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St. James Township reviews Fire Department, Iron Ore Bay, fuel, and zoning matters, 1984

Also January 4 1984 St. James Township minutes

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TypeEvent
Dates1984-01-04 – 1984-01
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Dates
1984-01-04 – 1984-01
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Beaver Island
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Modern era
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Beaver Island

Summary

The January 1984 Beaver Beacon printed St. James Township minutes covering fuel-oil procurement, Iron Ore Bay property financing, zoning, Fire Department communications equipment, Boat House inspection, airport planning, and the Main Street decision.

Evidence limits

These are newspaper minutes, not complete municipal files, deeds, invoices, maps, permits, or equipment records.

Sources

  1. Reports a $1.09-per-gallon fuel-oil bid, deferred airport-resolution action, delayed financing for Iron Ore Bay lots, rezoning north of the Yacht Dock from Agriculture to Resort Commercial, inspection of Boat House property, discounted Fire Department pager purchase at $2,200, donated antenna, and a decision not to improve Main Street south of Bonner Street. It is a newspaper minutes report, not a bid file, deed, zoning map, equipment invoice, or road record. 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 · 1984-01_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held eighteen-page January issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the township minutes.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1984-01_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “St. James Township reviews Fire Department, Iron Ore Bay, fuel, and zoning matters, 1984”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-st-james-township-january-1984-minutes/, accessed [date], citing St. James Township minutes, Beaver Beacon, January 1984. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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