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Peaine Township sets millages and advances recreation and master-planning work

Also Peaine Township September 10 2003 meeting

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TypeEvent
Date2003-09-10
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ErasModern era
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2003-09-10
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Summary

At its September 10, 2003 meeting, Peaine Township set the next fiscal year’s millages, discussed shared costs with St. James, approved pursuing a recreation-plan grant, and reviewed master planning, access signs, roads, and Yacht Dock issues.

Evidence limits

This is a newspaper synopsis of a township meeting, not complete minutes or a complete accounting of millage or inter-township obligations.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, October 2003, “News from the Townships”.
    Reports Peaine’s millage-setting discussion, disagreements with St. James over shared infrastructure costs, BIRHC/EMS/Historical Society and airport allocations, a recreation-plan grant request, access-sign issues, the master-plan survey, and public comments on roads and the Yacht Dock. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2003-10_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the township report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2003-10_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Peaine Township sets millages and advances recreation and master-planning work”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-peaine-township-september-10-2003-meeting/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October 2003, “News from the Townships”. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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