The Lima Township Board met on Monday, April 13, and announced that it plans to prepare a township hall survey to be distributed to residents later this spring.
Discussion continues concerning whether to renovate and add on to the existing township hall or to build a new one. An ad hoc committee was formed to research this issue, and having thoroughly explored each alternative, the group is at an impasse on how to proceed.
The committee currently consists of Bill Coltre, Bill Coury, Ed Greenleaf, Craig Maier, Scott Brooks-Miller, Elizabeth Sensoli, Vince Spade, and Bob Spink.
The board unanimously approved a not to exceed amount of $2,000 to produce and process the survey.
“I honestly think this would be $2,000 well spent,” said Township Supervisor Craig Maier. “This information would help the ad hoc committee move forward.””
Maier also offered the board’s thanks to Bill Coury for all his efforts on behalf of the township, including his service on the Planning Commission, Neighborhood Watch, and as an alternate on the Board of Review. Coury’s wife, Roben, is retiring soon, and they plan to move to Arizona later this year.
In other news, Maier announced that the ET Rover pipeline company has supplied the township with a new map of the proposed pipeline route, and the map is available for view at the Township Offices in the Chelsea Area Construction Authority (CACA) building, 12172 Jackson Road, just east of I-94.
Nanette Havens, township treasurer, and Lima Township representative on the Western Washtenaw Recycling Authority (WWRA) board, said that the recycling materials market is down, and encouraged residents not to recycle glass because it is ending up in the land fill due to a lack of market for the product.
Maier said that the Chelsea Area Fire Authority (CAFA) substation renovations are moving along nicely, and that he has contacted the Michigan State Police about a possible state police presence at the substation.
