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Amauri Poyntz, Justen Pacsai, Jack Phillipson sang “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus” last month during Walled Lake Western High School’s Choir Holiday Concert Collage featuring Western’s choirs and senior soloists. Greg Cleveland and Ryan Dawley were the conduc-tors, while Donna Gleason served and the accompanist. !PHOTO SUBMITTED BY CURTIS DROGMILLER"

HOLIDAY PERFORMANCE

!e Knights of Columbus Council No. 8500 of High-land Township will be hosting its annual Free !row Contest at Spring Mills Elemen-tary School today, Wednesday, Jan. 9 at 6:30 p.m. !is con-test is open boys and girls ages 10 to 14 and will be classi"ed by age and gender. !e winner of each age bracket (male and fe-male) will be invited to compete at the Dis-trict Championship in February. If they win their age group at the District Champion-ship, they will be in-vited to compete at the State Championship in March. !ere is no charge to participate and all skill levels are welcome.

!e White Lake Township Citizens Academy is accept-ing required pre-registrations for the 19th installment of the 13-week program that provides hands-on training with po-lice, "re and township operations in 3-hour sessions beginning on March 6. To register, call 248-698-1042. Class size is limited for the free program. !e "rst class on March 6 will be held at White Lake Township Hall and the remaining 12 classes will be held at the Dublin Senior Center. All classes be-gin at 6:30 p.m. The Kroger grocery store at Union

Lake and Commerce roads in Commerce Township is hoping

that its new fueling station currently under construction will be open no lat-er than the middle of next month.

Dale Hollandsworth, consumer communications for Kroger, said he gets positive responses from people ev-ery day excited about the new fueling station coming to town.

It will have six pumps, including die-sel fuel, and will be open from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily, Hollandsworth said.

Plus, there will be bene"ts to doing both your shopping and "lling up your car at the new fueling station.

“Shopping at Kroger, you can take up to $1 per gallon o# your fuel purchases,” Hollandsworth said.

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The new Kroger fueling station (above) will be open from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily. !SPINAL COLUMN NEWSWEEKLY PHOTO/KIRK PINHO"

!e Kroger fueling station will be-come the "$h in Oakland County, with other locations in Milford, Davisburg, South Lyon and Lake Orion. !ere are currently 49 Kroger fueling stations in Michigan, according to Hollandsworth.

Kroger typically hires between "ve and seven new employees to sta# its new fueling stations, Hollandsworth said.

Last year, Kroger "led a site plan with Commerce Township o%cials calling for the demolition of the vacant K-mart building and rebuilding an approxi-mately 88,000-square-foot structure at the northeast corner of Union Lake and Commerce roads. !e existing Kroger store is located in same retail center as the former K-mart building, but at the opposite, north end of the development.

!e site plan also called for the addi-tion of the fueling station and a drive-thru pharmacy at the new Kroger store.

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Frank Wozny is hoping you’re able to keep your New Year’s resolution to lose weight.

Wozny, a 2007 Michigan State University graduate with a degree in exercise science who is now the director of Fitness Revolution in Wixom, is putting on a 10-week Fitness Transformation Contest at the Total Sports Complex located at 30990 S. Wixom Road.

Registration for the program begins tomorrow, !ursday, Jan. 10, with registration times at 6 a.m. and 6 p.m., and another registration session on Saturday, Jan. 12 at 9 a.m.

In addition to rigorous training, the contest will also o#er nutritional health information, Wozny said. !e participant who loses the greatest percentage of body weight will win a 32-inch &at screen TV, and the runner-up will earn a $50 Visa gi$ card – in addition to the obvious main prize of shedding those extra pounds.

“Fitness Revolution is all about people chang-ing their lives for the better,” said Wozny, who developed the program. “Unfortunately, in the "tness landscape today, there is an overload of information and myriad of programs available. Our Transformation Contest provides an easy-to-understand training program combined with an easy-to-implement nutrition program. Both were designed speci"cally to keep people motivated and eliminate distractions as they improve their "tness lives.”

To only participate in the weight loss challenge, the cost is $25. If you want training twice a week and nutritional guidance, the cost is $300 for the 10-week program. If you want training three times a week and nutritional guidance, it’s $450.

Over the 10 weeks of the contest that starts on Monday, Jan. 14, Fitness Revolution will be chron-icling participants’ transformation, including with photos, videos and weekly blog entries from the trainers and participants, on their website at www."tnessrevolutionwixom.com.

For more information, contact Wozny at [email protected] or 248-669-9818.

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Huron Valley, WLCS to Celebrate MLK Day

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Two Martin Luther King, Jr. Day celebrations are scheduled for later this month in west Oakland County on Monday, Jan. 21.

!e Huron Valley Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Celebration will begin at 1 p.m. with the March on Main Street from Prospect Hill to Cen-tral Park in Milford.

Groups are encouraged to march together with signs showing their support for Martin Lu-ther King, Jr. Day. Registration is not required to participate in the march, although registration is available at www.hvmlkday.org.

!e event begins at the Prospect Hill Shopping Center at 516 Highland Avenue in Milford, with marchers beginning to line up at 12:15 p.m.

Vocal performances, an art, essay and speech competition, and speeches are all features of the eighth annual event that draws people to celebrate King’s legacy.

In addition, the Walled Lake Consolidated School District will hold its 14th annual Dr. Mar-tin Luther King, Jr. Day Celebration on Jan. 21 at

The Huron Valley Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Celebration (above) begins at the Prospect Hill Shop-ping Center at 516 Highland Avenue in Milford on Monday, Jan. 21 at 1 p.m. !PHOTO/HURON VALLEY MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. DAY CELEBRATION COMMITTEE"

Walled Lake Northern High School beginning at 5 p.m.

!e evening’s events will include at a multi-cultural dinner complete with ethnic food from around the world prepared by local restaurants from 5 to 6 p.m. and an exhibition of student work from 5 to 6:30 p.m.

!e program will feature keynote speaker Ro-chelle Riley, a Detroit Free Press columnist. Her keynote speech is based on this year’s event’s theme, “Let Your Voice Be Heard: Speak Up! Speak Out!” !e program will begin at 6:30 p.m.

!e event is free and open to the entire com-munity to attend. However, donations of canned and/or boxed foods will be accepted for the Focus: HOPE food pantry in Detroit.

For more information, call Wixom Elementary School Principal Alec Bender at 248-956-3432 or contact Judy Evola, Director of Community Re-lations for the Walled Lake Consolidated School District, at [email protected].

At a Huron Valley Chamber of Commerce Co!ee Club event last month at Batteries Plus, located at 9064 Highland Road in White Lake Township, Sharon Keenan received a Jump Start Battery Package door prize from John and Joanne Kent. !PHOTO SUBMITTED BY LAURA BOLYARD/HURON VALLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE"

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O"cials in White Lake Township are hop-ing for a healthy level of public participation when a visioning session is held on Wednesday, Jan. 16 for the township’s upcoming update of its Parks and Recreation #ve-year plan.

!e Community Vi-sioning Session will be held at the Dublin Com-munity and Senior Cen-ter, located at 685 Union Lake Road in White Lake, and will be mod-erated by the township’s Community Develop-ment Department sta$.

Participants will go through brainstorming exercises to get input on future park planning and policy, said Jason Iacoangeli of the Com-

White Lake Seeks Input For Parks Plan Update

munity Development Department, adding that the process is “very im-portant to cra%ing the goals and objectives for the next #ve years with regard to park planning in White Lake.”

!e Parks and Recre-ation Plan will be written to Michigan Department of Natural Resources speci#cations, thereby allowing the township to apply for grant funding through the Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund.

!e NRTF is a re-stricted fund that was established in 1976 to provide a source of fund-ing for public acquisition of lands for resource pro-tection and outdoor rec-reation. !e funding is derived from royalties on the sale and lease of state-owned mineral rights.


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My Weight Loss Program Works.The key is to discover why you are struggling with weight. Until you restore proper physiology you will continue to struggle . Are your fat storing/fat burning hormones working correctly? Your Thyroid runs your metabolism are you hypothyroid or autoimmune thyroid? If so you will never be successful on any program until that is fixed. There is a reason why you lose weight and put it all back. Do you struggle with weight loss no matter what you do? There is a reason and I will show you what it is at my seminar. There are many weight loss programs, 90 % of them fail!

If you are over weight you are most likely unhealthy and you may already be dealing with type 2 diabetes, high cholesterol, high blood pressure , hypothyroidism, joint pain, fatigue and more. It’s time to take responsibility and take care of yourself, the longer you wait the worse it will get. No magic drugs or potions will do this for you. I can help you, your job is to get to my seminar.

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Toys For Tots is an an-nual company sponsored event for the collection of new, unwrapped toys for children who are less for-tunate.

Coldwell Banker Weir Manuel in Commerce had a tremendous re-sponse this year with the collection of toys. We would like to thank the community for their gen-erous donations dropped o! at our o"ce. In ad-dition, Banker’s Title Agency, Changing Places Moving Company, A"n-

VFW Post 9914, 3200 N. Duck Lake Rd., Highland will be host-ing an all-you-can-eat Country Breakfast on Saturday, Jan. 12, from 9 a.m. to noon. The public is welcome. Please come join us. This fund-raiser is for the Veteran’s Relief Fund. $6 per person. If you have questions, call 248-887-9914.

MOMS Club Water-ford-South is hosting an open house com-plete with a demon-

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ity Home Care Agency of Commerce Township, ARO Welding of Ches-ter#eld Township partic-ipated with warm hearts and giving spirits.

Coldwell Banker Weir Manuel has been a lead-ing Realtor in Southeast-ern Michigan since 1950. Our company is respect-ed in the marketplace for its professionalism, ethi-cal behavior, experience and proven results.

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Men from the City of Walled Lake are seen !ushing out the sewer system on Saturday. (PHOTO COURTESY OF CURTIS DROGMILLER/DROGMILLER PHOTOGRAPHY)

CITY OF WALLED LAKE

$e Greek philoso-pher Zeno once theo-rized that no one and nothing is truly ever able to get to a set physical destination, continually taking steps – smaller and smaller each and every time until they be-come in#nitesimal – to-ward that spot. It’s surely a somewhat depressing idea, the notion that, if extrapolated upon, the completion of a planned task or goal is impossible.

Leave it to the ancient Greeks to come up with such a downer of an idea, I say.

But here’s where that particular paradox of motion Zeno developed is applicable in this space and at this time: We at the Spinal Column News-weekly, too, are continu-ally taking steps – some big, others not so big – to get to our ultimate goal of being the only com-munity newspaper you’ll ever need.

In the last month, we’ve made big strides in that direction, and eventually the strides we make will be less and less noticeable, but no less important, in our con-tinuing e!ort to provide the coverage and content our main constituency – you, the readers – needs, wants, and demands.

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Cooking tips from lo-cal chefs? Let us know. Spiritual advice from religious leaders in west Oakland County? We’d love to hear about it. A home repair column? Weekly musings on the area’s history from area historical societies? Book recommendations from local librarians? Perhaps!

What you want to see in the Spinal Column Newsweekly is of the ut-most importance to us, but we can’t provide that content if we don’t know what you’re thinking should grace the pages of our 53-year-old newspa-per.

So I guess Zeno, in some ways, was right. $ere will always be areas for improvement, ways we can better the Spinal Column Newsweekly to get as close as humanly possible to our goal, and we are getting closer to it each and every week. But with your help, sug-gestions, and feedback, you will, over time, see the steps we are taking to reach that goal shrink until eventually you can’t see them at all.

stration of the Kinder-musik program from the Clarkston Conser-vatory of Music on Fri-day, Jan. 11 at 10 a.m. Please join us to learn more about our support group for stay-at-home moms and enjoy a fun music event for the kids. RSVP is required as space is limited: [email protected]. Directions to the event will be pro-vided upon RSVP.

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5” inches thick mini-mum for general use ("sherman, ice skaters, and foot tra#c)

8” inches thick mini-mum for travel by snow-mobile, O$ Road Vehicle (ORV)

(We do not recom-mend automobiles out on the ice. !is also voids any insurance claims)

Survey the ice, keep-ing in mind that ice conditions change day by day, lake by lake and location by location on the same body of water. Some signs of chang-ing ice conditions can be, but are not limited to: moving water near a stream, river, unseen spring or inlet, slushy areas, depressions in the snow, heavy snow, white “milky” or black col-ored ice and “frazzle” ice weakened by the freeze-thaw cycles. Frazzle ice is pocketed with tiny air pockets and o%en looks like frozen slush. !ese are all signs of thin ice or unsafe ice.

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can call 911or go for help in an emergency.

· Do not make the "rst tracks on the ice. Check with someone who has experience with a par-ticular lake or pond be-fore you venture out on the ice.

· Always leave a travel plan with someone who can call for help and di-rect a search party if you do not return.

· Plan ahead by dress-ing appropriately for changing weather condi-tions. Dress in layers to protect all exposed parts of your body. Consider wearing a personal &ota-tion device (PFD) as part of your overall protective clothing or a &otation jacket or suit. Ice creep-ers attached to boots will help to keep you stable on the ice and can assist in self-rescue.

· Bring safety items which may include: cell phone, whistle, rope, ice pick or awls, screw driv-er, hand &ares, &ashlight, throwable PFD. Plan ahead for a rescue.

· Check and double check the ice thickness with an ice spud, auger or cordless drill. If you dis-cover a weak spot, retrace your route o$ the ice. Keep a distance between others in your group.

· If you hear the ice crack or detect unsafe ice

you should stay spread out, immediately lie down (which will dis-tribute your weight) and crawl back to safer ice by the same way you came.

· If someone falls through the ice, do not run to the hole. First call 911 and get help on the way and then use a pole, branch, rope or any other handy object, which can be extended to the victim from a safe position. You cannot help if you also become a victim.

· If you fall through the ice, do not panic, because this will only hinder your self-rescue actions. Call out for help and kick your feet while getting your hands and then arms up onto safer ice. !is is when the ice awl or screwdriver will help you with your self-rescue. Continue to “swim” up onto the ice far enough to crawl or “roll-out” to safer ice.

· Snowmobiles, ORV’s and vehicles on the ice increase your risk of fall-ing through, especially at night. Many accidents occur when operators are driving at a high rate of speed (over driving) and are unable to slow or stop in time to avoid open wa-ter or unsafe ice.

· Pets that venture onto unsafe ice are another major cause for many

near drownings and deaths. If you "nd your pet has ventured out onto the ice, resist the urge to go out a%er them. Stay at a safe position on shore and persuade them back to safety.

· Wildlife that ventures onto unsafe ice is a natu-ral occurrence. Wildlife such as deer are strong swimmers prepared for cold weather and "nd their own way o$ the ice. Most o%en, wildlife dis-covered in the water are injured and succumb to injuries from predators or natural forces.

Oakland County of-fers many outdoor recre-ation opportunities with our lakes, ponds and riv-ers. However, before you step out onto the ice we strongly urge you to plan ahead and consider the risks involved. “When in doubt, don’t go out”.

!e Oakland County Sheri$ ’s Marine Unit o$ers: Boating, ORV, Snowmobile, and Hunt-ing Safety Classes to the public. If you would like more information on “Ice Safety” or any of our outdoor recreation safety classes please call us at (248) 858-5000 or visit us on our web site at www.OakandSheri$.com.

A 26-year-old White Lake Township man is fac-ing a felony charge a%er he allegedly pointed a loaded weapon at his sister following an argument on Dec. 30.

!e brother, Arthur Gailin, and his sister live to-gether in the home on Coastal Parkway, said White Lake Police Chief Edward Harris.

Galin was arraigned on Tuesday, Jan. 1 and his bond was set at $25,000. Harris said the weapon al-legedly used in the incident has been recovered.

No injuries were reported a%er a "re broke out in a Highland Township mobile home on the 200 block of Sutton on Dec. 26, 2012 around 6 p.m.

Highland Fire Department crews were dispatched to the scene. !e resident of the mobile home was able to evacuate without injury.

!e "re remains under investigation, according to the Oakland County Sheri$ ’s Department.

White Lake Township police arrested a 25-year-old Waterford Township man a%er determining the vehicle he was driving was reported stolen in Water-ford.

Police observed a suspicious 1996 black Cadillac in the parking lot of a gas station on Highland Road. A%er learning that the vehicle was stolen, police dis-covered the man also in possession of marijuana and synthetic narcotics, said White Lake Police Chief Ed-ward Harris.

A 2006 Volkswagen Passat owned by a person sus-pected of being involved in retail fraud was stolen from a White Lake Township towing company’s im-pound lot, according to law enforcement.

!e vehicle was reported stolen on Dec. 31, but the the% allegedly occurred between Dec. 24 and Dec. 28, White Lake Police Chief Edward Harris said.

Someone stole the Volkswagen from the lot by cut-ting the lock to the parking lot, Harris said.

Police suspect the Passat was used in the retail fraud crime.

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Police Nab Man for Driving Stolen Vehicle

White Lake Man Charged for Allegedly Pointing Loaded Gun at Sister

Blaze Damages Highland Mobile Home

Retail Fraud Suspect’s Vehicle Stolen From Impound

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After a light dusting of snow on Saturday, Jan. 5, many area residents raced to have wintertime fun on Walled Lake. There were ice !shermen, couples walking their dogs, skiing, snowmobiling, and more. (PHOTOS COURTESY OF CURTIS DROGMILLER/DROGMILLER PHOTOGRAPHY)

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CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF COMMERCE2009 TOWNSHIP DRIVE

COMMERCE TOWNSHIP, MI 48390

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Notice is hereby given that the Township Board of the Charter Township of Commerce, Oakland County, Michigan, will meet at a Regular Board meeting on the 8th day of January, 2013 at 7:00 p.m., at the Township Hall, located at 2009 Township Drive, Commerce Township, Michigan 48390, to review the Special Assessment ROLL for the First Amended Idlewild Dust Control Special Assessment District (detailed description below), and to receive comments from affected property owners regarding the accuracy of their assessment and the total project cost.

The proposed First Amended Idlewild Dust Control Special Assessment District involves property located in the Charter Township of Commerce, Oakland County, Michigan, which is described in the attached Exhibit A.

Plans showing the improvement, the location, and the legal description are on file with the Township Clerk for public examination.

The First Amended Idlewild Dust Control Special Assessment District is being proposed to increase the number of dust control applications of the original Idlewild Dust Control SpecialAssessment District from four to five.

The costs associated with this Special Assessment District are of such a nature that periodic redeterminations of the costs will be made from time to time without further notice to the record owners or parties with an interest in property located within this Special Assessment District.

In order to appeal the amount of any special assessment, affected owners or parties with an interest must protest the proposed assessment. This may be done orally by appearing in person at the hearing or having an agent appear at the hearing on behalf of an owner or party in interest, or in writing by filing a letter of protest before the hearing, addressed to the Township Clerk at 2009 Township Drive, Commerce Township, Michigan 48390. An owner or party having an interest in the real property affected by the special assessment may file a written appeal of the special assessment with the Michigan Tax Tribunal within 30 days after the confirmation of the special assessment roll if the special assessment is protested at the hearing held for the purpose of confirming the special assessment roll. Please direct any questions you may have to the Charter Township of Commerce Building Department at (248) 960-7060.

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SC: 01-09-13

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ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Notice is hereby given that the Commerce Township Zoning Board of Appeals will conduct a public hearing in the Township Hall Board Room, located at 2009 Township Drive, Commerce Township, Michigan, for the purpose of hearing the following appeal, on THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 2013 at 7:00 P.M.

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Douglas Cadaret representing Gayle Geisenhoff of Commerce MI is requesting variances from Articales 32 & 33 of the Commerce Township Zoning Ordinance to allow a shed on the waterfront front yard and within the required front & side setback located at 3332 Benstein.

Sidwell No.: 17-16-455-012

SC: 01-09-2013

The proposed application and site plan, along with the Commerce Township Zoning Ordinance and Zoning Map are available for public inspection in the Clerk’s office during regular business hours. Public comment will be taken in writing at the Clerk’s office until the close of business on the date of the hearing, or in person at the public hearing,. For further information please contact the Planning Department, Commerce Township Hall, (248) 960-7050.



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Viazanko Construction Services of Rochester Hills MI representing AT&T is requesting a variance from Articles 6 & 30 of the Commerce Township Zoning Ordinance to construct a monument sign that will encroach into the required front yard setback located at 4212 Haggerty Road

Sidwell No.: 17-13-400-010

SC: 01-09-2013




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James Maher of Walled Lake MI is requesting a variance from Article 6 of the Commerce Township Zoning Ordinance to construct an attached garage that will encroach into the required side yard and total side yard setback located at 2041 Hoeft.

Sidwell No.: 17-25-101-023

SC: 01-09-2013




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Tony Semaan of Walled Lake MI is requesting a variance from Article 6 of the Commerce Township Zoning Ordinance to construct a mixed use building that will encroach into the required front yard setback located on the south side of Commerce Road Between Newton & S. Commerce.

Sidwell No.: 17-11-332-034

SC: 01-09-2013




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Real Green of Commerce MI is requesting a variance from Article 6 & 30 of the Commerce Township Zoning Ordinance to construct a monument sign that will encroach into the required front yard setback located at 4375 Pineview.

Sidwell No.: 17-13-300-075

SC: 01-09-2013




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James Maher of Walled Lake MI is requesting a variance from Article 6 of the Commerce Township Zoning Ordinance to construct an attached garage that will encroach into the required side yard and front yard setbacks located at 3075 Arbutus.

Sidwell No.: 17-11-404-002

SC: 01-09-2013


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CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF WHITE LAKE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS RESOLUTION

BE IT RESOLVED: that the Zoning Board of Appeals of the Charter Township of White Lake, Oakland County, Michigan, does hereby establish that there will be one (1) regular meeting held monthly as follows:

SC: 01-09-2013

1. All regular meetings will be held at the Township Hall, 7525 Highland Road (M-59), White Lake, Michigan, 48383.2. The meetings will be held the fourth Thursday of each month except for the month of November due to the holidays and will commence promptly at 7:00 P.M.3. Dates of the meetings mentioned in paragraph two above will be as follows:

Cut Off Date Regular Meeting

December 27, 2012 January 24, 2013January 24, 2013 February 28, 2013February 28, 2013 March 28, 2013March 28, 2013 April 25, 2013April 25, 2013 May 23, 2013May 23, 2013 June 27, 2013June 27, 2013 July 25, 2013July 25, 2013 August 22, 2013August 22, 2013 September 26, 2013 September 26, 2013 October 24, 2013 November 28, 2013 December 12, 2013

Special meetings will be called and held at the discretion of the Charter Township of White Lake Zoning Board of Appeals, with due and proper notice of such meetings to Board members and posted on the Town Hall bulletin board at least 18 hours prior to the meetings.

This schedule was approved at the Regular Zoning Board of Appeals meeting of December 27, 2012. Sean O’Neil, AICP Planning Director

CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF MILFORDINVITATION TO BID

AMBULANCE SERVICE CONTRACT

The Charter Township of Milford is requesting sealed bids for Advanced Life Support and Basic Life Support ambulance service. The Township Clerk will receive sealed bids at the Township offices located at 1100 Atlantic Street, Milford, Michigan 48381 until 2:00 PM local time on Wednesday, February 13, 2013, at which time and place all bids will be opened publicly and read aloud.

All bids will be received on the Bid Forms furnished. Copies of the Bidding Documents may be obtained at the Township office. All bids must be in a sealed envelope and clearly marked: “AMBULANCE SERVICE”.

Exceptions to Specifications must be clearly identified and explained. Prices are to be all inclusive of taxes and all other charges. The Bidder further agrees and understands that the Charter Township of Milford is reserving the right to reject any and all bids, for whatever reason, and the right to waive irregularities in bidding if it determines such action to be in the best interests of the Township.

Bidding documents can also be viewed at the Charter Township of Milford website: www.milfordTownship.com.

Holly Brandt, ClerkCharter Township of Milford

Published: January 9, 2013

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NOTICE OF ADOPTIONAMENDMENT TO ORDINANCE NO. 129

FEE ORDINANCE

Notice is hereby given that at a regular board meeting on December 18, 2012 the Charter Township of White Lake adopted amendments to Ordinance No. 129, Fee Ordinance. The amendments to the Ordinance were accepted by the Charter Township of White Lake on September 18, 2012 and adopted at the December 18, 2012 regular board meeting.

ARTICLE I – AMENDMENT SECTION 7 – [RESERVED]SECTION 8 – ORDINANCE NO. 47: PUBLIC SHOWS AND EXHIBITIONS

A. Application for License Fee .................................................... $25.00B. Community Development Department Permit and Inspection Fee $350.00C. Police Department Inspection Fee .......................................... $50.00D. Fire Department Inspection Fee .............see Section 26, below

SECTION 9 – [RESERVED]SECTION 10 – [RESERVED]SECTION 11 – [RESERVED]SECTION 12 - ORDINANCE NO. 134: SOLICITATION ORDINANCE A. Application Fee ..................................................................... $50.00 B. Investigation Fee For Each Individual ..................................... $10.00SECTION 26 – ORDINANCE NO. 122: FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION ORDINANCE

C. Public Shows and Exhibitions ................................................ $250.00D. Public Shows and Exhibitions Re-inspection .......................... $90.00

G. Explosives…………………………………………………… ........... $450.00H. Magnesium ................................................................................... $135.00J. Pyrotechnics/ Special effects material ........... ………………………… $450.00

K. Site and Construction Plan Review Fee ................................... $100.00R. Prescribed Burns…………………………………………… ............. $125.00S. Fire Department Application Review ..................................................... $ 50.00SECTION 31 – ASSESSING DEPARTMENT I. Special Assessment Administrative Fee

ARTICLE II SEVERABILITYARTICLE III –REPEALERARTICLE V - EFFECTIVE DATEARTICLE VI –ADOPTION

This Ordinance will be in effect seven (7) days after publication. This Ordinance is available for purchase or inspection at the office of the Township Clerk at 7525 Highland Road, White Lake, Michigan during regular hours from 8 A.M. to 5 P.M. Monday through Friday, except holidays.

Terry Lilley, ClerkSCN 1 09 2013

CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF WHITE LAKEOAKLAND COUNTY, MICHIGAN CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF WHITE LAKE

OAKLAND COUNTY, MICHIGAN

The Township Board of the Charter Township of White Lake, Oakland County, Michigan, does hereby establish that there will be one regular meeting per month, held by the Township Board.

All regular meetings will be held at the Township Hall, 7525 Highland Road (M-59) White Lake, MI 48383. Meetings will be held on the third Tuesday of each month and will commence promptly at7:00 p.m.

Dates of the meetings will be as follows:

January 15, 2013February 19, 2013March 19, 2013April 16, 2013 May 21, 2013June 18, 2013

July 16, 2013August 20, 2013September 17, 2013October 15, 2013November 19, 2013December 17, 2013

Special meetings will be called and held at the discretion of the Charter Township White Lake Board, with due and proper notice of such meetings, to Board members and posted on the township hall bulletin board at least eighteen (18) hours prior to meetings.

Terry Lilley, CMCWhite Lake Township Clerk

SCN 01/09/13

CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF WHITE LAKERegular Board Meeting

Synopsis - December 18, 2012

Meeting called to order at 7:00 p.m. Seven board members and attorney present.

Moment of SilenceApproved: Amendments to the AgendaApproved: Consent AgendaApproved: Minutes, November 20, 2012 and December 4, 2012Approved: Resolution #12-016, Confirming Re-Assessment of Rubbish RemovalApproved: Resolution #12-017, Street Light for Aspen MeadowsApproved: Amendments to Fee OrdinanceApproved: Request to make Senior Center Program Developer position Full-TimeApproved: Job Description for Senior Center Program Developer w/amendment to Line Item 14Approved: Wage Scale for Senior Center Program Developer Approved: Parks and Recreation RecommendationApproved: Request to Purchase Postage Machine Approved: Separation of Platted Lots and Waiver of FeeApproved: Entertainment Permit Request (Sprader’s on the Lake)Approved: Request to Purchase In-Car Video System (Police Dept.)Approved: Request to Purchase Carboxyhemoglobin Monitor (Fire Dept.)Approved: Request to Repeal OrdinancesApproved: Amendments to Zoning Ordinance No. 58 Approved: Executive Session

Meeting adjourned at 8:35 p.m.Terry Lilley, Clerk

Greg Baroni, SupervisorWhite Lake Township

01/09/13

Mini Storage Depot will sell at public auction, contents of Units Numbered (D220, Nicole Harden-Household Goods, Furniture, Boxes, Trunks, Suitcases, Toys), (G515, Jeanine Gustin -Household Goods, Furniture, Boxes, Toys), (G522, Nicolette Fleming – Household Goods), (G517, Brent Taylor – Equipment), (L1001, Thomas Saunders – Boxes, Sporting Goods, Tools), (O1340, Bobbie Robinson – Household Goods, Furniture, Boxes, Trunks) on Thursday January 31st. At 2:00 P.M., for back storage fees owed. The auction will take place at Mini Storage Depot – 46550 Pontiac Trail, Walled Lake, Michigan 48390. We reserve the right to reject any and all bids.

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