Township Board Meeting Minutes
Inwood Township Meeting Minutes
For January 17, 2018 submitted on February 21, 2018
Pledge of
allegiance was said
Meeting was called
to order at 7 P.M. by Kelly Silkworth Supervisor.
Board members
present: Cindy Watchorn,
Kelly Silkworth, Bryan Landis, Bonnie Elliot, and Sara Roberts
Accepted previous
meeting minutes as presented by Clerk. Motion B. Elliott Support B.
Landis AIF M/C.
Accepted the
financial report as presented by treasurer. Motion S. Roberts
Support B. Elliott
AIF M/C
Old Business
-Ridge Road Issues
– Lady at Tax Equalization said “Everything is taken care of”. Ryan
McDonough decided to put up a handmade sign with “Private Road” sign
underneath. The green street sign is currently down. Fire numbers to
be listed on Thunder Lake Road (County Road 437). TABLED
New Business
-Budget 2018 – BSN
Programming is needed for Cindy to deal with taxes. A new computer
will need to be purchased for Cindy in order to be compatible with
the new program. Purchases for the new program, new computer, and
new Quickbooks will be purchased by February meeting.
-BOR/Election
Worker raises – Election Workers currently make $10/hour and BOR
gets paid $13. Discussed making shifts during elections to keep
people wanting to come back to work them in years following. After
talking about what other surrounding township workers get paid it
was decided to pay $15 for BOR and Election Workers. Motion B.
Landis Support S. Roberts
FD/EMS
-F.D. has been
quiet. Discussed the possibility of purchasing the old Sidetracks
property for the Fire Department with option to expand the F.D.
Building in the future. Township has first dibs on the purchase.
F.D. needs to get information on the property to propose amount for
new budget.
-Side door at Fire
Hall needs to be fixed. Also need to get an estimate on new keypad
lock for two doors. A light outside the Fire Hall indicates whether
or not the furnace is on – needs to be checked if it is working
properly.
EMS- Ambulance is
leaking antifreeze.
Correspondence
-Letter from
Anderson & Tackman (Auditor) explaining increases in pricing. Price
for auditing is raised to $4,200 and the F-65 form has been raised
to $300. Motion B. Landis Support B. Elliott
Public Comment
Payment of Outstanding Bills
Payments made in
the amount of $12,245.20 and deposits in the amount of $91,041.69 .
Motion B. Landis Support S. Roberts AIF M/C
Motion to adjourn
the meeting at 7:37pm was made by S. Roberts support B. Landis AIF
M/C
Others present for the regular
meeting at the Inwood Township hall were: Loren and Cindy Swayer