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Apolacon Twp..
Bridgewater Twp.
Choconut Twp.
Forest Lake Twp.
Franklin Twp.
Jessup Twp.
Liberty Twp.
Middletown Twp.
Rush Twp.
Silver Lake Twp
Friendsville
Little Meadows
Montrose

Meeting Minutes - January 2008

Northern Tier Coalition – January 17, 2008
Silver Lake Township

The meeting was opened with the Pledge of Allegiance.
Present: Tom Curley, Mary Long, Frank Burns, Craig Osborne, Dave McGuigan, Ted Plavinsky, Bill Goodrich, Harvey Rosenkrans, Charlie Pierson, Bob, Boyanowski, Bruce Griffis, Dave Stetson, Charles Fahringer, Art Donato, Chuck Mead, Mary Mead, Beverly Way, Bill Stewart, Bill Dovin, Tom Swan, Carolyn Doolittle, Bob Templeton
Visitors: Frank Pinkowski Jr.
Secretary took the roll call and eleven municipalities answered, a quorum
Tom Swan took the position of Chairman Pro. Tem
*all vote results by voice

Reorganization –
Chuck Mead  nominated Dave Darrow for Chairman.  Art Donato made the second and the motion was passed.  *
Chuck Mead nominated Beverly Way for V. Chairperson.  Bill Stewart made the second and the motion was passed.*
Beverly Way nominated Mary Long for Treasurer.  Bill Stewart made the second and the motion was passed.*
Bill Dovin nominated Carolyn Doolittle for Secretary.  Ted Plavinsky made the second and the motion was passed.*

Officers for 2009
Dave Darrow – Chairperson
Beverly Way – V. Chairperson
Mary Long – Treasurer
Carolyn Doolittle – Secretary

Executive Committee: Tom Swan, Art Donato, Bill Dovin   Nominated by Chuck Mead and the second by Dave McGuigan.  Motion passed.  *

Meeting Schedule for 2008 same as that of 2007, with the meeting date the third Thursday of each month and the location same as 2007. 

Audit Committee – Beverly Way, Mary Mead, Bob Templeton.  Motion made by Chuck Mead, the second by Tom Swan.  Motion was passed.*

Finance Committee – Bob Boyanowski, Bill Dovin, Chuck Mead.  Motion made by Tom Swan, the second by Tom Curley.  Motion was passed.*

By Law Committee – Bill Stewart, Dave Darrow, Bruce Griffis, Tom Curley.  Motion was made by Chuck Mead, the second by Dave McGuigan.  Motion passed.*

New Delegates  or Alternates -
Apolacon – Craig Osborne
Little Meadows – Dave Stetson
Middletown – Tom Sobonski
Forest Lake – Art Donato
Jessup – Charlie Davis
Friendsville – Gary Hardy, Stan Meleski

Old Business:
Minutes from the November 15th meeting.  Bill Dovin made the motion to pass and Bruce Griffis the second.  The motion was passed.*
Treasurer Report – of note: Nov. interest, Bonding, Advertise Annual Meetings – Motion was made to pass by Tom Swan and the second by Chuck Mead.  The motion passed.*
Audit report will be available in February.
A seminar addressing the gas lease issue in the area, sponsored in part by the NTC is scheduled for January 22nd. 

New Business:
Tom Swan spoke for the group that attended a meeting held at COG.  It centered on COG’s possible involvement with the NTC Zoning Officer.  The information involved with making a decision on zoning officer is attached to these minutes.  It was covered in discussion at the meeting.  The members were given two choices:  (as stated on attachment) and the voice comments were favorable to Option 2.  There was no voiced opposition to Option 2. 

For one year, the NTC may join COG for the purpose of housing or managing the zoning officer at no fee.  Allowed expenses will be covered by fees.  Bill Dovin made the motion” To go forward with the grant for a zoning officer with the understanding that all members of the NTC could utilize the officer without joining COG on a trial basis of one year with the understanding that the NTC Executive Board and COG will jointly hire the zoning officer.”  The second was made by Bill Tom Swan.  The motion was carried in *voice vote with no opposition. 

Carson Helfrich – All existing Planning Commissions must be given 45 days to review and comment.  Carson will provide one day for new, local Planning Commission workshops February 11, one at 3 PM at the Choconut Municipal Building and one at 7 PM at the Montrose Square Community Room. 
The Zoning Officer must be in place before adoption of the Zoning Ordinance.  His suggestion was to see where we stand and make a schedule at the February meeting.  February meeting will set dates for public meetings and adoption proceeding.  Hopefully the Ordinance can be scheduled to be adopted in April or May ’08.

All municipalities should pass the Multi-Municipal Planning Agreement

Meeting adjourned. 

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