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Peaine Township reviews campground, tax, medical, and merger matters, 1985

Also June 3 1985 Peaine Township meeting · July 1 1985 Peaine Township meeting

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TypeEvent
Dates1985-06-03 – 1985-07-01
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Dates
1985-06-03 – 1985-07-01
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Meeting
Where
Beaver Island
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Township of Peaine
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Modern era
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Beaver Island

Summary

Peaine Township’s June 3 and July 1, 1985 meetings addressed campground maintenance, tax litigation and millage, Planning Commission appointments and zoning, the island’s medical service, the DNR campground lease, Font Lake work, and a possible merger with St. James Township.

Evidence limits

These are newspaper-published minutes and summaries. They do not establish contracts, final tax or court outcomes, appointments beyond the motions reported, or an adopted township merger.

Sources

  1. Reports June 3 action on the campground maintenance bid, the state tax suit, Planning Commission appointments, the medical-service search, insurance, the DNR campground lease, Font Lake work, and the assessor position; and July 1 discussion of the tax appeal, campground maintenance, Planning Commission zones, possible merger with St. James, the August 5 millage election, and cemetery flags. These are newspaper-published minutes, not contracts, tax records, personnel files, or adopted merger instruments. 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 · 1985-08_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held eighteen-page August–September combined issue PDF, filed canonically as August 1985, is paired with the remote OCR and confirms the Peaine Township minutes.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1985-08_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Peaine Township reviews campground, tax, medical, and merger matters, 1985”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-peaine-township-june-3-july-1-1985-meetings/, accessed [date], citing Peaine Township meeting minutes, Beaver Beacon, August–September 1985 (combined issue filed as August). (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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