July Meeting Minutes

​                                                     LYONS TWP REG. MEETING
JULY 15, 2025
The meeting was called to order with the Pledge to the Flag. There were 4 citizens, and 5 board members were present.
The agenda was presented for review. A motion to approve the agenda was made by K Gould and supported by A Hengesbach. No one opposed. Motion carried.
Minutes to the meeting were presented for review. A motion to accept the minutes was made by A Hengesbach and supported by K Gould. No one opposed. Motion carried.
Correspondence: There was no correspondence.
Cemetery:  The cemetery looks great. All mowed nice and all the twigs were cleaned up.
Public comment: There was no public comment.
Treasurer’s report:  A motion to accept the treasurer’s report as presented was made by K Gould and supported by A Hengesbach. No one opposed. Motion carried.
Bills in the amount of $33,601.00 to the general fund were presented for payment. A motion to pay the bills was made by A Hengesbach and supported by K Gould. No one opposed,  Motion carried.
Old Business:  A motion to approve the new Investment Policy was  made by A Hengesbach and supported by K Gould. A roll call vote was taken: A Hengesbach yes, K Gould yes, J Thelen yes, C Babcock yes, and J Heckman yes. No one opposed. Motion carried.
J Heckman sought approval of the new billing form for Fire and EMS billing. The board added some wording then approved the form.
TWP Business:  A motion to approve the new Fire and EMS billing with the new prices of Fire runs $500 for the first hour and $350 for every hour after and EMS runs $300 for residents and $350 for non-residents was made by K Gould and supported by A Hengesbach. A roll call vote was taken: K Gould yes, A Hengesbach yes, J Thelen yes, C Babcock yes, and J Heckman yes. No one opposed. Motions carried.
K Gould brought to the attention of the board that there are people camping/living on vacant lot on Hayes Road. There is concern about toxic waste. K Gould will look into this further and if necessary, talk to someone in the health department.
The building needs to be power washed. C Babcock received one bid, and A Hengesbach and J Heckman will try to get a couple more bids for next month’s meeting.
C Babcock brought to the board’s attention that there is going to be a trailer park built in Muir just west of the Lumbermill Inn. He will invite the owner to come to next month’s meeting to tell us all about the trailer park.
Pewamo Fire Chief Mike Yerge brought 2 quotes for tires for the Pumper and tanker trucks. Keusch’s bid was $10,000 and Quality Tire out of Lansing was $5700. There was a discussion on whether LMFD also needed to have tires put on and the answer was yes.
A motion to approve tires from Quality Tire out of Lansing for $5700 for each department was made by A Hengesbach and supported by K Gould. No one opposed. Motion carried.
A motion to adjourn the meeting at 6:55 was made by J Thelen and supported by A Hengesbach. No one opposed. Motion carried.
 
Clerk
 
Julie Heckman