Here's the meeting video. Press play to view the meeting in the conventional, constraining, linear manner. Clicking "Youtube" (bottom right corner) takes you to the next level, the LiveTimeline version. This gives you an index into the video. It allows you to jump to the point in the video where an Agenda item is considered. One of these days I'll find the switch that enables the timeline segmentation here. For now, this or the LiveAGENDA document below is how you get to the cool stuff.
11/18/2020 Northfield Township Planning Commission meeting 
Here's the portable 10/27/2020 Northfield Township Board of Trustees meeting
Below is the same set of links, less portable. Clicking them takes you to moments in time in the meeting video. Watch only what you want.
LiveAGENDA
CALL TO ORDER
PLEDGE
CALL TO THE PUBLIC
BOARD MEMBER RESPONSE TO CALL TO THE PUBLIC
CONSENT AGENDA
CORRESPONDENCE
ADOPT BALANCE OF AGENDA
AGENDA ITEMS
- Agenda Item 1. Approve the October 13, 2020 Board of Trustees Regular Meeting Minutes
- Agenda Item 2. TetraTech presentation of the SAW Grant Sewer study results
- Agenda Item 3. Receive Sewer Service Rate Study and Consider Fee Increase
- Agenda Item 4. Authorization to Open Depositary Accounts for the 2020 Capital Improvement Bonds for the Wastewater Treatment Plant Equalization Tank (8.39pm)
- Agenda Item 5. Approval of Conditional Use Permit and Marijuana License for Kheti Grow and Processing Facility
- Agenda Item 6. Parks and Recreation Master Plan Update and Request for Additional Funding (9.05pm)
- Five minute recess (9.41pm)
- Aynes: "You look like you're by yourself, Marlene."
- Agenda Item 7. Consider Pay Increases for Non-union Employees (9.47pm)
- Agenda Item 8. Approve Purchase of Police vehicle (10.30pm)
- Agenda Item 9. Accept Retirement Notice from Sue Hamilton (10.32pm)
- Agenda Item 10. Approve Permanent Promotions for Interim Lieutenant Martin Smith and Interim Sergeant Scott Schultz (10.33pm)
- Agenda Item 11. Approve DTE Contract for Lighting the Community Center Parking Lots (10.35pm) At 10:53pm the discussion is in the weeds, unresolved, actual cost data called for. The motion fails.
- Agenda Item 12. Receive Quote for Community Center Flooring Replacement (10.57pm) Zelenock comments on piecemealing of costs. (10.57pm)
- Agenda Item 13. Approve Appointment of Matt Ritz to DDA. (11.04pm)
- Agenda Item 14. Recommendation of a Revised Building Fee Schedule $25 nonrefundable plus $7/$1000 cost (11.05pm)
- Agenda Item 15. Consider Budget Appropriations for Parks & Recreation Board and the Land Preservation Committee (11.06pm) Belliger chooses now to capstone a career of resolute pomposity with an insulting and condescending libertarian meme riddled lecture.motion passes 5:1 Beliger No (11.15pm)
ANNOUNCEMENTS (11.16pm)
- Beliger asks for board approval on behalf of parks and rec for temporary Disc Golf on north village park. Otto, Chick and Chockley look glum at this incremental intrusion into their asphalt tar fume fueled fever dreams.
2nd CALL TO THE PUBLIC (11.18pm)
BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS (11.21pm)
ADJOURNMENT (11.26pm)
The timestamps are from the editor, Adobe Premier. They may tend to be slightly early.
There are editing notes mixed in and bracketing around the names of Zoom participants. I'll clean this up if it seems important.
CALL TO ORDER
INVOCATION / PLEDGE
ROLL CALL
CALL TO THE PUBLIC
- Mary Devlin
- Faith Wheeler
- ONE FRAME
- Andy Lakotas
- Ken Dignan
- David Gordon
- [ Adam Olney, on Zoom
- Adam Olney ]
- [ Craig Warburton, on Zoom
- Craig Warburton ]
- TWO FRAMES, position 960 540, Scale 100, Anchor 960 by 810
- [ Attorney Fink
- Attorney Fink ]
BOARD MEMBER RESPONSE TO CALL TO THE PUBLIC
- Chockley switches off the wireless mic
- Beliger
- Otto
- Janet Chick
- Wayne Dockett
- Kathy Manley
- Dockett, One More Thing
- Otto
- Chockley
- Zelenock
Adopt the Consent Agenda
Agenda Item 1. Ratifying Motions Made During Virtual Meetings
- Motion to ratify all the motions made by the Northfield Township Board in virtual meetings made between May 1, 2020 and October 2, 2020
- Attorney Fink Zoom start
- Attorney Fink ]
- Roll call vote on the motion
- Motion passes 5:2 Dockett & Beliger vote No
Agenda Item 2 and 3. Approve the September 22, 2020 Board of Trustees Special Meeting Minutes
Agenda Item 4. Approve the September 29, 2020 Board of Trustees Special Meeting Minutes
Agenda Item 5. Approve Payment of Open Bills (expected check run date 10/14/2020) for a total of $164,756.11 from all funds in the Municipal Investment Fund (MIF) account
Agenda Item #7. Award Bid for Construction of the Wastewater Treatment Plant Equalization Basin, Conditioned upon the Successful Sale and Closing of the Township’s Capital Improvement Bonds.
- [ Brian Rubel annoying squeal
- Brian Rubel ]
- [ Chick start
- Chick ends ] Rubel resumes
- Rubel ] Chockley or Chick start
- [ Rubel
- Rubel ]
- [ Rubel
- Rubel ]
- [ Rubel: Yes we have a number of places
- Rubel ends ]
- Dockett on Spence Brothers
- Chockley rereads the motion to award contract to
- Dockett on trampling deed restrictions of nearby homeowners
- Zelenok asks for 6% contingency fee instead of 5-10%
- Beliger
- [ Rubel on contingency fee
- Rubel ]
- [ Rubel
- Rubel ]
- Chockley: Roll Call [Vote] Please
- Chockley: That passed 5:2 Dockett and Zelenock voted No
- So now back to the main motion
- Motion passes 5:2
Agenda Item 6. Approve Design Engineer to Provide Construction Engineering for the Wastewater Treatment Plant Equalization Basin, Motion by Chockley
Agenda Item 8. Resolution 20-630: Authorizing Issuance of 2020 Capital Improvement Bonds (Limited Tax General Obligation)
- Beliger: Motion to approve
- Bendzinski video begins
- Otto
- [ Steve Mann? on County Involvement
- Bendzinski
- Bendzinski ]
- Otto
- [ Bendzinski
- Bendzinski ]
- [ Bendzinski
- Bendzinski ]
- Zelenock asks for explanation of the term sheet
- [ Hayek ? Bendzinski employee explains interest rates
- Hayek ] Otto asks "what that coupon means?"
- [ Hayek shouts over the Board giggling
- [ Bendzinski interjects
- Bendzinski ]
- Otto 'splains
- [ Bendzinski Interest is simple interest, paid semi annually
- Bendzinski ]
- Zelenok: Can you explain the difference between revenue bonds and general bonds
- [ Bendzinski
- Bendzinski ]
- Otto
- [ Bendzinski
- Bendzinski ]
- [ Bendzinski defers to Steve Mann
- Mann ]
- [ Bendzinski You are not required to get it from the General Fund
- Bendzinski ]
- [ Bendzinski The point is
- Bendzinski ]
- [ Bendzinski
- Bendzinski ]
- Chockley goes full donald trump, these two things haven't coincided for decades.
- Zelenok
- High Volume Pop
- Chick
- Roll call vote
- motion passes 5:2, Dockett and Zelenock voted No
- [Bendzinski et al]
- Bendzinski et al ]
- Zelenock, look at the resolution
- Otto
- Zelenock asks that the borrowing notification ordinance be updated
- Chockley: Let the next board do it
- Zelenock: Then why didn't we let the next board do this? points at tank approval?
- Chockley, blank stare: "What?"
Agenda Item 9. Approve Bendzinski & Co. Proposal to be Dissemination Agent for Northfield Township
- Mann manifests
- [ Mann
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- [ Mann
- Mann ]
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- Hayek ]
- [ Heyek
- Hayek ]
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- Roll call vote on #9
Five Minute Stretch Break
Agenda Item 10. Resolution 20-631: Opt Out of Health Insurance Hard Caps
Agenda Item 12. Determination of HSA Contributions Motion by Chockley
Agenda Item 13. Hazard Pay Approval for Police & Fire
Agenda Item 14. Approval to Sell Police Vehicles
- [ Wagner "We do"
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- Dockett
- [ Wagner
- Wagner ]
- [ Wagner GovDeals is online
- Wagner ]
- [ Wagner
- WEagner ]
- [ Wagner
- Wagner ]
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- Motion passes 7:0
- [ Wagner
- Wagner ]
Agenda Item 15. Authorize Township Manager to Hire/Fire Employees Under His Direct Supervision
Agenda Item 16. Discussion of Sale of 75 Barker
- Zelenock
- Chick
- Beliger
- Chockley
- Chick: So what are gonna do about the cleanup?
- Chockley on Brownfield Redevelopment Authority
- Cleanup bids were only $8000 or $9000. wtf?
- Chockley's closing encomium for Munger the Chickenshit
- Dockett
- Chockley blows off Dockett's suggestion
- placeholder
- Motion passes 6:1 Dockett voted No
Agenda Item 17. Resolution 20-632: Resolution Authorizing the Water Resources Commissioner to Exceed the Statutory Spending and Assessment Limit of $5,000 Per Year for the Maintenance And Repair of the Wildwood Lake Subdivision Drain
- Dockett
- Chockley: "People's sump pumps are runnin' like crazy."
- Aynes
- Dockett
- Zelenock
- Beliger: Motion to approve WWRC work
- Motion passes 4:3, Otto, Zelenock, Dockett voted No
Agenda Item: TRUSTEE/LIAISON REPORTS, Chockley moves to receive all the Trustee Liason reports
- Chick: No PC report because the meeting was cancelled
- Beliger on Parks & Rec thursday meeting. In person?
- Otto on the ZBA
- Manley on Clerks Report 2,943 ballots issued, 1,115 ballots returned
- Chick asks about ballots, off mic
ANNOUNCEMENTS
- Chockley: Work starts Thursday on Community Center Parking Lot
- Beliger: Actually it starrted today
- Aynes
- Otto
- Motion to accept liason reports passes by voice vote. Is not actually noted.
2nd CALL TO THE PUBLIC
- Ken Dignan
- Faith Wheeler
- Wheeler on list of things about parks?
- Does the quantity of the things we want govern the size of the park or does the size of the park govern what we do put in it?
- Otto: Actually what they say is the population
- Chockley: Cuts her off, not permitting discussion of this inconvenient truth
- [ Adam Olney, on Zoom
- Olney ]
- [ Brenda Warburtin, on Zoom
- Warburtin ]
- [ Craig Warburtin, on Zoom
- Warburtin ]
- [ Bill Wagner Pop-up Covid10 Tests this saturday at middle school
- Wagner ]
- Dignan Update on school covid closure
- Chockley: Mr Nelson Did you want to speak?
BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS
- Otto on Faith Wheeler's park questions
- Otto on need for Board members each logged into zoom
- Chick
- [ Aynes audible on Sony 1080p
- Aynes ]
- [ Feedback
- Feedback squeal ]
- Chick: I'm not comfortable having in person meetings yet
- Manley
- Zelenock: When will the impact of the basin be seen on the sewer rates?
- Chockley: The SAW grant presentation will be at our next meeting
- Aynes
- Zelenock
- Chockley "There's these elaborate spreadsheets..."
- Beliger
- Dockett
- Chockley: And I think we should be proactive in the planning for the expansion of the sewer plant
ADJOURNMENT
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