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Workers from Booms Construction placed wooden trusses on the Huron County Health Department building last Friday morning. Workers hope to have the building totally enclosed in a few days, depending on the weather, allowing the project to continue despite the on-going rainy conditions. The project is estimated at just under $1 million.
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was that the unsettled issue of special education funding is "intertwined" with the budget, so, with that not rectified, it doesn't CASEVILLE — Huron make sense to approve. Intermediate School Presenting the HISD District Superintendent Joe budget, Murphy highlightMurphy presented his dised that property tax revtrict's budget at the enue would be down Caseville School Board $3,000, with Huron County Meeting on Wednesday, projecting a 1.5 percent May 25. After hearing the decrease. budget, which included Also included was federal reductions both in revenue grants for a data wareand spending, the Caseville house package of $25,000 board unanimously disapand one for edujobs of proved the budget. $34,000, are not available Board Member Bruce BUDGET on page 10 Grubba said the reason
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meeting, all wondering what the board was going to do and to voice their concern over a proBAD AXE — The winds of posed moratorium on future uncertainty, as to the developwind developments. Hints of ment of proposed wind projpossible lawsuits, if a moratoriects, continues to blow as county um was passed, were mentioned, officials wrestle with what they acknowledging the potential loss perceive to be their options. of hundreds of thousands of dolA large crowd of wind devellars to landowners. opers, their attorneys, other At issue is the potential loss of county officials and DTE repre- revenue for Huron County if sentatives packed the Board of state lawmakers do away with Commissioners room Tuesday WIND on page 7 morning for the commissioners * 810-452-2617 * dfredrick@mihomepaper.com
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LAKE TOWNSHIP — The monthly meeting of Lake Township board had another strong turnout of citizens who had plenty on their minds. In regard to the Champagne Road Petition, discussion was held concerning the petition for a reduced speed limit request. Tom Pierce first requested time to update his previous information, stating that Champagne Scan This
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Legislative Chairman for the board. As tensions rose during the course of comthe Personal Property Tax, as has been proments by board members, Commissioner posed by Senator Mike Green. Green’s plan is John Horny fired at Wruble, “how much to do away with the PPT and replace it with damage can you cause with this (moratoriReal Property Tax, something few at the um). This is all political and stifling to the meeting supported. Commissioners have county. You, as chairman, need to look at been discussing the topic for several months, what this does to the county if you put a stop wanting to do, “what was in the best interest to this (wind development).” of everyone in the county, not just the people Corporate counsel Steve Allen told the that have leases with the wind companies,” board there is no case law that supports according to board chairman Ron Wruble. moratoriums on wind development and said, Commissioner Steve Vaughan expressed his “there is a valid concern of a potential loss of displeasure with the board chairman for not revenue. The state needs to get off their tush having had an opportunity to see the proand make a decision on this Personal posed resolution before Friday evening. Property Tax issue.” Vaughan attempted to continue with his conVarious wind developers, currently with cerns to other commissioners when he was projects either in operation or waiting to coninterrupted by Wruble. struct new projects in Huron County, “I am ending this talk right now. I am the addressed the board, voicing their concern one responsible for this resolution. Not anyover the possible approval of the moratorium. one else. I asked our corporate council to Industry experts agreed, time is of the essence draft this resolution and I am the one who is for getting wind development projects in going to take full responsibility and take the place before the proposed “sunset” ending heat for this. Not anyone else. I will. This is date of 2015. not something that just came to me one night Tom Ziel, of Winsor Township, said his while sleeping. This has been going on for township is, “getting it done” concerning several months. I have some very real conwind energy and added, “if we waited for the cerns about this issue and I asked for the reso- state to decide what they are going to do, it lution to be drawn up and brought before could be another 10 years. In the mean time, this board.” we loose these wind developments. That is A number of commissioners, including not good for Huron County.” Vaughan and Clark Elftman, questioned parts RES wind development officials stated, of the two and a half page resolution, read “Huron County has the best wind in the eastaloud by Commissioner John Bodis who is ern United States. There is great potential to generate this energy and sell it to eastern states along the coast. We feel the county needs to take advantage of that opportunity.” DTE spokesman Ron Crist told the board, “you are operating under a perceived legitimate threat (of lost revenue). No one knows for sure what is going to happen. I personally do not feel the state will remove the PPT without some form of replacement funding. Just like Mr. Allen showed case law on the other side, I can show case law where local governments have had their hands slapped (lawsuits) for trying to stop wind developments once they (overlay districts) are approved. Don’t run scared because of assumptions that are being made.” Yvonne Bushey of Caseville addressed the board with her concerns, saying, “if this is passed (moratorium) it is just bad business for the county. It is very lame and poor policy on the part of this board to stop wind development. This means jobs and income for our businesses in the county. Please, this possible moratorium on wind sends the wrong message to the people of our county and to the people of this state.” Chairman Wruble ended the discussion by saying, “there are a potential of 500 to 700 turbines in this county, according to some counts. We want to do what is best for everyone. We try to be involved in Lansing, but I am not sure we are being heard. Or that they care.” The moratorium discussion was suspended Photo by Dave Fredrick by the board, with no decision being made. The outcome of the Personal Property Tax The topic will again be on the agenda at the could have a bearing on future wind farm September 27th meeting. developments in Huron County.
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BOC stalls moratorium HURON COUNTY — The ongoing saga of whether or not they can even legally place a moratorium on future wind developments, if they can ever agree on the topic, continues to haunt the Huron County Board of Commissioners. At their Sept. 27 meeting, Commissioners heard further comment on the topic from the public, wind developers, legal counsel and from Russ Lundberg, a former county employee. Some commissioners want to place the moratorium on the future developments, pending the outcome of what decision the State of Michigan comes up with regarding the Personal Property Tax. Although there has been some talk from Lansing politicians on the issue, of possibly doing away with the Personal Property Tax and
townships. Howard said the board saw this trend developing and looked at many different variations on the funding formula.
BAY PORT — A barricaded gunman incident in western Huron County on Wednesday, Sept. 28 kept police at bay for over six hours before the incident had a peaceful ending. Huron County Sheriff deputies, after being alerted by Lapeer County Dispatch to be on Robert Viars the lookout for a wanted fugitive from their county, were able to make
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BOC from page 1 maybe replacing it with Real Property Tax as a revenue source for wind turbines in Huron County, no timeline has been established as to when, or if, it will ever come to fruition. Some say it will be five to 10 years down the road before a decision might be made. Commissioners have had the moratorium issue on their agenda for the last two meetings, each time suspending taking any action until a future meeting. Such was the case at their Sept. 27 meeting, when the issue was once again suspended, on a 4-2 vote. A motion to pull the resolution from the table failed to garner enough votes, ending in a 3-3 tie and defeating the motion. In debating the future of wind developments in the county at their last meeting, which drew nearly 35 people in the small conference room, Board Chairman Ron Wruble asked fellow board members, "If we are not going to stick up for the rights of our citizens, who's going to? Is the state going to look after us?" The board chairman wondered if the board will just sit back and watch what happens, "without making an effort to maintain the tax revenue for the average person in the county." Commissioner Clark Elftman responded
to Wruble's questions by saying, "it almost seems like a personal thing with you. As hard as you are pushing this (moratorium) thing." Wruble replied, "It is a personal thing, and one that my constituents feel very strongly about, too. That is who I am representing. The people who put me in this position, to have a voice for them." Wruble asked commissioners if there was no tax revenue for the turbines, would they still support future developments. Few on the board gave a direct yes or no answer. Commissioner John Horny answered in the affirmative, while commissioners Elftman, Vaughan and Bodis gave lengthy answers to the question, without a yes or no, and indicated, based on several variables, they would support developments that came to the county. Despite appearances by legal counsel at the previous two meetings, commissioners are still unclear whether or not it is legal to place a moratorium on future wind developments. They have been told there are procedures in place to make amendments, or changes, to ordinance currently in place, but no one has been able to say with certainty whether or not it is legal for commissioners to bring the projects to a halt. Until a clear answer is given, Commissioner Bodis asked that discussion be suspended.
RES Americas, Geronimo Wind Energy and DTE - who just last week took another step forward in the development of a new wind project in the Siegel, Bloomfield and Rubicon Township area - all have said they agreed to work with the county to come up with revenue sources. A number of residents from the county present at the meeting, including Tony Loewe of Port Austin, made their concerns known to commissioners as well. Loewe gave a passionate speech to commissioners, stating, "this board not only has the authority, but the obligation, to take care of all the residents - not just a few. Until this board knows where revenue from turbines will be coming from in the future, this board should not let new developments be built in Huron County." His plea to the board brought applause from the audience. At one point of the meeting, emotions turned sour, prior to adjournment, when Ron Chriss of Detroit Energy said, "It is amazing to me how many so-called experts there are in the crowd today who seem to know a lot about this issue. I don't recall seeing them at meetings or being experts on wind. We base our information on facts." The topic of a moratorium on future wind development is scheduled to be placed on the Board of Commissioners agenda at a future meeting.
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