Documents:
11/24/2020 Northfield Township Board of Trustees Zoom meeting
11/24/2020 Northfield Township Board of Trustees meeting Agenda
11/24/2020 Northfield Township Board of Trustees meeting packet
Obviously this is the video itself. The rightward facing white triangle in the middle is the play button.
Press the play button and the meeting video starts playing whever you stopped watching it or at the
beginning if this is your first viewing. On the bottom right of the Youtube viewing window is
another pressable region which is labeled "YouTube." Long story short - pressing the "YouTube"
button reopens the video inside a special region of YouTube, where the video timeline itself is segmented
into the zones of a LiveAGENDA. Skip ahead to the parts of the meeting you actually want to watch.
No pdf and no webpages needed.
Below are the same links into the meeting video, in a webpage format.
11/24/2020 Northfield Township Board of Trustees meeting - start of video
CALL TO ORDER
PLEDGE/INVOCATION
ROLL CALL
CONSENT AGENDA: Manager Update
ADOPT BALANCE OF AGENDA
PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS : None
BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS/MANAGER CLARIFICATION
CORRESPONDENCE
NEW BUSINESS - ACTION ITEMS
Agenda Item 1. Approve November 10, 2020 Regular Meeting Minutes
Agenda Item 2. Consideration of Rezoning request from WLPS for 168 Jennings Rd.
Background and synopsis by Planner Lippens
Comments from the ensuing discussion, in no particular order.
- Dignan to the Board. "Instruct the attorney to return an opinion in two weeks, despite $250/hour cost and attorney's advice that the issue is complicated?
- $50,000 per year is the revenue accruing to the school system.
- Trustee Muchow re possibility of school selling the property to someone who will put in a pot shop.
- Lippens advised that all the licenses had already been dispensed.
- Local commercial vs general commercial.
- Dignan quite vocal about last four years of board lethargy.
- Aynes points out that Fink's rate is $250/hour
- Calling the question of attorney advice.
- Muchow invites Superintendent DeKeyser to speak.
- School Superintendent Tom DeKeyser speaks. This rezoning process was initiated before Marijuana's legalization. Since then, it has been mired in the Township glue trap. Good faith, says School Superintendent Dekeyser, should not mean that two years after initial consultations they're still debating whether this will remain school property. He said he had wanted to submit the proposal during the summer 2020 but had deferred due to the Township's obsession with pursuing CannaBiz licensing. He said that he now regrets not having pressed forward at the time.
- Trustee Nelson asks if the 500 ft from school property buffer could be enlarged.
- Dignan points out that the two pieces of property are within 500 ft of each other, [thus mutually protective?, my interpretation.]
- Manley apologizes to the school superintendent for the two years of log rolling.
- Vote to Call the question: 7:0 Attorney Advice motion Vote is 5/2. Dignan, Muchow no
- Calling the motion to indefinitely postpone the question of rezoning 168 Jennings Rd. Interrupted by Zelenock, who asks about meaning of "indefinitely" Vote is 4/3. Dignan, Muchow, Nelson No
Agenda Item 3. Consideration of Rezoning request from WLPS for 8845 Main St.
- Motion by Chick to indefinitely postpone: Vote is 4/3. Dignan, Muchow, Nelson No Lippens 'splains why the process took so long Dignan: "Our efficiencies are broken."
Agenda Item 4. Re-appointment of Deputy Treasurer – Emily Hofsess
Agenda Item 5. Re-appointment of Deputy Clerk – Cristina Wilson. Motion by Manley passes 7:0
Agenda Item 6. MTA Township Officer Training Materials - Requesting approval to spend not to exceed $500
- Motion by Dignan to approve spending $500 amendment passes on training materials motion itself passes 7/0
Agenda Item 7. Board Assignments/Appointments - (Nominations and Appointments)
- a. Board Rep to the Planning Commission
- b. Board Rep to the Zoning Board of Appeals
- c. Board Rep to the Parks & Recreation Board
- d. Board Rep to the Land Preservation Committee
- e. Alternative Representative to WATS
- f. Parliamentarian (Training/Documentation)
- g. Ethics Sub-committee
- h. Personnel Committee
- i. Road Improvement Committee
Agenda Item 8. Discuss Emergency Closure Policy/pay for staff during Emergency Shut-down
NEW BUSINESS - DISCUSSION ONLY (No action requested/recommended at this time)
- 1. Consider Resolution to participate in Redevelopment Ready Communities (RRC)
- 2. Appointments (Expectations & Education - MSU Ext/MML/MTA) Announce Openings
- Planning Commission (2 Openings)
- Zoning Board of Appeals (1 Opening, 1 Alternate)
- Board of Review (3 Openings, 2 Alternates)
- Land Preservation Committee – Assign Terms
- 4. Streaming System Upgrades - Audio Upgrade w/ 12+ Channels & Zoom Capability - Gage willingness to explore the costs associated with such upgrades.
- 5. Municode Meetings (Cost for unlimited meetings $3,000/year) https://www.municode.com/meetings
- 6. Review Draft of Agenda Request/Process Form
ANNOUNCEMENTS
- The next regularly scheduled meeting of the BOT will be on Dec. 8
- The next PC meeting will be on Dec. 2
- Twinkle the Town
- Kiwanis Christmas Tree Sale
PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS Citizen Comment (Open):
BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS/MANAGER CLARIFICATION
- Dignan
- Zelenock Parks and Rec survey in next tax bill
- Otto Fireworks fundraising, Kiwanis Christmas Tree Sale, Community Center manager wants to keep sign
- Chick
- Dignan Community Center Sign is non conforming
ADJOURNMENT