Minutes, Planning Commission
Planning Commission Meeting Minutes — December 7, 2010
The Lincoln Township Planning Commission met on December 7, 2010, to approve the agenda and minutes from the October 5, 2010 meeting, elect new officers for 2011, set meeting dates, and discuss the Zoning Ordinance review. A motion to recommend accepting Crescent Consulting’s proposal to clarify typographical and formatting issues in the ZO text was approved unanimously.
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- Called to order
- 6:30 pm
- Adjourned
- 7:30 pm
- Presiding
- Susan Ensign
- Present
- Susan Ensign, Reid Duford, Chris Clark, Mark Thornton
Decisions in these minutes (4)
Lincoln Township – Midland County
Planning Commission
Susan Ensign-Chairperson, Sheila Mesler-Vice Chairperson
Reid Duford – Secretary
Members - Chris Clark, Mark Thornton
December 7, 2010
The meeting of the Lincoln Township Planning Commission was called to order by Chairperson Susan Ensign at 6:30 pm.
Roll call was taken: Susan Ensign, Reid Duford, Chris Clark, and Mark Thornton were present.
Sheila Mesler was present for the Old Business discussion.
A motion was made by Mark Thornton to approve the agenda as amended and was supported by Chris Clark. Motion approved 4-0.
Motion by Chris Clark and supported by Mark Thornton to approve the minutes of the October 5, 2010 meeting. Motion approved 4-0.
Commission Comments: None
Public Comments: None
New Business - Elect new officers and set meeting dates for 2011:
- Sue Ensign was nominated by Reid Duford to be the Planning Commission Chairperson and supported by Mark Thornton. Motion approved 4-0
- Sheila Mesler was nominated by Sue Ensign to be the Planning Commission Vice-Chairperson and supported by Mark Thornton. Motion approved 4-0
- Reid Duford was nominated by Sue Ensign to be the Planning Commission Secretary and supported by Chris Clark. Motion approved 4-0
A motion was made by Sue Ensign and supported by Reid Duford to schedule the 2011 meetings at 6:30 pm on the following dates: January 4, March 1, May 3, June 28, September 6, and November 1, 2011. Motion approved 4-0.
The Commission also had a discussion about potential new commercial developments.
Old Business: The Commission discussed Zoning Ordinance (ZO) review.
Cindy Winland of Crescent Consulting made a proposal clear-up some typographical and formatting issues with the current ZO text.
A motion was made by Sue Ensign and supported by Sheila Mesler to recommend to the Township Board, at their December 14 meeting, to accept Crescent Consulting’s proposal. Motion approved 5-0
Meeting was adjourned at 7:30 pm.
Signature line for Reid Duford
Secretary
Lincoln Township Planning Commission
Midland County