Green Oak Township - Bulletin Board

Green Oak Charter Township Bulletin Board Welcome to the Township Bulletin Board!
We have added this feature to our website to better communicate with our residents. We will be updating this feature periodically with pages of general interest information as well as posting special events happening in the township. We will also be posting office closings, special township meeting dates, election information and information pertaining to important due dates for the Treasurers and Assessors departments. With each feature posted there will be township department contact information should you have any questions. Under our department link is a list of our e-mail address and telephone numbers should you want to contact our departments directly.

We would like to assist our homeowner associations in getting the word out on scheduled association meetings here at the township hall. If your homeowner's association or group wishes to post events and meeting dates, please Email the information to the office of the clerk and it will be forwarded to the webmaster for posting in the Bulletin Board area of our web site. We can add a contact name and number should any of your association members have any questions.

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Charter Communications Channel 99, Broadstripe Communications Channel 99 & Comcast Channel 15.

We want to make this a useful feature. Your comments and suggestions are always welcome! Thank you for visiting our website.

We have changed the Township's "paper of record" to the "Livingston County Daily Press & Argus". The "paper of record" is the publication the Township uses to publish any official notices required by law.

Upcoming Board & Commission Meeting Packets w/o large items & prints. The minutes in the packet are unapproved.
Township Board Packet

Planning Commission Packet

Zoning Board of Appeals Packet

SEMCOG Regional Transportation Survey http://www.semcog.org/Survey.aspx

Whitmore Lake DTE Update

Detroit Edison crews were at work last week on another part of the Whitmore Lake power quality improvement plan. Customers to the north of the corner of East Shore and McNally have been moved to a different portion of the circuit fed from the east side of the lake; and protected with a fusing point which was installed Monday, January 11th. Residents in the area roughly from 7 mile and Marshall/McNally will soon see work along the overhead lines, which touch or traverse three wetland areas. Upon receiving proper permits from the MDEQ, that line will be reconductored (new power lines); new poles; and a shield wire installed to guard against lightening strikes. Additionally, line clearance will aggressively clear away trees and brush the entire length. Homeowners who have adjacent private woodlots will have an easier time to access and clean up their own dead and dying trees, an idea brought forward by local residents during our public meeting back in October, 2009. Customers from the eastern edge of the McNally wetlands, heading east and north up Marshall will also be fed by a different circuit eventually, as outlined in our plans. We need to complete some land survey work; await the proper permits; etc, before the next phase of work can begin. Some homeowners along the wetlands may get MDEQ notices about the project as well.

DC Whitmore Lake 8099 update news by Paul M. Ganz

site updated 1/21/2010

Understanding the Property Tax Process Made Easy

Thursday, February 11, 2010 7:00 PM Green Oak Township Board Room

Subject Matter Provide an Insight of the Assessment Process Assessing Department Responsibilities Better Understanding of Proposal A Property Tax Appeals Questions & Answers

Facilitated by: Robert C. Brandmier, CMAE IV, PPE Green Oak Charter Township Assessor

New - Bill Payments On-Line

Details & Link

For Immediate Release

April 1, 2009. Opportunity and necessity have joined forces in Green Oak Charter Township. At the April 1, 2009 regularly scheduled meeting of the Green Oak Charter Township Board, the Board accepted the recommendation of the Public Safety Facilities Committee to solicit bids for preliminary elevation and specification drawings for the future construction of a combined Emergency Services Complex. Mark St. Charles, township supervisor said, "The recently approved federal "stimulus" package has presented opportunity for the Township to possibly obtain significant grant assistance in this project, however, in order to take advantage of such funds, the Township must have "shovel ready" plans available to include in any eligible grant application package. We, therefore, need to move promptly and get our plans ready now." This Request For Proposal (RFP) will solicit bids for developing the preliminary design of a facility that will include Emergency 911 backup capability and the shared uses of both police and fire resources. Plans will also reflect the Township's desire for environmental stewardship as well as energy efficiency. Responses will be due by 3:00 on Friday, April 10, 2009. A tentative location for the proposed facility has been identified as land now owned by the Huron-Clinton Metropolitan Park Authority west of the intersections of Silver Lake and Whitmore Lake and adjacent to US-23. The Board directed staff to expedite this bid solicitation process action in order to select a successful firm no later than April 15, 2009. Necessity is being driven by the deteriorating condition of the current Police facility and an assessment of existing fire station capabilities. Opportunity is the result of the potential for external funding, private grants and the Township's solid financial condition. The Police Department has struggled to function in a pole barn originally built almost fifty years ago as a garage. Even the public has expressed concern about the facility. At the Department's annual Open House event those attending have asked officers, "How can you work in such conditions?" Firefighters also face operational difficulties resulting from necessary cost reductions in the construction of existing facilities. Since then, temporary actions have been required to accommodate storage needs, twenty-four hour duty cycles, equipment upgrades and environmental concerns. The Public Safety Facilities Committee, made up of police, fire, members of the Township Board and the public, researched the existing conditions of Fire and Police facilities and developed a comprehensive list of functional requirements for the new building. This is the first step in seeking Federal, State and Grant funding to offset the community's investment. Time is critical if these opportunities are to be realized. Once "shovel ready" specifications are complete, application for funding can begin, land can be secured, and the Committee's work developing firm build specifications can continue.