S JUST ADMINISTRATIVE WORK.

SO FOLLOWING THROUGH THE TIMELINE, IF EVERYTHING ON MY DISNEYLAND LIST OF THINGS HAPPEN WITH THIS PROJECT, WE GO THROUGH THE APPROVAL OF THE MUPUD WITH PLANNING.

I'M OF ESTABLISHING THAT COMMERCIAL REHABILITATION DISTRICT.

SO WE WOULD COME BACK WITH A PUBLIC HEARING.

WE HOLD THAT PUBLIC HEARING.

THE TOWNSHIP BOARD COULD MOVE FOR ACTION TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING THAT DISTRICT.

WE SUBMIT THE LETTER TO THE INGHAM COUNTY.

FINGERS CROSSED THAT THEY HAVE NO REJECTION OF THAT ITEM.

AND WE WOULD HAVE THE DISTRICT ESTABLISHED.

WE WERE ABLE TO SIT DOWN WITH SOME COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND THE COMPTROLLER THIS WEEK AS WELL.

THEY HAD A FEW QUESTIONS, BUT REALLY MORE OF YOU KNOW WHAT ARE WE CURRENTLY GETTING OUT OF THE PROPERTY? AND IT'S VERY LITTLE AND WHAT IS THE POSSIBILITY OF GETTING OF GAINING ON THE PROPERTY AND IS VERY MUCH.

QUESTIONS? OK QUESTIONS? TRUSTEE HENDRICKSON.

THANK YOU AND THANK YOU, DIRECTOR CLARK, FOR BRINGING THIS BEFORE US.

THIS IS A REALLY EXCITING OPPORTUNITY.

IF IT'S IF I'M UNDERSTANDING WHAT IT IS EXACTLY.

SO DEVIL'S ADVOCATE HERE, WHAT HAPPENS IF WE SAID NO? IF WE SAID NO, THE DEVELOPER NEEDS THIS INCENTIVE TO GET THIS PROJECT GOING FORWARD.

THAT'S WHAT I NEEDED TO HEAR, THANK YOU.

WOULD NOT PURCHASE THE PROPERTY, AND WE WOULD STILL BE LOOKING AT A VERY UGLY SITE.

NOT SUGGESTING THAT WE DO THAT, TO BE CLEAR, I JUST WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE STAKES ARE IN FRONT OF US.

THESE INCENTIVES ARE NECESSARY FOR PUSHING THE PROJECT FORWARD.

GOT IT, THANK YOU, CRYSTAL CLEAR.

EVERYTHING ELSE I HAVE, WELL, EVERY OTHER QUESTION I HAVE, I THINK RELATED TO THIS IS RELATED TO NOT THE HASLETT AREA.

SO I WILL SAVE THAT FOR YOU FOR AN OFFLINE DISCUSSION, SO WE DON'T TAKE THIS MEETING INTO THE FOUR HOUR LONG TERRITORY.

BUT THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME.

OTHER COMMENTS? TREASURER DESCHAINE. I TOO WAS IMPRESSED BY THE CRA WE VISITED TODAY IN MOUNT PLEASANT, AND IT SEEMS TO BE AN EXCELLENT WAY TO PROVIDE AN INCENTIVE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT TO TAKE PLACE WITHOUT US HAVING TO DRAIN OR REDOUBLE OUR FUNDING OF THE MERIDIAN DEVELOPMENT FUND, SUCH AS THE VILLAGE OF OKEMOS IS ASKING FOR.

TELL ME A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THIS TIMELINE THAT ONCE THIS IS APPROVED, THE DEVELOPER THEN ESTABLISHES WHAT THE VALUE WILL BE IN TEN YEARS? NO. ONCE WE ESTABLISH THE DISTRICT, THE DEVELOPER CAN BRING FORWARD AN APPLICATION.

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THERE IS A METHOD FOR CALCULATING THE TAXABLE VALUE AND THAT IS ONLY IMPORTANT WHEN WE ACTUALLY SUBMIT THE APPLICATION TO THE STATE TAX COMMISSION. THAT WILL BE DONE BY THE ASSESSOR.

THEY TAKE THE TAXABLE VALUE MINUS THE VALUE OF THE LAND AND SOME OTHER FANCY TERMINOLOGY OF OTHER ALL OF THE OTHER MILLS AND GIVE A VALUE TO THAT ON THE APPLICATION AFTER WE SUBMIT IT TO THE STATE TAX COMMISSION, WHICH I THINK IS KIND OF LIKE A A FORMAL PROCESS ON THEIR SIDE, THEY LOOK AT THE CERTIFICATE AND THEY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT.

SO THERE ARE TONS OF EXAMPLES ON MICHIGAN.GOV/PROPERTYTAXES.

YOU CAN SEE THOSE CERTIFICATES.

IT GIVES THE DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPERTY, THE DEVELOPER, THE LOCATION OF THE PROPERTY AND THEN SPECIFIES WHAT THAT VALUE IS THAT THEY GET TO FREEZE OVER THE TEN YEARS.

THE BASE VALUE OR THE PROJECTED THE PROJECTED VALUE? PROJECTED VALUE. SO IF THE DEVELOPER IS SLOW IN DEVELOPING THIS AND DOESN'T GET THEM ALL DONE IN THE FIRST COUPLE OF YEARS, WE'LL SAY THEY DON'T GET TO EXTEND THE TEN YEARS.

IS THAT CORRECT? THERE'S NO EXTENSION TO THE TEN YEARS.

OKAY. SO THE INCENTIVE THIS IS THE PERFORMANCE SPACE THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER.

THE INCENTIVE IS THERE FOR THE DEVELOPER TO GET THE DEVELOPMENT DONE IN THE FIRST YEAR OR TWO OR THREE AT MOST OF THE TEN YEARS SO THAT THEY MAXIMIZE THEIR TAX INCENTIVE.

CORRECT. OKAY.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE WILSON.

WHAT DO YOU THINK THE COUNTY WILL DO WITH THIS? DO YOU HAVE ANY PERSPECTIVE ON WHETHER THE COUNTY WILL ACCEPT THIS COMMERCIAL REHABILITATION ACT FOR THIS PARCEL, KNOWING WHAT LITTLE TAXABLE VALUE IT HAS TODAY? FROM THE MEETING THAT WE HAD WITH THE THREE MEMBERS, IT WAS POSITIVE.

THEY GAVE SOME GENERAL DIRECTION ON HOW TO INTRODUCE THE DISCUSSION WITH THE COUNTY AND MAYBE SOME THOUGHTS OF WHAT HOW TO BEST FRAME THIS CONVERSATION, MUCH OF IT FOCUSED ON, WILL YOU TELL THE COUNTY COMMISSION MEMBERS WHAT IS THE VALUE RIGHT NOW? WHAT ARE WE GETTING OUT OF THE PROJECT RIGHT NOW AND WHAT IS THE PROJECTION OF GETTING IT IN THE FUTURE? I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR THEM.

I'VE NEVER HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE IN FRONT OF THE COUNTY COMMISSION.

SO THIS WILL BE INTERESTING.

BUT I DID FEEL VERY STRONG THAT THIS WAS SUPPORTED BECAUSE THIS IS AN AREA IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT HAS BEEN UNDERSERVED FOR A VERY LONG TIME.

WE ALWAYS DRIVE BY IT.

WE DON'T LIKE THE WAY THAT IT LOOKS.

THE PROPOSAL ITSELF FROM THE DEVELOPER IS STRONG CONCRETE AND IT MEETS A LOT OF OUR DEMANDS AND THE VISION ON OUR PICA.

THANK YOU. MR. WALSH WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THAT.

YEAH. SO SOME THINGS JUST TO FILL IN SOME HOLES.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF STRATEGY THAT'S GONE INTO THIS THAT MAYBE YOU HAVEN'T HEARD TONIGHT THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I ASK US TO MEET WITH THE COUNTY, BECAUSE THE COUNTY IS THE ONE ROADBLOCK TO MOVING THIS FORWARD.

SO I ASKED THAT WE HAVE A STRATEGY MEETING WITH THEM.

IT WENT REALLY WELL, THEY ASK US TO IT WENT SO WELL THAT THEY ASK US TO COME AND PRESENT TO THEIR CAUCUS ON JUNE 14TH AND THAT'S BEEN SET UP.

SO WE'RE GOING TO MEET WITH THEM.

AND THEN THE NEXT STRATEGY POINT WAS IN THIS TO SET UP THE MEETING THAT I ARRANGED IN MOUNT PLEASANT, AND THAT WAS WHAT WE WENT UP TO TODAY.

SO THERE'S BEEN SOME STRATEGY POINTS BEHIND THIS TO LINE THIS UP IN CASE THE BOARD WERE TO WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS.

THERE'S SOME OTHER THINGS IN MOTION THAT ARE GOING ON WITH THIS IN CONJUNCTION.

BUT I WOULD THE COUNTY CONTROLLER ADMINISTRATOR, GREG TODD, WHO, BY THE WAY, IS JUST A GREAT LEADER FOR INGHAM COUNTY AND OUR TWO COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.

WE ARE GOING TO FOUR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, BUT THE TWO THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY, WE'RE ALL VERY POSITIVE ABOUT EFFECT ONE POSTED SOME SOCIAL MEDIA STUFF ON IT TODAY.

SO I THINK WE'RE IN A GOOD STEAD WITH THE COUNTY.

YEAH, YEAH, IT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

THANK YOU. NOW, ANYONE ELSE? TRUSTEE WISINSKI.

THANK YOU DIRECTOR CLARK AND MANAGER WALSH FOR BRINGING THIS TO US.

I SPOKE WITH THE SUPERVISOR A LITTLE BIT PRIOR TO THE MEETING AS WELL.

I THINK I READ THIS AND I THINK I KNOW THIS, BUT I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT WILL BE MIXED USE, CORRECT? CORRECT.

SO IT WILL BE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT THE OTHER DEVELOPMENT THAT'S HAPPENING IN HASLETT VILLAGE SQUARE.

YES, SIMILAR BUT WITH DIFFERENT.

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THEY ARE VERY CLOSELY WORKING TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE A SEAMLESS AREA.

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PERFECT, THANK YOU.

MR. WALSH.

THANK YOU, ONE OTHER POINT THAT I SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT OUT IS THAT WHEN THEY CAME TO US, THEIR REQUEST WAS REALLY FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT FUND.

THAT WAS THE FIRST REQUEST, AND THEIR REQUEST WITH THE VILLAGE OKEMOS REQUEST WAS MORE THAN WE EVEN ACTUALLY HAD IN THE REDEVELOPMENT FUND.

THAT'S WHEN THIS WHOLE CONCEPT CAME UP.

IT WASN'T OUR CONCEPT, IT WAS THEM.

THEY BROUGHT THIS TO US AND SOUND INTERESTING.

AND THAT'S WHEN I INVITED SUPERVISOR JACKSON TO ATTEND THE MEETING TO HEAR ABOUT THIS.

SO THIS IS HOW IT KIND OF PLAYED OUT.

IT WAS THE REDEVELOPMENT FUND, PUBLIC MONEY THEN SHIFTING OVER TO THIS FINANCING MECHANISM.

AND I'VE BEEN YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO SAY, I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A FAIR NUMBER OF YEARS WITH RENAISSANCE ZONES AND BROWNFIELDS AND ALL THIS KIND OF TAX INCENTIVES AND TIFFS AND ALL THAT. I'VE NEVER COME ACROSS THIS, SO IT'S A VERY INTERESTING CONCEPT.

TREASURER DESCHAINE.

THANK YOU. IN TERMS OF SOME HISTORY, YOU'RE RIGHT.

THE TOWNSHIP BOARD HAS SEEN THIS AS AN UNDERDEVELOPED AREA THAT HAS BEEN, IF YOU WILL, A WELL MAINTAINED BLIGHT FOR TEN YEARS AND MORE.

AND THREE YEARS AGO, FORMER [INAUDIBLE] DIRECTOR BACH BROUGHT IN SOME FOCUS GROUPS THERE THAT MET IN THAT OLD PLAZA.

AND THEN A CONSULTING FIRM, BRONFELLS OUT OF TROY, WAS HIRED TO DO AN ASSESSMENT, A MARKET ASSESSMENT OF WHAT WOULD BE BEST PUT THERE.

THE RESPONSE THEY GOT FROM THE FOCUS GROUP WAS, WE WANT A GROCERY STORE BACK.

WE REALLY WANT A GROCERY STORE AND LET'S GET A GROCERY STORE HERE.

THE CONSULTANT CAME BACK AND SAID THERE'S NO NEED FOR THERE'S NO MARKET SUPPORT FOR A GROCERY STORE THAT THAT SHIP HAD SAILED.

THEY'VE GOT GROCERY TO THE SOUTH AND PLENTY TO THE SOUTH AND EVEN TO THE NORTH WITH MONTICELLO'S.

WHAT THEY DID IDENTIFY AND THAT IN THAT REPORT WAS A NEED FOR HOUSING, A LOT OF NEED FOR HOUSING IN THAT PART OF HASLETT.

AND SO THIS I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROPOSAL IS THAT IT'S WHAT THE CONSULTANTS, WHAT THE EXPERTS SAY WE NEED RIGHT NOW IN HEALTH AND HOW THAT SCHOOLS CERTAINLY NEEDS THE ADDITIONAL STUDENTS TO MAINTAIN THEIR NUMBERS.

SOME OF THE NEW DEVELOPMENT IN GEORGETOWN, FOR EXAMPLE, KIND OF IRONIC.

YOU COULD ALMOST THROW A STONE FROM GEORGETOWN TO HASLETT HIGH SCHOOL, BUT THOSE GEORGETOWN STUDENTS ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO OKEMOS HIGH SCHOOL.

SO EVEN THOUGH IT SEEMS TO BE A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE TOWNSHIP, IT'S NOT REALLY IN MOST OF IT IS NOT BENEFITING HASLETT SCHOOLS THIS DEVELOPMENT WELL.

CORRECT. THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY.

ANYONE ELSE. I HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS TO SAY.

ONE IS WE NEED TO KIND OF SLOW DOWN AND SEPARATE THE PROPOSED PROJECT FROM WHAT WE'RE BEING ASKED TO CONSIDER TONIGHT, WHICH IS DOING WHAT WE CAN DO TO OR TO CONSIDER ESTABLISHING A COMMERCIAL REHABILITATION DISTRICT TO FACILITATE A SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS THIS PROJECT THAT'S BEING PROPOSED.

SO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO AT THIS POINT IS INDICATE WHETHER OR NOT WE ARE INTERESTED AND DOING OUR DUE DILIGENCE IN ESTABLISHING THE THE DISTRICT AND SET A JUNE SEVEN, SEVENTH DATE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THAT ACTION, CORRECT? OK AND THAT ALSO GOES BACK TO THE TIMELINE AND THE STRATEGY THAT MR. WALSH HAS TALKED ABOUT.

AND SO THE QUESTION BEFORE US TONIGHT IS, ARE WE INTERESTED IN, BASED ON WHAT WE'VE HEARD, ON DOING WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO ESTABLISH THIS KIND OF TOOL IN OUR TOWNSHIP AND IN THAT LOCATION? AND IF SO, CAN WE SET A DATE? SO EVERYBODY SHAKING THEIR HEAD.

SO I'M GOING TO MOVE ON AND ASSUME THAT THAT IS TRUE.

AND BASED ON THE THE NEEDS OF THIS PROJECT AS IT'S GOING THROUGH, WE NEED TO SET A DATE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THAT CONCEPT.

AND THE SUGGESTION THAT'S BEING OFFERED BY PLANNING IS JUNE THE SEVENTH.

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SUPPORTED BY TRUSTEE WILSON.

ALL IN FAVOR? NO, NO.

THAT'S A ROLL CALL.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. THANK YOU, MR..

EXPERT, OVER THERE. MAY WE HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE? NO. IS THERE ANY OTHER COMMENT OR DISCUSSION BEFORE WE GO TO THE MOTION? I'M SORRY SUPERVISOR, BUT THIS IS THE MOTION TO SUSPEND OUR RULES? TO SUSPEND OUR RULES, THAT'S RIGHT.

MR. LEMASTER.

MOTION CARRIED SEVEN-ZERO.

TRUSTEE WILSON. MADAM SUPERVISOR. WE HAVE A IN OUR PACKET.

WE HAD A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CREATION OF THIS IS ON PAGE.

PAGE FALLING DOWN.

IT'S PAGE 131.

AT THE TOP. TOWNSHIP BOARD MOTION TO APPROVE THE CREATION OF THE DISTRICT AND SET..

AND SET THE PUBLIC HEARING.

SO TO ACTIVITIES.

WOULDN'T THE PROPER MOTION BE JUST TO SET THE PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT.

AT THE PUBLIC HEARING, THAT'S IT FOR JUNE 7TH.

RIGHT. WHICH IS THE WAY WE'RE GOING? YES. HI.

SO WE HAVE SUSPENDED OUR RULES.

NOW I'M OPEN TO A MOTION.

TRUSTEE HENDRICKSON.

THANK YOU, MADAM SUPERVISOR.

[7. BOARD MEMBER REPORTS OF ACTIVITIES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS]

SUPPORT.

SUPPORTED BY TRUSTEE WILSON.

FURTHER COMMENTS? I THINK THIS IS A TERRIFIC IDEA AND I BELIEVE WHAT WE'LL HEAR WHEN WE HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC IS THAT THEY AGREE THIS IS AN AREA THAT HAS LONG BEEN NEEDING REHABILITATION.

AND WE KNOW THAT IN PART BECAUSE IT'S ONE OF OUR KEY COMPONENTS OF OUR MASTER PLAN, OUR FUTURE LAND USE PLAN.

SO I'M EXCITED THAT WE'RE GETTING INTEREST IN THIS AREA.

[8. APPROVAL OF AGENDA]

SO I'M EXCITED TO SEE THIS WHEN IT COMES BEFORE US IN A PUBLIC HEARING.

AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL HEAR THAT THE COMMUNITY IS AS SUPPORTIVE AS I AM.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE WILSON.

I THINK THIS IS A CREATIVE USE OF OUR FUNDING RATHER THAN GOING IN THE DIRECTION OF MERIDIAN REDEVELOPMENT FUNDS.

[9. CONSENT AGENDA (SALMON)]

MY OTHER COMMENTS, MR. LEMASTER, DO I NEED A ROLL CALL VOTE? I DON'T THINK YOU DO ON THIS ONE, NO.

ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO SET THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR JUNE 7TH FOR THE COMMERCIAL REHABILITATION DISTRICT PROPOSAL.

PLEASE SAY YES.

YES. OPPOSED NO.

CHAIR VOTES YES.

MOTION PASSES AND WE CAN THANK YOU ALL.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ITEM 13E, MEETING ATTENDANCE ACCOMMODATIONS MR. OPSOMMER. YES, THANK YOU.

SUPERVISOR JACKSON AND BOARD MEMBERS.

SO TONIGHT BEFORE YOU IS THE ELECTRONIC OR VIRTUAL MEETING ACCOMMODATION POLICY AND THE DRAFT REQUEST FORM.

THIS HAS BEEN SHARED WITH ALL THE MEMBERS OF OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS FOR THEIR INPUT.

THUS FAR WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY ANY SUBSTANTIVE INPUT, JUST AN APPRECIATION FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN.

AND SO THIS ALL STEMS FROM ATTORNEY GENERAL DANA NESSEL'S OPINION THAT WAS ISSUED EARLIER THIS YEAR IN FEBRUARY, WHERE SHE WAS INTERPRETING NOT ONLY THE OPEN MEETINGS

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AND SHE OPINED IN THAT OPINION THAT IF VIRTUAL MEETING ACCOMMODATION IS NECESSARY UNDER THE ADA TO ATTEND THE OPEN MEETING, THEN IT IS ALLOWED, EVEN THOUGH THE OMA DOES NOT ALLOW FOR VIRTUAL PARTICIPATION.

SO THE PROPOSAL OR THE POLICY BEFORE YOU TONIGHT WOULD ALLOW ANY OF OUR BOARD AND COMMISSION MEMBERS TO SUBMIT THE REQUESTED OR THE REQUEST FORM TO OUR TOWNSHIP HR DIRECTOR.

SHE WOULD EVALUATE THE APPLICANT AND THEN GRANT OR DENY THE ACCOMMODATION.

THAT ACCOMMODATION WOULD STAY WITH THE BOARD OR COMMISSION MEMBER UNTIL THEY NO LONGER NEED THAT ACCOMMODATION.

AND IT SETS FORTH HOW THE MEETINGS WOULD HAVE TO BE CONDUCTED.

CLOSED SESSION.

THE ACCOMMODATED OR VIRTUAL ATTENDING MEMBER WOULD BE ALLOWED TO ATTEND CLOSED SESSION VIA ZOOM OR VIA PHONE.

THEY WOULD HAVE TO DECLARE, JUST LIKE WE DID DURING OUR VIRTUAL MEETINGS UNDER THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT WHEN IT WAS PERMITTED, THEY WOULD HAVE TO DENOTE AT THE OUTSET OF THE MEETING THAT THEY ARE ATTENDING VIRTUALLY AND WHERE THEY ARE ATTENDING FROM.

SO THE CITY, VILLAGE OR TOWNSHIP THEY'RE CURRENTLY IN DURING THE MEETING AND THEY WOULD ALSO HAVE TO VOTE BY A ROLL CALL VOTE.

SO EVEN IF IT IS A VOICE VOTE, THEY WOULD HAVE TO VOTE BY ROLL CALL.

SO THERE'S NO CONFUSION ON HOW THE VIRTUAL MEMBER IS VOTING.

AND THEN AT ANY MEETING WHERE SOMEONE WHERE A BOARD OR COMMISSION MEMBER IS BEING ACCOMMODATED VIRTUALLY, THE PUBLIC WOULD HAVE EQUAL ACCESS TO PUBLIC COMMENT VIRTUALLY. SO IF WE'RE HAVING A MEMBER OR TEN VIA ZOOM, WE WOULD ALSO HAVE THREE MINUTE PUBLIC COMMENT AT ALL THE REGULAR PUBLIC COMMENT PERIODS FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ATTENDING VIA ZOOM. SO THAT IS THE POLICY AS SET FORTH.

AGAIN, IT'S BEEN SHARED WITH ALL THE BOARD IN COMMISSION MEMBERS.

IN THE TOWNSHIP, WE DO HAVE TWO BOARD AND COMMISSION MEMBERS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN APPLYING AND RECEIVING THE ACCOMMODATION AND WE CAN BRING THIS BACK TO YOU ON JUNE 7TH FOR A FORMAL ADOPTION.

HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

QUESTIONS? TRUSTEE WILSON I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE PUBLIC ACCOMMODATION.

ARE WE GOING TO CHANGE OUR NOTIFICATION OR NOTICES TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT MEETINGS IN ORDER TO ALLOW THEM TO DO THIS? COULD YOU EXPLAIN A BIT MORE ABOUT THAT? SO IF WE HAVE A BOARD OR COMMISSION THAT IS MEETING IN A HYBRID FASHION, MEETING, ONE OF THE BOARD OR COMMISSION MEMBERS HAS AN ACCOMMODATION AND PLANS TO ATTEND VIRTUALLY.

THE MEETING AGENDA AND THE NOTICE AND THE WEB CONTENT WOULD ALL HAVE THE ZOOM INFORMATION FOR THE PUBLIC.

SO AND THAT'S ALL SET FORTH IN THE POLICY.

IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.

SO ALL OF THE VIRTUAL MEETING INFORMATION WOULD BE ANYWHERE THAT MEETING IS ACTUALLY BEING PROMOTED, WHETHER IT'S THE OFFICIAL PUBLIC NOTICE FOR THE MEETING, WHETHER IT'S JUST THE ITEM ON OUR TOWNSHIP CALENDAR ON THE WEBSITE, OR IF IT'S THE AGENDA.

AND WHO WOULD CONTROL THAT ZOOM MEETING TO ENSURE THAT YOU DID NOT HAVE RANDOM INDIVIDUALS COMING INTO THE MEETING AND DISRUPTING IT? DIRECTOR GIBBS OR HIS STAFF WOULD HELP FACILITATE THAT FOR DIRECTORS, DEPENDING ON THE BOARD OR COMMISSION.

AND ONE OF OUR LIMITATIONS IS THAT ONLY THIS ROOM REALLY HAS THESE CAPABILITIES.

SO WE HAVE LIMITATIONS WHEN WE GO TO CENTRAL FIRE AND PRESERVATION ADVISORY BOARD DOES FIELD MEETINGS WHERE THEY WILL MEET AT VARIOUS PAVILIONS AND DO WALKING EXCURSIONS FOR THEIR ACTUAL BOARD MEETINGS AND PRESERVES.

SO THERE'S CERTAINLY SOME LIMITATIONS FOR CERTAIN BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

TREASURER DESCHAINE.

THANK YOU. CLEARLY, WITH THE AG OPINION ON THIS, WE NEED TO TAKE ACTION.

WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO DO THIS ACCOMMODATION AND WE'VE GOT TWO BOARD MEMBERS OR TWO APPOINTMENTS, APPOINTEES TO OUR BOARDS, COMMISSIONS THAT INTERESTED IN ATTENDING THIS WAY.

AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE FOLLOW THROUGH.

I THINK WE'VE ALSO GOT TO LOOK AT THE COST OF DOING THIS AND A WAY OF TAKING IT OFF THE BURDEN TAKING THE BURDEN OFF OUR IT DEPARTMENT.

YOU KNOW, WE STARTED THIS MEETING TALKING ABOUT IT ISSUES AND PART OF THE BURDEN ON IT, MAINTAINING A TOP NETWORK AS WE INVOLVE THEM IN DOING THINGS LIKE THIS.

IT'S AS IF WE HAD OUR DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS DOING EVERYTHING FROM RANGING I'M SORRY, PARKS AND RECREATION, EVERYTHING FROM DIRECTION TO TAP TO COACHING TEAMS AFTER HOURS.

AND THAT'S THE ISSUE WITH THESE MEETINGS OFTEN GO LATE AND THEY'RE TIME CONSUMING FOR STAFF AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO LOOK AT SOMETHING IN THE BUDGET FOR NEXT

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DEPARTMENT, [INAUDIBLE] DIRECTOR GEBES, TO BE AT THESE MEETINGS THAT OFTEN GO LATE AND PULL HIM AWAY FROM THE LARGER RESPONSIBILITIES WE HAVE OF MAKING SURE THERE'S $900,000 ARE RE-INVESTING IN OUR I.T.

DEPARTMENT IS WORKING PROPERLY.

SO IT'S A CONSIDERATION.

DOESN'T MEAN I'M NOT GOING TO SUPPORT THIS.

I FULLY INTEND TO SUPPORT IT.

BUT IS ONE OF THE COSTS OF DOING THIS IS TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE STAFFING TO ALLOW FOR THOSE THAT ZOOM ACCOMMODATION.

PERHAPS WE CAN FIND A WAY TO AUTOMATE IT AT SOME POINT DOWN THE ROAD.

BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S IT'S A PRETTY MANUAL PROCESS.

YEAH. AND THAT'S THE CONVERSATION THAT I WAS HAVING BECAUSE THE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION HAD BEEN SET TO MEET THIS THURSDAY AND I HAD OFFERED TO HELP FACILITATE THE IT FOR THAT.

IF I COULD JUST GET KIND OF A TRIAL RUN COURSE ON THIS PODIUM, WHICH I STILL HAVE YET TO GET, SO TRYING TO FIND TIME IN THE SCHEDULE FOR THAT.

BUT I THINK THERE'S WAYS THAT WE CAN FLEX OUR TIME AND STAFF, ESPECIALLY IF WE HAVE TWO STAFF MEMBERS JUST DUE TO THE AGENDA ITEMS BEFORE THE BODY.

WE CAN EASILY ACCOMMODATE THAT AND TAKE THAT OFF THE DEPARTMENT'S HANDS.

IT'S ABLE TO CALL. WE DO HAVE A NEW PODIUM COMING DOWN THE PIPELINE AS WELL SOMETIME THIS YEAR WITH THE EXPENSES WE APPROVED FOR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT TO IMPROVEMENTS TO THIS ROOM AND A NEW PODIUM.

YEAH. WITH THE HOPES OF MAKING IT A LITTLE BIT MORE USER FRIENDLY.

YEAH. THANK YOU.

[INAUDIBLE] NO, I WAS JUST ASKING MANAGER WALSH IF HE HAD COMMENTS.

IF YOU DON'T HAVE QUESTIONS.

I'M SORRY. YOU SHOULD GO FIRST.

YES, YOU SHOULD. NO, I FORGET.

I WAS JUST GOING TO JUST TO RESPOND TO TREASURER DESCHAINE AS WELL.

I THINK THAT VERY FORETHOUGHT OF THINKING ABOUT THAT.

I DID REVIEW, THOUGH, THE ADA TITLE TWO.

IT'S VERY SPECIFIC ON WHAT IS COVERED.

SO I WOULD EXPECT I KNOW WE HAVE AT LEAST TWO AND WE MAY HAVE SOME MORE, BUT I WOULDN'T EXPECT THAT WE MIGHT HAVE MANY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THAT WOULD REQUIRE THIS.

[INAUDIBLE] OKAY.

SO JUST REAL BRIEFLY, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.

I TRY REALLY DIFFICULT OR TRY REALLY HARD TO COMMUNICATE WITH OUR BOARD AND COMMISSION MEMBERS AND SOME THINGS.

AND THERE'S 110 OF THEM.

THERE THE ABC GROUP, BY THE WAY, APPOINTED BOARD AND COMMISSIONERS AND I'LL SEND THINGS OUT TO THEM AND SOMETIMES I'LL GET A RESPONSE BACK, BUT OFTENTIMES IT'S JUST RECEIVED.

BUT I'LL TELL YOU, ON THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE, I HAD SEVEN OR EIGHT BOARD MEMBERS APPOINTED BOARD MEMBERS RESPONDING BACK.

IT WAS REALLY UNUSUAL MORE THAN THE ROAD CLOSURE.

SO IT'S AN IMPORTANT TOPIC.

AND TO THE POINT OF THE TREASURER IS I RESPECT HIS OPINION ON, ON THE STAFFING THING, BUT IF WE GO BACK WE WERE DOING THIS FOR 15 NIGHTS A MONTH BACK WHEN WE HAD THE WHOLE COVID THING.

IF THIS DOES GO FORWARD AND IF WE DO HAVE TWO PEOPLE AT THE MOST, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TWO EVENINGS A MONTH AND THEN SOMETIMES WE DON'T HAVE THE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION.

SO IT MIGHT EVEN BE LESS THAN THAT.

BUT WE WILL MONITOR THAT CLOSELY.

AND I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THAT FORWARD.

TRUSTEE WILSON DID YOU HAVE? MR. WALSH, WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO SHARE THE COMMENTS THAT YOU WERE GETTING OR SOME SUMMARY OF THE FLAVOR OF THE COMMENTS YOU WERE GETTING BACK FROM THE BOARD AND COMMISSION? YEAH. YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T EXPECT ALL THE FEEDBACK THAT I RECEIVED ON THIS.

I WAS JUST MAKING A NOTE OF IT TO THE BOARD AND COMMISSIONERS.

SO I LET THEM KNOW THAT YOU WERE GIVING A FIVE DAY NOTICE.

IF YOU'VE GOT THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS, NOTIFY YOUR BOARD AND LET THEM KNOW.

BUT JUST A VERY POSITIVE TONE FROM THE BOARD AND COMMISSIONERS THAT WE WERE THOUGHTFUL ENOUGH AND THINKING FORWARD AND TAKING CARE OF PEOPLE WHO NEEDED THIS SORT OF ASSISTANCE.

SO IT WAS A VERY POSITIVE RESPONSE FROM THE BOARD AND COMMISSION MEMBERS.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE, CLERK GUTHRIE.

THANK YOU, MADAM SUPERVISOR.

I'M HAPPY TO SEE THIS IN FRONT OF THE BOARD AND HAPPY TO SEE THIS IMPLEMENTATION.

MY ONLY COMMENT WOULD BE THAT IF THERE IS AN ACCOMMODATION REQUEST FROM SOMEONE THAT AUXILIARY AIDS, I'M NOT SURE WHAT SORT OF AUXILIARY AIDS THAT WE HAVE AT THE TOWNSHIP, BUT PEOPLE CAN REQUEST IT IN THAT IF THEY DO REQUEST IT THAT WE HAVE AND THAT THAT'S BUILT INTO EITHER THE I.T. BUDGET OR THE COMMUNICATIONS BUDGET FOR WHATEVER MODIFICATIONS ARE MADE IN THE TOWNSHIP HALL SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THAT AVAILABLE WHEN WHEN PEOPLE REQUEST IT.

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[12A. Village of Okemos LLC, Meridian Redevelopment Fund Request No. 2]

SO THOSE WOULD BE THE TWO THINGS THAT I WOULD RECOMMEND AS MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ACCOMMODATING THE PUBLIC'S REQUEST FOR ANY SORT OF ACCOMMODATIONS OR FOR BOARD OR COMMISSION MEMBERS.

AND WE DO HAVE EXISTING ACCOMMODATIONS THAT ARE NEEDED FOR BOARD AND COMMISSION MEMBERS WHICH ARE BEING MET.

SO THANK YOU.

WE WILL SEE THIS AT OUR NEXT MEETING.

CORRECT? I WILL HAVE THIS BACK ON FRACTION FOR YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU ALL.

THANK YOU. AND OUR FINAL ITEM IS 13 F, STIMULUS INFLATIONARY PAYMENT PROGRAM.

MR. WALSH.

THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR JACKSON.

I KNOW WE'VE BEEN AT THIS FOR 3 HOURS TONIGHT, SO I WILL NOT, I'LL TRY TO KEEP THIS BRIEF.

AND THIS IS A DISCUSSION THAT WE'VE HAD PART AND PARCEL OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.

SO I KNOW THIS IS NOT COMING TO YOU AS A AS A SURPRISE THIS EVENING.

BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE TRIED TO DO OVER THE LAST 60 DAYS, DIRECTOR TITHOF AND I PUTTING IT TOGETHER SOMETHING TO DEAL WITH THE INFLATION THAT FOLKS ARE FEELING, WHETHER THAT'S AT THE GAS PUMP OR I THINK EVEN MORE IMPORTANTLY, AT THE GROCERY STORE.

RIGHT NOW, OUR CONTRACTS CALL FOR OUR EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS ACROSS THE BOARD ARE 2% INCREASES FOR THAT'S WHAT OUR TEAM HAS HAD FOR 2022.

NOW THAT'S BEEN ADJUSTED BY THE BOARD SLIGHTLY TO THREE OR THREE AND A HALF, DEPENDING UPON WHETHER YOU HAVE FLEXTIME OR NOT.

SO WHAT'S BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING IS A CONCEPT THAT WE WOULD OFFER A ONE TIME PAYMENT TO ALL OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS, ROUGHLY.

IT'S 158 TO 162, DEPENDING ON THE DAY.

I THINK THIS MORNING IT WAS 157 AS FAR AS TEAM MEMBERS, BUT YOU CAN SEE IT'D BE A STAGGERED PAYMENT AND IT'S TRY TO DEFLECT THE 8.8% NATIONAL INFLATION THAT WE'RE SEEING ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND TO AUGMENT OUR TEAM MEMBERS ABILITY TO FIGHT OFF THE INFLATIONARY THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE FEELING.

AND THIS IS A TIERED APPROACH.

SO FOR THOSE THAT MAKE THE LEAST AMOUNT WOULD GET THE MOST.

SO IF YOU MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION IS IF YOU MAKE LESS THAN 49,009, 99, YOU RECEIVE A ONE TIME PAYMENT OF 3000.

THIS WOULD NOT COUNT AGAINST ANY FINAL AVERAGE CONTRIBUTION FOR THOSE WHO ARE RETIRING WITH PENSION.

THAT STILL NEEDS TO BE IRONED OUT WITH THE BARGAINING GROUPS.

WHEN I SAY IRONED OUT, IT JUST NEEDS TO BE MEMORIALIZED.

IT'S NOT LIKE THEY'RE THERE.

THEY'RE NOT PUSHING BACK AGAINST THAT AT ALL.

I DON'T MEAN TO LEAVE THAT, LEAVE YOU WITH THAT OPINION AND THOSE FROM 50 TO 6499 WITH 2700.

AND THEN IT WOULD TIER DOWN TO THOSE WHO EARN SIX FIGURES, OVER 100,000 WOULD RECEIVE A $2000.

THE OLD PEOPLE THAT WOULD NOT RECEIVE THIS WOULD BE THE CLERK AND THE TREASURER AND MYSELF.

WE WOULD BE EXCLUDED FROM THIS PROGRAM.

SO AGAIN, IT'S ABOUT 157 INDIVIDUALS.

THE PAYMENTS WOULD GO OUT SOMETIME IN JUNE.

IF THIS IS APPROVED, THIS WOULD BE BACK BEFORE YOU.

IF YOU IF YOU MEETS WITH YOUR FAVOR THIS EVENING, YOU'D BE BACK IN FRONT OF YOU JUNE 7TH.

THE TOTAL COST OF THE PROGRAM, IF APPROVED BY THE BOARD, IS JUST SHORT OF $400,000.

SO FOR SOME PEOPLE IT'D BE A 2% INCREASE, AND FOR SOME PEOPLE IT WOULD BE SIX AND A HALF, DEPENDING UPON WHAT YOUR BASE SALARY.

AND SO FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO NEED IT THE MOST, THOSE THOSE EARNING LESS THAN SIX FIGURES, THEY WOULD SEE ROUGHLY COLLECTIVELY AROUND EIGHT OR 9% THIS YEAR, WHICH TO MEET THE INFLATION IF YOU TAKE THE 2% AND THE ADJUSTMENT BY THE BOARD PLUS THIS PAYMENT.

SO WE LOOKED AT A LOT OF DIFFERENT AVENUES TO TRY TO I DON'T WANT TO SAY MAKE MAKE PEOPLE WHOLE BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING HERE THAT WE HAVE TO DO.

BUT LISTENING TO THE BOARD, TAKING YOUR COMMENTS OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO, THIS IS WHAT WE CAME UP WITH.

THIS DOES TAKE THE PLACE OF THE RETENTION PROGRAM THAT WAS PLANNED FOR DECEMBER.

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SO EVERYONE IN THIS PROGRAM IS, IF IT GOES FORWARD, IS GETTING THEIR MONEY MONTHS AHEAD OF TIME AND THEY'RE GETTING AT LEAST DOUBLE AND SOMETIMES TRIPLE WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO GET BEFORE THE OTHER PROGRAM WAS $160,000 PROGRAM.

THIS IS A $400,000 PROGRAM.

SO THERE IS QUITE AN ADJUSTMENT.

I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

IT'S NOT, WE DIDN'T, IT'S NOT ROCKET SCIENTISTS, BUT IT'S WHAT WE CAME UP WITH TO TRY TO MEET WITH THE INFLATIONARY ISSUE CHALLENGES THAT

[12B. Ordinance 2022-05 – Nonresidential Fence Height – Final Adoption]

THERE'S STILL SOME WORK TO DO, BUT THIS IS WHERE WE'RE AT THIS EVENING.

BOARD MEMBERS.

MR. DESCHANIE.

I WANT TO THANK THE MANAGER AND DIRECTOR TITHOF FOR THIS BRINGING THIS PROGRAM TO US.

YOU'RE RIGHT, THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION OF PAY INCREASES BY THIS BOARD THE PAST SIX MONTHS.

IT HAS BEEN A PRIORITY OF THE BOARD TO MAKE SURE OUR EMPLOYEES ARE PAID FAIRLY AND PARTICULARLY FOCUSED ON THE EMPLOYEES MAKING LESS THAN $50,000 A YEAR.

AND SO FOR THEM, THEY WILL RECEIVE, AS YOU SAID, 8 TO 9%.

IN SOME CASES MORE THAN 9% PAY RAISE BETWEEN THE PAYMENT AND THE 3% PAYMENT THEY'RE GETTING.

ON TOP OF THAT, WE'VE GOT NEW POLICE OFFICERS THAT ALSO GOT ALMOST AN IMMEDIATE $5000 A YEAR PAY INCREASE.

SO YOU HAVE FOLLOWED OUR DIRECTION IN THIS REGARD.

AND IF STRUCTURED THIS PLAN, THE EARLIER INCREASES FROM 2% TO 3 TO 3 AND ONE HALF PERCENT.

AND THEN WE JUMPED THE PAY SCALE OR ELIMINATED THOSE BOTTOM TWO LEVELS OF OUR POLICE OFFICER PAY SCALE RECENTLY.

SO WE'RE DOING WHAT WE CAN.

I THINK WITHIN REASON WE STILL HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO THE TAXPAYERS TO MAKE SURE WE ARE PROTECTING THE TAX BASE THAT WE GET AND NOT SPENDING RECKLESSLY IN THIS CASE.

NO. ONE, I DON'T THINK YOU COULD ARGUE THAT.

I THINK WE'RE WE ARE MORE FAIRLY AND COMPREHENSIVELY REIMBURSING OR PAYING OUR STAFF FOR THE GOOD WORK THEY DO.

AND I THINK THAT I SUPPORT THIS PROGRAM AS I DID THE EARLIER PAY INCREASES.

AND I'M HOPEFUL THAT WE ENOUGH THAT WE CONTINUE TO RETAIN OUR EMPLOYEES.

WE HAVEN'T HAD A LOT OF TURNOVER IN OUR NON POLICE EMPLOYMENT AND I THINK IT REFLECTS THE FACT WE OFFER EXCELLENT BENEFITS AND WE ARE NOW PAYING OUR EMPLOYEES MORE THAN WE WERE A YEAR AGO.

AND SO WE'RE SHOWING THEM THAT WE DO, WE DO VALUE THEIR WORK AND WE'RE WILLING TO PAY THEM A FAIR SALARY FOR THEM, INCLUDING THE BONUS PLAN TO HELP THEM THROUGH THIS TOUGH YEAR THAT MANY OF US ARE EXPERIENCING WITH INFLATION AT 8%.

[12C. Ordinance 2022-06 – Deck/Porch Encroachments Into Yards – Final Adoption]

IT DOES REFLECT, I THINK, THE VALUES OF THIS BOARD, AND I'LL BE SUPPORTING IT IN TWO WEEKS.

TRUSTEE WILSON. JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION.

THIS IS A ONE TIME PAYMENT, NOT A PAY INCREASE.

AND THAT DIFFERS FROM WHAT WE DID FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHERE WE ACTUALLY INCREASE THE BASE SALARIES.

SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

I JUST WANTED THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT SITUATION.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE WISINSKI.

THANK YOU, TRUSTEE WILSON, FOR POINTING THAT OUT.

I THINK THIS IS INNOVATIVE.

AND I THINK IT IS IT DOES TELL OUR STAFF THAT THEY ARE APPRECIATED AND AGREED THAT IT IS ONE TIME AS OPPOSED TO BASE PAY INCREASE.

I'M STILL, I STILL SUPPORT THIS IN THE FACT THAT I THINK DIRECTOR OF AND MANAGER WALSH YOU'VE WORKED HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR LOWEST PAID STAFF ARE RECEIVING A BIGGER BENEFIT.

AND I THINK THAT THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, GIVEN THAT THE LOWER YOUR ANNUAL SALARY, THE MORE DIFFICULT IT IS TO MOVE FORWARD.

SO I DO SUPPORT THIS, ALTHOUGH I WOULD LIKE TO NEXT YEAR EITHER RECONSIDER THIS AND OR MAYBE LOOK AND SEE HOW THIS WORKED FOR YOU MANAGER WALSH AND SEE IF THERE'S IMPROVEMENTS OR SOMETHING WE CAN DO NEXT YEAR.

THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE.

CLERK GUTHRIE. THANK YOU, MADAM SUPERVISOR.

THE I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR THE MANAGER.

IT SAYS RECENTLY THE BOARD ENHANCED INCREASE ACROSS THE BOARD 3 TO 3.5%.

IS THAT, IF YOU COULD REFRESH MY MEMORY, IS THAT 3 TO 3.5% ON TOP OF THE 2% ACROSS ALL OF THE CONTRACTS OR SPECIFIC CONTRACTS?

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SURE. FOR 2022, EVERYONE WAS SUPPOSED TO GET 2%.

[12D. Ordinance 2022-07 – RRR District Deletion – Final Adoption]

THE POLICE AND FIRE, WHO OBVIOUSLY CAN'T TAKE ADVANTAGE OF FLEX TIME AND PUBLIC WORKS, CHOSE TO TAKE THE THREE AND A HALF AND NOT HAVE FLEX TIME.

SO IT'S 3% TOTAL AND THREE AND ONE HALF PERCENT TOTAL.

SO THIS IS FOR THE THIS IS THE FOUR OPEN CONTRACTS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT HERE AND THE NON UNION ? THE INCREASES I JUST TALKED ABOUT.

NO, THAT'S FOR EVERYONE.

THAT'S FOR EVERYONE REGARDLESS, THIS IS SEPARATE FROM THE CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS.

POLICE AND FIRE ARE GETTING THREE AND A HALF AND PUBLIC WORKS IS GET THREE AND A HALF AND EVERYONE ELSE IS HAS RECEIVED THREE OK.

OKAY, THANK YOU. AND THEN THIS, THE $1000 RETENTION PAYMENT THAT THE BOARD APPROVED IT WAS FOR.

YOU SAID THIS PROGRAM WILL BE MUCH BROADER THAN THE $1000 RETENTION PAYMENT.

THE $1000 RETENTION PAYMENT WAS FOR PEOPLE WHO WORKED.

I CAN'T REMEMBER, I THINK SEPTEMBER OF 2021 TO DECEMBER OF 2022.

IS THERE ANY SORT OF STIPULATION ON LENGTH OF EMPLOYMENT TO RECEIVE THIS PAY THAT YOU MENTION HERE IN THE IN THE MEMO? THERE'S NOT IT'S BE DIFFICULT FOR ME TO BREAK THAT DOWN.

IT'S THOSE EMPLOYEES WHO ARE EMPLOYED ON JUNE 7TH.

IF THIS IS APPROVED ON JUNE 7TH, WAS THE DATE OF APPROVAL BY THE BOARD.

SO THEY'RE HERE AT THAT TIME.

THEY'LL GET THIS. YEAH, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION.

AND I'VE GIVEN A LOT OF THOUGHT TO THAT.

I JUST COULDN'T THINK OF A FAIR WAY TO DO IT.

PLUS, I DON'T WANT TO BRING PEOPLE ON NEW AND THEN NOT GIVE IT TO THEM AND CREATE THIS US VERSUS THEM.

I THINK IT WILL HELP. AND OUR RETENTION OF OF BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY NOT PATTING ANYONE ON THE BACK ON THIS THING, BUT THIS IS REALLY INNOVATIVE AND I THINK THAT OUR TEAM MEMBERS WILL SEE THAT AND IT'LL HELP US RETAIN.

BY THE WAY, IT SHOULD BE NOTED AND THIS CREDIT GOES TO DIRECTOR TITHOF.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S A NO VACANCY SIGN OUT IN FRONT OF THIS TOWNSHIP.

WE TALK ABOUT RETENTION AND RECRUITMENT, ABOUT WHAT WAS YOU KNOW, IT'S DIFFICULT TO DO.

WE'RE AT 100% OTHER THAN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

WE HAVE NO OPENINGS IN THE TOWNSHIP.

WE ARE FULLY STAFFED AND IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SAY THAT.

SO AND THAT GOES TO ALL OF HER WORK AND CAROL HASSEY AND OTHERS WHO HAVE WORKED TO FILL THE RANKS HERE.

SO AND I THINK THIS WILL HELP AUGMENT THAT.

OK, AND JUST ANOTHER FINAL I THINK FINAL QUESTION.

SO THESE PAYMENTS I KNOW YOU SAY MANAGER, CLERK, TREASURER, EXEMPT.

SO IT INCLUDES POLICE.

IT INCLUDES IT INCLUDES EVERYBODY THAT THESE THREE PEOPLE THAT INCLUDES POLICE, FIRE, DPW.

SO IT DOESN'T MATTER WHATEVER CONTRACTS, NEGOTIATIONS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, EVERYONE GETS THIS.

THIS IS A $400,000 PAYMENT THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT'S NOT CALLED FOR IN THE CONTRACTS.

IT WOULD BE JUST BY THE BLESSING OF THIS BOARD THAT YOU WOULD DO IT AND HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS THAT ARE ONGOING OR IN THE PAST. AND WE DON'T HAVE TO TAKE ANY FORMAL ACTION AS A BOARD TO REPLACE THE $1,000 RETENTION PAYMENT THAT WE APPROVED BEFORE WITH THIS

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SO THAT'S INCLUDED IN HERE.

THE LAST STEP THAT WE HAVE TO DO ADMINISTRATIVELY IS TO HAVE THE BARGAINING GROUPS THAT ARE DEFINED BENEFITS, BECAUSE THE ONLY EFFECT ON FINAL AVERAGE COMP IS FOR A DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN.

AND SO THAT WOULD BE THE POLICE, THE FIRE, PUBLIC WORKS AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONAL.

THEY'LL NEED TO SIGN OFF THAT.

WHAT WE DON'T WANT IS FOR SOMEONE WHO MIGHT BE RETIRING IN THE NEXT THREE MONTHS.

AS FOR THIS TO COUNT AGAINST THEIR FINAL AVERAGE COMP.

SO WE'LL BE PAYING PENSION ON THIS FOR THE NEXT 20 OR 30 YEARS.

WELL, FINALLY, I WANT TO THANK YOU AND DIRECTOR TITHOF, AND WHOEVER ELSE WAS BEHIND THE SCENES WORKING ON THIS.

OBVIOUSLY, YOU ALL KNOW MY STANCE ON PAY RATES AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE COMPARABLE COMPENSATION PLANS FOR OUR EMPLOYEES.

WHILE THIS ISN'T PART OF ANNUAL INCREASES AND SALARY RANGES YEAR AFTER YEAR, AND

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IT DEFINITELY HELPS SHOW APPRECIATION FOR OUR TEAM MEMBERS.

AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS COMING BEFORE THE BOARDS.

IT'S MUCH BETTER THAN THE $1000, ONE TIME THOUSAND RETENTION PAYMENT AND IT'S SUPER INNOVATIVE.

SO I'M JUST REALLY APPRECIATIVE TO SEE THIS COME BEFORE THE BOARD.

TRUSTEE HENDRICKSON.

THANK YOU, MADAM SUPERVISOR. SO I KNOW WE'RE RUNNING LATE, SO I WON'T BELABOR THE POINTS TOO FAR BECAUSE A LOT HAS BEEN SAID ALREADY.

I WILL POINT OUT THAT AS TRUSTEES ARE GOVERNED BY LOCC AS WELL, THEY TOO ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS.

SO JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION THERE.

SECONDLY, I THINK THAT PUTTING MONEY IN PEOPLE'S POCKETS RIGHT NOW IS WHAT'S NEEDED, AND THAT'S THE SHORT TERM BENEFIT

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BUT I THINK THE LONG TERM BENEFIT IS THAT THEY KNOW THAT THEY HAVE AN EMPLOYER WHO CARES, AND THAT WILL LAST A LOT LONGER THAN THE MONEY WILL, I IMAGINE. AND SO I COMMEND THE MANAGER AND HIS TEAM AND DIRECTOR TITHOF FOR COMING UP WITH THIS PLAN.

I THINK IT'S THE STRUCTURE IS GOOD.

I THINK THE INTENT IS GOOD AND I THINK THE RESULT WILL BE GOOD AS WELL.

SO THANK YOU TO THE MANAGER AND DIRECTOR TITHOF FOR THEIR HARD WORK ON THIS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THIS COME BEFORE US AT THEIR NEXT MEETING.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? AND THANK YOU ALL.

WE WILL EXPECT TO SEE THIS NEXT MEETING.

WE COME NOW TO ITEM 14.

COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC, THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, NO, THANK YOU.

THEN WE'LL MOVE QUICKLY TO ITEM 15, OTHER MATTERS AND BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS.

LET ME START THIS OFF BY NOTING THAT IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT IN 2020.

THIS WAS ACTUALLY DONE AT 2020, 2020.

THIS BOARD VOTED TO BY RESOLUTION TO PROCLAIM THE FIRST FRIDAY OF JUNE EACH YEAR, BEGINNING ON JUNE 5, 2020, TO BE NATIONAL GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS DAY.

FURTHER, THE TOWNSHIP BOARD ENCOURAGES ALL CITIZENS TO SUPPORT THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITIES, EFFORTS TO PREVENT THE TRAGIC EFFECTS OF GUN VIOLENCE AND TO HONOR AND VALUE HUMAN LIVES.

IN 2020, THIS MOTION PASSED 7 TO 0, AND I BELIEVE WE ARE DOING OUR DUE DILIGENCE BY REMINDING THE COMMUNITY THAT WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THIS EFFORT.

MR. WALSH IS SUGGESTING AND PROBABLY ALL OF US ARE THINKING THAT WE SHOULD TAKE A MOMENT TO CONSIDER THE KINDS OF LOSSES WE'VE HAD ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, ACTUALLY, IN THE LAST WEEK, IN MANY CASES BY GUN VIOLENCE.

I THANK YOU.

WE HAVE COME TO ITEM 16, WHICH IS BY AN ADJOURNMENT.

DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO MOVED.

WE HAVE THEM ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO ADJOURN.

PLEASE SAY YES. YES.

OPPOSED, NO.

THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.