Township BoardBudget meeting
, 7:00 PMCompleted
- Called to order
- 6:00 pm
- Adjourned
- 7:30 pm
- Presiding
- Supervisor Fales
- Present
- Fales, Sczepanski, Wilson, Wirtz, Oswald, Deputy clerk
Agenda for the Lincoln Township Board of Trustees budget meeting at 6:00 PM. Items include amending the 2024/25 budget, budget and Truth in Taxation hearings, adopting the 2025/26 budget, and resolutions on the general operations millage rate and buying/selling real property.
Summary written automatically. The full agenda below is the record.
LINCOLN TOWNSHIP
Brett Fales - Supervisor Barb Wilson – Clerk Kim Oswald -Treasurer
Brad Wirtz – Trustee Nate Meredith – Trustee
Meeting of the Lincoln Township Board of Trustees
March 25th, 2025 6:00 PM
- 1.Call Meeting to Order
- 2.Amend / Accept Agenda
- 3.Amend 2024/25 Budget
- 4.Budget Hearing (open public hearing)
- 5.Truth in Taxation Hearing (close public hearing after)
- 6.Adopt 2025/26 Budget
- 7.Resolution to Set General Operations Millage Rate
- 8.Resolution to Allow Township Board to Buy/Sell Real Property as Necessary
Adjournment
Unapproved minutes of the annual budget and Truth in Taxation meeting: the board amended the 2024/2025 budget, adopted the 2025/2026 budget, extended the 1.2806 millage rate through March 31, 2026, and approved a resolution to buy/sell real property.
Summary written automatically. The full minutes below is the record.
What the Township Board decided
- Carried unanimouslyAgenda unanimously approved as amended after motion by Oswald and second by Wilson
- Carried unanimouslyThe meeting opened with a
- Carried unanimouslyMotion made by Meredith/seconded by Wilson to adopt 2025/2026 Budget
- Carried unanimouslyResolution presented by Supervisor Fales to extend the township’s current millage rate at 1.2806
- Carried unanimouslySecond resolution approved authorizing the township to buy/sell real property
Lincoln Township
Board Meeting Minutes
March 25, 2025
(unapproved)
Truth in Taxation – Budget Meeting
Annual budget meeting of the Lincoln Township Board called to order at 6:00 pm with Fales, Sczepanski, Wilson, Wirtz, Oswald. Deputy clerk was also present.
Agenda unanimously approved as amended after motion by Oswald and second by Wilson.
The meeting opened with a motion by Meredith to amend the 2024/2025 budget. Wilson seconded the motion. Approved unanimously by roll call vote.
Special meeting recessed at 6:33PM and public hearings were held regarding the 2025/2026 fiscal year budget and truth in taxation. Public hearing was closed and special meeting was reopened to the public at 7:13 p.m.
Motion made by Meredith/seconded by Wilson to adopt 2025/2026 Budget. Passed unanimously by roll call vote.
Resolution presented by Supervisor Fales to extend the township’s current millage rate at 1.2806. This rate will be in place through March 31, 2026. Presented for approval by Fales, seconded by Meredith, passed unanimously by roll call vote.
Second resolution approved authorizing the township to buy/sell real property. Presented for approval by Fales, seconded by Wirtz, resolution passed unanimously by roll call vote.
The meeting was adjourned at 7:30 pm by Supervisor Fales. Trustee Meredith took the board on a short tour of the fire barn, and explained the equipment therein.
Signature line for Barb Wilson
Lincoln Township Clerk
Certification
State of Michigan, County of Midland
I, the undersigned, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and complete copy of the minutes of the Annual Budget / Truth in Taxation meeting of the Township Board of Lincoln Township, Midland County, Michigan, held on the 25th of March, 2025.
Signature line for Barb Wilson
Lincoln Township Clerk
Signature line for Brett Fales
Lincoln Township Supervisor