Name: Don Welke is selected as Beaver Island Transfer Station manager, 2012
Start: 2012-03
End: 2012-03
Location: Beaver Island

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Event

Date: 2012-03
Kind: Appointment
Where: Beaver Island
Carried out by: Beaver Island Waste Management Committee
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: public-servicegovernanceinfrastructurecommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The April 2012 Beaver Beacon reports Don Welke’s selection and employment offer as Transfer Station manager after a 15-application process. It also records a dispute about the committee’s hiring authority and proposed bylaw changes.

Evidence limits

The article reports the offer and governance question but does not establish the later employment outcome.

Sources

Beaver Island Waste Management Committee, “Waste committee meeting,” Beaver Island Forum, January 15–17, 2012.
The committee announced a January 17 meeting at Peaine Township Hall. This is a public schedule notice and does not preserve minutes or a hiring decision.
forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 04 · t004504
Beaver Island Waste Management Committee, “Waste Management Committee Meeting,” Beaver Island Forum, February 12–16, 2012.
The committee announced an additional February 16 special meeting and corrected the date in a follow-up. The exchange confirms public scheduling but not meeting minutes or decisions.
forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 04 · t004594
Beaver Island Waste Management Committee, “Waste Management Committee Meeting,” Beaver Island Forum, February 18, 2012.
The committee announced its regular February 21 meeting at Peaine Township Hall. This is a schedule notice, not minutes.
forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 04 · t004613
Beaver Island Waste Management Committee, “Waste Management Committee Meeting,” Beaver Island Forum, February 29, 2012.
The committee announced a March 2 special meeting to discuss and approve a fiscal-year budget. The notice does not preserve the budget or approval outcome.
forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 04 · t004641
Beaver Island Waste Management Committee, “Waste Management Committee Meeting,” March 3–20, 2012.
The committee announced a special meeting to consider the subcommittee recommendation for Waste Station manager, followed by a notice for the next regular meeting. These notices document the public selection process and agenda, while the Beaver Beacon remains the stronger source for the reported offer and governance questions.
forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 04 · t004655
Beaver Island Waste Management Committee, “Waste Management Committee Meeting,” March 16, 2012.
The committee announced a March 20 regular meeting at Peaine Township Hall. It confirms ongoing public committee activity but does not preserve minutes or the final employment decision.
forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 04 · t004707
Beaver Beacon, April 2012, "News from the Townships: Waste Management."
Reports that 15 applications were received, Don Welke was recommended and offered the $36,000-per-year manager position, and the committee reviewed questions about hiring authority and its bylaws. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2012-04_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, April 2012, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held April issue scan confirms the Waste Management appointment report.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2012-04_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Don Welke is selected as Beaver Island Transfer Station manager, 2012”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-waste-management-manager-2012/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Waste Management Committee, “Waste committee meeting,” Beaver Island Forum, January 15–17, 2012. (and 7 further sources listed on the page).

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