- Dates
- 1985-08-05 – 1985-08-20
- Kind
- Meeting
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Carried out by
- Township of Peaine
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- governanceinfrastructureenvironmentpropertycommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Peaine Township’s August 5 and August 20, 1985 meetings addressed assessor and attorney appointments, the proposed merger with St. James Township, possible public hearings, and the planning, taxation, transportation, sanitation, and property questions raised by consolidation.
Evidence limits
These are newspaper-published minutes and discussion. They do not establish a merger, master plan, final tax policy, or binding legal interpretation.
Sources
- Reports August 5 hiring Joann Hass as assessor, hiring Litzenberger as township attorney, discussion of the proposed St. James merger, and a motion to hold a public hearing; and August 20 discussion of master-plan needs, transportation, sanitation, school and grant implications, taxation, joint properties, and questions about a possible consolidation. The account is newspaper-published minutes and public discussion, not a merger instrument, master plan, tax record, or legal opinion. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1985-10_Beaver-Beacon
- The held fifteen-page October issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the Peaine Township minutes.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1985-10_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Peaine Township rejects a merger and debates tax and landfill policy, 1985”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-peaine-township-august-5-20-1985-meetings/, accessed [date], citing Peaine Township meeting minutes, Beaver Beacon, October 1985. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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