BENTLEY TOWNSHIP MINUTES

AUGUST 11TH 2025

 

JUSTINE CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER AT 7:00PM.  MEMBERS PRESENT WERE SUPERVISOR JUSTINE OSBORN, TREASURER SHARON ROY-KRAHNER, TRUSTEE TOM SHEPARD AND BOB PETTIT, CLERK KRISTIE RESMER. THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WAS RECITED.

 

PUBLIC SPEAKERS: TAMMY CO COMMISSIONER- 9 AM 8/12/25 COURT HOUSE COMMISSIONER MEETING. STILL WORKING ON HOUSING GRANT(chill grant) 25 OUT OF 37 APPLICANTS ARE TO BE HELPED. MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET ABOTHER GRANT TO HELP THE OTHERS. THEY ARE WORKING ON A RECYCLING GRANT, WE COULD GET EDUCATION BECAUSE WE ALREADY OFFER RECYCLING, NOT SURE WHEN. JENNIFER BROUGHT UP THE STOP SIGN AT THE CORNER OF NEUMAN AND SCHOOL RD. THAT SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT GETTING PEOPLE TO ACTUALLY STOP THERE BECAUSE THERE WAS RECENTLY A BAD ACCIDENT. JUSTINE CALLED THE ROAD COMMISSION ALREADY, THE ENGINEER IS OUT OF TOWN TILL THE END OF NEXT WEEK BUT WILL GO OVER OPTIONS WHEN THEY COME BACK. JENNIFER WOULE LIKE US TO CONTACT THE MI DEPT. OF TRANSPORTATION AND ROAD COMMISSION TO SURVEY. TOM WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE COPS PATROL THROUGH THE AREA. JUSTINE WILL REACH OUT AND UPDATE AT THE NEXT MEETING.

 

OLD BUSINESS:  DIGITAL ROAD SIGN WOULD COST $29,592, KRISTIE ASKED ANOTHER COMPANY FOR AN ESTIMATE FOR A SIGN THAT WOULD HOLD THE LETTERS IN. WEBSITE- ASK NEW LIFE ELECTRONICS ABOUT DOMAINE NAME AND YEARLY CONTRACT BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT THE OTHER COMPANY WAS REQUIRING BUT NEW LIFE IS NOT.KRISTIE WILL ASK TO BE SURE ABOUT THE EXPENSES. GARBAGE FOR OLD DINER AND CHURCH- GARBAGE IS AN ASSESSMENT NOT A TAX AND THEY ARE NOT EXEMPT AND IT WILL BE ADDED TO THEIR WINTER TAX BILL FOR PAYMENT. ESTEY DAYS REVIEW- THERE WAS A SMALL PARADE. THE PETTING ZOO WAS GREAT. CONCESSIONS WENT TO THE BALL LEAGUE AND THE BOUNCE HOUSE WAS GOOD. TIM O’HARE- WHO EVER CLEANED UP AFTER ESTEY DAYS DID AN EXCELLENT JOB, THANK YOU. DUMPSTER AT HALL IS TOO HARD TO FLIP ALL THE WAY OPEN. BOB SAID HE CALLED AND THEY SHOULD SWAP IT THIS WEEK. ZONING- THEY ARE WORKING ON A MASTER PLAN FOR GLADWIN COUNTY, THERE IS NO DATE YET AS TO WHEN IT WILL BE FINISHED. ONCE THEY SEND IT TO US THERE WILL BE NO COST TO US TO CHANGE THINGS. BUT IF WE DO IT NOW IT WILL COST $500. RESIDENTS ARE NOT TO BE LIVING IN COMMERCIALLY ZONED LOTS. JUSTINE WILL LOOK INTO THE MOTEL.

 

FIRE REPORT:

34

MEDICAL CALLS IN BILLINGS TOWNSHIP

9

MEDICAL CALLS IN BENTLEY TOWNSHIP

1

MEDICAL CALL IN HAY TOWNSHIP

9

FIRE CALLS IN BILLINGS TOWNSHIP

 

1 LAWN MOWER FIRE

 

6 POWER LINE ISSUES

3

FIRE CALLS IN BENTLEY TOWNSHIP

 

2 PT. ACCIDENT

 

1 SMELL OF PROPANE

1

MUTUAL AID TO BEAVERTON FIRE

 

1 P.I ACCIDNET (JAWS & LIGHT TOWER)

CEMETERY:  

 

HALL: CAMERAS FOR DUMPSTER- SHOULD WE GET A SIGN? AT LEAST PUT A SIGN THAT THEY ARE ON CAMERA TO HOPEFULLY DETER PEOPLE FROM LEAVE LARGE ITEMS.

 

PARK: BOB COLLECTED SEVERAL DONATIONS AND WAS ABLE TO PURCHASE A BLEACHER FOR THE BALL LEAGUE WITH THOSE DONATIONS. JUSTINE SAID THEY ARE CURRENTLY MAKING THE BLEACHERS. UPDATE ON TUNNEL REMOVAL- SIT STAY AND PLAY WILL COME REMOVE IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. APM MOSQUITO CREDIT- SAVE IT FOR NEXT YEAR. PORT-A-POTTIES- CUT DOWN TO JUST THE HANDI CAP TILL 11/1/25- KRISTIE WILL CALL. WHAT SHOULD WE DO WITH THE OLD BLEACHERS? JUSTINE MOTIONED TO SELL THE OLD BLEACHERS AND GIVE THE MONEY TO THE BALL LEAGUE, KRISTIE SECONDED THE MOTION. TOM VOTED YES, SHARON VOTED YES, KRISTIE VOTED YES, JUSTINE VOTED YES, BOB VOTED NO. THE MOTION PASSED AND THE BLEACHERS WILL BE SOLD WITH THE FUNDS GOING TO THE BALL LEAGUE.

BLIGHT: 2 APPLICANTS- THEY DIDN’T COME TO THE MEETING EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE ASKED TO. KRISTIE WORKS WITH SOMEONE WHO IS A RETIRED COP WHO MIGHT KNOW SOMEONE. PUT IT ON THE ROAD SIGN.

 

NEW BUSINESS: CONSUMERS OUTAGE ON AUGUST 16TH FROM 11PM TO 8AM. IF IT NEEDS TO BE RESCHEDULED IT WILL BE 8/23/25. DEANNA PARADISE LIVES JUST SOUTH OF FOUR CORNERS. GARBAGE WON’T GO BACK THERE. THEY DON’T LIVE THERE, IT IS JUST A CABIN. THERE IS NO ADDRESS. SHE PURCHASED IT JUNE OF 2024. NO POWER=NO GARBAGE. QUENTIN WILL HAVE TO REMOVE IT. SHARON WILL CHECK WITH GLADWIN COUNTY TO SEE IF THE TAXES WERE PAID. BRINE DATES- MEMORIAL DAY AND 4TH OF JULY FOR 2026. JUSTINE MOTIONED TO APPROVE THE DATES FOR BRINE. KRISTIE SECONDED THE MOTION. TOM VOTED YES, SHARON VOTED YES, KRISTIE VOTED YES, JUSTINE VOTED YES, BOB VOTED YES THE MOTION PASSED FOR THE 2026 BRINE DATES.

 

MINUTES:

MINUTES FOR JULY WERE PRESENTED. KRISTIE MADE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES AS GIVEN. TOM SHEPARD SECONDED THE MOTION AND THE MOTION CARRIED.

 

TREASURERS REPORT:

TREASURERS REPORT FOR JULY WAS PRESENTED. JUSTINE MADE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE TREASURERS REPORT AS GIVEN. TOM S. SECONDED THE MOTION AND THE MOTION CARRIED.

 

PAYMENT OF BILLS:

PAYMENT OF BILLS FOR AUGUST WAS PRESENTED. JUSTINE MADE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE PAYMENT OF BILLS. KRISTIE SECONDED THE MOTION AND THE MOTION CARRIED.

 

CORRESPONDENCE:  

CALLED TO ORDER/ADJOURNED:

KRISTIE MADE THE MOTION TO ADJORN THE MEETING AT 8:55PM, TOM S. SECONDED THE MEETING ADJOURNED.

 

MINUTES SUBMITTED BY

KRISTIE RESMER

BENTLEY TOWNSHIP CLERK