VILLAGE OF LAKEVIEW

COUNCIL MEETING

AUGUST 14, 2006

Pres. Winter called meeting to order at 7:30pm.

Members present – Jan Earhart, Craig Farrell, Kathy Lobert, Esther Collard.

Members absent – Dave Lund, Ruth Schottle.

Also present – Isabell Kempton, Sherry Montney, Darin Dood, Bill Benear,

Wally Delamater, Ruth Corwin.

APPROVAL OF AGENDA – Addition to New Business – County Drain Petition.

Lobert moved to approve agenda with addition.  Earhart seconded, motion carried.

PUBLIC COMMENTS – Bill Benear, President of Firstbank Lakeview, introduced himself to Council and spoke of the banks proposal that was submitted for study.

STANDING ITEMS

Minutes – Earhart moved to approve minutes of 7-10-06 as presented.  Collard seconded, motion carried.

Bills – Lobert moved to approve monthly bills in amount of $82,433.97 as presented.  Earhart seconded.  Bills discussed were Kinnee Trucking, Ed Koehn.  After discussion, motion carried.

MONTHLY REPORTS

Police – Written report.

DPW – Written report.

OLD BUSINESS – None.

NEW BUSINESS

Terminal Building Change Order – Farrell moved to approve construction Change Order #1 increase in the amount of $1,546.00 for the Terminal Building Contract #FM 59-02-C16.  Earhart seconded, motion carried.

Museum Display – Manager stated that museum had access to an old horse drawn road grader and would like to display it permanently.  Earhart moved to give museum permission to display the unit and to approve the placement of a concrete slab for the unit.  Collard seconded, motion carried.

Eighth Street Drainage Engineering Report – Manager discussed the engineering report of drainage and the related costs.  Collard moved to authorize the Village Manager to continue seeking solutions to the Eighth Street drainage problems and to investigate possible funding sources for this project.  Lobert seconded, motion carried.

Bank Depository – Pres. Winter discussed the moving of bank accounts from Firstbank Lakeview to Chemical Bank, due to the better interest rates.  Pres. Winter stated that the counter proposal submitted by Firstbank Lakeview will be discussed in finance committee at a later date.

County Drain Petition – Manager discussed the drain petition that needed to be presented to County Drain Commissioner for improvements to Fresh Drain.  Earhart moved that the village hereby petition for cleaning out, relocation, widening, deepening, straightening, tiling, extending, relocating along a highway, adding lands and consolidating districts of the drain known and designated as the Fresh Drain, located and established in the Township of Cato, Village of Lakeview, in the County of Montcalm, State of Michigan, and that the petition be held until such time as it needs to be exercised.  Collard seconded, motion carried.

Pres. Winter discussed a ballot proposal that would be voted on at November 2006 Election re: Stop Over Spending (SOS).

MANAGER INFORMATION & COMMENTS – Written report.

COMMITTEE REPORTS – None.

Pres. Winter adjourned meeting at 8:15pm.

Respectfully Submitted,

Wally J. Delamater

Village Clerk