the-compact
Board Of Trustees Tuesday, March 10, 2026 · 76 min

Bloomfield Township Board of Trustees Meeting on March 9, 2026

Summary

The Bloomfield Township Board of Trustees meeting discussed public comments, road quality issues, and infrastructure projects, including small cell wireless infrastructure, water main replacement, and storm water infrastructure projects.

  • Residents expressed concerns about poor construction quality and lack of maintenance on newly installed M drains and catch basins.
  • The city council discussed maintenance issues with road experts and contractors.
  • The city council approved refunds for residents due to under-budgeted projects, including a $1.7 million savings and $8,971 refund per property owner.
  • The city council discussed a potential agreement with neighboring fire services to alleviate burden on Rescue 3.
  • The city council approved the expansion of the finance sustainability committee and appointed two new members.

AI-generated from the meeting transcript. Check the video for anything load-bearing.

Topics

Transcript

Click any timestamp to jump the video to that moment. Auto-transcribed; expect occasional errors on proper nouns.

  1. To the Bloomfield Township Board of Trustees meeting on Monday, March the 9th. If we all stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Alright, welcome everyone. First item is the public comment. If you were to make a public comment on anything on the agenda tonight, you can come up to the podium, my right, your left, and introduce yourself, your address, and we ask you to keep your comments at three minutes. Go ahead. Okay, it's Greg Krause. I live at 1375 Aberdobe Place in Bloomfield Village, which is part of the yellow section for the roads. And, you know, first of all, I'd just like to start out by saying, you know, complimenting you guys for considering tonight. I see that for the blue and for the pink sections, you all are considering refunds for those sections in the special assessment districts, and I think it's really terrific, and, you know, hoping that that winds up the same result for us in the yellow section when all is said and done. And I don't know what the timing of that accounting is, but it would be great if it got done for 2026. Thanks for- for us as well. Tonight's agenda also includes an approval of about a $3 million payment for the yellow section. But before that, township pays some of these various invoices. And while we still have some leverage, I'm here and my neighbor Tim O'Hara is here to sort of share with you some real problems that we have with the quality of work of the roads and actually invite all or any of you just to come and maybe take a half an hour or an hour out of your day and just take a walk around because there are some significant construction problems that either didn't show at the time of inspection or were just kind of overlooked in a rush to get things done before the winter. Let me just kind of go through some of those. For instance, we have asphalt that's cracking already that's from asphalt that was laid just in October and November. They put M drains what were called M drains at the end of intersections. The

  2. and I think it's really terrific, and, you know, hoping that that winds up the same result for us in the yellow section when all is said and done. And I don't know what the timing of that accounting is, but it would be great if it got done for 2026. Thanks for- for us as well. Tonight's agenda also includes an approval of about a $3 million payment for the yellow section. But before that, township pays some of these various invoices. And while we still have some leverage, I'm here and my neighbor Tim O'Hara is here to sort of share with you some real problems that we have with the quality of work of the roads and actually invite all or any of you just to come and maybe take a half an hour or an hour out of your day and just take a walk around because there are some significant construction problems that either didn't show at the time of inspection or were just kind of overlooked in a rush to get things done before the winter. Let me just kind of go through some of those. For instance, we have asphalt that's cracking already that's from asphalt that was laid just in October and November. They put M drains what were called M drains at the end of intersections. The concrete is already, you know, chipping away and the cut and the asphalt around that is all cracked. We have on one of the streets, there's a Kubota machine that was working on one of the islands, spilled hydraulic fluid. And I know that they were contacted that appropriate people were contacted at the, at the road commission. And whatever was done wasn't appropriate because the whole, a whole set. in the street is all stained but you know it looks like it's been almost acid washed uh you know driveways have cracks through them uh they're parts of sidewalk areas that have cracks through them i actually jokingly said we should just lift a piece of the sidewalk and bring it here so that you guys you can see it uh tim's going to go into more uh more about that uh the the work that was done for the the m for the openings for the drain openings uh fort wayne was hired and i guess they were told to put four inch or four foot collars around uh any type of a uh you know a sewer or man hole i they did that for the manholes we couldn't center the manholes and then for the little water main access they put four foot rings around those but really there it's it's more the the quality

  3. November. They put M drains what were called M drains at the end of intersections. The concrete is already, you know, chipping away and the cut and the asphalt around that is all cracked. We have on one of the streets, there's a Kubota machine that was working on one of the islands, spilled hydraulic fluid. And I know that they were contacted that appropriate people were contacted at the, at the road commission. And whatever was done wasn't appropriate because the whole, a whole set. in the street is all stained but you know it looks like it's been almost acid washed uh you know driveways have cracks through them uh they're parts of sidewalk areas that have cracks through them i actually jokingly said we should just lift a piece of the sidewalk and bring it here so that you guys you can see it uh tim's going to go into more uh more about that uh the the work that was done for the the m for the openings for the drain openings uh fort wayne was hired and i guess they were told to put four inch or four foot collars around uh any type of a uh you know a sewer or man hole i they did that for the manholes we couldn't center the manholes and then for the little water main access they put four foot rings around those but really there it's it's more the the quality construction where you've got you know just concrete breaking and and asphalt cracking on what's supposed to be brand new rose in the last 40 years okay thank you craig appreciate your comments thank you hi i'm tim o'hara i also live on aberdee aberdobian yellow section one of the the the big issues that that we have is they didn't backfill around a lot of the areas where they excavated so you've got driveways that that aren't backfilled on the sides you've got front walks up to houses where it's not backfilled you've got uh you've got sidewalks that weren't backfilled in between the sidewalk in the street and it's been that way since last november and i know you all fill potholes uh when people complain about them but this has been this way since october and it's it's a liability and nobody does anything about it but i want to talk about a few other things catch basins and i think everybody knows the the main purpose of catch basins is to catch the water running down the curbs or gutters and and and get rid of it but we've now got catch basins in driveway aprons in the roadway outside of the gutters

  4. main access they put four foot rings around those but really there it's it's more the the quality construction where you've got you know just concrete breaking and and asphalt cracking on what's supposed to be brand new rose in the last 40 years okay thank you craig appreciate your comments thank you hi i'm tim o'hara i also live on aberdee aberdobian yellow section one of the the the big issues that that we have is they didn't backfill around a lot of the areas where they excavated so you've got driveways that that aren't backfilled on the sides you've got front walks up to houses where it's not backfilled you've got uh you've got sidewalks that weren't backfilled in between the sidewalk in the street and it's been that way since last november and i know you all fill potholes uh when people complain about them but this has been this way since october and it's it's a liability and nobody does anything about it but i want to talk about a few other things catch basins and i think everybody knows the the main purpose of catch basins is to catch the water running down the curbs or gutters and and and get rid of it but we've now got catch basins in driveway aprons in the roadway outside of the gutters we've got them half in the curb half in the street half in the curb half in aprons and i'm not sure how that improves uh drainage and it wasn't that way before the road commission rebuilt uh the the the roads um greg talked about the collars um and we've got we've got one catch basin at the end of our street that is probably 12 inches below the surface of sandringham if if that's not a hazard i don't know what is um the curves you know they slip form the the concrete we've got so many cracks in the curbs now that run from the front to the back um and this occurred within a lot of them occurred within a couple of weeks of them being poured and i met with wayne dobrowski who is the rcoc person and we walked around and looked at this some of the cracks they filled with epoxy after they had only been poured for two weeks I said Wayne what's going on he said oh that that's okay don't worry about that others where there were cracks he said no that's that's fine that's okay don't don't worry about it and I couldn't

  5. but we've now got catch basins in driveway aprons in the roadway outside of the gutters we've got them half in the curb half in the street half in the curb half in aprons and i'm not sure how that improves uh drainage and it wasn't that way before the road commission rebuilt uh the the the roads um greg talked about the collars um and we've got we've got one catch basin at the end of our street that is probably 12 inches below the surface of sandringham if if that's not a hazard i don't know what is um the curves you know they slip form the the concrete we've got so many cracks in the curbs now that run from the front to the back um and this occurred within a lot of them occurred within a couple of weeks of them being poured and i met with wayne dobrowski who is the rcoc person and we walked around and looked at this some of the cracks they filled with epoxy after they had only been poured for two weeks I said Wayne what's going on he said oh that that's okay don't worry about that others where there were cracks he said no that's that's fine that's okay don't don't worry about it and I couldn't believe it I said wait what's the specification for cracks in the curbs he said there isn't one he said we walk around with the contractor and we decide what we're going to do I said so your specification is subjective he said yeah I guess so I can't believe that for these for these road experts we've got curbs that have different profiles right across the street from one another and as you know Mike you know the the village wants everything to be harmonious and and it's not sidewalk accesses we've got cracks in the sidewalk accesses the snowplow went by with its blade shipped off the top of the the curb went across the orange mat all the the nubs have been damaged it's it's just just incredible but all these things that have to be fixed I hope that we aren't charged for fixing these these mistakes I'd love to take you guys around and show you Mike's got my email address if any of you are interested and one last thing I know you talked about sidewalks tonight and the replacement program with Italia if you want to look at the quality of the sidewalks

  6. no that's that's fine that's okay don't don't worry about it and I couldn't believe it I said wait what's the specification for cracks in the curbs he said there isn't one he said we walk around with the contractor and we decide what we're going to do I said so your specification is subjective he said yeah I guess so I can't believe that for these for these road experts we've got curbs that have different profiles right across the street from one another and as you know Mike you know the the village wants everything to be harmonious and and it's not sidewalk accesses we've got cracks in the sidewalk accesses the snowplow went by with its blade shipped off the top of the the curb went across the orange mat all the the nubs have been damaged it's it's just just incredible but all these things that have to be fixed I hope that we aren't charged for fixing these these mistakes I'd love to take you guys around and show you Mike's got my email address if any of you are interested and one last thing I know you talked about sidewalks tonight and the replacement program with Italia if you want to look at the quality of the sidewalks come and walk down Sandringham and look at the sidewalks. They're pitting, and the pitting started right after they were poured, and now they're spalling. It's just incredible. So if you want to award them more business, you should make sure they do it differently than what they did previously. Thank you, Tim. Yeah, I'll make a time to come over with Wayne, and I know these are all maintenance issues that we'll make sure we take care of and find out because of the cracking. We've got to figure that out. And I know you had sent me some damage to the asphalt we want to come take a look at. And I don't know how long this weather is going to hold out, but we'll get it in here. Well, Mike, isn't there a certain amount of warranty? It's all warranty. Yes, it is. It's all warranty. It should all be warrantied. Yeah, but they're not getting the answers they expect, and I can hear it. Two different issues, but yes. Absolutely. Yeah. Okay, thank you, gentlemen. All right, close public comment if there's no further. Okay, and move to consent agenda. Anybody want a motion to approve the consent agenda or take anything off or on? Just the payroll and vouchers. Payroll and vouchers, Mark. Okay, thank you. We'll move that to 10C. I move that we approve the consent agenda. Okay. With C removed. We'll move that to 10C.

  7. come and walk down Sandringham and look at the sidewalks. They're pitting, and the pitting started right after they were poured, and now they're spalling. It's just incredible. So if you want to award them more business, you should make sure they do it differently than what they did previously. Thank you, Tim. Yeah, I'll make a time to come over with Wayne, and I know these are all maintenance issues that we'll make sure we take care of and find out because of the cracking. We've got to figure that out. And I know you had sent me some damage to the asphalt we want to come take a look at. And I don't know how long this weather is going to hold out, but we'll get it in here. Well, Mike, isn't there a certain amount of warranty? It's all warranty. Yes, it is. It's all warranty. It should all be warrantied. Yeah, but they're not getting the answers they expect, and I can hear it. Two different issues, but yes. Absolutely. Yeah. Okay, thank you, gentlemen. All right, close public comment if there's no further. Okay, and move to consent agenda. Anybody want a motion to approve the consent agenda or take anything off or on? Just the payroll and vouchers. Payroll and vouchers, Mark. Okay, thank you. We'll move that to 10C. I move that we approve the consent agenda. Okay. With C removed. We'll move that to 10C. Okay. And support? Yes. All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Okay, it passes. Seven to nothing. Thank you. Item number three, update concerning small cell wireless open house and township efforts to improve cellular services. Thank you. provided to the residents, presented by Sean Miller, our clerk's associate. Welcome, Sean. Thank you. Thank you. Good evening, board members. I want to first thank Supervisor McCready and Clerk Brook for allowing me to present to you on this small cell wireless open house and the recap and next events. This actually does fall under the strategic plan for the township under priority four, which is reliable infrastructure. So quick for those that don't know, what is a small cell? A small cell is basically a low powered radio cellular access point or base station that provides wireless services within a limited geographical area and the infrastructure enhances network coverage and capacity through data input where micro tower reception can be blocked either by hills, valleys, trees, and buildings.

  8. We'll move that to 10C. Okay. And support? Yes. All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Okay, it passes. Seven to nothing. Thank you. Item number three, update concerning small cell wireless open house and township efforts to improve cellular services. Thank you. provided to the residents, presented by Sean Miller, our clerk's associate. Welcome, Sean. Thank you. Thank you. Good evening, board members. I want to first thank Supervisor McCready and Clerk Brook for allowing me to present to you on this small cell wireless open house and the recap and next events. This actually does fall under the strategic plan for the township under priority four, which is reliable infrastructure. So quick for those that don't know, what is a small cell? A small cell is basically a low powered radio cellular access point or base station that provides wireless services within a limited geographical area and the infrastructure enhances network coverage and capacity through data input where micro tower reception can be blocked either by hills, valleys, trees, and buildings. So the purpose of the small cell wireless open house was again, as I outlined, part of our strategic plan for reliable infrastructure, but also it was designed to promote transparency and collaboration between the residents, the township, and cellular providers. And of course the objectives are listed down there as well of addressing where cell access is weak or non-existent and identifying working with those telecommunication companies and utility companies. sure that the process is smooth to get those small cell devices up there this map here um was done by our gis specialist with the help of our police and fire department identifying the areas where there's weak to no cell service the blue areas show no cell service while the grays show weak cell service and this is just an estimate from our fire and police i'm sure there's plenty more from what we've heard from residents myself included that there's a lot of areas in the township that are dead zones or have varies or struggling with access so quickly the overall thing that started this was going from a passive to a proactive approach on the townships part historically or historically we've been reactive of just passive of when applicants come in we process

  9. So the purpose of the small cell wireless open house was again, as I outlined, part of our strategic plan for reliable infrastructure, but also it was designed to promote transparency and collaboration between the residents, the township, and cellular providers. And of course the objectives are listed down there as well of addressing where cell access is weak or non-existent and identifying working with those telecommunication companies and utility companies. sure that the process is smooth to get those small cell devices up there this map here um was done by our gis specialist with the help of our police and fire department identifying the areas where there's weak to no cell service the blue areas show no cell service while the grays show weak cell service and this is just an estimate from our fire and police i'm sure there's plenty more from what we've heard from residents myself included that there's a lot of areas in the township that are dead zones or have varies or struggling with access so quickly the overall thing that started this was going from a passive to a proactive approach on the townships part historically or historically we've been reactive of just passive of when applicants come in we process it and we approve the applications or denial we're starting to go towards a different direction the best we can as a municipal government shifting towards the proactive strategy of identifying the cover or the coverage gaps collaborating with the providers early explaining to them the outline of the permit processing and what they need to get ready and the timeline too because small cell is a very time sensitive kind of permit where it needs to be respond to so many days and approved in so many days and then um just uh working towards also on our end to clear up policies or get rid of certain things that are not necessarily um important that are kind of redundant so a couple weeks ago we had a small cell wireless open house here February 25th where we had wireless providers invited which was AT&T Verizon and unfortunately T-Mobile was not able to attend but then we also had the utility partner of DTE Energy as they own most of the standing poles within the township right-of-ways and then of course we have the township participants the small cell wireless committee department heads elected

  10. historically or historically we've been reactive of just passive of when applicants come in we process it and we approve the applications or denial we're starting to go towards a different direction the best we can as a municipal government shifting towards the proactive strategy of identifying the cover or the coverage gaps collaborating with the providers early explaining to them the outline of the permit processing and what they need to get ready and the timeline too because small cell is a very time sensitive kind of permit where it needs to be respond to so many days and approved in so many days and then um just uh working towards also on our end to clear up policies or get rid of certain things that are not necessarily um important that are kind of redundant so a couple weeks ago we had a small cell wireless open house here February 25th where we had wireless providers invited which was AT&T Verizon and unfortunately T-Mobile was not able to attend but then we also had the utility partner of DTE Energy as they own most of the standing poles within the township right-of-ways and then of course we have the township participants the small cell wireless committee department heads elected officials and of course the residents and community stakeholders so the topics we discussed was the bottom line where coverage was needed with the map I showed you earlier we had that map displayed on the back and larger print to show where they identified those areas and a lot of residents were like yep my house is right there or no my house is not there and they talked to us about like hey this area too is no coverage or this area is really weak infrastructure opportunities we discussed utility pole access more for the providers and the utility pole companies of like what goes into putting in the new utility poles or replacing them if they need to support the small cell and coordinating with them on the permit process and what is what the steps are so that way when the applicants submit the right-of-ways they have the correct pole in the right-of-way so the big takeaways that we have from the wireless provider was predictability matters so clear application and expectation so we provided them the application and of course they've talked to myself multiple times and it's also listed on the application of like the checklist that they need before they submit their applications the height flexibility they

  11. participants the small cell wireless committee department heads elected officials and of course the residents and community stakeholders so the topics we discussed was the bottom line where coverage was needed with the map I showed you earlier we had that map displayed on the back and larger print to show where they identified those areas and a lot of residents were like yep my house is right there or no my house is not there and they talked to us about like hey this area too is no coverage or this area is really weak infrastructure opportunities we discussed utility pole access more for the providers and the utility pole companies of like what goes into putting in the new utility poles or replacing them if they need to support the small cell and coordinating with them on the permit process and what is what the steps are so that way when the applicants submit the right-of-ways they have the correct pole in the right-of-way so the big takeaways that we have from the wireless provider was predictability matters so clear application and expectation so we provided them the application and of course they've talked to myself multiple times and it's also listed on the application of like the checklist that they need before they submit their applications the height flexibility they understand their main thing when they talk to us is the higher the pole the wider the coverage right now small cell wireless facilities range from four to five hundred feet that's if there are no trees or anything obstructing its view if there is then that coverage goes down a lot less and then again early collaboration like having this open house really was an eye-opener for them as well as for us of where areas we need to address and also to know the the process more internally and exactly what we need to fulfill the department requirements and these quotes I'm not going to go through them all but these are some quotes that were taken from residents wireless providers township officials and utility representatives basically all positive a resident gave a great idea about having maybe on our website like the maps showing that and when new polls come up where they are located in terms of where there's weak or no cell service at all and kind of keeping that up to date wireless providers were happy because they kept saying this is the first we've ever been to of a open house where we got to be all in a room together and talk about the concerns and understand the process and what the community

  12. they need before they submit their applications the height flexibility they understand their main thing when they talk to us is the higher the pole the wider the coverage right now small cell wireless facilities range from four to five hundred feet that's if there are no trees or anything obstructing its view if there is then that coverage goes down a lot less and then again early collaboration like having this open house really was an eye-opener for them as well as for us of where areas we need to address and also to know the the process more internally and exactly what we need to fulfill the department requirements and these quotes I'm not going to go through them all but these are some quotes that were taken from residents wireless providers township officials and utility representatives basically all positive a resident gave a great idea about having maybe on our website like the maps showing that and when new polls come up where they are located in terms of where there's weak or no cell service at all and kind of keeping that up to date wireless providers were happy because they kept saying this is the first we've ever been to of a open house where we got to be all in a room together and talk about the concerns and understand the process and what the community needs. So since that, we've had 15 small cell wireless permits come in total, like literally the day after the event. All of them were from Verizon. They did have those in the workings beforehand, but coming to the open house afterwards, they were like, okay, we know we need to get these in as soon as possible. Five of them were on utility pole, like new utility pole installations or replacement, and others are co-locating on existing DTE poles. And then the applicants that we have already either current or in the works are with the big three, Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile. And of course, the deployment areas of where we'd like to have them, major roadways, residential and commercial areas. This map here, it's a little hard to see. I do apologize. This shows right now the dots area are currently the current small cell wireless facilities that are up and running in the township. And the circle outline is like the 500 foot gap. Before the open house, AT&T has put in a lot of applications, and those are where the blue are right now. So they're mostly what they told us that they were starting to work west of telegraph

  13. needs. So since that, we've had 15 small cell wireless permits come in total, like literally the day after the event. All of them were from Verizon. They did have those in the workings beforehand, but coming to the open house afterwards, they were like, okay, we know we need to get these in as soon as possible. Five of them were on utility pole, like new utility pole installations or replacement, and others are co-locating on existing DTE poles. And then the applicants that we have already either current or in the works are with the big three, Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile. And of course, the deployment areas of where we'd like to have them, major roadways, residential and commercial areas. This map here, it's a little hard to see. I do apologize. This shows right now the dots area are currently the current small cell wireless facilities that are up and running in the township. And the circle outline is like the 500 foot gap. Before the open house, AT&T has put in a lot of applications, and those are where the blue are right now. So they're mostly what they told us that they were starting to work west of telegraph and move forward. Now that they've seen where the major, the major gaps are, they are definitely going to be moving eastwards towards telegraph. And then after the open house, Verizon submitted their permits, which then addressed a lot more areas. specifically in the village and there's a map side-by-side comparison of where proposed small cell wirelesses are going to go and to where the coverage is that they need and again from us on a policy perspective again flexibility stream lighting the process working with the applicants to make sure that everything's in order and being able to approve it in a timely fashion while also maintaining to make sure that the the poles and the facilities themselves are not an eye sore or disruptive to the environment of the township and quickly like our short-term goals again are to review the applications as normal keep them coming through and deploying them in appropriate time manner our medium-term goal is to encourage providers to look at our maps to see the where the cell coverage is needed and then coordinating with the utility companies about replacing a new poles because that it does require different permit for the right-of-way so

  14. are right now. So they're mostly what they told us that they were starting to work west of telegraph and move forward. Now that they've seen where the major, the major gaps are, they are definitely going to be moving eastwards towards telegraph. And then after the open house, Verizon submitted their permits, which then addressed a lot more areas. specifically in the village and there's a map side-by-side comparison of where proposed small cell wirelesses are going to go and to where the coverage is that they need and again from us on a policy perspective again flexibility stream lighting the process working with the applicants to make sure that everything's in order and being able to approve it in a timely fashion while also maintaining to make sure that the the poles and the facilities themselves are not an eye sore or disruptive to the environment of the township and quickly like our short-term goals again are to review the applications as normal keep them coming through and deploying them in appropriate time manner our medium-term goal is to encourage providers to look at our maps to see the where the cell coverage is needed and then coordinating with the utility companies about replacing a new poles because that it does require different permit for the right-of-way so that way they don't hit any water or sewer mains or any other utility so we may have in that way and then of course the long term is to continue the engagement with the community we're already talking about possibly next year doing another small cell wireless open house to kind of do an update and see where we are where we need to be and anything new coming down the works and again like I mentioned before this is a broader theme of it outlines the township strategic plan of identifying the infrastructure goals Any questions? Thank you, Sean. Yes. Sorry. The only thing I want to say is to thank you, Sean, for all the work you've done on this project. So leading a whole team of people to, you know, prepare for this small cell event, to invite all of the participants, to handle and assist with communications, to be one of the leaders of the small cell meeting and lead the discussion, and then help prepare us for this. And of course, Sean knows everything about it because Sean receives the permit applications that comes in and makes sure that all of us on the small cell wireless team are meeting with the deadlines for compliance and processing it along. So Sean has the big picture covered and also the details too. So thanks so much for all your work. Thank you.

  15. poles because that it does require different permit for the right-of-way so that way they don't hit any water or sewer mains or any other utility so we may have in that way and then of course the long term is to continue the engagement with the community we're already talking about possibly next year doing another small cell wireless open house to kind of do an update and see where we are where we need to be and anything new coming down the works and again like I mentioned before this is a broader theme of it outlines the township strategic plan of identifying the infrastructure goals Any questions? Thank you, Sean. Yes. Sorry. The only thing I want to say is to thank you, Sean, for all the work you've done on this project. So leading a whole team of people to, you know, prepare for this small cell event, to invite all of the participants, to handle and assist with communications, to be one of the leaders of the small cell meeting and lead the discussion, and then help prepare us for this. And of course, Sean knows everything about it because Sean receives the permit applications that comes in and makes sure that all of us on the small cell wireless team are meeting with the deadlines for compliance and processing it along. So Sean has the big picture covered and also the details too. So thanks so much for all your work. Thank you. Thank you. It was a great presentation. Thank you for participating in the open house. I think it's a great idea. I encourage you to do it again next year. It's certainly something we all hear a lot of complaints about are the lack of coverage in so many areas. Pleased to hear that they're moving Telegraph West, they're looking into that. I hear a lot of complaints, and you probably have, just confirming south of Maple up into, like, the Cider Mill going and then going west of Franklin Road. Do you know if there are any permits in that area to increase the coverage? Yep. I believe on that map there. AT&T had a bunch down there but then there's one from T-Mobile that's near that area but again as the we showed on the other map of little to no cell service that's definitely a high priority area and you know if Verizon is looking to increase their coverage there um possibly yeah I don't know what it's coming down the work they're wanting to push so many permits in and we have so little people to they help it along with the process we're trying to keep up with the demand yeah but absolutely okay yeah thank you yeah each of the providers by

  16. Thank you. It was a great presentation. Thank you for participating in the open house. I think it's a great idea. I encourage you to do it again next year. It's certainly something we all hear a lot of complaints about are the lack of coverage in so many areas. Pleased to hear that they're moving Telegraph West, they're looking into that. I hear a lot of complaints, and you probably have, just confirming south of Maple up into, like, the Cider Mill going and then going west of Franklin Road. Do you know if there are any permits in that area to increase the coverage? Yep. I believe on that map there. AT&T had a bunch down there but then there's one from T-Mobile that's near that area but again as the we showed on the other map of little to no cell service that's definitely a high priority area and you know if Verizon is looking to increase their coverage there um possibly yeah I don't know what it's coming down the work they're wanting to push so many permits in and we have so little people to they help it along with the process we're trying to keep up with the demand yeah but absolutely okay yeah thank you yeah each of the providers by the way to just adding a little bit to the great detail Sean or I provided did did indicate the small cell wireless mean it well we have a plan well and we've asked for plans you know we asked her what's this what's the coverage you know we just didn't get a lot of that feedback but when they came they didn't just bring a salesperson or whatever but AT&T had people who flew in from Chicago and then had their like main scientist dude from Southfield who said your specific issue AT&T in that area down at 14 Mile Franklin has relied on a legacy infrastructure provider that's not AT&T and it's it's it's it's a problem they know it's a problem but they have to exit that situation before they can build out more infrastructure in the in the interim they are putting in these small cell wireless facilities but but yeah so it was you know really great to see who came to this meeting and and like for instance all providers have to work with DTE to put things on the goals, but the DTE guy that runs that program had never met any of the providers that were here. And it was his first chance to ever do that and talk to each other right where we're sitting there about what they both kind of need to make things happen.

  17. the demand yeah but absolutely okay yeah thank you yeah each of the providers by the way to just adding a little bit to the great detail Sean or I provided did did indicate the small cell wireless mean it well we have a plan well and we've asked for plans you know we asked her what's this what's the coverage you know we just didn't get a lot of that feedback but when they came they didn't just bring a salesperson or whatever but AT&T had people who flew in from Chicago and then had their like main scientist dude from Southfield who said your specific issue AT&T in that area down at 14 Mile Franklin has relied on a legacy infrastructure provider that's not AT&T and it's it's it's it's a problem they know it's a problem but they have to exit that situation before they can build out more infrastructure in the in the interim they are putting in these small cell wireless facilities but but yeah so it was you know really great to see who came to this meeting and and like for instance all providers have to work with DTE to put things on the goals, but the DTE guy that runs that program had never met any of the providers that were here. And it was his first chance to ever do that and talk to each other right where we're sitting there about what they both kind of need to make things happen. It was really an interesting event. It was a great event. Very productive to have that done. Any other comments or questions? Okay. And, Sean, you did a great job. Thank you. I have to say that the providers that were here said that it's the first meeting they've ever been to where it was very productive. They weren't getting screamed at. No. Yeah. At first we thought it was going to be that, but nope. Everyone was understanding and they got a lot of their questions answered. And the results came in when all of a sudden these applications came in. When you live in the village, Tim and Craig, hopefully this will help a lot. Keep our fingers crossed. Right. Exactly. Thank you, Sean. Thank you. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. All right. Item number four. Consider a resolution expressing township's opposition to zoning preemption bills in state legislature. Legislature presented by Andrea Bibby. Andrea is out today. So I'll take this. There was a series of five bills, Michael, you can help me with this also, that really interfere with our zoning ordinance. Wouldn't you say, Michael? Preempted. Preempted. Preempted. Yeah, exactly. Preempted. Yeah. And so right now they're on hold for a little while, but it was good if I think if we did get a resolution letting them know we oppose the state taking over our zoning ordinances. Let's go. Let's go. Let's go.

  18. there about what they both kind of need to make things happen. It was really an interesting event. It was a great event. Very productive to have that done. Any other comments or questions? Okay. And, Sean, you did a great job. Thank you. I have to say that the providers that were here said that it's the first meeting they've ever been to where it was very productive. They weren't getting screamed at. No. Yeah. At first we thought it was going to be that, but nope. Everyone was understanding and they got a lot of their questions answered. And the results came in when all of a sudden these applications came in. When you live in the village, Tim and Craig, hopefully this will help a lot. Keep our fingers crossed. Right. Exactly. Thank you, Sean. Thank you. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. All right. Item number four. Consider a resolution expressing township's opposition to zoning preemption bills in state legislature. Legislature presented by Andrea Bibby. Andrea is out today. So I'll take this. There was a series of five bills, Michael, you can help me with this also, that really interfere with our zoning ordinance. Wouldn't you say, Michael? Preempted. Preempted. Preempted. Yeah, exactly. Preempted. Yeah. And so right now they're on hold for a little while, but it was good if I think if we did get a resolution letting them know we oppose the state taking over our zoning ordinances. Let's go. Let's go. Let's go. What they're trying to do is make more affordable housing, which I commend them to do. But to take, let's say, our property and completely change what our ordinance read for square footage, what are we at, like 25,000? Depending on the zone, it's either 16, 20, or 22,000. Right. And they want to take it to? 1,500. 1,500. So you take an acre and divide that up, and they'd sell it off, and then you can also change homes from single residential to duplex, and they take over the parking requirements, too. And mobile homes. And mobile homes. And mobile homes, as well. All of the above. Right. Which I commend them for what they're trying to do, but I don't think it doesn't fit for every community, and we're one of those. So I'd like to have us pass a resolution that we'll send to Lansing opposing these bills, as many other communities have. Any other comments or questions? No, I'm in total agreement, and we don't need the state preempting our local zoning laws. We understand what our residents want. We don't need people in Lansing telling us what to do. I support. I agree with everything that Trustee Barnett says. Okay. I would like to make a motion to approve the sending of the letter.

  19. What they're trying to do is make more affordable housing, which I commend them to do. But to take, let's say, our property and completely change what our ordinance read for square footage, what are we at, like 25,000? Depending on the zone, it's either 16, 20, or 22,000. Right. And they want to take it to? 1,500. 1,500. So you take an acre and divide that up, and they'd sell it off, and then you can also change homes from single residential to duplex, and they take over the parking requirements, too. And mobile homes. And mobile homes. And mobile homes, as well. All of the above. Right. Which I commend them for what they're trying to do, but I don't think it doesn't fit for every community, and we're one of those. So I'd like to have us pass a resolution that we'll send to Lansing opposing these bills, as many other communities have. Any other comments or questions? No, I'm in total agreement, and we don't need the state preempting our local zoning laws. We understand what our residents want. We don't need people in Lansing telling us what to do. I support. I agree with everything that Trustee Barnett says. Okay. I would like to make a motion to approve the sending of the letter. Great, Mark. Thank you. Support. All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Pass is 7-0. Thank you. Okay. Item number 5, presentation of 2025 construction project recap, presented by Greg Turner, Deputy Director of Engineering. provider of services. Welcome, Greg. Good evening, everybody. Tonight I will provide a few different things for you. One, a summary of the 2025 construction season. Thank you. A walk-through of each project, look at a financial roll-up, preview the 2026 season, and finally a chance to wrap up some questions. It will start with a summary of the 2025 construction season by program. So you see, of course, we have water, sanitary sewer, storm sewer, and safety path projects. And the numbers shown here are for construction only. And these are the individual projects that we'll walk through one by one on the following slides. We'll start with South Bloomfield Highlands water main installation.

  20. I would like to make a motion to approve the sending of the letter. Great, Mark. Thank you. Support. All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Pass is 7-0. Thank you. Okay. Item number 5, presentation of 2025 construction project recap, presented by Greg Turner, Deputy Director of Engineering. provider of services. Welcome, Greg. Good evening, everybody. Tonight I will provide a few different things for you. One, a summary of the 2025 construction season. Thank you. A walk-through of each project, look at a financial roll-up, preview the 2026 season, and finally a chance to wrap up some questions. It will start with a summary of the 2025 construction season by program. So you see, of course, we have water, sanitary sewer, storm sewer, and safety path projects. And the numbers shown here are for construction only. And these are the individual projects that we'll walk through one by one on the following slides. We'll start with South Bloomfield Highlands water main installation. Just that project consisted of construction of a water distribution system, connection to the township's existing system, and abandonment of the existing distribution and well systems. It included over 14,000 linear feet, or about two and three-quarter miles of eight-inch diameter water main, as well as gate valves, hydrants, stop boxes, and service lines up to the property line. This project was substantially completed ahead of schedule and within 2% of our approved construction budget and all that remains is the completion of a punch list items in the weeks ahead. We actually did a punch list walkthrough today with the general contractor's project manager. Beyond being just a success construction wise, it was also a success communications wise as a good news story is that 100% of residents were hooked up to the new water system by mid November this past year. Next we'll look at Verner State's water main replacement which was a much different project

  21. We'll start with South Bloomfield Highlands water main installation. Just that project consisted of construction of a water distribution system, connection to the township's existing system, and abandonment of the existing distribution and well systems. It included over 14,000 linear feet, or about two and three-quarter miles of eight-inch diameter water main, as well as gate valves, hydrants, stop boxes, and service lines up to the property line. This project was substantially completed ahead of schedule and within 2% of our approved construction budget and all that remains is the completion of a punch list items in the weeks ahead. We actually did a punch list walkthrough today with the general contractor's project manager. Beyond being just a success construction wise, it was also a success communications wise as a good news story is that 100% of residents were hooked up to the new water system by mid November this past year. Next we'll look at Verner State's water main replacement which was a much different project in that instead of constructing a system we were instead replacing existing water main. Approximately 13,600 feet or just over two and a half miles of water main. You see we actually used three different techniques to do that as well as again replacing gate valves, hydrants, stop boxes and service lines. In addition to just replacing it with newer water main, we also upgraded or upsized much of the system from either 8 inch diameter to 12 inch or 6 inches to 8 inch. This project will be completed within budget and well ahead of schedule in spring of 2026 with landscape restoration, minor pavement and. And. And. And. Yeah. punchless items remaining a key point here is accelerating this project which was originally planned to be over two construction seasons so all the water main work was pleaded by end of 2025 and resulted in about 25 000 of savings for the township but more importantly it reduced greatly reduced the impact of to the community particularly in the staging areas on both long lake road and oakley drive okay we're moving on to our storm water infrastructure we have two

  22. Next we'll look at Verner State's water main replacement which was a much different project in that instead of constructing a system we were instead replacing existing water main. Approximately 13,600 feet or just over two and a half miles of water main. You see we actually used three different techniques to do that as well as again replacing gate valves, hydrants, stop boxes and service lines. In addition to just replacing it with newer water main, we also upgraded or upsized much of the system from either 8 inch diameter to 12 inch or 6 inches to 8 inch. This project will be completed within budget and well ahead of schedule in spring of 2026 with landscape restoration, minor pavement and. And. And. And. Yeah. punchless items remaining a key point here is accelerating this project which was originally planned to be over two construction seasons so all the water main work was pleaded by end of 2025 and resulted in about 25 000 of savings for the township but more importantly it reduced greatly reduced the impact of to the community particularly in the staging areas on both long lake road and oakley drive okay we're moving on to our storm water infrastructure we have two different projects under storm water the first is storm water sewer system rehab which is in phase one right now and that consisted of cleaning and televising approximately 5 000 feet or one mile of pipe lining approximately 2 600 feet or half a mile of pipe and replacing just 36 feet of pipe cleaning 131 structures and replacing 55 structures outright this project was completed well under budget but significantly behind schedule you can see from the construction timeline we had a plan to finish in march which would be in the previous fiscal year and actually spanned into the new fiscal year when it was wrapped up in june the second stormwater was for detention basins also phase one it consisted of dredging to increase capacity at two of our basins and invasive species can treatment and removal at all five of the basins that were included in this phase of the

  23. lake road and oakley drive okay we're moving on to our storm water infrastructure we have two different projects under storm water the first is storm water sewer system rehab which is in phase one right now and that consisted of cleaning and televising approximately 5 000 feet or one mile of pipe lining approximately 2 600 feet or half a mile of pipe and replacing just 36 feet of pipe cleaning 131 structures and replacing 55 structures outright this project was completed well under budget but significantly behind schedule you can see from the construction timeline we had a plan to finish in march which would be in the previous fiscal year and actually spanned into the new fiscal year when it was wrapped up in june the second stormwater was for detention basins also phase one it consisted of dredging to increase capacity at two of our basins and invasive species can treatment and removal at all five of the basins that were included in this phase of the project this project was also completed well under the awarded amount but in this case only slightly behind schedule switching to our safety paths first up is a project which was actually started in 2024 but we included here because it went into 2025 for completion and that is the telegraph road safety path which included the grading installation of approximately 3,000 feet or roughly half a mile of five foot wide concrete safety paths connecting the west side of telegraph road to the Clinton River Trail and this of course included traffic control tree and vegetation removal which was substantial landscaping and restoration overall this project was completed on time but cost increased approximately twelve and a half percent due to scope changes and that was primarily an increased amount of tree and vegetation removal next

  24. removal at all five of the basins that were included in this phase of the project this project was also completed well under the awarded amount but in this case only slightly behind schedule switching to our safety paths first up is a project which was actually started in 2024 but we included here because it went into 2025 for completion and that is the telegraph road safety path which included the grading installation of approximately 3,000 feet or roughly half a mile of five foot wide concrete safety paths connecting the west side of telegraph road to the Clinton River Trail and this of course included traffic control tree and vegetation removal which was substantial landscaping and restoration overall this project was completed on time but cost increased approximately twelve and a half percent due to scope changes and that was primarily an increased amount of tree and vegetation removal next There was another new safety path, in this case on Maple Road, included the grading installation of approximately 3,000 linear feet of, again, five-foot-wide concrete safety path along the north side of Maple Road between Franklin Road and Surrey Crossing, again, including traffic control, tree vegetation removal, and landscaping restoration. This project, happily, was completed on time and within budget. Moving in more to the maintenance side of it, so instead of installing new path, we're talking about the safety path repair program. This 2025 projects include the removal and replacement of approximately 18,000 square feet of both five- and six-foot-wide concrete safety path at 190 different locations throughout the township. Again, this project was completed on time and within budget. Another note on this, this was the final year of our contract with the general contractor, Talia, but a proposal to a proven extension of this was included and passed in the consent agenda. Next part of our maintenance program includes the retaining wall repairs, and in this case,

  25. There was another new safety path, in this case on Maple Road, included the grading installation of approximately 3,000 linear feet of, again, five-foot-wide concrete safety path along the north side of Maple Road between Franklin Road and Surrey Crossing, again, including traffic control, tree vegetation removal, and landscaping restoration. This project, happily, was completed on time and within budget. Moving in more to the maintenance side of it, so instead of installing new path, we're talking about the safety path repair program. This 2025 projects include the removal and replacement of approximately 18,000 square feet of both five- and six-foot-wide concrete safety path at 190 different locations throughout the township. Again, this project was completed on time and within budget. Another note on this, this was the final year of our contract with the general contractor, Talia, but a proposal to a proven extension of this was included and passed in the consent agenda. Next part of our maintenance program includes the retaining wall repairs, and in this case, we repaired retaining wall as well as fencing and adjacent safety path at 11 different locations within the township, in total approximately 5,700 square feet. This was certainly a good idea, and it's looking forward to our maintenance, it right? Next part part of the radiatororiginiana storage building. Thank you. of safety path, and over 3,000 square feet of retaining walls, and over 1,000 linear feet of fencing repaired. Again, this project was completed within budget, but significantly behind schedule. The final project I have to review with you tonight is our 2025 ADA compliance program, and this replaced existing ramps and landings with Americans with Disability Act compliant ramps and landings at 45 locations along Hickory Grove, Losser, Long Lake, Quarton, Square Lake, and Wing Lake Roads. The project was completed well ahead of schedule and within 5% of the awarded amount. Nice. Okay. Now that we've wrapped through all the projects, we're going to do a quick financial summary of that. So here we have broken down at the higher program level our total amount awarded, and then the

  26. Next part of our maintenance program includes the retaining wall repairs, and in this case, we repaired retaining wall as well as fencing and adjacent safety path at 11 different locations within the township, in total approximately 5,700 square feet. This was certainly a good idea, and it's looking forward to our maintenance, it right? Next part part of the radiatororiginiana storage building. Thank you. of safety path, and over 3,000 square feet of retaining walls, and over 1,000 linear feet of fencing repaired. Again, this project was completed within budget, but significantly behind schedule. The final project I have to review with you tonight is our 2025 ADA compliance program, and this replaced existing ramps and landings with Americans with Disability Act compliant ramps and landings at 45 locations along Hickory Grove, Losser, Long Lake, Quarton, Square Lake, and Wing Lake Roads. The project was completed well ahead of schedule and within 5% of the awarded amount. Nice. Okay. Now that we've wrapped through all the projects, we're going to do a quick financial summary of that. So here we have broken down at the higher program level our total amount awarded, and then the projected, which includes some of the money we have yet to execute on the projects. One important note is that we talked earlier about the water and sewer rates during the study session. The capital investment program numbers include the South Bloomfield Highlands project, which was funded via NSAD. Okay. Shifting gears. Where should I Pike my father? I think it could avoid that size, but there's... Here's good a message, okay. Here's. a preview preview of what we have scheduled for 2026 make a couple comments on these projects and then we'll do a summary of 2026 so you can see it on from the from the thousand foot view uh notable here uh is west maple road it's one of those uh more major water main projects and because of that to be more expensive and we we have it planned to execute over two construction seasons and then the last project you see under capital improvement red maple lane the cost you see there is the townships portion of a cost shared project which will share costs with the road commission

  27. So here we have broken down at the higher program level our total amount awarded, and then the projected, which includes some of the money we have yet to execute on the projects. One important note is that we talked earlier about the water and sewer rates during the study session. The capital investment program numbers include the South Bloomfield Highlands project, which was funded via NSAD. Okay. Shifting gears. Where should I Pike my father? I think it could avoid that size, but there's... Here's good a message, okay. Here's. a preview preview of what we have scheduled for 2026 make a couple comments on these projects and then we'll do a summary of 2026 so you can see it on from the from the thousand foot view uh notable here uh is west maple road it's one of those uh more major water main projects and because of that to be more expensive and we we have it planned to execute over two construction seasons and then the last project you see under capital improvement red maple lane the cost you see there is the townships portion of a cost shared project which will share costs with the road commission and here is a roll up of the same information but summarized for you by by a program again i would note that these are just construction costs only so don't include our engineering costs uh or does or any design projects are not included in this all right i'll offer my boss a chance to make any rocks he might want to make yeah thank you board uh just real quick um we've invited hrc to attend we just want to recognize uh the hard work that they do and the great work that they do for the township uh so much so that the the south boomfield highlands uh project that was completed um or uh but the back uh to be completed the township did receive an award through the apwa the local chapter has awarded the township with quality of life improvements under 5 million so we're excited and grateful to hrc our work with uh the dpw assessing uh and certainly the engineering environmental services department all had a hand in in this project and i might also commend uh michael show stack and his role uh and and trying to procure um funding for a lot of the residents in need for this ssd so

  28. and here is a roll up of the same information but summarized for you by by a program again i would note that these are just construction costs only so don't include our engineering costs uh or does or any design projects are not included in this all right i'll offer my boss a chance to make any rocks he might want to make yeah thank you board uh just real quick um we've invited hrc to attend we just want to recognize uh the hard work that they do and the great work that they do for the township uh so much so that the the south boomfield highlands uh project that was completed um or uh but the back uh to be completed the township did receive an award through the apwa the local chapter has awarded the township with quality of life improvements under 5 million so we're excited and grateful to hrc our work with uh the dpw assessing uh and certainly the engineering environmental services department all had a hand in in this project and i might also commend uh michael show stack and his role uh and and trying to procure um funding for a lot of the residents in need for this ssd so thank you very much board uh we're open the floor to any questions you might have thank you nice presentation i appreciate all your efforts any comments or questions no i'm glad that that south bloomfield highlands went so well and it's completed i'm sure the residents are very happy with the progress okay all right thank you gentlemen thank you okay thank you all right item number six consider authorizing refunds of special assessment district 425 presented by our treasurer michael show staff michael thank you i always enjoy coming to the board with good news um very good news yes so the way these sads work uh we create an estimate of what the project is going to cost that includes construction engineering administration and financing and that estimate is what the assessment is based on when we approve the sad so uh in a few weeks we're going to be approving the verner estates sad and potentially the village green sad uh and we're going to have an estimate that we use to calculate that assessment and uh so at the end of the project we do an accounting to see what we

  29. role uh and and trying to procure um funding for a lot of the residents in need for this ssd so thank you very much board uh we're open the floor to any questions you might have thank you nice presentation i appreciate all your efforts any comments or questions no i'm glad that that south bloomfield highlands went so well and it's completed i'm sure the residents are very happy with the progress okay all right thank you gentlemen thank you okay thank you all right item number six consider authorizing refunds of special assessment district 425 presented by our treasurer michael show staff michael thank you i always enjoy coming to the board with good news um very good news yes so the way these sads work uh we create an estimate of what the project is going to cost that includes construction engineering administration and financing and that estimate is what the assessment is based on when we approve the sad so uh in a few weeks we're going to be approving the verner estates sad and potentially the village green sad uh and we're going to have an estimate that we use to calculate that assessment and uh so at the end of the project we do an accounting to see what we actually spent and sometimes it takes a little bit longer than others so the kirkway project was actually done in 23 and finished in 2024. it took a while for the road commission to get their accounting done so they've got to work with their general contractor to get their county done then they got to do their accounting and then they pass it to us and we do our accounting so it is a process but we look at what the actual costs were on the construction the engineering financing legal um and anything that is above um anything that we collected in terms of assessments above what we needed we return to the residents this is their money that they put up for the sad uh the township is not making a profit does not um you know it's not that is not our intention our intention is to is to uh coordinate these projects on behalf of the residents and so um at the end of the project we uh do a um accounting and see where we're at

  30. calculate that assessment and uh so at the end of the project we do an accounting to see what we actually spent and sometimes it takes a little bit longer than others so the kirkway project was actually done in 23 and finished in 2024. it took a while for the road commission to get their accounting done so they've got to work with their general contractor to get their county done then they got to do their accounting and then they pass it to us and we do our accounting so it is a process but we look at what the actual costs were on the construction the engineering financing legal um and anything that is above um anything that we collected in terms of assessments above what we needed we return to the residents this is their money that they put up for the sad uh the township is not making a profit does not um you know it's not that is not our intention our intention is to is to uh coordinate these projects on behalf of the residents and so um at the end of the project we uh do a um accounting and see where we're at so specifically to uh sad 425 which is the kirkway area project uh the original budget was a little over four million dollars and that's what the assessments were based on and i thought i put the number of residents in here i guess i didn't um but um um you take that estimate of four million dollars divided up by the number of units of benefit which in most cases is a single uh property in this particular case we had some half unit of benefits based on the way they they accessed kirkway road um but that was a unique circumstance but anyway so that was that was the estimate um the actual costs came in at just under 3.5 million um and so our net surplus savings uh or amount that we can refund is a little over 533 000 uh for the for the residents and so at the last meeting february 23rd we approved the new sad policy uh and as part of that policy we created a mechanism as to how we handle these refunds and so now that

  31. so specifically to uh sad 425 which is the kirkway area project uh the original budget was a little over four million dollars and that's what the assessments were based on and i thought i put the number of residents in here i guess i didn't um but um um you take that estimate of four million dollars divided up by the number of units of benefit which in most cases is a single uh property in this particular case we had some half unit of benefits based on the way they they accessed kirkway road um but that was a unique circumstance but anyway so that was that was the estimate um the actual costs came in at just under 3.5 million um and so our net surplus savings uh or amount that we can refund is a little over 533 000 uh for the for the residents and so at the last meeting february 23rd we approved the new sad policy uh and as part of that policy we created a mechanism as to how we handle these refunds and so now that that policy has been approved i'm bringing forward these authorizations or these requests for authorizations for the refunds so for kirkway it's a total refund of $533,000, $172.68. That works out to $4,518.41 for a full unit of benefit, or $2,259.20 for a half unit of benefit. And the way the refund is going to work is anybody who has completely paid their assessment in full will receive a check for the refund, for whatever, whether it's a full unit or a half unit for whatever they're owed. For anybody that did not pay their assessment in full and is currently paying it off in annual installments for over 15 years, the refund will be applied to the assessments going forward until that refund is all consumed. So I put in here that the refund of $4,518 for a full unit of benefit will cover all of the 2026

  32. uh and as part of that policy we created a mechanism as to how we handle these refunds and so now that that policy has been approved i'm bringing forward these authorizations or these requests for authorizations for the refunds so for kirkway it's a total refund of $533,000, $172.68. That works out to $4,518.41 for a full unit of benefit, or $2,259.20 for a half unit of benefit. And the way the refund is going to work is anybody who has completely paid their assessment in full will receive a check for the refund, for whatever, whether it's a full unit or a half unit for whatever they're owed. For anybody that did not pay their assessment in full and is currently paying it off in annual installments for over 15 years, the refund will be applied to the assessments going forward until that refund is all consumed. So I put in here that the refund of $4,518 for a full unit of benefit will cover all of the 2026 installment, which will be $3,600 and $913 will be carried over to the 2027 assessment. So they will pay a little bit less than the full assessment in 2027. So that is the, we went through some study with our attorneys to make sure that we're doing everything legally. And this is, this is the way we have to do it. So again, I'm requesting that the board authorize wants me to write a great plan on this measure. me you you to issue refunds to the residents of sad 425 4518.41 for a full unit of benefit 2259.20 for a half unit of benefit and i'm happy to take any questions that's good news michael yeah no no questions this is just a great thing i'm glad these projects are very expensive so anytime we can give that money back to them under budget making sure we do it right but saving money this is a great thing so thank you for bringing this to us i would like to thank michael for the detailed report analysis it's greatly appreciated sure thank you michael it's always great to give money back and uh a nice overview of everything like to make a motion that we approve some more support support all in favor say aye aye opposed pass them enough thank you michael back to you

  33. in here that the refund of $4,518 for a full unit of benefit will cover all of the 2026 installment, which will be $3,600 and $913 will be carried over to the 2027 assessment. So they will pay a little bit less than the full assessment in 2027. So that is the, we went through some study with our attorneys to make sure that we're doing everything legally. And this is, this is the way we have to do it. So again, I'm requesting that the board authorize wants me to write a great plan on this measure. me you you to issue refunds to the residents of sad 425 4518.41 for a full unit of benefit 2259.20 for a half unit of benefit and i'm happy to take any questions that's good news michael yeah no no questions this is just a great thing i'm glad these projects are very expensive so anytime we can give that money back to them under budget making sure we do it right but saving money this is a great thing so thank you for bringing this to us i would like to thank michael for the detailed report analysis it's greatly appreciated sure thank you michael it's always great to give money back and uh a nice overview of everything like to make a motion that we approve some more support support all in favor say aye aye opposed pass them enough thank you michael back to you district 426. okay so for 426 which is the uh village blue section and i just want to i'd be remiss if i didn't um give a uh shout out to our assessing team uh darren kratz our assessor and jen werthmann our deputy assessor uh who along with uh mark mesler who's our project manager um really stay on top of these projects while they're being constructed they go to weekly meetings with the contractors make sure that things are being addressed that you know we get what we pay for and we don't pay for what we don't get so um i do want to i do want to give them that recognition recognition you you um so for the village blue uh there are no half unit of benefits here so this is easy the original assessment was 42 270 based on a budget of a little over 8 million the actual cost that we that we spent was 6.3 million which results in a 1.7 million dollar uh savings or surplus so based on that amount the refund per property owner is eight thousand nine hundred and seventy one dollars and one cent and again anybody who paid off their assessment in

  34. support support all in favor say aye aye opposed pass them enough thank you michael back to you district 426. okay so for 426 which is the uh village blue section and i just want to i'd be remiss if i didn't um give a uh shout out to our assessing team uh darren kratz our assessor and jen werthmann our deputy assessor uh who along with uh mark mesler who's our project manager um really stay on top of these projects while they're being constructed they go to weekly meetings with the contractors make sure that things are being addressed that you know we get what we pay for and we don't pay for what we don't get so um i do want to i do want to give them that recognition recognition you you um so for the village blue uh there are no half unit of benefits here so this is easy the original assessment was 42 270 based on a budget of a little over 8 million the actual cost that we that we spent was 6.3 million which results in a 1.7 million dollar uh savings or surplus so based on that amount the refund per property owner is eight thousand nine hundred and seventy one dollars and one cent and again anybody who paid off their assessment in full will receive a check for that amount anybody who is currently paying in installments their 2026 and their 2027 installments will be covered by this and they will have 81 carried forward towards their 28th assessment installment nice nice michael great news any comments i'll make a motion we approve support all in favor say aye aye any opposed all right item number eight michael back to you yeah so last one here last one and uh to answer the gentleman's question from public comment the yellow and gold sections are still in construction because there's still repair work and restoration work that's going to need to happen this spring so once the project completes this spring and it's fully all the punch list is done then the contractor does their analysis and well accounting then it goes to the road commission for their analysis and accounting and then it comes to us so i would expect uh probably about the same time next year um hopefully a little bit sooner we're going to have um the final accountings for 428 and 429 which are yellow

  35. nine hundred and seventy one dollars and one cent and again anybody who paid off their assessment in full will receive a check for that amount anybody who is currently paying in installments their 2026 and their 2027 installments will be covered by this and they will have 81 carried forward towards their 28th assessment installment nice nice michael great news any comments i'll make a motion we approve support all in favor say aye aye any opposed all right item number eight michael back to you yeah so last one here last one and uh to answer the gentleman's question from public comment the yellow and gold sections are still in construction because there's still repair work and restoration work that's going to need to happen this spring so once the project completes this spring and it's fully all the punch list is done then the contractor does their analysis and well accounting then it goes to the road commission for their analysis and accounting and then it comes to us so i would expect uh probably about the same time next year um hopefully a little bit sooner we're going to have um the final accountings for 428 and 429 which are yellow and gold but uh sad 427 is the red section which somehow morphed to becoming the pink section uh it was originally an assessment of 48 161 on a budget of 10.7 million the actual amount spent was a little over 8 million so that's a 2.55 million dollar surplus requesting that the board authorized refunds in the amount of 11 487 dollars and five cents per unit of benefit and likewise with the previous sad those that are paying in installments will have both their 26 and their 2027 installments covered by this refund and they will carry forward thirteen hundred and fifty eight dollars to the 2028 installment so that's that's awesome this is a great this is a great thing and you know it was certainly controversial to get these passed but you know we pro we as in the board promised that we were going to watch these projects like a hawk and make sure that um the residents money was spent wisely and not unnecessarily so here we are again we're not we're not profiting we're just returning them

  36. bit sooner we're going to have um the final accountings for 428 and 429 which are yellow and gold but uh sad 427 is the red section which somehow morphed to becoming the pink section uh it was originally an assessment of 48 161 on a budget of 10.7 million the actual amount spent was a little over 8 million so that's a 2.55 million dollar surplus requesting that the board authorized refunds in the amount of 11 487 dollars and five cents per unit of benefit and likewise with the previous sad those that are paying in installments will have both their 26 and their 2027 installments covered by this refund and they will carry forward thirteen hundred and fifty eight dollars to the 2028 installment so that's that's awesome this is a great this is a great thing and you know it was certainly controversial to get these passed but you know we pro we as in the board promised that we were going to watch these projects like a hawk and make sure that um the residents money was spent wisely and not unnecessarily so here we are again we're not we're not profiting we're just returning them to the residents yeah this this subdivision was a little more complicated than some it had been postponed longer so the cost was higher i remember when we these came by us and i was startled how high they were so the fact that we came in under budget i'd like to make a motion that we approved these refunds support all in favor say aye aye any opposed okay pass seven nothing great thank you all right item number nine discuss the proposed interlocal agreement to provide fire services to the village of bingham farm presented by our chief john laroi welcome chief good evening thank you for having me this one's a little bit different um the village of bingham farms has inquired from bloomfield township whether it would be interested in providing fire protection services for for them um and this is just a discussion with trying to break down over the last several weeks their fire services their community things like that to try to inform the board as to whether i felt that bloomfield township could even uh take this on um so with that uh just a brief overview of the village of bingham farms is it's only 1.25 square miles

  37. to the residents yeah this this subdivision was a little more complicated than some it had been postponed longer so the cost was higher i remember when we these came by us and i was startled how high they were so the fact that we came in under budget i'd like to make a motion that we approved these refunds support all in favor say aye aye any opposed okay pass seven nothing great thank you all right item number nine discuss the proposed interlocal agreement to provide fire services to the village of bingham farm presented by our chief john laroi welcome chief good evening thank you for having me this one's a little bit different um the village of bingham farms has inquired from bloomfield township whether it would be interested in providing fire protection services for for them um and this is just a discussion with trying to break down over the last several weeks their fire services their community things like that to try to inform the board as to whether i felt that bloomfield township could even uh take this on um so with that uh just a brief overview of the village of bingham farms is it's only 1.25 square miles with 1100 residents 506 homes and a narrow strip of commercial property that red area is the 12 and a half mile you commercial district right down there there's a five-story commercial building office building restaurants strip mall up front and then the purple zone is some light like doctor's offices light commercial area up through about 13 and a half mile Bingham farms over the last several years they've been serviced by the Franklin Bingham fire department it's a joint venture between the two communities so in breaking down their numbers over the last four years trying to get through their data 267 calls in 2011 that was the COVID year so that's kind of a throw out here just like you'll see later on with our incidents were down during that time as well to 305 to 279 the 284 calls was one month short of they had a software changeover so I didn't have a full capture of the

  38. on um so with that uh just a brief overview of the village of bingham farms is it's only 1.25 square miles with 1100 residents 506 homes and a narrow strip of commercial property that red area is the 12 and a half mile you commercial district right down there there's a five-story commercial building office building restaurants strip mall up front and then the purple zone is some light like doctor's offices light commercial area up through about 13 and a half mile Bingham farms over the last several years they've been serviced by the Franklin Bingham fire department it's a joint venture between the two communities so in breaking down their numbers over the last four years trying to get through their data 267 calls in 2011 that was the COVID year so that's kind of a throw out here just like you'll see later on with our incidents were down during that time as well to 305 to 279 the 284 calls was one month short of they had a software changeover so I didn't have a full capture of the data but it extrapolated out to roughly about 315 calls just like the 314 in 2025 very similar pretty across the board it averages out to right around 300 calls a year on average they're just like moonfield township this is a breakdown of the calls that they went on they had a hundred and seventy three medicals 32 injury accidents That's primarily that telegraph, the two intersections, the 13-mile, the 14-mile, just south of 14-mile. And miscellaneous, I mean, very few fires, fire alarms, very similar to our demographics and our types of calls that we go on. As you can see, our incident trend over the last, since really 2011, we saw that continuous climb up until about 2017. But really since 2017, removing that COVID year in 2020-2021, we've plateaued. We've maintained roughly the same number of calls. And you can really attribute those calls, plus or minus, to either storms or weather-related types of incidents across the board.

  39. short of they had a software changeover so I didn't have a full capture of the data but it extrapolated out to roughly about 315 calls just like the 314 in 2025 very similar pretty across the board it averages out to right around 300 calls a year on average they're just like moonfield township this is a breakdown of the calls that they went on they had a hundred and seventy three medicals 32 injury accidents That's primarily that telegraph, the two intersections, the 13-mile, the 14-mile, just south of 14-mile. And miscellaneous, I mean, very few fires, fire alarms, very similar to our demographics and our types of calls that we go on. As you can see, our incident trend over the last, since really 2011, we saw that continuous climb up until about 2017. But really since 2017, removing that COVID year in 2020-2021, we've plateaued. We've maintained roughly the same number of calls. And you can really attribute those calls, plus or minus, to either storms or weather-related types of incidents across the board. One year we have a driver, some storms in the summer, ice storms, winter weather. You'll see driving accidents and things like that. But we've plateaued across for the last, really, seven years with no significant changes. So as for our operational capacity, currently we have 20 firefighters, paramedics per shift. We are currently fully staffed, minus some injuries and things like that. But all positions are filled at this time. Where we're a little bit different... most communities is our response model all of our apparatus are licensed ALS vehicles and when I say licensed ALS I mean no matter what apparatus shows up first it has the ability to provide the same level of care whether it's an ambulance or a fire engine all the personnel are paramedics and really we went through that where we couldn't hire paramedics we've been now with our new

  40. And you can really attribute those calls, plus or minus, to either storms or weather-related types of incidents across the board. One year we have a driver, some storms in the summer, ice storms, winter weather. You'll see driving accidents and things like that. But we've plateaued across for the last, really, seven years with no significant changes. So as for our operational capacity, currently we have 20 firefighters, paramedics per shift. We are currently fully staffed, minus some injuries and things like that. But all positions are filled at this time. Where we're a little bit different... most communities is our response model all of our apparatus are licensed ALS vehicles and when I say licensed ALS I mean no matter what apparatus shows up first it has the ability to provide the same level of care whether it's an ambulance or a fire engine all the personnel are paramedics and really we went through that where we couldn't hire paramedics we've been now with our new contract we have several candidates that are paramedics and we only have one outstanding basic EMT who will be testing in the next couple weeks so we will have be a fully staffed paramedic fire department which is a big it's a big deal and then it allows us to perform this model a whole lot better if this were to if the board were to decide to pursue this it would add an estimated 300 calls a year and that would still take us to our previous statistical highs and be right in line with where we were previously at the high of the 6,400 calls a year that we had roughly four or five years ago in order to shift some of this capacity around currently rescue three handles all the medical incidents and primarily backs up ladder one to the sections south of Long Lake Road in Central's area when Rescue 1 is not in service. In that area south of that red dotted line, there were 498 incidents that occurred last

  41. went through that where we couldn't hire paramedics we've been now with our new contract we have several candidates that are paramedics and we only have one outstanding basic EMT who will be testing in the next couple weeks so we will have be a fully staffed paramedic fire department which is a big it's a big deal and then it allows us to perform this model a whole lot better if this were to if the board were to decide to pursue this it would add an estimated 300 calls a year and that would still take us to our previous statistical highs and be right in line with where we were previously at the high of the 6,400 calls a year that we had roughly four or five years ago in order to shift some of this capacity around currently rescue three handles all the medical incidents and primarily backs up ladder one to the sections south of Long Lake Road in Central's area when Rescue 1 is not in service. In that area south of that red dotted line, there were 498 incidents that occurred last year where Rescue 3 would have been called to potentially back or respond in conjunction with Station 1, depending on which units were in service or on calls or things like that. There's a tremendous amount of variables that go into that, but there were 498 confirmed incidents in that affected area. So if we were to pursue this, I would, in order to shift some of the things around is to try to not overburden certain units, primarily Rescue 3, I would, and as a result of doing this study and breakdown of the calls, I may do this anyways, I might move the response line to Lone Pine and shift some of those capacities to Rescue 1, then Rescue 4, then Rescue 3 to alleviate that and then shift those resources farther to the south down into Rescue 3's response area into Bingham Farms. Station 3 would be primarily handling that unless they were already on an existing call. And that would have a direct impact on 257 calls right off the top. Thank you very much.

  42. In that area south of that red dotted line, there were 498 incidents that occurred last year where Rescue 3 would have been called to potentially back or respond in conjunction with Station 1, depending on which units were in service or on calls or things like that. There's a tremendous amount of variables that go into that, but there were 498 confirmed incidents in that affected area. So if we were to pursue this, I would, in order to shift some of the things around is to try to not overburden certain units, primarily Rescue 3, I would, and as a result of doing this study and breakdown of the calls, I may do this anyways, I might move the response line to Lone Pine and shift some of those capacities to Rescue 1, then Rescue 4, then Rescue 3 to alleviate that and then shift those resources farther to the south down into Rescue 3's response area into Bingham Farms. Station 3 would be primarily handling that unless they were already on an existing call. And that would have a direct impact on 257 calls right off the top. Thank you very much. agreements like this they're not new to the fire service many of our neighbors currently have very similar agreements West Bloom Field Services Kego Harbor Orchard Lake and Sylvan Lake South Field Services Lathrop Village Waterford has this city of Pontiac which is a little bit different but the Lake Angeles community and Independence Township takes the village of Clarkston so as part of this I broke down what the this is all hypotheticals in conjunction with our finance department we have tried to figure out what our residents pay for the service so it wouldn't be a flat fee per se where somebody's not paying more or less than our residents it would be what our residents pay and this is what these numbers are based off of we figured out that with the fine conjunction with the finance department between the three public safety millages and the supplemental into the from the general fund that is roughly three point six two to five Mills and then all of

  43. agreements like this they're not new to the fire service many of our neighbors currently have very similar agreements West Bloom Field Services Kego Harbor Orchard Lake and Sylvan Lake South Field Services Lathrop Village Waterford has this city of Pontiac which is a little bit different but the Lake Angeles community and Independence Township takes the village of Clarkston so as part of this I broke down what the this is all hypotheticals in conjunction with our finance department we have tried to figure out what our residents pay for the service so it wouldn't be a flat fee per se where somebody's not paying more or less than our residents it would be what our residents pay and this is what these numbers are based off of we figured out that with the fine conjunction with the finance department between the three public safety millages and the supplemental into the from the general fund that is roughly three point six two to five Mills and then all of these numbers are based off of those projections so in the first year where it was roughly 800 using I provided in your board packet the math for their taxable value providing those mills across the board and then figured in a 5% escalator so year over year would automatically go up and that's what it looks like. It starts at roughly $827,000 and ends up over almost $1.3 million. So the potential just off of the contract would be if over a 10-year period would be 10.37 with an estimated $50,000 a year in transporting revenue for a total of $10.8 million plus or minus doing variables and trying to figure out averages and things like that. And I feel that we could do this if the board chose with no additional cost of the township. It's roughly 0.88 incidents per day. It's not a plus the way that we operate and sharing the stationeries and

  44. into the from the general fund that is roughly three point six two to five Mills and then all of these numbers are based off of those projections so in the first year where it was roughly 800 using I provided in your board packet the math for their taxable value providing those mills across the board and then figured in a 5% escalator so year over year would automatically go up and that's what it looks like. It starts at roughly $827,000 and ends up over almost $1.3 million. So the potential just off of the contract would be if over a 10-year period would be 10.37 with an estimated $50,000 a year in transporting revenue for a total of $10.8 million plus or minus doing variables and trying to figure out averages and things like that. And I feel that we could do this if the board chose with no additional cost of the township. It's roughly 0.88 incidents per day. It's not a plus the way that we operate and sharing the stationeries and response districts. It wouldn't be overburdening our current responses. And if there is a there's no at this point no personnel costs or equipment that we would need to purchase to do it. We'll be covering that area from station 3. But, like I said, these are all hypotheticals and I'm just looking for a little bit of guidance as if we're interested in this or and field any questions that you may have. And then the next steps would be, I mean, obviously we would want to hear what the residents would have to say about it. Exploring any contracts, implementation and agreements would be all into the future. But I'd be happy to take any questions that you have or try to walk through it with you because this is a new starting point for me as well. Okay, thank you, Chief. And just to clarify, you're talking about it's just under one call a day is what you're figuring, right? Okay, thank you. Neil? So with under one call a day, the expectation I'm assuming will not impact response time for your overall service?

  45. 0.88 incidents per day. It's not a plus the way that we operate and sharing the stationeries and response districts. It wouldn't be overburdening our current responses. And if there is a there's no at this point no personnel costs or equipment that we would need to purchase to do it. We'll be covering that area from station 3. But, like I said, these are all hypotheticals and I'm just looking for a little bit of guidance as if we're interested in this or and field any questions that you may have. And then the next steps would be, I mean, obviously we would want to hear what the residents would have to say about it. Exploring any contracts, implementation and agreements would be all into the future. But I'd be happy to take any questions that you have or try to walk through it with you because this is a new starting point for me as well. Okay, thank you, Chief. And just to clarify, you're talking about it's just under one call a day is what you're figuring, right? Okay, thank you. Neil? So with under one call a day, the expectation I'm assuming will not impact response time for your overall service? Correct. It's all about averages. Just like on any given day, our current services could be overwhelmed. On any given day, we might not have any calls. But the averages over the course of the year represent 300 to 320 calls a year. It's less than a call a day. And putting the office buildings aside, the residential part of being a farm is really like a large subdivision for Bloomfield Township. Correct. One other item just to consider, and I spoke to Mike about this, that at one time previously the property . on Telegraph 14 Mile Road was considered for senior apartments or independent living, and I'm pleased to see that it's going to be a proposal now, it's residential. Condos. Condos. What, hypothetically, if some of the, one of the office buildings on Telegraph was converted or demolished and converted to independent living, and you had more density, like we have at, you know, the old Sunrise facilities, how would that impact your analysis?

  46. So with under one call a day, the expectation I'm assuming will not impact response time for your overall service? Correct. It's all about averages. Just like on any given day, our current services could be overwhelmed. On any given day, we might not have any calls. But the averages over the course of the year represent 300 to 320 calls a year. It's less than a call a day. And putting the office buildings aside, the residential part of being a farm is really like a large subdivision for Bloomfield Township. Correct. One other item just to consider, and I spoke to Mike about this, that at one time previously the property . on Telegraph 14 Mile Road was considered for senior apartments or independent living, and I'm pleased to see that it's going to be a proposal now, it's residential. Condos. Condos. What, hypothetically, if some of the, one of the office buildings on Telegraph was converted or demolished and converted to independent living, and you had more density, like we have at, you know, the old Sunrise facilities, how would that impact your analysis? For every facility, I can, for an assisted living type facility, it would be 1.2 calls per bed per year. For a nursing home type facility, it would be over two calls per bed per year. That's, we've been keeping track of that over many years here. With that, if there was a facility like that put in, hypothetically, I would say we were to protect ourselves because it's, as currently, everything that I have looked at is from today or last year, and if they were to add a huge driver of services into that, I think we would want to have some sort of ability to change what we, the fee structure or whatever route to take. Well, that, and that's where I was going in case that were to happen or just hypothetically that we have in our, our contract, Tony, it's just some kind of potential escalator clause to, to account for that. Sure. seems perfectly reasonable okay thank you well chief thank you for bringing this to us when i first heard about it um i wasn't sure how i felt so i did a little little studying on the packet and everything but um you know i'm a huge supporter of the fire department you guys rescued me last

  47. For every facility, I can, for an assisted living type facility, it would be 1.2 calls per bed per year. For a nursing home type facility, it would be over two calls per bed per year. That's, we've been keeping track of that over many years here. With that, if there was a facility like that put in, hypothetically, I would say we were to protect ourselves because it's, as currently, everything that I have looked at is from today or last year, and if they were to add a huge driver of services into that, I think we would want to have some sort of ability to change what we, the fee structure or whatever route to take. Well, that, and that's where I was going in case that were to happen or just hypothetically that we have in our, our contract, Tony, it's just some kind of potential escalator clause to, to account for that. Sure. seems perfectly reasonable okay thank you well chief thank you for bringing this to us when i first heard about it um i wasn't sure how i felt so i did a little little studying on the packet and everything but um you know i'm a huge supporter of the fire department you guys rescued me last year um i know we have the best services i understand why why they would come to us and ask for our support um as neil said i wouldn't want i don't want to stress over stress ours but it sounds like you have taken quite a thorough look and um and then moving that line because in station three is my station so i'm going to take care of my station but um and all the residents we don't want to jeopardize service in any way but i guess in terms of cost the only extra cost that i can think of is that we would have added fuel um i don't know how the water because the community pays for that water or whatever um wear and tear on our vehicles that sort of thing for the extra calls but there is substantial revenue that would come in to the township so that it's not a net cost the one question i can't answer about that the water they uh the village of frank the village of bingham farms has their own water system so it's separate from ours and it's a hydrogen water it's a hydrogen watered area so we wouldn't have any expenses there okay thank you okay

  48. and everything but um you know i'm a huge supporter of the fire department you guys rescued me last year um i know we have the best services i understand why why they would come to us and ask for our support um as neil said i wouldn't want i don't want to stress over stress ours but it sounds like you have taken quite a thorough look and um and then moving that line because in station three is my station so i'm going to take care of my station but um and all the residents we don't want to jeopardize service in any way but i guess in terms of cost the only extra cost that i can think of is that we would have added fuel um i don't know how the water because the community pays for that water or whatever um wear and tear on our vehicles that sort of thing for the extra calls but there is substantial revenue that would come in to the township so that it's not a net cost the one question i can't answer about that the water they uh the village of frank the village of bingham farms has their own water system so it's separate from ours and it's a hydrogen water it's a hydrogen watered area so we wouldn't have any expenses there okay thank you okay Oh, I just want to say you guys are like the, you know, the pride of the township. I mean, the fire department is just so amazing in the services you provide, and you've saved the lives of actually more than just one trustee here and so many others because of the quality of work you do, the skills, the training you have, and the training and the training and the training. And I heard you say, and I just want to make sure we're clear. I mean, I would be happy to support this, but I want, you know, I want the fire department to provide services to Bloomfield Township, first and foremost. And if this can fit in without jeopardizing that, then this is wonderful. And what I'm hearing you say so far in answer to Neil, that the answer to that is yes, that the services can be provided within our current structure. We see no diminution in the services that we so value here. And we'll extend it to Bingham Farms if this works out, which they'll benefit from greatly. I, however, do also want to highlight what Tristine Murray talked about, which is the cost. The 3.625 mils, a nice calculation, that's really our operational costs.

  49. Oh, I just want to say you guys are like the, you know, the pride of the township. I mean, the fire department is just so amazing in the services you provide, and you've saved the lives of actually more than just one trustee here and so many others because of the quality of work you do, the skills, the training you have, and the training and the training and the training. And I heard you say, and I just want to make sure we're clear. I mean, I would be happy to support this, but I want, you know, I want the fire department to provide services to Bloomfield Township, first and foremost. And if this can fit in without jeopardizing that, then this is wonderful. And what I'm hearing you say so far in answer to Neil, that the answer to that is yes, that the services can be provided within our current structure. We see no diminution in the services that we so value here. And we'll extend it to Bingham Farms if this works out, which they'll benefit from greatly. I, however, do also want to highlight what Tristine Murray talked about, which is the cost. The 3.625 mils, a nice calculation, that's really our operational costs. But, of course, we built the fire department. We've staffed them with equipment. We've trained people. We, on occasion, put in significant resources to buy equipment. There will be wear and tear in that equipment, which we need to recoup on an ongoing basis. So I would suggest that the number is a little low, and we should be considering that kind of expense to also cover our, really cover our costs. Okay. Thanks a lot. Thank you. So a couple things. One, I think it's a testament to what we have here, as Brooke talked about. Bingham Farms came to us in this discussion to come talk to us about what our fire department is, learn about it, and see if we'd be even interested in doing it. I think that's a testament to what we have here and what we continue to build. There are other communities that they border, and they could go to those other communities. And they chose to go to Bloomfield Township to ask for services. So I think that's a testament to what your administration has done and what the board has continued to support for many years. I'm lucky enough to have been a part of the conversations from an early start with Bingham Farms. I think this is a great opportunity for us. There are a lot of expenses with public safety, whether it is that new fire station that we're going to be building down off of Maple,

  50. The 3.625 mils, a nice calculation, that's really our operational costs. But, of course, we built the fire department. We've staffed them with equipment. We've trained people. We, on occasion, put in significant resources to buy equipment. There will be wear and tear in that equipment, which we need to recoup on an ongoing basis. So I would suggest that the number is a little low, and we should be considering that kind of expense to also cover our, really cover our costs. Okay. Thanks a lot. Thank you. So a couple things. One, I think it's a testament to what we have here, as Brooke talked about. Bingham Farms came to us in this discussion to come talk to us about what our fire department is, learn about it, and see if we'd be even interested in doing it. I think that's a testament to what we have here and what we continue to build. There are other communities that they border, and they could go to those other communities. And they chose to go to Bloomfield Township to ask for services. So I think that's a testament to what your administration has done and what the board has continued to support for many years. I'm lucky enough to have been a part of the conversations from an early start with Bingham Farms. I think this is a great opportunity for us. There are a lot of expenses with public safety, whether it is that new fire station that we're going to be building down off of Maple, or fire trucks, or medical equipment. When you look at fire departments, they're very expensive. So this is a way for us to potentially get some revenue to help mitigate the expenses that our residents pay. So when we look at shared services, this is a way for us to mitigate tax increases to our residents so that we can invest in our infrastructure, whether it's station three, whether it's fire departments. trucks new facilities there's a lot of expenses that we have and this is a way for us to help mitigate it without having to put necessarily investment on our side into personnel or long-term costs so when the fire chief said that he's gonna look at analysis see it operationally does it make sense and what he gave me basically this is this is what I think I can do and here's how I can mitigate those runs and the risk of the township and the residents I think this is a win-win not only does it continue to ensure that we have adequate funding and continue to minimize our impact our residents but we can continue to supplement additional revenue for the fire department again I think

  51. There are a lot of expenses with public safety, whether it is that new fire station that we're going to be building down off of Maple, or fire trucks, or medical equipment. When you look at fire departments, they're very expensive. So this is a way for us to potentially get some revenue to help mitigate the expenses that our residents pay. So when we look at shared services, this is a way for us to mitigate tax increases to our residents so that we can invest in our infrastructure, whether it's station three, whether it's fire departments. trucks new facilities there's a lot of expenses that we have and this is a way for us to help mitigate it without having to put necessarily investment on our side into personnel or long-term costs so when the fire chief said that he's gonna look at analysis see it operationally does it make sense and what he gave me basically this is this is what I think I can do and here's how I can mitigate those runs and the risk of the township and the residents I think this is a win-win not only does it continue to ensure that we have adequate funding and continue to minimize our impact our residents but we can continue to supplement additional revenue for the fire department again I think this is a great option and I'm very excited about it Chief Leroy I want to thank you for the the thoughtfulness that went into the changes that you're expecting and what I I went back and I took a look at the previous report that you did on volume in the different and what I really liked about it is the consistency with what's happened in the past the utilization rates in the different different fire stations and how you took that into account to come up with how to address the changes in volume and it's clear that based on the resources available at Fire Station one that the additional volume that Fire Station one could support this significantly more than what's coming on board and I think from a volume perspective we'd be fine I think that Neil's concern regarding additional nursing home facilities or seniors is a valid concern but I still

  52. continue to supplement additional revenue for the fire department again I think this is a great option and I'm very excited about it Chief Leroy I want to thank you for the the thoughtfulness that went into the changes that you're expecting and what I I went back and I took a look at the previous report that you did on volume in the different and what I really liked about it is the consistency with what's happened in the past the utilization rates in the different different fire stations and how you took that into account to come up with how to address the changes in volume and it's clear that based on the resources available at Fire Station one that the additional volume that Fire Station one could support this significantly more than what's coming on board and I think from a volume perspective we'd be fine I think that Neil's concern regarding additional nursing home facilities or seniors is a valid concern but I still think that the capacity in Fire Station one is there to meet those requirements and again thank you for remaining keeping that consistency with the volume that we've seen in the past I appreciate that thank you I'll just throw out there that I'm generally a fan of consolidation of services I think that there's too much local government services especially in smaller communities you know the fact that Bingham had their own fire they have their own police is you know maybe not an efficient way to do things so in general I'm a fan of consolidation and I think that that's the way we're going to be going is you know we all hear right now about the threats to property taxes from various people in office and people running for office and they want to get rid of property taxes and they want to cut property taxes and you know so i think it's going to force a lot of municipalities to rethink how they deliver those services and so i think we're

  53. additional nursing home facilities or seniors is a valid concern but I still think that the capacity in Fire Station one is there to meet those requirements and again thank you for remaining keeping that consistency with the volume that we've seen in the past I appreciate that thank you I'll just throw out there that I'm generally a fan of consolidation of services I think that there's too much local government services especially in smaller communities you know the fact that Bingham had their own fire they have their own police is you know maybe not an efficient way to do things so in general I'm a fan of consolidation and I think that that's the way we're going to be going is you know we all hear right now about the threats to property taxes from various people in office and people running for office and they want to get rid of property taxes and they want to cut property taxes and you know so i think it's going to force a lot of municipalities to rethink how they deliver those services and so i think we're going to see things like this happening a lot more so i appreciate that hopefully you've gotten some good feedback um i agree with several of my colleagues on the points that they made um but you know generally i'm supportive okay thank you chief we'll figure out a path forward all right okay thank you tony uh do we need to approve anything or achievement it was just a discussion okay we'll figure a path forward okay yeah probably need to have a public hearing or two let the residents speak out thank you all right thanks john thanks john okay item number 10 consider expanding and new appointments with financial sustainability committee michael yeah so this would be a quick one hopefully um we've talked in the past and uh again at our uh joint study session back in early february about expanding the financial sustainability committee uh and so uh what i've proposed here um is two things one is a resolution to expand the fsc by adding two more members of the public so we can get some additional uh opinions and input um and and uh and is a resolution to enhance the economy in chicken and engine and in check you

  54. to force a lot of municipalities to rethink how they deliver those services and so i think we're going to see things like this happening a lot more so i appreciate that hopefully you've gotten some good feedback um i agree with several of my colleagues on the points that they made um but you know generally i'm supportive okay thank you chief we'll figure out a path forward all right okay thank you tony uh do we need to approve anything or achievement it was just a discussion okay we'll figure a path forward okay yeah probably need to have a public hearing or two let the residents speak out thank you all right thanks john thanks john okay item number 10 consider expanding and new appointments with financial sustainability committee michael yeah so this would be a quick one hopefully um we've talked in the past and uh again at our uh joint study session back in early february about expanding the financial sustainability committee uh and so uh what i've proposed here um is two things one is a resolution to expand the fsc by adding two more members of the public so we can get some additional uh opinions and input um and and uh and is a resolution to enhance the economy in chicken and engine and in check you to our financial planning and investment investing so i would look for approval of the resolution to add those two public members to the fsc and if that resolution were to pass i'm recommending that we appoint joshua rossman and brian masson you see their biographies there in the memo these guys are you know really impressive in terms of their experience things that they've done and i think they would be great members and complementary skills and experiences to the fsc you know david petosky is an investment advisor david olson was a former corporate treasurer and reyna is a accountant that specializes in municipal accounting so uh adding guys who come from more of a business uh world you know business world and efficiency solutions is brian's accounting as efficiency especially i think they can really provide some valuable input to us so uh my ask is to approve the resolution to expand the committee and to appoint these two uh members and i think it's a great

  55. to our financial planning and investment investing so i would look for approval of the resolution to add those two public members to the fsc and if that resolution were to pass i'm recommending that we appoint joshua rossman and brian masson you see their biographies there in the memo these guys are you know really impressive in terms of their experience things that they've done and i think they would be great members and complementary skills and experiences to the fsc you know david petosky is an investment advisor david olson was a former corporate treasurer and reyna is a accountant that specializes in municipal accounting so uh adding guys who come from more of a business uh world you know business world and efficiency solutions is brian's accounting as efficiency especially i think they can really provide some valuable input to us so uh my ask is to approve the resolution to expand the committee and to appoint these two uh members and i think it's a great idea michael and i've had the opportunity to spend a considerable amount of time with josh and he's very impressive his background i think offers a great deal to the finance sustainability committee and of course at the same time to the residents so I think it's a very good idea be a valuable addition having both of those gentlemen on the board on the financial sustainability committee unless there's other comments I just make a motion that we approve your resolution I've got one question for Michael regarding item number six the board approved increases for the trustees the 250 right now is a $75 variance do we need to put in something that that variance will stay well that's a different subject no no no I I think your question is about the 250 this is for the public members correct not the trustees so as the trustees go up I think it's reasonable to also increase the community members as well okay I would like to keep that variance the

  56. the resolution to expand the committee and to appoint these two uh members and i think it's a great idea michael and i've had the opportunity to spend a considerable amount of time with josh and he's very impressive his background i think offers a great deal to the finance sustainability committee and of course at the same time to the residents so I think it's a very good idea be a valuable addition having both of those gentlemen on the board on the financial sustainability committee unless there's other comments I just make a motion that we approve your resolution I've got one question for Michael regarding item number six the board approved increases for the trustees the 250 right now is a $75 variance do we need to put in something that that variance will stay well that's a different subject no no no I I think your question is about the 250 this is for the public members correct not the trustees so as the trustees go up I think it's reasonable to also increase the community members as well okay I would like to keep that variance the same okay we've already approved an increase for the final year and how are we going to so I think that's that's fair I believe that Andrea is going to come back to the board at some point with a suggestion with a suggestion for the Planning Commission and the Zoning Board of Appeals and so at that point I think it would be fair you know we could talk about do we want them all to be the same across those boards okay for general for public members um currently they are not the the zba makes more than the planning commission okay um and so andrea's doing some research and she's going to come back so i think we set it at 250 now and then based on where we go with those that we can revisit a quick change as as long as uh that's um thanks for the explanation i appreciate that yep okay is there support for the motion support all in favor say aye aye any opposed okay thank you michael item 10c we've got to approve the appointments and make a motion that we approve the appointments of the gentlemen who have been presented to us support support all in favor say aye aye any opposed passes seven nothing thank you thank you okay item 10c from the payroll and vouchers mark um my uh standard objection stands i would like to really understand

  57. the community members as well okay I would like to keep that variance the same okay we've already approved an increase for the final year and how are we going to so I think that's that's fair I believe that Andrea is going to come back to the board at some point with a suggestion with a suggestion for the Planning Commission and the Zoning Board of Appeals and so at that point I think it would be fair you know we could talk about do we want them all to be the same across those boards okay for general for public members um currently they are not the the zba makes more than the planning commission okay um and so andrea's doing some research and she's going to come back so i think we set it at 250 now and then based on where we go with those that we can revisit a quick change as as long as uh that's um thanks for the explanation i appreciate that yep okay is there support for the motion support all in favor say aye aye any opposed okay thank you michael item 10c we've got to approve the appointments and make a motion that we approve the appointments of the gentlemen who have been presented to us support support all in favor say aye aye any opposed passes seven nothing thank you thank you okay item 10c from the payroll and vouchers mark um my uh standard objection stands i would like to really understand um how uh obligations are met uh until uh taxes come in um especially the explanation from mr show stack uh treasurer show stack regarding uh fund balances and fund accounting um and uh i really don't understand um how those uh obligations for public safety are met through december so okay thank you well i just one comment but we've already collected all the taxes now and so we're making these payments so there shouldn't be any question about us having the money now no there's not about the question about having the money now but how it's covered okay until we collect the money okay so okay i mean we have collected the money right tax season is over correct correct okay is there a motion to approve so move support all in favor say aye aye any opposed nay six to one thank you okay i'd like to move into consider entering the closed session under mcl 15.268 to consider material exempt from discussion or disclosure by the state and federal as well thank you as well as item number 12 consider subsequent action in closed section yeah

  58. the payroll and vouchers mark um my uh standard objection stands i would like to really understand um how uh obligations are met uh until uh taxes come in um especially the explanation from mr show stack uh treasurer show stack regarding uh fund balances and fund accounting um and uh i really don't understand um how those uh obligations for public safety are met through december so okay thank you well i just one comment but we've already collected all the taxes now and so we're making these payments so there shouldn't be any question about us having the money now no there's not about the question about having the money now but how it's covered okay until we collect the money okay so okay i mean we have collected the money right tax season is over correct correct okay is there a motion to approve so move support all in favor say aye aye any opposed nay six to one thank you okay i'd like to move into consider entering the closed session under mcl 15.268 to consider material exempt from discussion or disclosure by the state and federal as well thank you as well as item number 12 consider subsequent action in closed section yeah so we're at trustee barn uh trustee barnett yes trustee murray yes clerk brooke i'm a yes supervisor mccready yes treasurer schostack yes uh trustee and uh kalinsky yes trustee and talk yes so moving to close session thank you uh close session and i believe we'll have a motion neil yes um i move to approve the separation agreement as presented by the township attorney and authorize the township supervisor to execute the same on behalf of the township support all in favor say aye aye any opposed okay passes seven to nothing all right uh also consider now the individual contracts and do we have to go through each one we do unfortunately all right so i move that we approve the employment contract for the police chief as recommended by council and presented and authorize the clear supervisor to execute. Support. Support. All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Passes 7-0. Go ahead. I move we approve the employment contract for the fire chief as recommended by council and presented and authorize the clerk and the

  59. thank you as well as item number 12 consider subsequent action in closed section yeah so we're at trustee barn uh trustee barnett yes trustee murray yes clerk brooke i'm a yes supervisor mccready yes treasurer schostack yes uh trustee and uh kalinsky yes trustee and talk yes so moving to close session thank you uh close session and i believe we'll have a motion neil yes um i move to approve the separation agreement as presented by the township attorney and authorize the township supervisor to execute the same on behalf of the township support all in favor say aye aye any opposed okay passes seven to nothing all right uh also consider now the individual contracts and do we have to go through each one we do unfortunately all right so i move that we approve the employment contract for the police chief as recommended by council and presented and authorize the clear supervisor to execute. Support. Support. All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Passes 7-0. Go ahead. I move we approve the employment contract for the fire chief as recommended by council and presented and authorize the clerk and the supervisor to execute. Support. All in favor say aye. Aye. Passes 7-0. Martin. I move that we approve the employment contract for the assistant fire chief as recommended by council with the revision of a pay grade and approve the supervisor and clerk to sign. Support. With the recommendation of the change of pay grade as recommended by council. Yes. Okay. Support. All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Passes 7-0. Martin. I move we approve the employment contract for the director of finance and budget as recommended by council and presented and authorize the clerk and supervisor to execute. Support. All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Martin. Passes 7-0. I move we approve the employment contract for the director of finance and budget as recommended by council and presented and authorize the clerk and supervisor to sign. Support. All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Passes 7-0. Martin. I move to approve the employment contract.

  60. as recommended by council and presented and authorize the clerk and the supervisor to execute. Support. All in favor say aye. Aye. Passes 7-0. Martin. I move that we approve the employment contract for the assistant fire chief as recommended by council with the revision of a pay grade and approve the supervisor and clerk to sign. Support. With the recommendation of the change of pay grade as recommended by council. Yes. Okay. Support. All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Passes 7-0. Martin. I move we approve the employment contract for the director of finance and budget as recommended by council and presented and authorize the clerk and supervisor to execute. Support. All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Martin. Passes 7-0. I move we approve the employment contract for the director of finance and budget as recommended by council and presented and authorize the clerk and supervisor to sign. Support. All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Passes 7-0. Martin. I move to approve the employment contract. contract for the Director of Human Resources as recommended by Council and presented and authorize the clerk and supervisor to sign the contract. Support. All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Passes 7-0. Okay. That's everyone, I believe? It is. Okay. That was 6. That was 6. I make a motion we adjourned. Director of Finance, Operations Officer, Assistant Fire Chief, Fire Chief, and Police Chief. Thank you. Okay, good. Motion to adjourn. All in favor say aye. Aye. We are adjourned. Thank you, everyone.