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Beaver Island township boards address millage, fire authority, recreation planning, and a tribal dock in fall 2001

Also Peaine Township September 12 2001 meeting · St. James Township October 3 2001 meeting

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TypeEvent
Dates2001-09-12 – 2001-10-03
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Dates
2001-09-12 – 2001-10-03
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Meeting
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
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governancepublic-servicetransportationrecreation
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The fall 2001 minutes summary records Peaine Township’s approval of 8.7528 mills and appointments to the proposed Beaver Island Fire District Authority. It also records St. James Township’s support for a recreation plan, bids for snowplowing and oil, review of a nuisance ordinance, a requested yacht-dock restroom, a resolution for a dock serving tribal boats, and review of the Main Street/Michigan Avenue project.

Evidence limits

The Beacon’s summary is not the full approved minutes, ordinance, resolution, engineering file, or proof that the proposed projects were completed.

Sources

  1. Reports Peaine’s approval of 8.7528 mills, a $15,000 General Fund increase, fire/airport/waste-management millage matching St. James in dollars, and Fire District Authority committee appointments; St. James’s recreation-plan support, snowplow and oil-bid postings, yacht-dock restroom request, nuisance-ordinance review, tribal-boat dock resolution, and Main Street/Michigan Avenue review. 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 · 2001-11_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the township-minutes summaries.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2001-11_Beaver-Beacon

Added 5 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island township boards address millage, fire authority, recreation planning, and a tribal dock in fall 2001”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-township-board-minutes-september-october-2001/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, November 2001, “Briefly...The Minutes.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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