Township Board Meeting January 25th

The Township Board, in a 30-minute meeting last night, approved the following items:

• Continue to provide $400,000 from the General Fund annually to the Fire Fund as resolved by the Board in 2004.
• Continue to pay-off the unfunded mandate in MERS (employee retirement fund) over a 28-year period.
• Resolve to support the Kent County Road Commission in its efforts to obtain Federal funding for road improvements in the 52nd & Kraft area (upgrade the road to a Class A road).
• Abandon a short portion of the Patterson Drain (unused) east of Kraft (north of 28th St) to provide for development of the site (future Goodwill Store).
• Receive the monthly update from staff on the Strategic Plan.