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Peaine Township approves its share of Beaver Island Fire Hall Phase II, 1983

Also November 2 1983 Peaine Township Fire Hall meeting

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TypeEvent
Dates1983-11-02 – 1983-12
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Dates
1983-11-02 – 1983-12
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Construction
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Beaver Island
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Modern era
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Within
Beaver Island

Summary

Peaine Township approved $13,000 toward the $26,000 township cost of Phase II Fire Hall completion at a November 2, 1983 special meeting, with $12,000 from the General Fund and $1,000 from Federal Revenue Sharing.

Evidence limits

The report does not provide a payment record, construction inspection, budget ledger, or grant file.

Sources

  1. Reports a November 2 special meeting about Phase II of the Fire Hall, with $26,000 total township cost split at $13,000 each between St. James and Peaine; Peaine approved $12,000 from its General Fund and $1,000 from Federal Revenue Sharing, and discussed road-commission and landfill matters. It is a newspaper minutes report, not a budget ledger, payment record, construction inspection, or grant file. 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 · 1983-12_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held ten-page December issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the Peaine Township financing report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1983-12_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Peaine Township approves its share of Beaver Island Fire Hall Phase II, 1983”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-peaine-township-fire-hall-financing-1983/, accessed [date], citing Peaine Township special meeting, Beaver Beacon, December 1983. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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