LOCKE TOWNSHIP REGULAR BOARD MEETING MINUTES JUNE 10, 2025
Draft 06-10-2025
Approved
The Locke Township Board met on June 10, 2025, in the Locke Township Hall, 3805 Bell Oak Road, Williamston.
Present: Lott, Shinkle, Shepler, Hull, Coe. Also present: Jenny Marr, Sandy Drake, Jolee, Hamlin & Amanda Vorce from CADL, Bruce Miller.
Call to Order at 7:00 PM by Supervisor Lott followed by Pledge of Allegiance.
Additions to agenda/approval of agenda: Motion Shepler, Second Lott to amend the Agenda to add: disposal of old telephones and approve reimbursement for Microsoft Office License for Zoning Administrator computer under New Business. PASSED {5-0) by voice vote.
Motion Hull; Second Lott to approve Agenda as amended. PASSED {5-0) by voice vote.
Motion Shepler; Second Lott to dispose of old telephones. PASSED (5-0) by voice vote. Motion Lott; Second Hull to approve reimbursement for Microsoft Office License for Zoning
Administrator computer. PASSED (5-0) by voice vote.
Action on May 13, 2025 meeting minutes. Motion Lott; Second Shepler to approve the minutes of May 13, 2025 Board of Trustees meeting as distributed. PASSED (5-0} by voice vote.
Action on Accts Payable Independent Bank checks #6685 – #6720 totaling $30,628.65. Motion Shepler; Second Hull to approve Accounts Payable checks #6685-6720 in the amount of
$30,628.65. PASSED (5-0) by voice vote.
Presentation / Public Comment: CADL group presented verbal Annual Report for Locke Township. The report will be available online soon.
Unfinished Business:
*ORV Ordinance: Clerk Shinkle has mailed out the ORV Ordinance/ Public Hearing information to all the required recipients. Also, Supervisor Lott got ahold of the local paper to get the public hearing published. We will vote on this topic at our July 8, 2025 Board meeting.
*Township Office Phones: Phones were installed on June 3, 2025.
New Business:
*Summer Taxes: Treasurer Shepler is putting summer taxes together so she can send them out on July 1, 202S.
” Lost Hall Key: Treasurer Shepler mentioned one of the hall renters lost the key. Clerk Shinkle will speak to a locksmith and find out the cost to re-key the exterior doors.
Reports:
Clerk: May rev/exp report distributed and reviewed. Treasurer: 5/31 treasurer report distributed.
Trustee — Coe: nothing to report; Trustee — Hull: nothing to report.
Supervisor: Attended the Planning Commission meeting on 5-20-2025 and found it to be a great way to learn our ordinances as they get rewritten. Lott mentioned he will be out of the office over the next week.
Zoning Administrator: May report summary w/building permits update was distributed. NIESA: May Report
Public Comment. Communications, seminars, etc. ”Sgt Jeremy Doerr, ICSD report
Any Other Business / Board member comments
Adjournment: Motion Lott; Second Hull to adjourn at 7:22 PM. PASSED (5-0) by voice vote. Next meeting — July 8, 2025
Respectfully submitted,
Mary E. S
Locke Township