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VILLAGE COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
December 5, 2011
The Lincoln Village
Council met on Monday December 5, 2011 at 7 p.m. at the Village Hall. Meeting opened with the Pledge of
Allegiance. Those in attendance
included; President Jordan, Treasurer Kossa, Clerk Somers, Deputy
Clerk/Treasurer Stutzman and Council Members; Gauthier, Healy, Lask, Naylor,
Somers and Stutzman. Also present were
several guests and Attorney David Cook.
Minutes of the November meeting were approved on a motion from Gauthier with
support from Somers. Treasurer’s
report was approved on a motion from Gauthier with support from Healy.
Fire
Chief, Leroy Hall gave a report on activity in the department. He talked about a test that was done on the
main pumper. He stated that it went
very well. He said that the department
was awarded a grant from the DNR with a match from the Village that will be
worked into the upcoming budget. He
stated that the brush rig should be finished by January. Leroy thanked the Council Members for
allowing him to purchase a new laptop to use for business with the fire
department. A drop tank is needed and
Leroy has seen one that is possibly going to be able to be traded for items
that are no longer needed for use by our department. Council Members were agreeable to allow the
trade so that both fire departments can benefit. Three of our firefighters, Mike Serafin, Ryan
Mendyka and Tony Escareno attended Flash training in Alpena over the weekend. He thanked Larry’s Electric for their help in
fixing the siren. President Jordan
thanked members of the department for their help in having things ready for the
Festival of Lights at the Village Hall.
Deb
Shaneour stated that she is hoping to order benches for the downtown region as
soon as next week. She stated that
anyone interested should contact her by December 15th in order to
obtain them at the current price – the price will be going up in January.
Debbie may be reached at 989-736-8346. Ted Shaneour stated that he would like
to obtain a variance for a building addition to his property on North Sleeper
Drive. He will talk with President
Jordan to get the process started.
President
Jordan stated that he would like to bid out the cleaning of the new sidewalks
for the upcoming winter. Whoever takes
the job on will need to work with Village maintenance crews to get things done
properly. Attorney Cook will help write
the specifications with President Jordan.
Council Members were in agreement that we want to do things that will
keep the new sidewalks cleaned properly.
A motion was made by Gauthier with support from Healy to authorize the
Village Clerk to bid out the cleaning of the sidewalks along Second Street and
on Traverse Bay to Church Street. Motion
carried.
In
old business Stutzman stated that he continues to check the playground on a
daily basis and things seem good. He
stated that he believes that the netting at the ball field needs to be
replaced; we will address it in the budget meeting. Sara Healy stated that 70 goodie bags were
given away to area children during the festival of lights celebration. Somers
stated that he needs to find a new tire for the loader and also that a gas tank
needs to be purchased for the dump truck.
In
new business Stutzman asked about having a cleanup along the roadways leading
into town, something along the lines of an Adopt a Highway. Jordan stated that he believes this will be a
wonderful project for members of the Village Council to participate in. Gauthier asked about purchasing more lights
for use in decorating the Village. She
asked about looking at finding more of the same type of lights so that we can
have them ready for next year. Council
Members all agreed that we should continue to move forward in getting more
lights so that they will match what is already there.
Dates
were set for Council Meetings for the upcoming year; January 3rd (Tuesday), February 6th, March 5th,
April 2nd, May 7th, June 4th, July 2nd,
August 6th, September 4th (Tuesday), October 1st,
November 5th & December 3rd. Budget workshop was set for Council Members
on Monday January 9th at 6 p.m.
President
Jordan gave his report. He stated that
Connie has been working on filing in the office and things are moving along
nicely. The office will be closed for
the remainder of the month. He wished
everyone Happy Holidays. The Lincoln
Lions and the Friends of the Depot were thanked for their help with the
Festival of Lights Celebration. Winners
of the decorating contest were Linda Durfee 1st place, Scott and
Sarah Kroon 2nd, Larry and Linda Somers 3rd and Anna
McCoy 4th place. The
travelling business trophy was awarded to Yesterday’s Village Restaurant. He noted that the next meeting (January 3rd)
will be held at 6 p.m. to address final closeout of the demolition grants. President Jordan thanked everyone for their
participation in getting things done to make the Village of Lincoln look so
good. He thanked Joe and Dave James for their help on getting the new lights
taken care of. Thanks to Mary Kossa,
Joan Gonyea and Leroy Hall for their work on closing out the FEMA grant. A check will be sent to Fema for $1,029.35
and things will be totally closed out.
Results from District Health Dept. #2 were received regarding the water
at Brownlee Lake Beach. The results were
very good. The Village Insurance rate
has been locked in for 3 years and a letter will be sent to us that will
discuss other measures that we can take to improve our insurance coverage. President Jordan stated that enough money was
donated to cover purchasing lights for the new Pear Trees that were planted as
part of the Streetscape Project. Money
was received from the following people;
Phil
Jordan, Dick Shepherd, Don and Margaret Reed, Larry and Linda Somers, John and
Connie Stutzman, Ron and Mary Kossa and Dennis and Cheri Cleary. The Cleary’s sent a letter that was read at
the meeting stating that they were donating the money in memory of Cheri’s
parents, Lynn and LaVern Apsey, former Lincoln residents. A discussion was held regarding the old
grainery building/property that has been up for sale through Alcona
County. Council Members all agreed that
we do not want the property to be turned over to the Village. Treasurer Kossa will write the letter that is
needed in order to inform the Alcona County Treasurer of our intentions.
Motion to pay the bills was made by Stutzman with support from Healy. Carried. Motion to adjourn was made by Gauthier with support from Stutzman. Motion carried.
Linda
K. Somers
Village
Clerk
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