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St. James Township reviews roads, cemetery, airport, and millage renewals on August 7, 1996

Also St. James Township regular meeting August 7 1996

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TypeEvent
Date1996-08-07
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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1996-08-07
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Summary

St. James Township’s August 7, 1996 meeting report covers joint-cemetery cleanup, airport runway striping and vandalism, yacht-dock repairs, signed King’s Highway contracts, a grant application for Main Street and Michigan Avenue, zoning and dust-control matters, and plans to place fire, roads, transfer-station, and EMS millage renewals on the November ballot.

Evidence limits

These are newspaper-published minutes, not the complete official record or a certified ballot measure or project-completion record.

Sources

  1. Reports cemetery cleanup and rules, airport runway striping delays and vandalism, yacht-dock repairs, King’s Highway contracts, a Main Street and Michigan Avenue grant application, zoning changes, dust-control and walkway matters, and November millage-renewal ballot proposals for fire, roads, transfer station, and EMS. 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 · 1996-09_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the St. James Township minutes report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1996-09_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “St. James Township reviews roads, cemetery, airport, and millage renewals on August 7, 1996”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-st-james-township-august-7-1996-meeting/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, September 1996, “Briefly... the Minutes: St. James Township Regular Meeting — August 7.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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