Village of Bancroft 108 Warren Street P.O. Box 97 Bancroft MI 48414 Phone: 989-634-5375 Fax: 989-634-5911 E-Mail: villageofbancroft@invisalink.net Regular Council Meeting Wednesday, September 9, 2015 at 7:00p.m. Meeting opened with the Pledge of Allegiance. Council Present: Bible, A. Miller, R. Miller, Post, Sedlock, Cole, Johnson. Absent: Goodrich. Employees: Buckelew, Lepage Guests: Lois & Richard Buckelew, Brenda Boyd. Additions to Agenda New Business: 3. Council Compensation 4. Selling Hummer Motion A. Miller Support Post Accept the agenda with additions. All Yeas MC Motion Post Support R. Miller Accept the minutes of August 12, 2015 as presented. All Yeas MC Motion Post Support Bible Accept the bills with addition of Erofins and pay the held payments for Badger. RCV All Yeas MC Motion Bible Support A. Miller Accept the Treasurers report pending audit. All Yeas MC DPW report was given. DPW asks for the hour wage from last month. President denied his 3 hrs comp time for August 12, 2015 meeting. He is only allowed 2 hrs @ regular hourly rate for meetings. Motion Post To pay DPW his 1hr comp time for August 2015 meeting. No Support DPW reports that the PLC Generator needs repair after power outage on Sunday. Computer board may have been hit by lightning. President will contact Insurance Co. Police report given. No Public Comments. Old Business 1. Water Tower-cleaning & maintenance will be done soon. DPW will let Fire Chief know they cannot use fire hydrants during that time. All other service will not be interrupted. Sept 9, 2015 minutes continued Pg 2 2. Water billing issues are being worked on by DPW. Badger pinpointed problem. 3. Master Plan – President will call Doug Piggott. 4. Squad Car tires – Barnum getting estimates. 5. Motion A. Miller Support Post Allow non-profit organizations and/or community groups, that the Council deems beneficial to the quality of life in Bancroft, can rent the Community Hall for a donation with the deposit of $30.00. All Yeas MC 6. Alley maintenance will go to the infrastructure committee. 7. Garbage savings will not go to Police wages. 8. Tree Trimming addressed. New Business 1. Motion A. Miller Support Bible Accept the August 3, 2015 resignation of Council member, Ashley Goodrich. All Yeas MC Motion A. Miller Support Bible To list council member vacancy on the Village website and facebook. Anyone interested needs to submit a letter of interest to the Village office before October 14, 2015. All Yeas MC 2. Council has to submit another deficit illumination plan for 2015. Deficit of $20,737.00. Can submit it to stretch over 5 years. President suggests contracting DPW to Byron for water dept. and cutting his hours for Bancroft. Total hours would be 40 hrs a week. President will try to schedule a special meeting with the Auditor to explain deficit and also, if she can suggest where cuts can be made. 3. Motion R. Miller Support Post Table council compensation till October meeting. All Yeas MC 4. Motion Post Support A. Miller Start the process of selling the Humvee by obtaining the title from the State. All Yeas MC Ordinance committee meeting will be September 16, 2015 at 7pm. No Public Comments No Council Comments Adjournment 9:50 Respectfully Submitted, Karen K. Cole/Clerk "This institution is an equal opportunity provider" TDD Relay Service Number is 1-800-649-3777