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Joint townships approve airport tree-clearing contract, December 6, 2004

Also Joint Township Meeting December 2004

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TypeEvent
Date2004-12-06
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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2004-12-06
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Summary

The St. James and Peaine Township boards met jointly on December 6, 2004, and approved R. Gillespie Enterprises’ $44,660 bid to clear trees on 22 acres east of the Beaver Island airport. The work was tied to FAA funding, grant matching, liability coverage, stump removal, and a May 15 completion target.

Evidence limits

The report documents approval and planned scope, not completion or the final grant accounting.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, January 2005, "Joint Township Meeting."
    Reports both township boards approving R. Gillespie Enterprises'' $44,660 bid to clear trees on 22 acres east of the airport, with FAA grant funding and a May 15 completion target. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2005-01_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the joint-meeting report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2005-01_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Joint townships approve airport tree-clearing contract, December 6, 2004”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-joint-township-airport-tree-clearing-december-6-2004/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 2005, "Joint Township Meeting." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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