Waterloo Township Board Meeting Unapproved Minutes March 22, 2022
Call to Order and Pledge: 7:00 p.m.
Present: Lance, McAlister, Kitley, Walz. Absent: Morency. Also present: 8 residents, Dan Wilson from Stockbridge and Deputy James Moore.
Public Comment: Dan Wilson from Stockbridge gave a talk about the Stockbridge Area Senior Center. He gave a monthly calendar showing events for seniors and explained that it is for all seniors around the area. There is a variety of exercise classes, meals, trips and other events of interest to seniors. They currently meet in the basement of the Stockbridge Town Hall, but will be moving into their own building soon. There is a $20/year membership and meals are $3.50. They meet on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Kathryn Upton spoke of the many issues at the Clear Lake County Park. Swimming and picnics occur there in the summer. There were also other residents who live by the park speaking. Many items are being stolen from them along with witnessing very bad behavior and language. A lot needs to be done to clean up the park and make it appealing to draw in families and create more safety for the residents and their property.
Consent Agenda: Kitley motioned with support from Walz to accept the consent agenda as presented. Aye/all; no/none. Absent: Morency. Motion carried. Kitley motioned with support from Walz to pay Post Audit bills in the amount of $811.01. Roll call vote: Yes/Walz, Kitley, Lance, McAlister. No/none. Absent: Morency. Motion carried. Deputy Moore gave a police report for February: Dispatched complaints=31 calls for service, 8 traffic stops, 4 citations. There were 2 misdemeanor arrests and investigated 2 injury and 2 property damage traffic crashes. The Sheriff’s Office responded to 18 calls for service and the Michigan State Police 13.
Correspondence: None
Old Business: None
New Business:
Parks & Recreation: Walz reported that they have quotes on fencing for Clear Lake County Park and intend to ask the County to match us for half of the cost. The two quotes for the fencing were $35,900 and $81,000. She also said the park should have a gate and have signage stating the hours the park is open. The water garden here at the Township will be started in May. She said that a boy scout group is going to help cleanup areas around here for Earth Day.
Lance motioned with support from Kitley to adjust the Waterloo Township business hours to being open Monday, Tuesday, Thursdays 9:00 to 1:00, Wednesdays 1:00 to 5:00 and being closed on Fridays going forward beginning on April 1. Yes/all; no/none. Absent: Morency. Motion carried. The Treasurer and Clerk will be available to schedule appointments on Friday morning if someone needs to come in and can’t do it any other day. Cell phone numbers are on the website. Heidi Roenicke, Assessor and Rohn Tripp, Zoning Administrator will both be available at the Township offices on Monday mornings after April 1.
Kyle Schumaker gave a talk about his company’s website designs. Nothing has been done to Waterloo Township’s website other than the cover page picture in well over 14 years. He also said it is highly recommended for security reasons that our website should be .gov instead of .com at the end. Lance motion with support from McAlilster to approve the Platinum package Option A which allows more documents to be on the site, at a cost of $3,495. Roll call vote: Yes/Kitley, Walz, Lance, McAlister. No/none. Absent: Morency. Motion carried.
The American Rescue Plan Act money was discussed. A temporary suggestion was made in allotting the money: $41,000 to fencing for the Clear Lake County Park, $10,000 to a local entity that lost a great deal of money due to COVID, and $69,010 for a pole structure to house a fire truck, etc. on Township property. More discussion of the pole barn structure for housing emergency equipment will be tabled until next month.
Other Items That Come Before The Board: There was discussion regarding the need to resurface the floor in the Townhall meeting building. The finish is becoming dull and scratched. It has been five years since the floor was done. Walz motioned with support from Kitley to accept the bid of $2300 from ML Quality Painting. Roll call vote: Yes/Lance, McAlister, Walz, Kitley. No/none. Absent: Morency. Motion carried. Walz gave information on a website that will help with mortgage payments and other payments due to financial hardships due to COVID-19. The website is Michigan.gov/MIHAF and the phone number is 844-756-4423.
Public Comment: Richardson spoke approving improvements to the Clear Lake County Park and asked if a day could be assigned to get help to go there and do a cleanup. He also asked if flags could be put in Waterloo Village this spring. He will be scheduling a date for the introduction to what we would like our website to look like and instructions on adding new items to website as they occur.
Adjournment: Walz motioned with support from McAlister to adjourn at 8:20 p.m.
The next Planning Commission meeting will be Tuesday, April 19, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. The next regular board meeting will be on April 26, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. Minutes will be published in the Stockbridge Community News at the end of each month, on our website waterlootwpmi.com and on our Facebook page at: waterlootownshipmichigan.
Submitted by: Janice Kitley, Clerk
