​                                                     LYONS TWP REG. MEETING
MAY 6, 2024
The meeting was called to order with the Pledge to the Flag.  There were  citizens 2, and 4 board members present. J Thelen was absent.
Minutes to the meeting were presented for review.  A motion to accept the minutes with corrections made to the Cemetery and change the word conservatories to depositories under treasurer report was made by R Scheurer and supported by A Hengesbach.  Motion carried.
Correspondence: There was no correspondence.
Cemetery:  A motion was made to have Wickham’s repair the last 8-9 foundations in the Spaulding cemetery this year was made by R Scheurer and supported by A Hengesbach.
All the limbs and logs have been cleaned up in the cemetery. All looks good.
There is a stone tipped over in the old part we will ask Wickham’s to fix it.
Public comment: There was no public comment.
Treasurer’s report:  A motion to accept the treasurer’s report as presented was made by R Scheurer and supported by A Hengesbach. Motion carried.
Bills in the amount of $20,240.49 to the general fund were presented for payment.  A motion to pay the bills was made by R Scheurer and supported by A Hengesbach.  Motion carried.
TWP Business: Lawn mowing bids for the Township Hall were read: JBM Lawncare LLC approximately $1525.00 ($100 spring, $225 fall, $50 per mowing), Blair Rowland approximately $800 ($8o spring, $120 fall, $25 each mowing), Bernie Russell $1200.00 for spring, fall clean up and all mowing, Peter Grobbel $2100 spring and fall clean up and all mowings. A motion to accept the bid from Bernie Russell was made by R Scheurer and supported by A Hengesbach. A roll call vote was taken; R Scheurer yes, A Hengesbach yes, C Babcock yes, J Heckman yes and J Thelen messaged her vote as yes.  Motion carried.
Asphalt bids for the Lyons Twp Cemetery roads were road:  American Asphalt 7035 sqft. $22,500, Grand Ledge Paving LLC 7470 sqft. $20,428.01 and Snyder Asphalt Inc. 5976 sqft. $17,500. A motion to accept the bid from American Asphalt was made by R Scheurer and supported by A Hengesbach. A roll call vote was taken; R Scheurer yes, A Hengesbach yes, C Babcock yes, J Heckman yes and J Thelen messaged her vote as yes.  Motion carried.
Julie Bennett has been our cleaning lady since we moved to our new building and has never asked for a raise, and she only gets $90 a month and goes above and beyond what needs to be done without saying anything or being asked to do so. A motion was made by J Heckman and supported by R Scheurer to give J Bennett our cleaning lady a raise to $125.00 a month. Motion carried.
L Randall sent a message in to say the Chrouch’s bill for the 3 sirens will be around $7500 to be split 4 ways between the 4 entities. J Heckman will check with Crouch’s to see if they will split the invoice 4 ways.
 
A motion to adjourn the meeting at 6:20 was made by R Scheurer and supported by A Hengesbach.  Motion carried.
 
Clerk
 
Julie Heckman

​                                                     LYONS TWP REG. MEETING
APRIL 1, 2024
The meeting was called to order with the Pledge to the Flag. There were 3 citizens, and 5 board members present.
The 2024-2025 Budget was presented for review. A motion was made to accept the 2024-2025 Budget by A Hengesbach and supported by R Scheurer. A roll call vote was taken: A Hengesbach yes, R Scheurer yes, J Thelen yes, C Babcock yes, and J Heckman yes. Motion carried.
Minutes to the meeting were presented for review. A motion to accept the minutes with the correction of B Scheurer to R Scheurer twice was made by R Scheurer and supported by A Hengesbach. Motion carried.
Correspondence: There was no correspondence.
Cemetery: R Scheurer will be getting bids for doing the roads in the cemetery.
Public comment: There was no public comment.
Treasurer’s report:  A motion to accept the treasurer’s report as presented was made by R Scheurer and supported by A Hengesbach. Motion carried.
A motion to keep Independent Bank and Mercantile Bank as the township depositories was made by R Scheurer and supported by A Hengesbach. Motion carried.
Bills in the amount of $31,222.18 to the general fund were presented for payment. A motion to pay the bills was made by R Scheurer and supported by A Hengesbach. Motion carried.
TWP Business: L Randall sent a bid from Robert woods for his part in wiring the siren which is $2,280.50. He also said Chrouch’s part will be $2000.00-$2200.00 for a total of $4200-$4500.
The gravel agreement was presented for review. A motion to accept the gravel agreement to pay $54,367 for 7000 yards of gravel at $11.65 yd; with Reith Reily paying $27,183 was made by R Scheurer and supported by A Hengesbach. A roll call vote was taken; R Scheurer yes, A Hengesbach yes, J Thelen yes, C Babcock yes, and J Heckman yes. Motion carried.
A motion to adjourn the meeting at 6:20 was made by R Scheurer and supported by A Hengesbach. Motion carried.
 
Clerk
 
Julie Heckman

​                                                     LYONS TWP REG. MEETING
MARCH 4, 2024
The meeting was called to order with the Pledge to the Flag. There were 5 citizens, and 5 board members present.
Minutes to the meeting were presented for review. A motion to accept the minutes was made by  R Scheurer and supported by A Hengesbach. Motion carried.
Correspondence: There was no correspondence.
Cemetery:  There was no cemetery comment.
Public comment: There was no public comment.
Treasurer’s report:  A motion to accept the treasurer’s report as presented was made by R Scheurer and supported by A Hengesbach. Motion carried.
Bills in the amount of $20,427.11 to the general fund were presented for payment. A motion to pay the bills was made by R Scheurer and supported by A Hengesbach. Motion carried.
TWP Business:  A motion to accept the gradall agreement of paying no more than $3,000 for material for culverts was made by R Scheurer and supported by A Hengesbach. A roll call vote was taken R Scheurer yes, A Hengesbach yes, J Thelen yes, C Babcock yes, and J Heckman yes. Motion carried.
A motion to accept the 2024 Brine agreement was made by A Hengesbach and supported by B Scheurer. A roll call vote was taken A Hengesbach yes, R Scheurer yes, J Thelen yes, C Babcock yes, and J Heckman yes. Motion carried.
B Krueger approached J Heckman about looking into having Lyons Twp Fire Department bid to do North plains Twp. A motion was made to table this discussion until we had more information by A Hengesbach and supported by R Scheurer. Motion carried.
J Heckman brought to the attention of the board all the amendments needed. A motion to make all the amendments needed by R Scheurer and supported by A Hengesbach. A roll call vote was taken R Scheurer yes, A Hengesbach yes, J Thelen yes, C Babcock yes, and J Heckman yes. Motion carried.
We need to put an ad in the paper for lawn mowing contract.
Next winter we need to put bids out for snow removal.
C Babcock brought up that we do not need to keep a recording of our meeting minutes. A motion was made to erase the recording after minutes are typed by A Hengesbach and supported by R Scheurer. Motion carried.
A motion to adjourn the meeting at 6:36 was made by R Scheurer and supported by A Hengesbach. Motion carried.
 
Clerk
 
Julie Heckman

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THE LYONS TOWNSHIP BOARD WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED TOWNSHIP BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024-2025 THE TOWNSHIP OFFICE AT 505 E BRIDGE ST LYONS MI 48851
THE PROPERTY TAX MILLAGE RATE PROPOSED TO BE LEVIED TO SUPPORT THE PROPOSED BUDGET WILL BE SUBJECT AT THIS HEARING.
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 2024-2025 AT THE TOWNSHIP OFFICE AT
 505 E BRIDGE ST LYONS MI 48851
THE PROPERTY TAX MILLAGE RATE PROPOSED TO BE LEVIED TO SUPPORT THE PROPOSED BUDGET WILL BE SUBJECT AT THIS HEARING.TOWNSHIP BOARD WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED TOWNSHIP BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR
 2024-2025 AT THE TOWNSHIP OFFICE AT
 505 E BRIDGE ST LYONS MI 48851
THE PROPERTY TAX MILLAGE RATE PROPOSED TO BE LEVIED TO SUPPORT THE PROPOSED BUDGET WILL BE SUBJECT AT THIS HEARING.ISCAL YEAR
 2024-2025 AT THE TOWNSHIP OFFICE AT
 505 E BRIDGE ST LYONS MI 48851
THE PROPERTY TAX MILLAGE RATE PROPOSED TO BE LEVIED TO SUPPORT THE PROPOSED BUDGET WILL BE SUBJECT AT THIS HEARING.NS TOWNSHIP BOARD WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED TOWNSHIP BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR
 2024-2025 AT THE TOWNSHIP OFFICE AT
 505 E BRIDGE ST LYONS MI 48851
THE PROPERTY TAX MILLAGE RATE PROPOSED TO BE LEVIED TO SUPPORT THE PROPOSED BUDGET WILL BE SUBJECT AT THIS HEARING.

                               LYONS TWP REG. MEETING
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
The meeting was called to order with the Pledge to the Flag. There were 4 citizens, and 5 board members present.
Minutes to the meeting were presented for review. A motion to accept the minutes with changing the spelling of R Scheurer’s name was made by A Hengesbach and supported by R Scheurer. Motion carried.

Correspondence:  There was no correspondence.

Cemetery:  R Scheurer and A Hengesbach both had been through the cemetery and said all looks good. There are some logs stacked up.

Public comment:  Kevin Gould came in to introduce himself. He is thinking of running for trustee this year.

Treasurer’s report:  A motion to accept the treasurer’s report as presented was made by R Scheurer and supported by A Hengesbach. Motion carried.
Bills in the amount of $20,925.38 to the general fund were presented for payment. A motion to pay the bills was made by R Scheurer and supported by A Hengesbach. Motion carried.
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TWP Business: There was a motion to  approve the 2024 Poverty Exemption made by R Scheurer and supported by A Hengesbach. A roll call vote was taken R Scheurer yes, A Hengesbach yes, J Thelen yes, C Babcock yes, and J Heckman yes. Motion carried.
C Babcock brought up the topic of 3% raises for the board and the fire chiefs.
R Scheurer made a motion to give the Supervisor a 3% raise A Hengesbach supported. Motion carried.
C Babcock made a motion to give the trustees a 3% raise supported by J Thelen. Motion carried.
R Scheurer made a motion to give the clerk a 3% raise supported by C Babcock. Motion carried.
J Heckman made a motion to give the Treasurer a 3% raise supported by R Scheurer. Motion carried.
A Hengesbach made a motion to give a 3% raise to the fire chiefs supported by J Thelen. Motion carried.
C Babcock has been talking with the Ionia County Road Department. There needs to be a longer culvert on Reeder Road. Also, there is work needed on Spaulding Road south.
A motion to give the Board of Review members $50 compensation for training was made by A Hengesbach and supported by R Scheurer. A roll call vote was taken: A Hengesbach yes, R Scheurer yes, J Thelen yes, C Babcock yes, and J Heckman yes. Motion carried.
J Heckman reported she had to order an Absent voter drop box and will need to have a camera for the drop box.
A motion to adjourn the meeting at 6:30 was made by R Scheurer and supported by A Hengesbach. Motion carried.
 
Clerk
 
Julie Heckman

​LYONS TWP REG. MEETING
JANUARY 8, 2024
The meeting was called to order with the Pledge to the Flag.  There were 6 citizens, and 5 board members present.
Minutes to the meeting were presented for review.  A motion to accept the minutes was made by J Thelen and supported by A Hengesbach.  Motion carried.
Correspondence: There was no correspondence.
Cemetery: R Scheurer reported the cemetery looked good. All the leaves were cleaned up and sticks were stacked neatly waiting to be taken away.
Public comment:  There was no public comment.
Treasurer’s report:  A motion to accept the treasurer’s report as presented was made by A Hengesbach and supported by R Scheurer.  Motion carried.
Bills in the amount of $54,253.90 to the general fund were presented for payment.  A motion to pay the bills was made by R Scheurer and supported by A Hengesbach.  Motion carried.
TWP Business: Jason Orton was here to go over our insurance policy.  He reported all was good. The policy did have a slight increase.
Fire Chief Randall was here and reported the mobile radios are in and the portables should be in by sometime in February.
A Finley from HOA of Marsh Ridge came to report that they had talked to the road department about the road up in Marsh Ridge becoming a county road and they said it would cost around $650,000 to make that happen.
C Babcock will talk to Linda at the road department about the roads in Marsh Ridge later in January.
C Babcock rode with Tanner Roe, who wanted to know what concerns the township had for the road department, C Babcock brought to their attention problems on Irish into Staley. C Babcock wanted a cost estimate to fix it with blacktop and with limestone.
A motion was made to abolish the 2001 Water Franchise Fee in Marsh Ridge by J Heckman and supported by R Scheurer. A roll call vote was taken J Heckman yes, R Scheurer yes, A Hengesbach yes, J Thelen yes, and C Babcock no. Motion carried.
 C Babcock asked what the fire departments wanted or needed on their wish list for the new budget year. LMFD said they needed to put a flatbed and new tank on their grass rig. They also need a couple hand cranks for hydrants that might cost around $4000. J Dygert said he would ask Fire Chief Yerge to report PFD’s needs and wants.
A motion to adjourn the meeting at6:50 was made by J Thelen and supported by A Hengesbach.  Motion carried.
 
Clerk
 
Julie Heckman

​                                                     LYONS TWP REG. MEETING
December 4, 2023
The meeting was called to order with the Pledge to the Flag. There were 6 citizens, and 5  board members present.
Minutes to the meeting were presented for review. A motion to accept the minutes was made by A Hengesbach and supported by J Thelen. Motion carried.
Correspondence: There was no correspondence.
Cemetery:  It was reported that everything looks good in the cemetery.
Public comment: There was no public comment.
Treasurer’s report:  A motion to accept the treasurer’s report as presented was made by R Scheurer and supported by A Hengesbach. Motion carried.
Bills in the amount of $59,799.40 to the general fund were presented for payment. A motion to pay the bills was made by R Scheurer and supported by A Hengesbach. Motion carried.
TWP Business:  Shawn Diebel and Austin Finley, Heads of the HOA for Marsh Ridge were here to discuss the private road in Marsh Ridge. The Board agreed to patch the road earlier this year. Shawn and Austin came to ask if we will keep patching the road, the HOA will reimburse the Township for the work. They are trying to get the road to become a county road instead of the private road that it is.
 A motion to continue to patch the roads in Marsh Ridge (not to exceed $5000) with the HOA reimbursing the Township was made by R Scheurer supported by A Hengesbach. A roll call vote was taken R Scheurer yes, A Hengesbach yes, J Thelen yes, C Babcock yes, J Heckman yes. Motion carried.
C Babcock reported there needs to be gravel put on Peckins road and South of Peckins on Staley to Reeder Road.
A motion to adjourn the meeting at 6:40 was made by R Scheurer and supported by J Thelen. Motion carried.
 
Clerk
 
Julie Heckman

​LYONS TWP REG. MEETING
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
The meeting was called to order with the Pledge to the Flag.  There were 6 citizens, and 5 board members present.
Minutes to the meeting were presented for review.  A motion to accept the minutes was made by A Hengesbach and supported by J Thelen.  Motion carried.
Correspondence: There was no correspondence.
Cemetery: Everything looks good at the Cemetery. J Heckman will check prices on different Port a Potty’s.
Public comment: There was no public comment.
Treasurer’s report:  A motion to accept the treasurer’s report as presented was made by R Scheurer and supported by A Hengesbach. Motion carried.
Bills in the amount of $40,209.68 to the general fund were presented for payment.  A motion to pay the bills was made by R Scheurer and supported by A Hengesbach.  Motion carried.
TWP Business: A motion to accept the Ionia County Clerk to hold and pay for the nine days of early voting for all necessary elections moving forward was made by R Scheurer and supported by A Hengesbach. A roll call vote was taken: A Hengesbach yes, J Thelen yes, C Babcock yes, R Scheurer yes, and J Heckman yes.  Motion carried.
C Babcock reported that long time Road Department Superintendent Bud White is retiring from the Superintendent position and taking a position as a driver for the road department. Bud White did a lot of good for the county and he will be missed as superintendent.
Fire Chief Randall was here to discuss having the Township and possibly all three villages divide equally payment to have the three sirens activated through central dispatch. The board tabled this until a later date.
A motion to adjourn the meeting at 6:05 was made by R Scheurer and supported by A Hengesbach.  Motion carried.
 
Clerk
Julie Heckman

​                                                     LYONS TWP REG. MEETING
OCT 2, 2023
The meeting was called to order with the Pledge to the Flag.  There were 6 citizens, and 4 board members present. J Heckman was absent.
Minutes to the meeting were presented for review.  A motion to accept the minutes was made by R Scheurer and supported by A Hengesbach.  Motion carried.
Correspondence: There was no correspondence.
Cemetery:  R Scheurer reported that the port-a-potty is gone. J Wickham put up the enter and exit signs for the cemetery drives. Wickhams are cleaning up the downed branches and they fixed the foundations. L Randall said they (DPW) would trim some of the trees by the road at the cemetery. 
There are holes in the siding presumably from mowing, Tom Bennett will fix them.
-Public comment:  There was no public comment. 
Treasurer’s report:  A motion to accept the treasurer’s report as presented was made by R Scheurer and supported by A Hengesbach.  Motion carried.
The CD from Mercantile bank is up for renewal. A motion to renew the CD was made by R Scheurer and supported by A Hengesbach. Motion carried.
Bills in the amount of $64,232.01 to the general fund were presented for payment.  A motion to pay the bills was made by R Scheurer and supported by A Hengesbach.  Motion carried.
TWP Business: C Babcock invited the Muir/Lyons presidents to the meeting to talk about what the villages contribute to the fire department. The villages split the costs for the housing of the trucks and pay part of training for the firefighters. 
Chrouch Communications will get back with Chief Randall about getting the siren functional.
Lyons/Muir Fire Department got a $30,000 grant. Thank you to Carol Randall for doing the work to get this grant for the fire department. This can be used for turnout gear and radios. It will most likely be used for turnout gear. It will need to be paid for up front then it will be reimbursed.
Pewamo Fire Department is residing and insulating their building. The Village of Pewamo received a grant and also sold trees to fund this project.
The fire department has given up on the dry hydrant. They will try and sell the parts they have already purchased for it.
Staley road is now complete. They will do Tabor St. spring of 2024.
C Babcock went to the Weber Dam Meeting. 
The Village of Muir received a grant of $1.5 million for trails and parks, with $140,000 matching funds. They are asking if we might contribute to this. The Board will discuss this at a later date.
There was a discussion about firefighters. The reason it’s getting harder to get people to be volunteer firefighters is the many hours of training they need to have to become one.

A motion to adjourn the meeting at 6:30 was made by R Scheurer and supported by A Hengesbach. Motion carried.

Clerk

Julie Heckman

​                                                     LYONS TWP REG. MEETING
SEPT 5TH, 2023
The meeting was called to order with the Pledge to the Flag. There were 2 citizens, and 5  board members present.
Minutes to the meeting were presented for review. A motion to accept the regular minutes with the change of Diane Almy being appointed as a Lyons Township representative on the Ionia County Parks Board instead of the Greenview Point Board regular meeting minutes and the special meeting minutes was made by R Scheurer and supported  by A Hengesbach. Motion carried.
Correspondence: There was no correspondence.
Cemetery:  C Babcock asked Josh to fix the sunken foundation. R Scheurer informed the board the port-a-potty tipped over in the storm. J Heckman will contact J Wickham to have the port-a-potty taken out for the year. The board agreed the rotten posts by the cemetery should be taken out. J Heckman will ask J Wickham if they will do that and also put in two posts by the cemetery drives to put enter and exit signs on.
Public comment:  There was no public comment.
Treasurer’s report:  A motion to accept the treasurer’s report as presented was made by R Scheurer and supported by A Hengesbach. Motion carried.
Bills in the amount of $24,316.38 to the general fund were presented for payment. A motion to pay the bills was made by R Scheurer and supported by A Hengesbach. Motion carried.
TWP Business:  A motion to have Sid’s Flower Shop decorate the outside of the office for the 2023 holiday season with 45 ft of garland and a 30 in wreath was made by R Scheurer and supported by A Hengesbach. Motion carried.
A Hengesbach went down Reeder Road after the rainstorm and said it was a mess. The bridge was all washed out. A tube needs to be put in to widen the road. There needs to be a discussion between Lyons TWP., Portland, and Ionia County to work together to get this done.
A motion to adjourn the meeting at 6:00 was made by R Scheurer and supported by J Thelen. Motion carried.
 
Clerk
Julie Heckman