April 14th, 2022



April 14th 2022

Tonight's meeting was dragged out for an exceptionally long time because some board members can't stop asking questions that were just asked, or about topics that have already been answered. Sharing confidential information about other employees (massive liability?) when you're only in the township one day a month for a few hours, why should a trustees opinion be considered regarding any important matters that happen at the township office if they're not there, themselves? It isn't a trustees job to interfere with the daily operations of the township. They come to a meeting once a month and vote on action items on the agenda, nothing more, and to expect them to have an informed understanding of the business matters at the township office is ridiculous.

-People mad over taxes going up, but if you can afford a 200k house I imagine an extra $40 a year (for the 1.5 milage) is pocket change? But with inflation going into overdrive, EVERYTHING is getting more expensive and the cost of maintaining the cogs in the machine is creeping ever higher. This isn't a clever ploy to steal your hard earned tax dollars, I can assure you their budgets have remained the same since they started (much to the chagrin of the county treasurer and clerk, who requested a raise from 48k/yr to 61k/yr, but were denied by the board).

-Discussions about the water loop they've been trying to get started for a while? There is one large water main running from the casino and if that broke, everybody would be without water for a while... so a water loop would not only remedy that situation but allow other businesses an easier time moving into the community if they choose to do so.

-Road commissioner (Chris?) was back, we've got 35 lift stations in Emmett, many of them are 40+ years old. Perhaps put some money towards better upkeep of those things, maybe assess which ones aren't worth repairing but just get a whole new one?

-There will be another board meeting on April 28th at 6:30 pm to vote on a resolution to move forward with the water main and decide on ballot language for the upcoming elections later this year.

-Vote of resolution for the DDA, which was passed by everybody. Deb will be looking to appoint 8-11 business owners to this board to oversee efforts towards improving the community.

-A discussion regarding the implementation of a plastic or metal water main for the township. I believe the general consensus was that we want to use plastic, but not to set a precedent for future installations. The engineer from CEI was arguing that we needed to use metal when plastic was the better option, less expensive and easier to get.

-Leanor Brookes had some questions regarding Single Tree and Bradford road flooding? Division as well? But Deb had already taken initiative and is already looking into a solution.



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