Clark Township Board Meeting Minutes
Clark Township Board of Trustees
June 21, 2007 7:00 p.m.

Call to Order and Pledge of
Allegiance: 7:00 p.m.
Trustees Present: Nordquist, Lofdahl,
Hudson, Carpenter, Leach.
Hudson amended the Consent Agenda
to include approval of the minutes
from June 11 and to remove a bill
from the General Fund Bills and
change the amount for approval to
$12,986.59, and also amended the
Agenda to remove New Business #7
and add New Business #13 Mapping
Request. Carpenter supported. All
Ayes. Motion Carried.
Consent Agenda
1. Approval of Meeting
Minutes: Regular- May 17;
Special - April 13, 30,
June 11; Budget Meeting
Workshops - June 13, 14 &
18
2. Approval of General
Fund Bills of $12,986.59
3. Approval of Sewer Fund
Bill of $31,417.34
Carpenter moved to approve the
Consent Agenda as amended.
Nordquist supported. Roll Call Vote:
Ayes: Leach, Lofdahl, Hudson,
Nordquist, Carpenter. Motion Carried.
Budget Hearing
Nordquist moved to empower Hudson
to spend up to $10,000 for two new
pumps and having them installed at
the Shaftmaster Lift Station. Lofdahl
supported. Roll Call Vote: Ayes:
Leach, Carpenter, Hudson, Lofdahl,
Nordquist. Motion Carried.
Carpenter moved to appoint Paul
Smith and Tammy Cruickshank as
alternates to the ZBA. Hudson supported.
Roll Call Vote: Ayes:
Nordquist, Lofdahl, Hudson,
Carpenter, Leach.
Motion Carried.
Nordquist offered the Budget
Resolution: WHEREAS, it is a new

fiscal year for the township
WHEREAS, it is necessary to adopt a
new budget for this new fiscal year.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED that the budget for fiscal
year 2007-2008 with Total Revenues
of $1,957,122 and Total Expenditures
of $1,915,353 be adopted by the Clark
Township Board of Trustees.
Hudson supported. Roll Call Vote:
Ayes: Leach, Carpenter, Hudson,
Lofdahl, Nordquist. Motion Carried.
Hudson moved to increase the Deputy
Treasurer pay to $11.36 per hour.
Nordquist supported.
Roll Call Vote: Ayes: Leach,
Carpenter, Hudson, Lofdahl,
Nordquist. Motion Carried.
Lofdahl moved to increase the Deputy
Supervisor pay to $11.10 per hour.
Leach supported.
Roll Call Vote: Ayes: Nordquist,
Hudson, Lofdahl, Carpenter, Leach.
Motion Carried.
Hudson moved to give the 50 cent step
increases that are scheduled in the
Union Employees contract. Jim
Landreville's pay will increase to
$17.50, Tony Hamel's pay will
increase to $13.00 and Allan Huff's
pay will increase to $11.50. Nordquist
supported. Roll Call Vote: Ayes:
Leach, Carpenter, Hudson, Lofdahl,
Nordquist. Motion Carried.
Hudson moved to increase the Deputy
Clerk's pay to $10.35 per hour and the
rate of pay for the Sewer Billing
Clerk, the Cemetery Sexton, and the
Cleaning Lady to $11.36. Carpenter
supported. Roll Call Vote: Ayes:
Nordquist, Lofdahl, Hudson,
Carpenter, Leach. Motion Carried.
Hudson offered the resolution:
WHEREAS: $20,028.00 is the annual
salary designated as the Trustee's
function component. Plus $5,000
annually for facility administration
and management.
THEREFORE, LET IT BE
RESOLVED: that the Clark Township
Board approves the Clerk's annual
salary component to be $20,028.00

plus $5,000.00 annually for facility
administration and management.
Carpenter supported. Roll Call Vote:
Ayes: Lofdahl, Hudson, Nordquist,
Carpenter. Nays: Leach. Motion
Carried.
Hudson offered the resolution:
WHEREAS: $20,028.00 is the annual
salary designated as the Trustee's
function component. Plus $5,000.00
annually for facility administration
and management. THEREFORE, LET
IT BE RESOLVED: that the Clark
Township Board approves the
Treasurer's annual salary component
to be $20,028.00 plus $5,000.00 annually
for facility administration and
management. Nordquist supported.
Roll Call Vote: Ayes: Carpenter,
Lofdahl, Hudson, Nordquist. Nays:
Leach. Motion Carried.
Carpenter offered the resolution:
WHEREAS: $20,028.00 is the annual
salary designated as the Trustee's
function component. Plus $5,000.00
annually for facility administration
and management. THEREFORE, LET
IT BE RESOLVED that the Clark
Township Board approves the
Supervisor's annual salary component
to be $28,028.00 plus $5,000.00 annually
for facility administration and
management. Lofdahl supported. Roll
Call Vote: Ayes: Nordquist, Lofdahl,
Hudson, Carpenter. Nays: Leach.
Motion Carried.
Hudson offered the Resolution:
WHEREAS: $2,297.36 is the annual
salary designated as the Trustee's
function component. Plus $75.00 per
meeting Per Diem. THEREFORE,
LET IT BE RESOLVED that the
Clark Township Board approves the
Trustee's quarterly salary component
to be $2,297.36 plus $75.00 per meeting
Per Diem. Nordquist supported.
Roll Call Vote: Ayes: Leach,
Carpenter, Hudson, Lofdahl,
Nordquist. Motion Carried.
Lofdahl moved to approve the
Chamber of Commerce Special Event
Application. Leach supported. Roll
Call Vote: Ayes: Nordquist, Lofdahl,

Hudson, Carpenter, Leach. Motion
Carried.
Hudson offered the Resolution for a
Quit Claim Deed for the Jim Mertaugh
Property on Point Brulee. Nordquist
supported. Roll Call Vote: Ayes:
Leach, Carpenter, Hudson, Lofdahl,
Nordquist. Motion Carried.
Hudson moved to accept the resignation
of Selma Edsinga with regret.
Lofdahl supported.
All Ayes. Motion Carried.
Hudson moved to appoint Joe Eggers
for the Planning Commission term
ending in 2009.
Carpenter supported. Roll Call Vote:
Ayes: Nordquist, Lofdahl, Hudson,
Carpenter, Leach.
Motion Carried.
Hudson moved to continue to retain
Plunkett and Cooney as the Township
Attorney. Nordquist supported. Roll
Call Vote: Ayes: Leach, Carpenter,
Hudson, Lofdahl, Nordquist. Motion
Carried.
Carpenter moved to hire Anderson
Tackman to perform the audit this year
for a fee of $4,500.
Lofdahl supported. Roll Call Vote:
Ayes: Nordquist, Hudson, Lofdahl,
Carpenter, Leach. Motion Carried.
Carpenter offered the Resolution:
Whereas: The Federal Depositor
Insurance Corporation only insures
deposits to $100,000.00 (one-hundred
thousand dollars)Whereas: It is
in the best interest of the Clark
Township Taxpayers to diversify our
investments. Whereas: The present
officials/employees authorized to sign
bank deposits/transfers etc. for Clark
Township are as follows: Katie
VanEenenaam-Carpenter, Treasurer,
Jennifer Becker, Deputy Treasurer,
Cathy Nordquist, Clerk and Julie
Smith, Deputy Clerk. BE IT THEREFORE
RESOLVED that the Clark
Township Board of Trustees hereby
names the following banks as its
depositories for the 2007-2008 fiscal
year: First National Bank of St.
Ignace, Soo Co-Op Credit Union, and

Central Savings Bank. Hudson supported.
Roll Call Vote: Ayes:
Nordquist, Lofdahl, Hudson,
Carpenter, Leach. Motion Carried.
Carpenter moved to accept the service
agreement as presented. Leach supported.
Roll Call Vote: Ayes:
Nordquist, Lofdahl, Hudson,
Carpenter, Leach. Motion Carried.
Hudson moved to support the action
that Cathy Nordquist took by sending
in the grant for better Community
Center access. Leach supported. All
Ayes. Motion Carried.
Hudson moved to spend $50 for maps
on CD and up to $120 for a reader.
Nordquist supported.
Roll Call Vote: Ayes: Leach,
Carpenter, Hudson, Lofdahl,
Nordquist. Motion Carried.
Lofdahl moved to adjourn. Carpenter
supported. All Ayes. Meeting
adjourned at 8:50 p.m.