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St. James Township funds library operations, communication equipment, and a ball-park director, 1987

Also March 4 1987 St. James Township meeting

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TypeEvent
Date1987-03-04
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
1987-03-04
Kind
Meeting
Where
Beaver Island
Carried out by
Township of Saint James
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
governancepublic-servicecommunicationinfrastructurepropertyrecreationemergency-management
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

At its March 4, 1987 meeting, St. James Township addressed library operating costs and building governance, a proposed emergency communication system, yacht-dock repairs, ball-park property and management, smoke alarms, and fuel oil.

Evidence limits

These are newspaper minutes, not the full township packet, executed lease, engineering study, equipment purchase, or county funding decision.

Sources

  1. Reports library operating-cost support conditional on Peaine participation, Library Building Committee appointments, airport/King’s Highway road planning, a proposed fire-department communication system, yacht-dock engineering, a 30-year ball-park land lease, creation of a two-year Ball Park Director position, smoke-alarm recommendations, and fuel-oil bids. 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 · 1987-04_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held sixteen-page April issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the St. James minutes.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1987-04_Beaver-Beacon

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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “St. James Township funds library operations, communication equipment, and a ball-park director, 1987”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-st-james-township-march-4-1987-meeting/, accessed [date], citing St. James Township Meeting, March 4, 1987, Beaver Beacon, April 1987. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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