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GOGEBIC
COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Re-organizational
meeting
January
3, 2003
County
Courthouse
Bessemer,
MI 49911
9:00A.M.
CALL
TO ORDER
The
meeting was called to order at 9AM by Clerk Gerry Pelissero
The Oath of Office was administered to the newly elected Commissioners by Clerk-Register of Deeds Gerry Pelissero.
Present: (9) Kangas, Koivisto, Lewinski, Peterson,
Pezzetti, Ramme, Wiemeri, Winkowski, Bennetts
Absent: (0) None
APPROVAL
OF AGENDA
A
motion was made by Lewinski supported by Kangas and carried by unanimous voice
vote to approve of the agenda as presented along with three additions: 1. Road
Commission Appointment, 2. Treasurer Salary for 2003, 3. Investment Resolution
CITIZENS
WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COUNTY BOARD ON AGENDA ITEMS
(
5 minute limit )
There
was none.
ELECTION
OF CHAIRPERSON
The
floor was opened for nominations by Clerk Pelissero.
Commissioner
Lewinski nominates Commissioner Don Bennetts.
The
Chair called three times for additional nominations and there were none.
A
motion was made by Kangas, supported by Lewinski and carried by unanimous voice
vote to close the nominations and cast a unanimous vote for Don Bennetts as
Chairperson.
Commissioner
Bennetts assumed the Chair.
ELECTION
OF VICE-CHAIRPERSON
Chairperson
Bennetts opened the floor for nominations for vice-chairperson, Kangas nominates
Wiemeri. The Chair called three times for additional nominations there were
none. A motion was made by Kangas, supported by Winkowski and carried to close the
nominations and cast a unanimous vote for Michael Wiemeri as Vice-Chairperson.
ADOPTION
OF PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURES
A
motion was made by Lewinski, supported by Pezzetti and carried by unanimous voice
vote to adopt Roberts Rules of Order as follows:
1.
The Chairperson will vote on all issues and will vote last.
2.
The roll call will be conducted on a rotating basis by
Commissioner District.
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APPOINTMENT
OF A PARLIAMENTARIAN
A
motion was made by Lewinski, supported by Kangas and carried by unanimous voice
vote to appoint Gogebic County Prosecuting Attorney Richard Adams as
Parliamentarian.
DESIGNATION
OF MEETING DATES, TIMES AND PLACES
Current Schedule:
Location: Gogebic County Courthouse
District Courtroom
Bessemer, Michigan
Dates and Times:
Regular Board Meeting – 2nd Wednesday at 5:00PM
Finance Committee - 4th Wednesday at 4:45PM
Regular Board Meeting – 4th Wednesday at 5:00PM
A motion was made by Pezzetti, supported by Peterson and carried by unanimous voice vote to set the following Schedule:
Regular Board Meeting – 2nd Wednesday at 5:00PM
Finance Committee - 4th Wednesday at 4:30PM
Regular Board Meeting – 4th Wednesday at 5:00PM
COMMUNICATIONS
1. Jim Stingle, Executive Director WUPPDR
(RE; county Representatives on commission)
A motion was made by Lewinski, supported by Winkowski and carried by unanimous voice vote to re-appoint Don Bennetts and Michael Wiemeri to the WUPPDR commission.
Agenda Additions:
Investment Resolution:
A
motion was made by Pezzetti, supported by Kangas and carried by unanimous
voice vote to adopt the investment resolution for two years.
RESOLUTION
FOR THE COUNTY OF GOGEBIC
WHEREAS,
under the
laws of the State of Michigan, Act. No. 40 of the Michigan Public Acts of 1932,
lst Extra Session, as amended, this Board is required to provide, by resolution, for the deposit of all public monies, including
tax monies, belonging to, or held for, the State, County or other political
units coming into the hands of the County Treasurer, in one or more banks within
the State.
THEREFORE
BE IT RESOLVED
that: (1) the Board of Commissioners of the County of Gogebic hereby directs the
Gogebic County Treasurer to deposit all public monies, including monies and
funds held for the State Board of Escheats or missing heirs, coming into her
hands as Treasurer in any bank within the State which is a legal depository as
defined by States and/or Federal law, and (2)
the Treasurer is authorized to invest funds in these institutions in any
investment
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permitted
by State Statute which is Act No. 20 of the Michigan Public Acts of 1943, as
amended, or Federal law or regulation within the limits set therein.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED
that: The County Treasurer is authorized to enter into and execute on behalf of
the County any contracts with any bank or trust company for the safekeeping or
third party custodianship of any of the County’s securities as well as any
contracts or repurchase agreements with any corporation for the purchase of any
such securities which will be the subject of such safekeeping or third party
custodianship arrangements, on such terms and conditions as the County Treasurer
shall require.
County Treasurer Sharon Hallberg informed the Board her salary in the 2003 Budget resolutions was approximately $20.00 short from the $1,100.00 increase given to all Elected and Appointed officials. After discussion, a motion was made by Lewinski, supported by Pezzetti and carried by unanimous voice vote to refer the matter to the Personnel and Negotiations Committee.
1.
Road Commission Board Interviews
(Schedule attached/ begin at 9:30am)
A
motion was made by Winkowski, supported by Kangas and carried by unanimous voice
vote to recess until 9:25am and then begin the interviews. The seven applicants
for the Road Commission Board were interviewed by the Commissioners with each
interview lasting approximately 15 minutes. After interviewing all seven
candidates a motion was
made by Pezzetti, supported by Lewinski and carried by unanimous voice vote
place all applicants into nomination. John Mclean, Barry Bolich, James Cebolski,
Leonard Rooni, Joe LoMastro, Bob Morin, Eugene Vittone were the nominees.
The
Chair called for a Roll Call Vote.
Ramme
--- LoMastro
Lewinski---
Vittone
Wiemeri
--- Morin
Koivisto---
Vittone
Kangas
--- Bolich
Winkowski--
Vittone
Pezzetti
-- Vittone
Peterson
-- LoMastro
Bennetts
-- Cebolski
No
candidate received the required majority of the votes cast.
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The
Chair then called for another roll call vote.
Ramme
--- LoMastro
Lewinski---
Vittone
Wiemeri
--- Vittone
Koivisto---
Vittone
Kangas
--- Vittone
Winkowski--
Vittone
Pezzetti
-- Vittone
Peterson
-- LoMastro
Bennetts
-- Cebolski
By
majority vote Eugene Vittone was appointed to the Road Commission Board for a
six year term.
A
motion was made by Commissioner Ramme, supported by Peterson and carried by
unanimous voice vote to send a letter of thanks to all applicants for the time
and consideration in applying for the Board Seat.
There was none.
PUBLIC
COMMENT ( 5 minute limit)
Mr.
Joe LoMastro thanked the Board for the consideration and the time given his
application.
ADJOURNMENT
A motion was made by Lewinski, supported by Winkowski and carried to adjourn to the call of the Chair.
______________________________ _____________________________
Don Bennetts, Chair Gerry R Pelissero, Clerk
GOGEBIC
COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Regular
Meeting
January
8, 2003
County
Courthouse
Bessemer,
MI 49911
5:00
P.M.
CALL
TO ORDER
The
meeting was called to order by Vice-Chairperson Wiemeri at 5PM.
Present: (8) Kangas, Koivisto, Lewinski, Peterson,
Pezzetti, Ramme, Wiemeri, Winkowski,
APPROVAL
OF THE MINUTES (minutes of December
27, 2002 meeting)
A
motion was made by Lewinski, supported by Kangas and carried by unanimous voice
vote to approve the minutes as presented.
APPROVAL
OF AGENDA
A
motion was made by Kangas, supported by Winkowski and carried by unanimous voice
vote to approve the agenda as presented.
CITIZENS
WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COUNTY BOARD ON AGENDA ITEMS
(
5 minute limit )
There
was none.
Appearances:
1.
Robert Dunn, Gogebic County Medical Care Facility Administrator
Mr.
Dunn addressed the Board regarding the impact of Governor Engler’s executive
order on December 5, 2002. The Executive Order and other unrelated reductions
will cost the Facility a loss of revenue of approximately $170,000.00. The
impact on the 2003 budget will cause a reduction of 3 Full time jobs and 3 Part
time jobs. Two of the full time job reductions will be through retirements with
the positions not being filled. Mr. Dunn and the FIA Board are hoping that
through attrition and the bumping process within the unions that no one will
lose their employment with the Facility. No services at this point will be
affected by the reduction of revenue.
Mr.
Dunn then answered questions from the Commissioners concerning the layoffs and
the general operations of the Facility. The Board thanked Mr. Dunn for the
update. No Board action taken.
COMMUNICATIONS:
1.
Jim Stingle, Executive Director, WUPPDR
(RE:
Notice of Intent for WESTERN U.P. Trail Network)
A
motion was made by Kangas, supported by Pezzetti and carried by unanimous voice
vote to send a letter of support for the project.
Commissioner Lewinski updated the Board on the Airport VOR problem, and informed the Board that the FAA is allowing the Ashland Airport VOR to be used as the backup for the planes to land and that planes
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were expected to be flying regularly Thursday. Skyway Airlines has rescheduled the open house for this coming Monday, January 13, 2003 at noon, with a flight do in at 1pm.
Vice-Chairperson Wiemeri informed the Board of a seminar for a team comprised of three from the County to attend a National Institute of Corrections seminar “The Jail as a part of County Government” which will be held in Indiana Feb 5-7, 2003. The team is comprised of the Sheriff, Jail Administrator and a County Commissioner. A motion was made by Pezzetti, supported by Peterson and carried by unanimous voice vote to authorize one commissioner if interested to be apart of the team. MMRMA’s Bill Page has indicted that the MMRMA will split the cost of travel and lodging up to $2000.00.
Sheriff Sanders informed the Board of a new bill passed that will allow the Department to charge up to $10.00 to a person posting bond for someone arrested on a warrant. Further discussion included two other new bills relating to jury fees and jury trial demand fees. It was suggested that all of these issues be sent to the Judiciary and Law Enforcement committee.
Commissioner Ramme asked the Sheriff about the money being
lost through the foreclosure of property with-in his department. A
motion was made by Lewinski, supported by Winkowski and carried by unanimous
voice vote to refer all these matters to the Judiciary and Law Enforcement
Committee.
PUBLIC
COMMENT ( 5 minute limit)
There
was none.
ADJOURNMENT
A
motion was made by Pezzetti, supported by Lewinski and carried to adjourn to call
of the chair.
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_______________________________
Michael
Wiemeri, Vice-Chairperson Gerry R
Pelissero, Clerk
GOGEBIC
COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Regular
Meeting
January
22, 2003
County
Courthouse
Bessemer,
MI 49911
5:00
P.M.
CALL
TO ORDER
The
meeting was called to order at 5PM by Chairperson Bennetts.
Present: (9) Kangas, Koivisto, Lewinski, Peterson,
Pezzetti, Ramme, Wiemeri, Winkowski, Bennetts
Absent: (0) None
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES (from January 3, 2003 re-org. meeting and January 8, 2003 regular meeting.)
A motion was made by Lewinski, supported by Kangas and carried by unanimous voice vote to approve of the minutes from the January 3, 2003 meeting. A motion was made by Pezzetti, supported by Winkowski and carried by unanimous voice vote to approve of the January 8, 2003 minutes.
APPROVAL
OF AGENDA
A
motion was made by Kangas, supported by Pezzetti and carried by unanimous voice
vote to approve the agenda as presented along with one addition: Jim Loeper’s
Travel request
CITIZENS
WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COUNTY BOARD ON AGENDA ITEMS
(
5 minute limit )
There
was none.
Committee
Meetings - Summary Reports
1.
Finance, Budgeting & Auditing Committee----12/27/02
A
motion was made by Pezzetti, supported by Kangas and carried by unanimous voice
vote to receive the report and place it on file.
APPEARANCES:
1.
Richard Davalos, District Ranger, Ottawa National Forest
Mr.
Davalos invited the Commissioners to one of several public meetings the Ottawa
National Forest is holding to get public comment on the Ottawa’s Forest Plan
Revision. The meeting will be held February 4, 2003 at the Ironwood Memorial
Building from 6pm to 9pm. Mr. Davalos explained the reasons for the meetings is
the existing plan was approved in 1986 and the Ottawa wants public opinion
input.
The
Board then asked questions of Mr. Davalos regarding how the Forest is managed
now and exactly how much public input would have on the new plan. The Board also
discussed the PILT money and public access to lakes within the Ottawa National
Forest. No Board was taken.
COMMUNICATIONS/REPORTS
1.
Animal Control Officer George Beninghaus
(RE:
September through December reports)
A
motion was made by Kangas, supported by Pezzetti and carried by unanimous voice
vote to receive the reports and place them on file.
2.
Robert Philips, assistant Director for Grants Admin.
(RE: cops SCGP grant)
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A
motion was made by Pezzetti, supported by Winkowski and carried by unanimous
voice vote to receive the communication and place it on file.
1.
Gogebic County Transit
A
motion was made by Lewinski, supported by Kangas and carried by unanimous voice
vote to appoint Howard Aspinwall and Carrie Hampston to the Gogebic County
Transit Board. Aspinwall and Hampston were the only applicants responding to the
Advertising.
1.
Formation of AD HOC Committee
Chairperson
Bennetts informed the Board of his plans for the formation of an Ad Hoc
committee which will be comprised of four commissioners, department heads and
representatives of the unions, to work together and share ideas on how the
County can save and or make money to off set the loss of State revenue sharing. A motion was made by
Pezzetti, supported by Kangas and carried by unanimous voice vote to purchase a
suggestion box at a price no higher than $50.00, to be taken from the Board of
commissioners contractual line item(101-101-805.02).
1.
Emergency Management Budget
Revenue 101-000-505.00---Expenditure 101-426-980.00
Both increased by $1000.00
A
motion was made by Pezzetti, supported by Lewinski and carried by unanimous voice
vote to approve of the amendment.
YES: (9) Kangas, Koivisto, Lewinski, Peterson,
Pezzetti, Ramme Wiemeri, Winkowski, Bennetts
NO: (0) None
Motion
carried.
TRIAL
BALANCE/CASH BALANCE
A motion was made by Kangas, supported by Pezzetti and carried by unanimous voice vote to approve the preliminary report as presented.
GENERAL
FUND REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE CONTROL
A
motion was made by Pezzetti, supported by Winkowski and carried by unanimous
voice vote to approve the report as presented.
CLAIMS
AND ACCOUNTS
A
motion was made by Lewinski, supported by Pezzetti and carried to pay the claims
excluding the DOVE cellular phone bill until clarification on the bill is made
by the Sheriff and to include to two bills, one for $1000.00 to Bentley
furniture out the 2002 accounts payable from Treasurer’s budget and the other
for $51.18 District Court phone for 2003.
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Jim Loeper informed the board of a training conference in
Lansing in February he plans on attending. There is money in his travel budget
and is asking for approval of Board as has done in the past. A
motion was made by Pezzetti, supported by Wiemeri and carried by unanimous voice
vote to approve of the request.
Mr. Loeper also
advised the Board he has completed the Gogebic County Emergency Operations Plan
document. He provided the Board a copy and in the future when the Board has had
a chance to look over the document, signatures will be needed by the Chair.
Commissioner Ramme
informed the Board of request by County Soil Conversation District to use the
Expo Building at the fairgrounds for the annual tree sale. Commissioners that
sit on Fair Board will refer the request to the Fair Board at their next
meeting.
Ramme also asked that the Federal surplus card and duties be reassigned to Jim Loeper. Currently, Tom Gerovac of Community Mental Health is handling those responsibilities. A motion was made by Ramme, supported by Pezzetti to have Jim Loeper take over the duties associated with Federal Surplus. The Chair called for roll call vote.
YES: (9) Kangas, Koivisto, Lewinski, Peterson,
Pezzetti, Ramme Wiemeri, Winkowski, Bennetts
NO: (0)
None
Motion carried.
Ramme again brought
the subject of forfeitures handled by the Prosecutors office when dealing with
property confiscated by the Sheriff Department. A meeting of the Judicial and
Law enforcement committee has yet to be scheduled. At the January 8, 2003
meeting a motion was made to refer the matter to committee.
Ramme also asked
the Board to consider hiring expert grant writers to seek grants to help the
County with revenues. No action was necessary.
PUBLIC
COMMENT ( 5 minute limit)
Kathy
Johnson, secretary of the Bessemer Chamber of Commerce invited the Board to a
social gathering to welcome the new Bessemer Downtown Development Authority
Director, Thomas Chatel. The gathering will be held at Blackjack at 5:00 PM.
ADJOURNMENT
A
motion was made by Kangas, supported by Lewinski and carried to adjourn to the
call of the Chair.
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____________________________
Don Bennetts, Chair Gerry R Pelissero, Clerk
GOGEBIC
COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Regular
Meeting
February
12, 2003
County
Courthouse
Bessemer,
MI 49911
5:00
P.M.
CALL
TO ORDER
Present: (9) Kangas, Koivisto, Lewinski, Peterson,
Pezzetti, Ramme, Wiemeri, Winkowski, Bennetts
Absent: (0) None
APPROVAL
OF THE MINUTES(minutes of January
22,2003 regular meeting.)
A
motion was made by Kangas, supported by Lewinski and carried by unanimous voice
vote to approve the minutes as presented.
APPROVAL
OF AGENDA
A
motion was made by Lewinski, supported by Ramme and carried by unanimous voice
vote to approve the agenda as presented along with two (2) additions: US 2
Highway corridor visual enhancement and Animal Control vehicle bids.
CITIZENS
WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COUNTY BOARD ON AGENDA ITEMS
(
5 minute limit )
There
was none.
APPEARANCES:
1.
Fred Geissler, Grand View Health System
Mr.
Geissler couldn’t attend and has rescheduled his appearance to the February 26th
meeting.
COMMUNICATIONS:
1.
Richard Davalos, Ottawa National Forest, Bessemer Ranger
District
(RE:
Nesting Platform Projects)
A
motion was made by Pezzetti, supported by Kangas and carried by unanimous voice
vote to receive the communication and place it on file.
2.
Phillip J. Stoddard, Director, Office of Retirement Services
(RE: Probate Judge 457 resolution)
A
motion was made by Pezzetti, supported by Kangas and carried by unanimous voice
vote to refer the matter to Probate Judge Joel Massie.
Agenda
Additions:
3.
US 2 Corridor Visual Enhancement Projects
Commissioners
Peterson and Ramme informed the Board that Watersmeet Township, the City of
Ironwood, the City of Wakefield and
Wakefield Township and are all applying to be one of six communities to
be chosen for the Visual Enhancement Projects. A
motion was made by Lewinski,
supported by Ramme to send a letter of support to each in support of the
applications. The selection will be made in April.
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4.
Animal Control Vehicle Bids
Five
bids were received by the deadline, two(2) from Quality Used Cars, one(1) from
Jeff Ramme and two (2) from Bessemer Auto. After discussion, a
motion was made by Pezzetti,
supported by Peterson and carried by unanimous voice vote to approve the bid
from Bessemer Auto on the 1998 Dodge full 4x4 super cab $11,937.00 with trade in
off $800.00 for total coast of $11,137.00.
Commissioner Pezzetti mentioned the increasing cost of gasoline and how it may impact our travel budgets.
Commissioner Kangas mentioned a program with AAA of Michigan and MAC, which could save county employees premium dollars on their home and auto insurance, he will hand the material over to the Administrator.
Commissioner Ramme asked Sheriff Sanders if the contract with Ironwood has been approved yet and also the status of the negotiations. Sanders replied that the contract has been approved by Corporate Counsel and the discussion and negotiations will be begin.
PUBLIC
COMMENT ( 5 minute limit)
There
was none.
ADJOURNMENT
A
motion was made by Wiemeri, supported by Lewinksi and carried to adjourn to call
of the chair.
_______________________________
_____________________________
Don
Bennetts, Chair
Gerry
R Pelissero, Clerk
GOGEBIC
COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Regular
Meeting
February
26, 2003
County
Courthouse
Bessemer,
MI 49911
5:00
P.M.
CALL
TO ORDER
The
meeting was called to order at 5PM by Chairperson Bennetts.
Present: (9) Kangas, Koivisto, Lewinski, Peterson,
Pezzetti, Ramme, Wiemeri, Winkowski, Bennetts
Absent: (0) None
APPROVAL
OF THE MINUTES(Minutes of February
12, 2003 meeting)
A motion was made by Lewinski, supported by Kangas and carried by unanimous voice vote to approve the minutes as presented.
APPROVAL
OF AGENDA
A
motion was made by Kangas, supported by Wiemeri and carried by unanimous voice
vote to approve the agenda as presented along with the following additions:
Longevity/Increment
requests
1.
Char
Hoffner, Friend of the Court, 15 years longevity
2.
Jay
Holm, Maintenance, 1 year increment
Vacation
carry over
1.
Julie
Osterman, vacation carry over
1. Jim Loeper, County
EMC,
(RE:
FEMA Grant Money)
2.
Maureen Woods, Manager, Airway Facilities Division, FAA
(RE: VOR reply)
3. Mark Halkola-Western U.P. Substance Abuse Agency
(RE:
request for release of Public Act
Two
Funds)
CITIZENS
WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COUNTY BOARD ON AGENDA ITEMS
(
5 minute limit )
Bessemer
City Manager, Joseph Erickson appeared in front of the Board to discuss the
Industrial Park Development Plan item #2 communications. Erickson informed the
Board of the availability of copies of the plan from his office. In a another
matter he asked the Board for a letter of support for the US 2 Corridor visual
enhancement project application on behalf of the City of Bessemer. A motion was made by
Pezzetti, supported by Kangas and carried by unanimous voice vote to send a
letter of support.
Committee
Meetings - Summary Reports
1.
Finance, Budgeting & Auditing Committee-----01/22/03
A
motion was made by Kangas, supported by Winkowski and carried by unanimous voice
vote to receive the report and place it on file.
2.
Personnel & Negotiations Committee----------01/30/03
A.
A motion was
made by Pezzetti, supported by Wiemeri and carried by unanimous voice vote to
deny the request from Mamie Johnson for prorated Blue Cross/ Blue Shield
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hospitalization insurance due to the fact it was not a
negotiated fringe benefit at the time of hire.
B.
A motion was
made by Wiemeri, supported by Kangas and carried by unanimous voice vote to
adjust the County Treasurer’s 2003 salary by $19.10 making the salary
$38,938.00 with the money to be transferred from the County Board’s
contractual line item 101-101-805.02
3.
Judiciary and Law Enforcement Committee-----01/30/03
A.
A motion was
made by Kangas, supported by Lewinski and carried by unanimous voice vote to
authorize the Sheriff to purchase the metal detector in the amount of $500.00
from line item 101-101-805.02
B.
A motion was
made by Wiemeri, supported by Lewinski and carried by unanimous voice vote, that
if the Sheriff Department reaches the projected $12,500.00 for 2003 in the Jail
Day Collection line item, then the sheriff should appear before the County Board
and request anything over the fore-mentioned amount collected to be spent on
items for the jail.
C.
A motion was
made by Pezzetti, supported Kangas and carried by unanimous voice vote to
request the sales representative from Evercom make a presentation to the
County Board at their soonest availability regarding the payphone at the
jail.
D.
A motion was
made by Pezzetti, supported by Kangas to retain the Harley Davidson Contract for
the remaining four years and to review it at that time and also to request a
clarification on Article 18 Duration. After discussion, Pezzetti withdrew his
motion and Kangas withdrew his support, the motion died.
APPEARANCES:
1.
Fred Geissler, Grand View Health System
Mr.
Geissler spent about 15 minutes updating the Board on the financial status of
GVH, indicating that the Hospital is in the top ten financially country wide
with other hospitals. Geissler spoke of the plans for renovations at the
facility. Geissler also opened the floor to the Board for questions. No Board
action necessary.
COMMUNICATIONS
1.
Probate Judge Joel Massie
(RE: 457 plan)
A
motion was made by Wiemeri, supported by Kangas and carried by unanimous voice
vote to adopt the resolution.
2.
Cheryl Sowels, Secretary, Bessemer Planning Commission
(RE: Industrial Park Development Plan)
This
matter was taken up by Joseph Erickson earlier in the agenda.
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AGENDA
ADDITIONS:
Longevity/Increment
requests
3.
Char
Hoffner, Friend of the Court, 15 years longevity
4.
Jay
Holm, Maintenance, 1 year increment
A
motion was
made by Lewinski, supported by Pezzetti and carried by unanimous voice vote to
approve of both requests.
Vacation
carry over
5.
Julie
Osterman, vacation carry over
A
motion was
made by Pezzetti, supported by Kangas and carried by a 7 yea – 2 nay vote to
approve of the carry over of vacation time.
1. Jim Loeper, County EMC,
(RE:
Grant Application)
A
motion was
made by Pezzetti, supported by Wiemeri and carried by unanimous voice vote to
authorize Mr. Loeper to apply for the grant.
2.
Maureen Woods, Manager, Airway Facilities Division, FAA
(RE: VOR reply)
A
motion was made by Pezzetti, supported by Wiemeri and carried by unanimous voice
vote to receive the communication and place it on file.
3. Mark Halkola-Western U.P. Substance Abuse Agency
(RE: request for release of Public Act
Two
Funds)
A
motion was
made by Lewinski, supported by Kangas and carried by unanimous voice vote to
release the Public Act Two funds.
Commissioner
Request:
Commissioner
Peterson requests to discuss a Transit Bus route.
Peterson
discussed the lack of Gogebic County Transit Authority Bus routes provided to
District #9, Marenisco Township and Watersmeet Township. Peterson invited the
Township Supervisors to attend the meeting to express their displeasure with the
service. Peterson referred to the County Tax Base provided by the Townships and
service in return for taxes paid. Marenisco Township Supervisor Robert Raisanen
and Watersmeet Township Supervisor Kathy Stupak-Thrall addressed the Board on
how the current routes affect their residents. Jim Mildren, director of County
Transit Authority was unable to attend the meeting, but agreed to attend as soon
as possible to discuss the situation. A
motion was made by Peterson,
supported by Ramme and carried by unanimous voice vote to set up an advisory
committee to discuss the blue bus routes for District #9 and to include Gwen
Pierce and Kathy Stupak-Thrall on that committee, with Peterson as Chairman. The
Committee will include some commissioners appointed by Chairperson Bennetts.
TRIAL
BALANCE/CASH BALANCE
A motion was made by Pezzetti, supported by Kangas and carried by unanimous voice vote to approve the Trail balances from 12/31/2002
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26, 2003
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and 01/31/2003, along with cash balance.
GENERAL
FUND REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE CONTROL
A
motion was made by Kangas, supported by Winkowski and carried by unanimous voice
vote to accept the reports as presented.
CLAIMS
AND ACCOUNTS
A
motion was made by Lewinski, supported by Ramme and to pay the claims as
presented except a portion of the Grand View Hospital bill which is a reduction
of $2,387.55, the deleted bill is from an inmate, hospital visits and needs to
be clarified, and to pay four additions to the claims, $4.00 building and
grounds 101-265-750.00 to Classical Fabricators, NLP Labs $ 900.00 from
101-900-711.02, West Group $72.00 from 101-229-810.00 and Scott Voit $356.16
from 101-000-584.22 search and rescue.
YES: (9) Kangas, Koivisto, Lewinski, Peterson,
Pezzetti, Ramme Wiemeri, Winkowski, Bennetts
NO:
(0) None
Motion
carried.
Commissioner Pezzetti informed the Board he attended the video conference at the College by Governor Granholm regarding the budget crisis for 2003-2004. Details of the Budget are due out on March 6, 2003
PUBLIC
COMMENT ( 5 minute limit)
Delmar
Smith MTA representative also expressed the views of Gogebic County MTA on the
Transit Routes, and asked about 2nd and 3rd offenders
through animal control.
ADJOURNMENT
A
motion was made by Wiemeri, supported by Pezzetti and carried to adjourn to the
call of the Chair.
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______________________________
GOGEBIC
COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Regular
Meeting
March
12, 2003
County
Courthouse
Bessemer,
MI 49911
5:00
P.M.
CALL
TO ORDER
Present: (9) Kangas, Koivisto, Lewinski, Peterson,
Pezzetti, Ramme, Wiemeri, Winkowski, Bennetts
Absent: (0)
None
APPROVAL
OF THE MINUTES(February 26, 2003
regular meeting)
A
motion was made by Lewinski, supported by Kangas and carried by unanimous voice
vote to approve the minutes as presented.
APPROVAL
OF AGENDA
A
motion was made by Pezzetti, supported by Kangas and carried by unanimous voice
vote to approve of the agenda as presented along with the following additions:
Committee
Reports
1.
Personnel & Negotiations Committee-------2/26/03
1.
Wendy Mesich, Probate Court, 25 years