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St. James Township accepts Yacht Dock grants and approves tax certificates, 1985

Also May 14 1985 St. James Township special meeting

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TypeEvent
Date1985-05-14
WithinTownship of Saint James
ErasModern era
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Locator map: Township of Saint James highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
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Date
1985-05-14
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Where
Township of Saint James
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Township of Saint James
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Modern era
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Township of Saint James

Summary

St. James Township’s May 14, 1985 special meeting accepted DNR agreements for Yacht Dock engineering and Phase I repairs, approved related local matches, acted on McDonough Market tax certificates, and addressed summer maintenance, playground, sidewalk, and fire-safety projects.

Evidence limits

The reported resolutions and estimates do not establish later bids, grant payments, construction, tax certificates, or project completion.

Sources

  1. Reports acceptance of DNR Waterways Division agreements for Yacht Dock preliminary engineering and Phase I repairs, local matches of $800 and $4,000, a $26,600 Phase I grant toward an estimated $30,600 cost, bid advertising, tax-exemption certificates for McDonough Market Enterprises and related trusts, a summer handyman hire, playground-equipment authorization, sidewalk engineering, and a DNR grant application for a hydrant or alerting system. It is a newspaper account of resolutions and discussion, not a grant agreement, bid result, tax certificate, payroll, permit, or completed repair. 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 · 1985-06_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held nineteen-page June issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the township special-meeting minutes.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1985-06_Beaver-Beacon

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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “St. James Township accepts Yacht Dock grants and approves tax certificates, 1985”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-st-james-township-may-14-1985-meeting/, accessed [date], citing St. James Township special-meeting minutes, Beaver Beacon, June 1985. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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