The yellow postcard in your mailbox announced the December 8, 2015 Public Hearing on the Whitmore Lake Road Special Assessment District (SAD).  What does it mean?

Discussions: Webster Township Master Plan, Lake District zoning non-conformity, RTM district zoning, PC Bylaws, Whitmore Lake Schools Chromebook Laptop fund drive

On the Agenda:

  • The Township Financial Audit,
  • The Parks & Rec Plan
  • Sewer billing and sewer policy
  • Decorative lighting for MDOT's new 8 Mile Road bridge
  • Bike paths, sidewalks, or wide shoulders across the Territorial Road Bridge
  • Goals for the Board's final year in office

[Meeting review:] updated November 30, 2015

This evening's discussion of Bylaws Article XI, which requires Public Notice of Attempts to Change the PC Bylaws, turned on a disquieting assertion by Commissioner Mark Stanalajczo:

"The public doesn't have any input on how we're functioning here."

 "The public doesn't have any input on how we're functioning here."

Meeting Notes:

Tetra-Tech reports that they've lowered the cost of the Whitmore Lake Road sewer extension by rerouting part of the drains.  The Bond is now for around $800,000.  Hardship exemptions, which defer payments of individual property assessments until the property is sold, were discussed.  No action was taken on that.  The public hearing lasted 43 minutes.  Tetra-Tech's explanation lasted 13 minutes.  Here's the LiveAgenda.

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