HOLLY TOWNSHIP, Michigan – Township board members approved the appointment of several individuals to serve on the township’s Zoning Board of Appeals during their Feb. 17 Board of Trustees meeting.

Ted Gurski will serve as the Planning Commission liaison on the ZBA, while Township Trustee Steve Ruth will take the place of Township Clerk Karin Winchester on the ZBA. Winchester is no longer able to serve ion the ZBA as she is assuming the position of Planning and Zoning Administrator.  Township resident Allan Motzney was also appointed to the ZBA. Motzney is currently a municipal attorney for the City of Troy, and is also an elected member of the Township Parks Committee.

Township officials appointed Lynne Coulter-St. Pierre and Richard Stevens to serve as alternates for the ZBA.

Additionally, James Walker was appointed to the Construction Board of Review. With over 30 years of experience in the construction business, Walker believes he will bring a wealth of knowledge and expertise to the review board.

HOLLY TOWNSHIP, Michigan – Dale Smith, Bernice Alexander, George Barton and William Angus were recognized during Wednesday’s Holly Township Board of Trustees meeting, when Supervisor Jesse Lambert thanked the group for their many years of service to the community.

“After walking into several different municipalities and seeing this type of award, I realized we did not have an award for longevity in Holly Township,” Lambert said. “All of these individuals have shown an extraordinary level of commitment to the community of Holly, and collectively, have dedicated over 50 years to the community.”

Angus, who was the only recipient in attendance at the meeting, accepted the award on behalf of the group.

Registration for Holly Little League Baseball will take place from 6-9 p.m. on Feb. 10 and Mar. 3, 2010 at Karl Richter Intermediate School cafeteria, 920 Baird Street, Holly. For more information on the league, visit www.eteamz.com/hollylittleleague1. For more information, contact Holly Little League President, John Copley at (313) 300-4502.

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Alison Kalcec

ROSE TOWNSHIP, Michigan – At the request of township auditing firm Pfeffer, Hanniford and Palka, township officials passed a resolution to transfer $25,000 into the building and inspection fund, the only fund with a deficit balance.

“Basically, it resolves that the township of Rose adopts the plan that’s on this resolution which shows the income expenditures and shows a transfer from the general fund of $25,000 to reconcile last year’s,” said Supervisor Alison Kalcec.

“This year, we’ve done some significant changes to how we’ve budgeted and how we’ve put the expenses to that building fund, and we’ll be monitoring that,” she said. “We have budget amendments that come up next February, but this needs to go, if we adopt it, in with our auditing report to the state of Michigan.”

Treasurer Sue Slaughter asked whether the money was in a form of a loan or a direct transfer to the fund.

“We talked about the difference between actually transferring money to them or loaning money to them,” Kalcec said. “But for this one, they would actually like to see us transfer the money to them like we do for the cemetery and fire and those.”

The Rose Township Board of Trustees unanimously passed the resolution.