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St. James Township reviews campsite, DNR, airport, and fire-truck matters, 1985

Also November 6 1985 St. James Township meeting

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TypeEvent
Date1985-11-06
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Date
1985-11-06
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Meeting
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Township of Saint James
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Modern era
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Summary

At its November 6, 1985 meeting, St. James Township addressed a campsite dispute, Ball Park and Font Lake property matters, sidewalk design, the DNR building, Airport and Yacht Dock facilities, Road Commission coordination, landfill funding, and a possible $10,000 fire-truck bid.

Evidence limits

These are newspaper-published minutes, not court, title, engineering, lease, grant, or procurement records.

Sources

  1. Reports the campsite dispute and removal motion, Ball Park fencing and title work, sidewalk design estimates, a possible Font Lake land swap, possible joint township/County use or purchase of the DNR building, Airport hanger-lease approval, Road Commission liaison appointments, Zoning Board of Appeals changes, a Yacht Dock well, the Michigan Sesquicentennial liaison, landfill funding, and authority to bid up to $10,000 for a fire truck. These are newspaper-published minutes, not court, title, engineering, lease, grant, or procurement records. 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 · 1985-12_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held eleven-page December issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the St. James Township minutes.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1985-12_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “St. James Township reviews campsite, DNR, airport, and fire-truck matters, 1985”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-st-james-township-november-6-1985-meeting/, accessed [date], citing St. James Township minutes, Beaver Beacon, December 1985. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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