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Beaver Island townships form a temporary committee to address airport governance, 2010

Also Beaver Island joint township meeting January 2010

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Dates2010-01-11 – 2010-01-13
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Summary

At the January 11, 2010 joint meeting, the Beaver Island township boards discussed airport committee composition, expansion questions, and alternatives for airport and waste-management governance. They created a temporary committee to work with the township attorney and allowed Don Vyse to continue day-to-day airport decisions; the January 13 follow-up addressed assessment and other administrative issues.

Evidence limits

The report records discussion and an interim committee, not a final airport agreement, land-acquisition decision, or complete legal record.

Sources

See the sources block above.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, February 2010, "News from the Townships."
    Reports the January 11 joint meeting on airport committee composition and expansion questions, the temporary airport-management committee, January 13 assessment and transfer-station follow-up, and related public accountability. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2010-02_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the township report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2010-02_Beaver-Beacon
  3. A pre-meeting notice attributed to Jim Birdsall describes the January 11 public meeting agenda, including the airport plan, possible Airport Authority or intergovernmental agreement, and requests for usage and cost-benefit information. The post is a participant notice and advocacy statement; it records the public issues being raised, not the legal status of the airport or the meeting outcome.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 02 · t002122

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island townships form a temporary committee to address airport governance, 2010”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-townships-january-2010-airport-followup/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, February 2010, "News from the Townships." (and 2 further sources listed on the page).

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