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Peaine Township debates a noise ordinance and sets fiscal-year millages, September 8, 2004

Also Peaine Township Board September 2004

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TypeEvent
Date2004-09-08
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Date
2004-09-08
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Meeting
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Modern era
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Summary

At the September 8, 2004 Peaine Township Board meeting, residents debated a proposed noise ordinance prompted by a Lake Geneserath dispute. The Board then set millages for the coming fiscal year, including funds for roads, the health center, waste management, Fire, Airport, EMS, trails, and historical work.

Evidence limits

The newspaper account does not document a final noise-ordinance vote or later millage collections.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, October 2004, "News from the Townships: Peaine Township Board."
    Reports public opposition to a proposed restrictive noise ordinance, the underlying Lake Geneserath complaint and civil suit, and Peaine's fiscal-year millage decisions for roads, BIRHC, waste, Fire, Airport, EMS, trails, and the Historical Society. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2004-10_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the township-meeting summary.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2004-10_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Peaine Township debates a noise ordinance and sets fiscal-year millages, September 8, 2004”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-peaine-township-noise-ordinance-millage-september-8-2004/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October 2004, "News from the Townships: Peaine Township Board." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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