Board - Regular Meeting

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Tuesday, February 10, 2026, 6:30 p.m. Roll call. Trustee Buckley here. Trusty Clinton here. Supervisor Kermy here. Treasure Dorchitz is excused. Trusty Growth here. Trusty Stewart here. Clerk Forba here. We have a quorum. Okay. Pledge allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and

to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. approval of the agenda, but we're going to ask to reorder it. Uh we're on the new business. We're going to put the veterans uh present commission presentation first. Okay. So, number four will become number one. Number one. Okay. And then um we could also do three right after four the chaplain. That's great. Let's do that.

Wonderful. And then the this is kind of like police night. Almost every item on here is police related. Um all right, Mr. Supervisor, I move for the approval of the agenda as amended for Tuesday, February 10th, 2026. Second. Second by Buckley. All in favor? I I. Motion carries. Approval of the consent agenda.

Mr. Supervisor, I move for the approval of the excuse me, consent agenda for Tuesday, February 10th, 2026. And this requires a roll call because there are a couple of of um resolutions. Do I have a second? Second. Second by trustee Growth. Clerk Vorba. Yes. Trusty Stewart. Yes. Trusty Growth. Yes. Supervisor Kermy. Yes. Trusty Clinton. Yes. Trusty Buckley. Yes.

Motion carries. So, public comment limited to three minutes on non-aggenda items. Are we doing the recognition? do the presentation. Oh yeah, we chief we forgot the most important thing, the we didn't the recognition of the uh assistant police chief Daniel Kudra who's retiring.

Thank you, Mr. Supervisor, Board of Trustees. Um this is uh an exciting uh time for Dan Kudra and his family. uh as Dan uh as our assistant chief will be retiring but he'll be accepting the position of chief of police ataw community college and um uh Dan has worked very closely with the board of trustees over the years. So I felt it was very important to acknowledge him today uh in front of the board and in front of our residents. Uh Dan has some very important people here that are in the gallery. Dan, if you want to introduce uh your family that are here.

I will. Thank you, Chief. uh board. Uh I appreciate uh the opportunity here to be before you today. Uh with me I have my mother uh Kathy Kudra right here. Uh my father Ron. Uh my wife Denise. Uh my super fan Pam in the back. Not a family member but almost a family member. The pre we call her the president of my fan club at the police department. Um uh my children are not here. Uh my two girls uh have college classes this evening and my son is at his archery practice which his coaches will not let him get out of. So um they're uh not here but they're with us in spirit. So thank you chief. Every year part of our awards presentation we have officer of the year is our top award. Uh the the number two award is the chief citation. And tonight I would like to award Assistant Chief Dan Kudra with the chief's citation. And I'd like to read the citation. In recognition of over 25 years of dedicated service to the citizens of Plymouth Township and to the Plymouth Township Police Department, through exemplary leadership and service as assistant chief, you have strengthened the department and made a lasting impact on the community that you have served. And here's your citation. We have a few uh of our community members that were just going to say a few words if that's okay. Uh we have two members of the uh sick community. Uh Mr. Dylan and Mr. Gil who are here. Uh they were just going to say a few words about uh Dan and uh his relationship uh with the sick community.

to the board of trustees. Okay. Sorry.

Thank you to the board. Thank you for allowing us in and having a few words. uh here. I know it's an important meeting for you. My name is Mohindra Pal Singh Gil. I am known as Paul Gil. I'm the chairman of the sik foundation which is a gwar not too far from here and we got about 400 uh uh what we call sut you know people our community consists of that and we've been there for nearly 20 years I'm the chairman I have with me Sukpalon he's member of the board too he just came back from India last night so he may go to sleep so be careful I asked uh the the chief chief Nutell who I go back with about nearly 20 or 25 years and his dad and ma sitting there there because I'm a ex-fort guy. I've worked for port for about 30 years 8 years and I retired about 23 years ago. So when I found out that an and Jim are coming it just added to the delight and thank you for letting letting them in too. So a little bit about why you know my my real good friend who had developed a super relationship with with Daniel Kudra. There was a time about eight nine years ago when there was eight or nine years ago that we felt that we have to boost up the security in the building

and especially our main services is on Sunday but we also have many many uh other important events. So we came and talked to the chief and Kudra was appointed as a leazison between us and we have developed such a relationship with him that we will miss him but I also want to thank the chief whenever he couldn't do the come on Sundays or other times he would always send an officer there having a police car and an officer dressed up not only outside the police car was put was outside and the the person who was representing you he was inside they did a superb job excellent relationship with the community and even the young people that was I was so happy with now of course assistant chief quido he was not the assistant chief at that time that even the young people would come up up to him and and so That relationship has carried on. We'll miss him. I've told him that he is welcome any day to come and have any of you, any of you want to come and have a meal with us. The best time really is on a Sunday morning. That's the breakfast. All right? And then if you want to stick around, you can get lunch, too. Okay? But you're welcome. Please, please come. And because we uh right now we going through a little construction phase. It'll be done in another uh two months and but we're still cutting the carrying the services on. So I want to have give something to the assistant chief who's leaving you guys because he's going to

come back okay and see us. And I hope he does. This is a gift to you. There's a note from me to you in there. And when you read it,

thank you very much everybody. Assistant Chief Cudra, I hope you understood. He said you are going to be coming back. Thank you Sandy. That's a great point. You're welcome. And uh I had uh one more speaker. Pam, would you come up for Thank you. Pam's going to make a few comments about her relationship with the assistant chief cooter.

Hi Dan. Thank you. I want to congratulate Dan on his retirement and wish him success in his new position as police chief of Community College. My name is Pamela Stoppper and I've known Dan Kudra for 21 wonderful years. Our paths crossed when my husband passed away at my home. I called 911 and Officer Crude was the officer that was dispatched. He completed the report that he needed to do and stayed at my home most of the day making sure that I was going to be all right. I don't remember anything else that happened that day except for his kindness and support. Since that time, he has checked up on me five to six times a year for the 21 years that have passed. during COVID. He called me every week making sure that I was healthy and had enough food to eat. I have been blessed having Dan Cudter in my life. I know for a fact that if I hadn't had his support and kindness, I would not have made it this many years. Everyone laughs because they say that I'm the president of his fan club, but that's an honor that I cherish. It is a fan club that every resident should be a member of. His leadership, kindness, and willingness to step in to protect me is something that I will keep in my heart forever. This fall, this past fall, I was fortunate to participate in the Citizens Police Academy that Dan created and made sure that everyone that participated felt like a valued and respected resident. All of us learned and participated in so many things like using the radar gun to track speeds, learning about homeland security, drug enforcement, investigations, crime scenes, and meeting the amazing officers and detectives involved. Fingerprinting, seeing a courtroom, and meeting the judge, getting a chance to be inside the Bearcat special operations vehicle, experiencing what night vision was look like. looking in through special equipment, participating in a gun simulator, meeting the traffic officer,

and learning about his job, and being able to see the inside of a police car, and the tour of the Plymouth Township Police Department, and meeting the brave and caring people who take the 911 phone calls and handle them so professionally was unbelievable. All of us in the class gain a new perspective and respect for the wonderful police that protect and serve all the residents. Chief Nitel also had a major role in the program and is a kind, wonderful, and supportive police chief that we are so fortunate to have in Plymouth Township to protect and care for all of us. Plymouth Township has been blessed having Dan protect and serve all the residents. Well, I am happy that Dan is getting the chance to serve at Washington Community College and I wish him the best for his new career, but I'm going to really miss him. I want to leave all of you with a thought. Dan worked for the Plymouth Township Police Department for 25 years and while he was here gave all of us a gift of leadership, kindness, and support. It is our responsibility to carry it forward to help others. Instead of challenging each other to prove you are better, practice kindness and support for each other. My grandfather always told me, "Until you have walked a mile in someone else's shoes, please be kind." Congratulations, Dan, on your retirement and best wishes in your new career. I wasn't told that I'd be speaking. Um I didn't prepare anything. Uh but thank you very much to all the members of the community uh who came out uh to uh

support me on the acknowledgement from the chief here. Um you know, it's it's been a wonderful career here. Uh it's been an honor and a privilege to serve the residents of this community. Uh as I move forward uh in my career and I start at Community College next week. Uh you know it's mixed feelings, right? I mean this is the only real job I've ever had. I've had the privilege of working with just consumate professionals at this police department. Uh we truly have a wonderful, incredibly educated, highly trained group of people serving the community. Um, I've had the privilege of working with a number of different elected officials, board members, and township employees over the years. I've worked closely with, I think, uh, each and every member of the board here for years. Uh, it's truly been a wonderful place to work. It's been a very supportive, uh, environment the entire time that I've been here. And I I don't have anything, uh, but wonderful things to say about my time here. So, uh, thank you very much. I appreciate the members of the sick community. Uh, as Mr. Dylan and Mr. you'll know uh you will be seeing me on Sundays and I'll bring Ava and we'll have some samosas. Um and then uh Pam uh I appreciate it. You're making me emotional up here. Um but thank you for the opportunity to serve the residents of this community. It's really been uh an honor and a highlight of my professional career. Thank you.

Well, you will be very missed. You're going to do a great job. Do a great job.

Thank you, sir. Okay, officer uh Kudra, you have stood the test of time. When you called me to walk two miles with you on Hines Park, as we did, we questioned each other back and forth, checking each other out. We found out we were both pretty clean. I didn't tell you that I had had a colonoscopy that morning. I challenged you on certifications and living up to principles and practices of law enforcement all across Michigan. You met my challenge. My first cousin, Dr. No. Buofy authored the first principles and practices and rules for the police officers all across Michigan in 1965 as an appointee of George Romney. I was very grateful that you put pen to paper and said, "These are the standards we're going to live by. These are our goals. These are the rules we're going to follow from A to Z. On a personal note, it was delightful for me to see you so involved in the community as I believe in and have lived because I saw your wife in Kellogg Park on a Friday night in the summer involved in the community. Last but not least, you are onward and forward to a very good friend of mine. Having been the only state rep endorsed by his father, our 14 year Governor William Milikin, the chairman of the board of the Washington Community College is Bill Milikin Jr. So he's a commercial realtor in Washington and our loss is going to be there again. I can't begin to thank you enough.

Anyone else? He just promised you that he's going to continue to be following you and watching you to be sure that you live up to the standard that has been set. Yes. Anyone else? All right. Thank you for that great presentation. Let's move on now to the uh presentation from the Veterans Commission. Public comments. Oh, public comments. Well, we forgot about that. Public comments for non-aggenda items. Anyone? No. All right. All right. Then we'll move on to the Veterans Commission presentation from Jackie. And how do you pronounce her last name? Lodus. Is that again?

Lodus. Lashus. Right here. Right there. Right there. Right up there. Thank you, Jackie.

Under the microphone. Hello. Test up a little bit. Thank you very much. I'll wait. Tell everyone. Clears out. Oh, I'm not as nervous now. Half the people. Okay. Wonderful. Okay. Here we go. Good evening everyone. My name is Jacqueline Lashodus. I am a commission member in the um veterans uh commission of Plymouth Township. So excited to talk with you this evening. We have a great presentation for you and we've had quite a year um as our second year uh as a commission. So we'll get started. Uh this is our uh our commission was created in 2023. This is a brief overview, but ultimately what we want to do as a commission is really engage our community. Uh we have a large population of veterans in Plymouth Township, and what we want to do is be sure that we're actively showing them that we honor them and care about them and that we have a lot of resources available to them. So, what you're going to see throughout this brief few minutes is what we've done this year to to do exactly that, that community involvement um on a lot of different facets. So, we'll leave you can read that another time if you'd like.

We need you to speak. I know it's hard, but we need you to speak into Hold it up. Sure. I'll hold it up. Okay. Yes. Perfect.

Okay. Too loud. Um Okay. So, uh we have um our commission members here. We have our chairwoman, John Buckley, um who is a gold star uh wife and a US Air Force u veteran. Um I'm not going to go into each detail. These are available on the website. um have myself. I am a veteran of the United States Navy. We have David Tanana is a USMC um um veteran. Kirk Conn is a US Air, excuse me, staff sergeant um in the Air Force. And then we have Ted Baker, who is actually our newest member. He is actually the president and CEO of Shaw Construction and Management in here in Plymouth. Um he is also the founding member of the Plymouth uh banner program, veteran banner program. So in downtown Plymouth, you'll notice there's banners up of our veterans within the township. And he is the um founder of that as well. So he is a non-military member, but he is actively we love having him on board because he is that conduit between our citizens and um the veteran community. We have Lieutenant Colonel, retired Kristen Mckenley. Um we and we have Ron King as well who is a Vietnam veteran um in the Air Force. Okay. So this is our second year of the 911 memorial um uh celebration of excuse me our memorial ceremony of the 911 tragedies. Uh we are very proud to be uh spearheading that. Again this is our second year. It is at the uh memorial um the hind drive memorial first responder memorial. Um and we have keynote speaker every year. This year was the Royal Oak police officer and USMC veteran Brian Buckley also u the husband of commission of chairwoman um John Buckley. It was an

absolutely phenomenal service. Uh I encourage you to go. We will be doing this again next year. it. We have the um color guard and we have um taps played and it is absolutely a beautiful tribute to the 911 um tragedies. We do have David Tanana was able to acquire some um relics from the 911 um um buildings themselves from the Twin Towers. So, we have those on display as well. We also engage young um we had the high schoolers come. We had them sing one year and they were able to actually visibly see the 9/11 um memorial items that we have because they weren't even really born then. So, they're able to understand what was going on then. And it is absolutely I brought my dad last year and he was moved beyond um really and he's a Vietnam uh veteran. So, it was absolutely beautiful. So, we encourage you to come next year uh on September 11th. Okay. So, as I mentioned, our main goal is to engage the community and have visibility of the commission itself. So, every April there is a a mental health and wellness fair in downtown Plymouth, and we are proud to say that we've been there for the past two years. Uh, this year we had chairwoman Jennifer Buckley uh there. It was a very cold cold Saturday if I remember correctly. Um and she was there handing out uh information on the commission on veteran awareness and specifically suicide prevention that is unfortunately a plague in our community um that we are um want to be sure that our veterans in Plymouth and everywhere know that we are a resource for them. Um so that was a a great um event to be present at. We also were uh some of our commission members were at uh the Kroger and then the Bush's um grocery stores for Poppy Days. Uh that happens in May and that is again honoring our veterans. This has been happening for many years. Um basically

taking donations and then you get a poppy in return. Um and we were there representing our veterans and the commission. We had chairwoman Jennifer Buckley and Lieutenant Colonel Christa Mckenley uh present at a senior living facility honoring the veterans there during their award ceremony and showing uh basically again raising visibility to the commission itself. Um letting them know that we're available we have meetings and we are also available as resources for the VA and getting them that information if they need it. um and they were able to represent the commission there during that award ceremony. This is a really big deal. Uh this is very exciting. Uh USA hockey is actually we have an arena if you if you're not familiar, there's an arena out kind of uh outside of the city a little bit over by the Home Depot and it's an absolutely wonderful space. USA hockey plays there and we are very happy to say that we have been actively participating in almost every home game uh honoring a veteran of the game. So um each veteran that's nominated is given a voucher free admission uh and um swag bags uh that are donated um to basically again honor and then show visibility of the support that we want to give the veterans. These are the veterans that were honored in 2025. Uh I would like point to point out that commissioner uh me commission member David Tanana's son is up there. Um and um John Lockwood as well. Commission member John Lockwood. It was an absolutely wonderful year and we do hope to do this again at every single home game. Uh truly every single home game. I think we missed a few last year but we would like to get every single home game uh have a veteran of the game. We also had the salute to service night. This is that what this picture is from. Um you can see Lieutenant Colonel Chris

McKenley there. Um and Kirk Conn there as well. And then we did sponsor a night called Chucka Puck. So everyone you could purchase a duck um for a certain amount or donate um and then you were able to throw the duck onto the ice and then we actually earned about $500 in donations that evening. So it was a fantastic event. U it was a a very great turnout. We're excited to do that again this year. We have a lot of goals for 2026. First and foremost, this year, unfortunately, we weren't able to do the Ruck March. If you were here last year, we you saw some photos from our Ruck March that we took from the VFW down in Plymouth all the way to the first responder memorial and then back. It was a phenomenal event. Friends and family, first responder responders and veterans all came and we we walked um that route. This year, we weren't unfortunately able to do that, but next year we've got really great lineup. We have Ethos, a performance, co-sponsoring, hopefully co-sponsoring this event next year. Um, and we want to include more and more people from the community, citizens, veterans, uh, anyone we can get to make it a really great event.

I will just clarify, it was last year, 2025, that we couldn't do the Rock March, but this year, this year, 2026, we're going to have 26. Yes, exactly. Sorry I It's too soon in the year to

That's okay. Yeah. Sorry. Um, and then of course we'll be doing the 911 ceremony as well, encouraging everyone to come to that. We do have a Facebook page that's active as well. So that's another thing that we have uh going and we also have a QR code that's often up and running for donations or for signups too. So two small things that are new. Uh, and then we also would like to be more incorporated into the Memorial Day celebrations. Um, Lieutenant Colonel um Christa Mckenley did speak on behalf of the VFW, but we would like to become as a commission have some representation whether it be marching um or or something like that at the Memorial Day celebrations. We'll be participating in the mental health and wellness fair. um some more Veterans Day celebrations um lined up, encourage doing the poppy sales again and then having representation at the VAS both in Canton and Ann Arbor or letting our veterans know of the availability and the proximity uh of those VA hospitals to u Plymouth Township. Veteran of the game night. This again, this is very exciting. I encourage everyone to go. It's a lot of fun. Um bring the kids. It's it's a it's a good time. Um and then of course continue the involvement of the community. Um showing uh visibility through access of meetings and events and then of course making sure that we are representing our veterans u in the township as best we can. So thank you everyone very much. If you have any questions, please let Chairwoman Buckley know. And I I'm unfortunately I'm moving to Northville next week, so I will no longer be part of the commission, but it's been an honor. So,

yes. And you did a wonderful job. Thank you so much. Thank you for your service on our commission. Take care of your little sick one at home to get home. And we wish you many prayers and blessings on your new adventure in Northville. So, thank you. It's been an honor to serve. So, thank you so much. It was very nice. Thank you everyone. Have a good night.

God bless. So, next item will be our chaplain's presentation for the police department. Mr. Supervisor, thank you. Uh, and board uh Benjamin, would you step up, please? Township Police Department is very excited uh to add a new member to our team uh into our chaplain's team. Uh currently, uh Renie Kaufman, who's here tonight. Renie, if you want to step up as well, is our current uh police chaplain. Uh Benjamin is joining our team. Uh our police chaplain are volunteers. Uh they are um on call similar to us. When our officers are at specific scenes and the need arises for a police chaplain, we offer that to our residents. Uh if they say, "Yeah, I'd like to have a res chaplain come to the scene." Um then we make calls and then the chaplain arrive. Uh I can tell you myself I've been at scenes with Breny Kaufman um where uh and these are very traumatic scenes. Many times they're scenes uh where people have passed away. Um you know our chaplain Renie and I know Benjamin's going to follow in the same footsteps. Uh when they arrive uh it just gives the family a lot of solace to have somebody a minister there that can that can assist them. in in really many times in the worst situations. So, Benjamin uh Benjamin J. Barnes is an extremely passionate man of God and has a desire to serve all persons of God. Benjamin has a drive to give back to his community and sought out this chaplain's opportunity at the Plymouth Township Police Department. Benjamin is a graduate of Renaissance High School. He obtained his undergrad from Eastern Michigan University and is currently enrolled in seeking his graduate degree

from Duke Divinity School. Benjamin's co-pastor with his in his presence ministry worldwide which is located in Redford Township. Benjamin's parents who are here today, Benjamin and Paul Lee are here and also serve as co-ministers. Uh Benjamin is married to his lovely wife Lacy and his two wonderful children, Benjamin III and Blake. Benjamin is a small business owner and he is a Plymouth Township resident uh who does not live far from this building. So um I want to welcome uh Benjamin to our team. Welcome uh to the board. Thank you for your time this evening. Uh, thank you, Chief Nitel and Lieutenant Krebs for just welcoming me with open arms. Um, really excited and honored to just uh serve in the community that my wife and I live in. U, my mom actually snuck out. Um, yeah, my mom's not a shape shifter, believe it or not. But this is my lovely wife, Lacy, who's joined us today. Um, my father, uh, Pastor Benjamin Barnes, and my best friend, Miles, is in the back. So, just wanted to thank you folks for coming out, uh, to support me tonight. Um, again, just really honored um to serve and to learn uh from Pastor Renie. So, just wanted to thank you all so much and um looking forward to meeting each and every one of you. Thank you.

Thank you. And I, you know, I've wanted to do this for for a while because of all the service that uh Reverend Renie Coffman uh provides to our police department because not only do we provide service to residents who are out there, but he also comes in, we have after action meetings uh and assists our officers, especially our younger officers are dealing with traumatic uh situations. Reverend Renie Coffman is a pastor at the Risen Christ Lutheran Church right here in Plymouth Township. Reverend Kaufman obtains his undergrad degree from North Northwood University and continues his graduate studies in theology at the Michigan Theological Seminar Seminary, excuse me, and at Concordia Concordia Theological. Uh, and we are blessed. He has been blessed with six children and nine grandchildren. Reverend Kaufman is known for donating his personal time and his god-given music talents, which I've seen myself, uh, to benefit nonprofits and charities in the area. Plymouth Township Police Department is extremely grateful to Renie Kaufman and to Benjamin Barnes for the willingness to commit and join to the chaplain team, the Plymouth Township Police Department. I ask Renie to just uh say a few words on his experience uh at the police department and with the chaplain program. Oh, so the 30 minute sermon I can't do. Okay. So, it it's it's really already been an honor to meet you and actually to meet your father and your mom that's not there anymore. Absolutely. But if just to let you know that uh I've I've learned from some incredible men in my life that have been chaplain and pastors and I I and I I I also learn still I'll learn from you. What I've uh what I do here really as a volunteer is spiritual

care uh for the officers, families, uh the residents here. Uh, and sometimes I'll come in and I'll find out that many people don't really have a religious affiliation. That's okay because I know that God loves them and will meet them exactly where they need to be met. I uh when I was invited into serving in this capacity, I've learned that it brings a different dimension to whatever the situation is. And often times it is a tragic situation and um at times I I just keep quiet as I'm driving there to wherever it is. I'm like Lord you are already present there as I was sharing earlier with you. I said help me keep sensitive to your Holy Spirit's prompting and allow me to come alongside of what you are already doing there. Sometimes it's just keeping my mouth shut, listening, maybe even crying with someone, holding their hand, maybe asking a question. Um, often times you'll see me in prayer maybe many times. And what's really moved me too is uh the officers too, you know, quietly bowing their heads as we uh as we pray. And then often times some of the officers and the people might see me kneeling beside a uh someone in grief um singing a song or two uh a favorite hymn. But it's been a pleasure to serve and I'm looking forward to serving along with you.

Thank you to the board. Chief, excuse me, chief. I have a question. Yes. I'm just curious to know when you deal with the kind of tragedies and the situations that you deal with in the police department, it also impacts the fire department and the fire personnel. Is this a service that is available to the fire department personnel? Is it something that you've talked about to the chief about or is it something that we're going to be seeing in the future?

Yeah, absolutely. And we really look at as a as a first responder program. Um the program was started before I had I got here as far as for the police uniform. Uh but also uh Reverend Kaufman assist u Sergeant Balmer from the city of Plymouth was just at our station earlier today and he mentioned that he assisted with a they had a a situation with a suicide that he assisted the city of Plymouth as well. But to answer your question, yes, police and fire. Um our dispatch center will have both of their phone numbers. If the request is made, whether it be police or fire, then we start making the calls. Perfect. Thank you. Yes, ma'am.

And to interject, we've worked with Reverend Kaufman. He's really helped us out in the past, and we always know if I need him, I can call him at the drop of dime just because he wears the wrong patch on his shoulder. I'm okay with that. But, uh, that's that's great to hear. Thank you. Thank you. Yeah. Go ahead, John.

Um, one other comment in regard to this. Um, first of all, I want to deeply thank you two gentlemen um for I'll wait for Reverend Kaufman for volunteering 35 years ago. uh the chief of police, Carl Barry, who my wife and I have had uh some unique political experiences with. But the smartest thing Carl Barry ever did was hire Dr. Ronald Jones, the school psychologist, extracontractual. Now, that was 354 years ago. Mental health problems in our society and on the police force and on the firefighters have increased exponentially to the moon and back. I was wondering at some point in time if you weren't going to consider a Dr. Ronald Jones, PhD psychologist, University of Virginia graduate, to stabilize things and for people to talk to on the police department, on the fire department, and at the tragedies that are occurring in our society, the trauma of drunk driving, domestic violence, murder, traffic accidents. Firefighters don't realize that the public I mean we just can't handle seeing fire. I mean it it just it it really upsets people greatly. So I think you should think about

finding a resource and I want to pay tribute to Dr. Ronald Jones, who Carl Barry would call at the drop of a hat, and he also interviewed every prospective firefighter and police officer. I would like to think that the Plymouth Township people deserve a Dr. Ronald Jones uh to to help us out. Okay, next item. We're going to move to the police again and we're going to discuss uh purchasing some equipment to beef up our gym which is in this building. And Sergeant Mike, we'll wait till everybody leaves here. Sergeant Mike Hinkle will uh tee this up. He's been working on this uh with uh uh me and a volunteer consultant who knows about gyms.

All right. Yes. Thank you uh Supervisor Kermy, board of trustees and Chief Nitel just walked out for uh allowing me to speak on the employees behalf in this subject tonight. Uh unfortunately I'm the least eloquent speaker you will hear tonight. Uh so I apologize for that. But uh so uh kind of to piggyback off of uh Trustee Stewart's last conversation or last uh um speech here is in 2025 and 2026 uh PTPD has really tried to focus hard on uh health and wellness for our employees. Um we've established a peer support group uh with officers who are are went to training to do that on a confidential basis and seek further help if those officers who go and confide in those uh our peer support team uh can go and get that proper help. Uh we've also been making more aware and stressing the use of the township uh employee assistance program. Right. So when we are re-evaluating this health and wellness program, we kind of realized we're missing the physical health aspect of it. So um with the direction of Chief Nitel, uh I was tasked with kind of looking into the the establishment of the physical health improvement plan for uh the police department. So um I kind of broke this down into two steps. uh a little bit on my background. Uh I guess that minorly qualifies me for this, but uh I played sports my whole life. I played college football, so I've been in and out of uh training facilities and and workout facilities and and been coached by some of the best coaches in the country when it comes to this stuff. So, um the first thing I wanted to do was uh evaluate our current workout

facility here at the township. Um we have several employees that use it. Uh I don't think it get it gets used enough. Um I myself use it. I know a few of the other officers use it. Uh and part of that is due to um I think aging of equipment and things of that nature. So uh I went upstairs uh with supervisor Kermy. We had a consultant donate some of his time uh who is very wellversed in the subject. We looked at the equipment. We noticed a lot that was either aging out um not functioning properly uh and just frankly intimidating uh for all employees that when they walk in and go to a gym and you see equipment and you say, "I don't know how the heck to get on this. I don't know what this thing does." Right? So um we kind of all came together and came up with a comprehensive plan to update that facility. We use some criteria to look at that such as the equipment condition, the serviceability, is it serviceable? Are there parts available? uh practical uses uh are there redundant exercise machines uh in the ease of use things of that nature and then what's the physical benefit of that equipment. After that evaluation we kind of determined that there's several pieces that we should probably get rid of. Um evaluating the new equipment we used uh several uh different criteria such as diversity of use uh movements and people's capabilities. So, we want this is a police department project that we hope benefits every employee in the township. Every employee is going to be able to go up there and utilize this facility. Um,

so with that, we want equipment that's going to be suited well-rounded. It's not going to be a powerhouse gym or a Pilates gym. It's it's going to be a well-rounded facility. the ease of use, is it overly complicated, the longevity and how long that equipment can last, the cost effectiveness, and what's the ROI, what's the return on investment, right? So, I think it goes without saying, and we can look at study after study that healthier employees, uh, lower health care costs in the long run. Um, morale is drastically improved and productivity improves. So that was kind of the first step we had in in researching this project. Uh the second step was how on the police department side was how do we incorporate this or incentivize it uh to be used.

Mhm.

So uh the second step of this is with the blessing of the chief is we were able to create a policy that allows officers to utilize their brakes that are already provided to them within the CBA. uh to use the workout facility during working hours. Um I can tell you as uh somebody who's married with two very little kids that are very busy and uh working 12-hour shifts and this and that, it's very difficult to find that time outside of work to do that. So, um the policy was created in conjunction with uh the lieutenant and and the chief here and um it's it's it's a growing trend within law local law enforcement. We are not the first ones to think of this. Leavonia, Northville, and Plymouth City are just some of the local departments that all currently have this same type of policy that allows officers to utilize their break times to uh work out on uh township property or their respective city.

What about before and after shift? So, yes, we can do that. Again, though, when we talk about that, people have to go get their kids from school, daycare, child care runs out, things of that nature. So, but it is permissible for you. It is permissible. Yes. Yeah. Before you start your shift or I I used to come here at 3 in the morning when I was on nights and and go up there on my off days before I was married and had kids. So, um it is it is there still and that's for any employee. That facility is open 24/7. You guys are okay with other employees being there? Always have been. It always has been. I know. But it's being presented as like a police thing.

It is. And I think did the work. It's for us, but benefits everybody. So, we want it to benefit the entire township. Mhm. Um I'm okay uh putting the foot forward to get the project done and it benefiting everybody. Uh so it benefits us as well. Um that that doesn't bother me in the least. Uh so within this policy, I'm sure the questions will come up. A lot of the big things are who's going to monitor this? who's going to do take care of the equipment, things of that. That's all built into our policy. We're going to have supervisors do bi-weekly checks on the facility, make sure it's clean working equipment, things of that nature. Um,

by the way, the fire department was part of the process involved with us with the consultant.

Yes, correct. I I apologize. I neglected to mention that. Um, but the word has spread about this throughout the department that this is a possibility. I can tell you the excitement, the morale boost that it's provided. Uh people are really looking forward to this opportunity to uh take that break, get a a good workout in, feel better, and uh and move about their day. So, um you know, last board meeting, Trusty Stewart spoke about officer morale and throughout the state, and I can tell you little things like this are what really help boost that morale. Even though we're an agency that hosts high morale as it is, it can always be better no matter what. So, um, thank you for your time. And, uh, is there any questions or concerns?

Yeah, I came today. Go ahead. You I came today and I spoke with Chuck for a little bit and took a tour in there. Um, and I just want to first off commend you for putting this together. Um,

I was I was telling Chuck that the only the only impediments I see to this getting a return on investment and you can speak to this is the location seems not the most um ideal, you know, like at the fire department it's right there like in the building. This it's like up the stairs across from the supervisor's office. My husband's a police officer in Royal Oak. Theirs is in the basement and it it just feels like a gym down there. Um, do you feel like that's an impediment? Maybe not for you, but Well, sometimes you have to work with what you got.

Do you have numbers as to how many people have been going and how many you suspect could begin to start going?

So, absolutely. And um I I I don't think the location is going to have much impact to be honest with you. Um, I I think that in conjunction with the new policy and the additions or the improvements upon that room, uh, as childish as it is, I can tell you that when colleges recruit athletes, the first things they look at are the facilities. Do they have an indoor training facility? How nice is their weight room? How nice is their stadium? Things like that. So, it does bring people in those improvements and along with the policy. I know on the police end are going to drastically uh improve that. Not only that, but the equipment we chose and looked at is is more fitting for a vast array of physical capabilities. So, um a a vast array of cardio equipment that's both low impact or high intensity. There's a vast array of weight training equipment that's cable versus uh plates and things of that nature. low impact versus high intensity and and a physical and a functional fitness area as well for things like jump ropes or uh sandbags, things of that nature.

Is that in the budget too? Sandbags and those things. So, there's a lot of equipment that is being provided or I shouldn't say a lot, but there are some things that are being donated as well. Um, and there's stuff that officers or other employees have brought up there that's their own personal stuff that has been up there for years and people have been free to use it. So, um, that's not uncommon. Is there any limitations? I know you guys worked with the fire chief on um, you know, weights being dropped at that second story level there. Um, like is there a squat rack? Is there

so currently there is a Smith machine which is like an assisted squat rack. Uh we are planning on putting a free weight squat rack in there. Uh with that being said, I stayed away from some equipment like deadlift uh bars and deadlift um platforms for that reason. And part of that also is the flooring. So, the current flooring up there is very uh insufficient, very squishy rubber. Uh the flooring that we chose for this is designed for gyms to help kind of disperse that shock if something was dropped and and things like that. Have we ever looked into, this is a kind of a side, we talked about this briefly. Have we ever looked into some type of a partnership or something with LA Fitness being right there?

That's difficult because they're somewhat of a competitor to them. Yeah. Right. Um they LA Fitness is not the most uh customer oriented there. It's kind of a selling place, right? I mean, they they sell me memberships. That's their bag. So, um, if if you have Blue Cross Blue Shield, they have a program to where you can get discounts on memberships to all kinds of gyms and stuff like that. I know I've done that. I know Mark even if you're not even if you're under 65. Yeah. I know that. Absolutely. Yeah. I know I know several employees that do it and I've done it in the past.

Well, and I think part of the allure to it, if you don't mind me, is You know, I think we can see Chief Kudra's exit here. He's well respected. He This was his home, right? So, there is something to that too about not having to go elsewhere to do these types of things. It's all here. That room has been provided to us from the past. Let's keep it nice and updated for our employees now. So, it's an incentive. It's it's it's that um we take care of them, they take care of us type of mentality.

And and and a good number of the pieces that are up there, the machine where you have the malt stations, it doesn't work well. It really needs to be changed. Uh I I haven't used it much over the past year and a half because of health issues, but prior to that, I went up there frequently and I would always see uh police officers uh up there working out at different hours. Chief Conley uses it every day. Yeah. And so, uh, I think it's important to to have, uh, this as part of the regimen for for employees, uh, because it makes them fit. It makes them healthier. It's it's good mentally to be to be physically fit.

And so, so I'm I'm 100% in support of this. and the and the notion that you could take a little bit of time barring you you're not fighting crime at the moment. Correct. You know, you could you could go up there and walk on the treadmill or or do something. That's I think it's I think it's good and it lower it will lower your overall um health costs I think in the long run. Right. And also when being in this building in the event of an emergency, they can get their clothes on quick and be out the door to the car if they have to. Yeah, but but they are wearing clothes. They Well, I mean, they're Thank God for that. They're uniform. They can get their uniform on quick.

So, I did make a safety suggestion also when I was there. Um, and this is for for everybody. And because there's just a solid door there to the to the east, west hallway. Yeah, my suggestion is that should have some type of glass on it so we can a see who's in there. Just make sure if there's a male and a female that they're safe, there's no, you know, bad reports getting put out. Um, also we can make we can walk by and see, oh, people are using it. You know, it's motivate others to get in there. That's also that's also a very good point for we're building fire stations now. We make sure the gymnasium areas in an open area in case someone has some sort of cardiac issue or an accident or something. That's actually a very good point.

So, there is safety aspects built into the policy that we've created. As far as our officers, when they're working out, they have to have their radios on them. Uh they're not supposed to have they're not allowed to have their weapons in there. Uh they have to have their cell phones on them and um things like that. So, as well as we're we're looking at to make sure that we have the proper first aid equipment and stuff like that in there. Yeah. Good. So there's also it's adjoining showers for men and women are also attached. Yes. Yeah. I'm Yeah. Yeah. Have mixed feelings about that. But it's you got to work with what you got. You know, Sandy,

first off, Sergeant Hinkle, I I want to thank you for taking the time to work on this, investigate it, ask the questions, research what we have. Uh, I remember a time when we used to have someone come in and do exercise programs with with clerical employees who who did that on a regular basis cuz I know because they encouraged me to go and of course I never did. Too lazy. But um

what I I want to say is that I first off I I would like to see the policy because I would like to see exactly what it encompasses. Um, I also want to say that I have a concern and I don't know if it's being addressed about the township assuming liability in the event an employee is working out and something happens. I mean, I don't I don't want that to fall back. I can touch on that for you. So, um, uh, in in part of doing this research, I I got several policies from agencies that do this. Good.

Uh, most of them have a waiver liability form. Uh we created that. It was o uh reviewed by um our township attorney Kevin Bennett. It was signed off and sent back. So that's ready to go. And our plan is prior to anyone's usage of that room, they have to either sign off on this form or if they don't sign off on it, they cannot utilize that physical fitness break through the day.

Good. I'm happy to hear that. And then the only other issue that I want to bring up um is that we have a purchasing policy and it's something that was just handed out recently and it's something I've asked questions about on any item or service that is expected to cost $20,000 or more. There is a formal bid process that we're supposed to follow. And I just want to ensure that in doing this that we are following the purchasing policy that we are doing the bids that need need to be done. I realize it's piece by piece but we need to know not just from one person we need to know that we are being responsible with with the expenditure of the fun.

So so I can speak on that a little bit as well. Um so this uh company that you see here with this quotes it is the company that provided the equipment the first time uh for this weight room. Um, it is also government pricing that they provided us. Uh, so it is as low as they can go. It's also one of the very few commercial gym equipment providers that actually has a brick and mortar locally. A lot of this is order online and ship. So with that, they were able to provide installers uh and also carry away the old equipment that's either damaged or or out of use. So it it really accelerates that uh um the efficiency and and the uh the cost effectiveness by the government pricing. And I I spoke with Carol Rashawn about this and the auditors indicated that it meets the policy because the one item only one item is over everything's a very small price except for the one item which is the 90 and they said that it was acceptable because the individual items were below the $20,000

but the but the overall thing is over 20,000. I'm just reading the policy what the policy We we thought about this and we reviewed it with Carol Rashawn and she assured me that she checked and she thought it was acceptable. Okay. I just And also this company uh some of this equipment is pre-owned that's in here. So it was a package deal. It was difficult to do a direct comparison with somebody else with the used equipment or pre-owned in there. Um, so we are getting a rock bottom price

and I think that's great. I just want to be sure because this is not something we've talked about as a board. We do have a policy. The policies in place. I don't want to hear, you know, reasons why and excuses. I want to make sure that we are adhering to the policy. If Carol is fine with it, I'm fine with it. I just want to make sure that we do our due diligence and ensure that we are doing things the proper way. I very much appreciate what you've done and I think that you're going to see a lot of people who are going to want to participate. Maybe some of us electeds could even participate on occasion if we wanted to. But thank you very much for your time and your Thank you. Yes, sir. Mr. Stewart, go ahead. Yeah.

Many of you are probably unaware that our supervisor is a cyclist. uh he his his ethnic heritage is that of Malta and I'm Dutch and that's Netherlands is the country with the most number of bicycles and you can see what they do in the speed skating in the Olympics. When do the yoga classes start for women? I couldn't when do the yoga classes start employees? Hang on a minute. Please don't interrupt me. You talk over me. It's a funny joke. Funny. Settle down. Okay, let's move forward. Go ahead, John. Finish your what you're saying.

When do the yoga Well, don't interrupt me again. I'm really tired of that. You have a repeated track record and it's all on video. Yep. When did the yoga classes start for women? Rhetorical question.

Okay. I have the greatest admiration for this chief who can go out and jog two miles right now, three miles, a 5K. I have worked out with weights with attorney Kevin Bennett and with Drew Lden in the fire department. Physical fitness decreases emotionally unstable, mentally unstable people. Okay, go. So, I would like to see a further program. Mhm. Now, at 75 years old, I was able to introduce another Eagle Scout on the Detroit Lions, uh, David Montgomery. And David and I had some fun because David's 5'11 and 220 lb. I said, "David, I resemble that remark." Then we started talking about diet. I know a little bit about this being the father of an academic athletic all-American softball pitcher from Western Michigan University and a son-in-law who is in charge of the athletic programs and the workout fitness room at Granville High School and he's the head baseball coach there. So I am completely and support physical fitness, mental fitness and emotional fitness go hand in hand and we have a great need. Now I tried to arouse this need in the previous supervisor and he said well I stretch out. Yeah. He stretched us out. All right. Now, Jim Harold,

battalion chief, would walk the grounds while he was on duty and he had a stone with him at all times. That a decree increased his mental acuity. as Sandy Growth likes to say, he was the the model guy and he retired. Anything we can do to support the mental, physical, and emotional growth and development of our employees. We should support that. We have addictions now of sports betting. on the iPhones. We have a lot of young male officers on the fire department and the police department who might get hooked on gambling. All you got to do is put your credit card down, they give you 250 and then you got to spend 750. We got to erase it. You know, psychologists say you do things that make you feel good. So, let's create a new atmosphere. I was very surprised when the supervisor called me two weeks ago and said, "We're going to buy $20,000 worth of equipment." I said, "Eureka, it's about time. I don't know why the women employees on the first floor of township hall are asked to pack a brown bag lunch and transported down to the Lake Point Soccer Park and you walk them around that beautiful park. It's 4/10en of a mile by the way and you have a a lunch down there. We're not doing those kinds

of things. We have no personnel human relations coordinator here in this township. But this supervisor has taken the initiative methodically and slowly to try and increase the betterment of the health and welfare of our people of our of our employees. I've tried to set the example also, but it's really nasty some of the politics we've seen here in this township. And I found all of found out about that when I was in Lancing last week for a day with the four governors. And I'll talk about that later. But anyway, I would like to expand your idea. And Officer Hankle, you would make my month if you would call me and say, "You know what? Laura Simpson has begun to organize yoga for women and they're meeting at 12 to 12:30. in the new workout room. That would be a significant improvement and something that our supervisor can take credit for and the board of trustees can all take credit for.

So, thank you very much. All right. I I I'm ready to make a motion on this. Motion to approve. Thank you. Yeah. I move to approve resolution 2026-02-10-13 authorizing the Plymouth Township Police Department to purchase weights, cardio equipment, and flooring upgrades for the Plymouth Township employee gym not to exceed $29,200. Authorize the finance director to appropriate fund balance in the amount of $29,200 to the general fund to make the purchase based on the account breakdown given. Second. Okay, we have a motion and we have a second. Supervisor Kermy, yes. Clerk Borva, yes. Trusty Buckley, yes. Trusty Clinton,

yes. Trusty Stewart, yes. Trusty Gross, yes. Motion carries. Thank you. Thank you.

Thank you. So now we have uh another purchase from the police department which is equipment radios and we're going to get an explanation from Lieutenant Krebs about this. Good evening. I come before you tonight uh to seek the authorization to order seven Motorola APX 6500 radios. Now, this particular radio, the 6500's are going to be uh be considered the mobile radios. They are going into the uh patrol vehicles uh that we have in our fleet. Um and then three Motorora uh portable APX N70 radios. As you may recall from last year, we did purchase a significant number of prep radios. We actually purchased uh 40 of them. Um, but we need the three additional prep radios to be able to establish some extras in the event that we have some unplanned uh maintenance or unplanned events to where our current radios get damaged. So therefore, we're going to have some spares available in addition to be able to have some spares. We have some big uh larger events. Uh we did experience this with Liv um with needing a couple of additional uh radios to be able to make sure that we had uh good coverage um amongst the staff that were working that particular event. Um so as you may recall in our patrol fleet we have 10 patrol vehicles. In 2024 we purchased one of the APX 6500 um and upfitted that into the vehicle. In 2025, we purchased two uh with some of the vehicle upfit expense money that we had. And then now in this year, uh we need to purchase those seven. So the seven

radios that we currently have in our fleet of vehicles uh are at least 10 years old. They have reached the end of their life. Uh they're not fixable, not repairable. Um, in addition to that, they're not going to be accepting of the encryption uh codes, keys, algorithms that are going to be necessary moving forward due to some requirements that we're going to experience um on that. Um, as I said, the three uh prep radios are just going to add uh to our extras. Um, so we'll have five extra prep radios in the event that we experience some sort of unplanned um issue uh with one of our current ones that we have deployed. Uh, if you have any questions, I'd be happy to answer those.

Do you rotate in the the spares so they get used and you don't end up with three brand new radios 10 years from now? Well, see each of the radios radios and all the rest are worn out. kind of like tire rotation where you the old way you used to rotate the spare in.

Yeah, you you could do that. Typically, it's uh because each radio is programmed with a a specific name. You know, for example, the prep radio that I'm assigned is my name. So, when I key it up on the dispatch council, it comes up underneath my name. And same with the other officers that we have on our staff. Um, so therefore, if it's keyed up, the dispatchers know exactly whose radio it is in the event that the transmission doesn't come across clear and maybe there's some sort of struggle. Uh, so we can quickly identify what the issue might be. So, how do you end up with three brand new radios that are obsolete after the end of 10 years that have never been used?

No, we I'm sorry. Are you referring to that we have uh radios that have not been used? Rotate them in if you have more radios than you need, but do you put the equal amount of wear on all radios so that it's distributed so that you just kind of like socks? If you wear the same you take the socks off the same pile every time, you wear out the socks or the underwear uh and you end up with brand new stuff that's obsolete. I I assume we certainly could do that. kind of like spare tires

because programming the name. That's one of our staff members, uh, one of our dispatchers. He's very passionate about the radios. Um, and he has the ability to program the name to that particular radio. So, we could rotate them out, uh, to get them evenly worn. That way you end up with effectively having more more radios really in the system by equally wearing them out. Just like the spare tire on your car when you junk your car, you have a brand new spare tire that's totally unused somewhere stored in the vehicle like the old days or a pickup truck. Yeah.

Nowadays, you don't get a spare tire in many vehicles. They're extra. Yeah. It's a similar thing we had two weeks ago. And I'll request again. Can you buy it versus rent it? Lease. Can you lease it versus buy it? I I don't know. I don't know. I That's something that we haven't considered. Um that I I'd have to reach out and contact the uh the representative for Motorola to see if that was an option. So, we need to look at that. Yeah. Again, um we need to be lease versus buy on everything we do going forward.

Mr. Supervisor, wait. I think had a question. You you know, I always have something to say. Um again, Lieutenant Krebs, I appreciate your time and your effort. This is not a criticism, but I'm going to refer back to the purchasing policy that has a very specific requirement as to the procedure we follow when cost of services ex is expected to exceed 50,000. Are we talking about a single source supplier here or are there other suppliers of the Motorola equipment? Uh so locally I'm not aware of any other Motorola suppliers locally.

Um and I'd have to check uh to see if this is if this would qualify under the state bid pricing. Um but this may fall under the same guidelines as the workout equipment to where the item itself is not more than the $20,000. There's essentially there's each each radio itself. Let's say each radio is $6,000 or $7,000. Um, that that could be one of one of the areas as as well.

Well, I I I personally see that as a workaround around the policy. So, I'm not comfortable with assuming or looking at purchasing in terms of well, if we cut it down to this, you know, then I'm talking about the aggregate cost. Um, and I just want to make sure it it says that when it is is expected to exceed 50,000, an advertisement in the local paper, which we don't have, and/or appropriate trade publications shall be placed. in addition to direct requests to known providers of the service. And then they have to be reviewed by the requesting department for recommendations and the service agreement has to be approved by the township board upon recommendation by the requesting department director and supervisor. Again, I just want to make sure that we are strictly adhering to our purchasing policy. Did we budget for these radios?

Yes, we did. Okay. So, you did ask for money to be set aside for this? Yes, we did. Okay. And actually, if I may, the the budgetary amount is actually more than this this project is going to cost. Well, that makes it even better. Um, let's see here. Sandy, can I ask, are we talking about services or cost of goods? What are you reading from? It it can be either one. The key is an expenditure in excess of 50. We don't we haven't done that with um vehicles and stuff like that. And that's my problem. Well, vehic vehicles are on you can't get a bid for any

state a state competition. That's a state purchasing pricing and that's different. But the point is we have a purchasing policy for a reason and we've not been looking at it and we've not been adhering to it. I just want to make sure that we are doing that. All right. So my commitment and the police department I hope is their commitment. We're going to tighten this up in the future and figure out how we we're gonna have to lay out what what we've looked lease versus buy uh and other sources if they exist. In this case, probably not because we're specifying a brand name and a specific model to match the models we already have. So, we have we'll have to

if you search that, you'll have to look for suppliers that will supply exactly that specification, right? and and I'm sure there are, but the point is let's just please follow the agreement and I've heard you and you know I we're going to tighten it up. Please do. Yes, I would appreciate that. Uh to answer one of your questions, trustee growth, about the the amount that we had budgeted for this particular project. Um so yes, so in our capital outlay uh um fund for 2026, we had budgeted $93,000 uh for this. At that particular time, we were thinking that we were going to have to purchase uh nine.

Uh but since we purchased two in 2025 with some of the upfit expense money that we had, uh that reduced that down to seven. So seven is the need right now to complete uh the upfit process. So all all of the vehicles are outfitted with the newest technology. And you will have 10 only. No spares for vehicles. Yeah. 10 only for the mobile mobile radios. I feel comfortable with that. I don't think there's a need to have an extra one just laying around in a a drawer um or a box. So 10 is 10 is what we need to be able to function. That's good to hear. Thank you very much.

Mr. Supervisor, I move to approve resolution 2026-02-10-14 authorizing the Plymouth Township Police Department to purchase seven Motorola APX 6500 radios, three Motorola portable APX7 uh/800 radios, accessories and upfit expenses not to exceed 78,500. 00 from the capital outlay account 101301-970 0. Second second by Buckley.

This does not provide for what we talked about the leasing looking into the leasing. It doesn't specify that we could be leasing. So, I'm I'm questioning if we should put this off until the next meeting when we get the answers to the leasing or, you know, because when if we approve this resolution as it's written, we're talking about purchase and that kind of negates what you said, Trustee Clinton, in regards to looking at all avenues. Well, I think in the future, especially when you look at, you know, 70 $100,000 a year, leasing versus buying is just a good option, right?

I I think in this situation, I probably it probably won't work. But I think it's a good thing to continue to look at this thing because it may be a good idea. So, I'm going to vote yes, but I think in the future, we've got to look at it because it may be a good things for a lot of reasons. I'm sorry. Okay. Um, Supervisor Kermy, yes. Clerk Vorba, yes. Trusty Buckley, yes. Trusty Clinton, yes. Trusty Stewart, yes. Trusty Grove, no. Motion carries. Thank you very much. Thank you.

So, this finishes all our items for tonight. So, now we have comments uh on anything. You can get up and say anything you want. Anybody have any comments, questions? Okay. No. Uh Sandy, go ahead. Uh well, I've said all I have to say. Thank you.

John, anything to say? Said a lot tonight. Last Wednesday, it was my privilege to be among an invited crowd of crowd of 80 85 people for a civility forum in Lancing with Governor Granholm on Zoom and three governors personally present. Snider, Angler, and Blanchard. I took notes. My wife was with me. I read these notes to Trustee Growth and I didn't want to read them at a board meeting, but Trustee Growth challenged me. She said, "Do it."

I thought you didn't like being read to. So my notes are Governor Granholm was concerned about the negative campaigning, the vitriol, the over-the-top personal attacks, follow the rules. Governor Schneider, of course, Rick's my friend. He married my wife went graduated from Dearborn High 50 years ago with his wife Sue Snyder from Dearborn High and Rick and Susan were married by my father-in-law the Presbyterian minister in Darborn. Of course Rick started out with we need relentless positive words and actions. We need to quit fighting. We need to get along with each other. I'm reading from my notes. Don't say or do anything that isn't acceptable at a board meeting that isn't acceptable in your family. And that includes vulgarity. 60 years ago, parents were able to caution their children with soap in the mouth. Governor Blanchard knocked me off my seat. He's tired of lies, lies, and lies. And he was referring to social media. And he said, "What's up with the attack of an 80-year-old man in Plymouth Township named Dwayne Zanth? This is Jim Blanchard. 45 years ago, Jim Blanchard stood up with me and for me so that I could practice in front of the of the United States Supreme Court.

He's a lawyer who went to law school in Minnesota. He spent three years in that beautiful town, Minneapolis, which has been ravaged by a lack of respect for law enforcement. John Angler, I have a hard ball in my office and I love to play hard ball. He signed the hard ball for me and he says, "John, you got to get all your closed meetings and all of your board meetings on tape. It's all got to be televised. Then you got to have more citizen concerned citizens meetings in public." That was big John Angler. I served under him. So references were made and I was asked about certain people at that forum. And then Friday morning I was an invited guest at the front table with the uh superintendent of of education for the state of Michigan. And I had a cordial conversation with the three uh candidates for governor, Jocelyn Benson, Mike Cox, and Mike Dougen. Not a word of vulgarity either on Wednesday at the governor's forum or on Friday morning at the education forum. Each time I was identified as someone from Plymouth Township. Finally, it was Blanchard who said, "Knock it off." Thank you very much and good night.

Was he referring to us at Plum Township when he said knock it off or just in general? Anyway, look at the public discourse that's going on in our society today. And one very personal thing, I cannot handle racism. Uh okay. Uh Jerry Vorva, we're good. Oh, by the way, when are you sending out the cards? They'll be sending out soon in the month of February or March. We're trying to get We're trying to get them out in voter cards. Yeah. Um other communities are sending out separate notices. Canton just sent out thousands of them that were just to inform people that there's going to be a change.

We're we're trying to avoid that, but you know, if if people don't respond to this in a in a in a proper way, you could end up with a problem at the at the poll. So, we'll see. We can just send out the cards like they always did. You don't have to send out a letter saying you're going to get a car. I I know. I'm just telling you what other people are doing because it's a big change. Thank you for getting the map out there so that people could see the change. Our plan is to get that out there either late late February, early March. Mark, anything? I'm good. And I'm all set.

All right. I I just have a couple of things. Uh we're working on a project that we probably will bring here at the next board meeting. It will be to uh fix the audio and acoustics in this building. It's a big project. Um I think we'll be ready. Uh by the way, we uh does anybody using MTA training because I'm considering renewing for $1,900 the free training. I try to utilize I think it's a good idea.

Okay. So, we probably should do that then. Um, MD DOT will be here tomorrow, no, Thursday from 4 to 6 to put on a seminar about the construction on M14 and 696. It's essentially a mirror image reverse of last year with closings. Um, what time is that?

4 to 6 on February 12, Thursday in this room. Uh we're doing uh uh coffee with a cop on February 24th uh 9:30 to 11 at the Plymouth Roast which is at the corner of uh Mil Street and Anna Road in the city of Plymouth. It'll be a joint one with the city of Plymouth Police. Is that right?

That is correct, Mr. Supervisor. Be joint uh with us in the city of Plymouth. Yes. Uh the uh Plymouth Township Firefighters Charity will be hosting a fundraiser at uh Plaza Lanes on February 28th from noon to 2. Uh it's a bowling a bowling uh event. Um we'll have some of this on social media. Um we're doing a composting survey. The Environmental Leadership Commission wants us to explore uh recycling food. Um so it's kind of a challenge. Some communities already doing it, but we're gathering some information what people think. We don't know whether it's affordable, whether it's doable, or whether the participation. But take a look at that survey. It was in the e-news and it'll probably be on a social media where you can use a QR code and respond to some questions. um public transit which there will be an election to raise your taxes approximately 1 mil in August. We are an opt- out community but as part of that planning there are some events. one is um I'm considering having a board of trustees planning commission optional uh work session on Tuesday March 3rd so that uh they can bring there's been a western Wayne County group led by OM a consultant to tell them what has been done in planning for the what if it gets approved and we end up with um money to have service run by a central transit authority.

Is this the SAMCOG thing? Is that it's not SACOG? It's well really smart is the oices. Okay. Um and uh they want to uh tell us a little bit about what they've done, what they've discovered. They've used cell phone data determine the the routes that people take. Um, so Assad Turfy, who is the assistant county executive, is leading this countywide effort to get the millillage passed. So that's what I'm considering for March 3rd. How does everybody's schedule look for March 3rd? It's a Tuesday. Assad is the man.

He won't be here, but uh Well, I think residents need to know, too. So I I think it's good to March 3rd does it it you know if you can't be here that's okay uh it's open

we don't need a quorum necessarily so u and the planning commission will be coming also and it's you know optional for them I hope they come because planning is part of u transportation traditionally I don't know how much people in Plymouth my judgment is people in Plymouth Township won't use it much businesses may if they have an operation that has a high concentration of people who do not own vehicles or can't afford vehicles and those concentrations appear to be right here at Anna Road and Hagerty. There's a lot of employment here and five Mile Road between Sheldon and Napier with the concentration of where there's labor. Um, and then there's a work I'm going to you will receive an you probably already got it from Sheila Aker. March 19th from 9 to 11:00 there's going to be some type of presentation given by Neil Greenberg who's a public transportation consultant and probably an advocate. Um, so you'll get that also. So, a lot of you there's going to be a lot of talk about transportation which has been a hundred years or more than that since the Detroit area has had a regional transportation. The last one was the inner urban which ended sometime in the 1920s.

Yep. Uh which was regionwide in southeast Michigan where you could take public transportation to Northville, Flint, not Flint, Farmington Hills, uh downtown and Wayne. Uh so anything else that uh you guys need, let me know. If you're talking with the county and with Assad Turfy, would you get an answer as to when the so-called spike road is going to open behind the Plymouth Walk because the county has legal authority over that road? Yeah. No, it hasn't.

The constituents are asking me. I'm the one that's controlling that right now because the construction's not done. It's it's blocked off. I've asked to keep it blocked off until the construction is complete. Okay. Well, but after the construction, then it becomes county has county's already approved it. Yeah, they've approved it. The county can overrule supervisor, correct? I'd like to see it permanently closed, but it's not going to happen because we have all these agreements. Correct. With a brownfield and an exchange of money that Toll Brothers and Pomemeroy paid for that Spine Road. Spine Road, not Spine Road. Spine Road.

Spine Road. So, right now those people are enjoying the best time of their lives in that East Lawn subdivision because it's very quiet for traffic. Um, and I think that's a pardon me. I think that's a little bit of hyperbole. The roads are because the construction is noisy and the and they open the gate and they open the gate and the construction machinery goes in there. This is according to Anna Steel whose word I find 100% credible. The gate the gate is they're coming from the an equipment is being brought in only from the south not from the north. Right.

But the when I say quiet I'm talking about traffic quiet. Okay. Uh and the drain the drainage is excellent. So now that it's melting, they will not have flooded flooded yards, but the price they'll pay is to have a racetrack in their front yard like Tavistock. I think the veterans lady lives on the one she lives on Tavistock. She's moving out a lot. A lot of the gas station.

Yeah. A lot of people move out of that area when they have children and some dogs because it's kind of a racetrack. It's our highest maintenance. It sucks up a lot of police resources because it's a through traffic nightmare that a lot of speeding and other activity goes on that's reckless. So, I'm hoping that doesn't get recreated, but it may. Okay. May I ask a quick question because I've had people ask me, there's been a bunch of snow and ice buildup on Sheldon Road between the two gas stations and Ann Arbor Road. Have you guys seen it? It's been there for about a month. It's cleared. It was cleared today or yesterday. You're talking about the northbound lane. Yeah.

Yeah. That was Great Lakes water was irresponsible. I think left it blocked off for weeks. Yes. Without them doing any work. They stopped the work because it was probably cold now. I think they they appear to think it's done for now, but I think they're going to come back. So, this is a water issue. Yes. They were doing the city of Plymouth has some meters there and some valves and so they were doing maintenance on that. And then there's another city of Plymouth where they have it blocked off in front of Fu Yao Glass and uh Goldsmith and Sheldon. Did they get it away today or yesterday? It was gone today. So that was irresponsible. That should have been managed better. I called on it. Okay. People were asking Wayne County didn't plow the road here. What's going on?

No, it's because it was blocked off. They couldn't plow it. So, the plow truck could not. So, then when they took the barriers away, the snow was left there. And in my neighborhood, I had a fire hydrant going everywhere. Do you know anything about that? Oh, you mean it going everywhere? No, you need Well, when that happens, you got to call us. Well, no, there was people there, but I thought it maybe had something to do with DPW. The same company was over by Sheldon, too. Probably DPW. We It probably was frozen, right? Maybe. And And cracked. Even though they had my name on them, I don't maintain fire hydrants. Why not? DPW. So, I really don't know what's going on. Did they replace the fire hydrant?

I don't know. I I as I left it was gushing water. When I came back, they were all gone tonight. No, last night. Last night. Wow. So, sorry. Sorry to take up time. No, don't get the questions answered. Yep. We have a motion to adjourn. Second to all. All in favor? I I motion carries. We're return. Ajourned at 88.