Beaver Island Michigan

Yes!!!!!

There will be a hangar party fundraiser for Caitlin Boyle on May 19, 2018 at Welke Airport - large hangar. More information at the following links: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1938401886193169&set=gm.233737630704983&type=3&theater OR https://www.facebook.com/events/2337302307...

Pam.....65 is the senior age and it will run for a week or two. Thanks

John, Will do! Thanks.

You bet! I will have some at the front counter in Charlevoix for you!

Spring ticket special at Island Airways for a limited time. Starts Friday April 20. Call 800 524 6895 for more information or to order tickets. For a limited time we will be offering a ticket special! Special starts today. Special on tickets for Beaver Island / Charlevoix passengers. Adult one way $...

Ticket sale ends Monday January 29 at the end of the day. Call for your tickets now!

We have developed a website for all of the information related to the township consolidation ballot proposal in May 2018. The web address is:

https://lefevream.wixsite.com/beaverislandtownship

There is a contact page so you can send questions or comments directly to me.

Angel Welke

Reminder........................

CHARLEVOIX COUNTY SCHEDULES TOWNSHIP CONSOLIDATION FOR BEAVER ISLAND

John Fiegen & Angel Welke

On January 10, 2018 the Charlevoix County Board of Commissioners set May 8, 2018 as the date for a vote in Peaine and St. James Townships to decide if the townships should be consolidated into one township. The county acted after receiving in November petitions signed by registered voters in both townships that met requirements of Michiganâ??s township consolidation law. We were the circulators of those petitions.

The proposal that the county authorized for the ballot on May 8, the date scheduled for statewide elections, will be as follows:

Shall the townships of Peaine and St. James be consolidated as the township of Beaver Island, with the following extra voted millages and expiration dates:
â?¢ Fire, 1.0 mill, 12/31/2018
â?¢ Health Center, 2.0 mills, 12/31/2018
â?¢ Transfer Station, 1.8 mills, 12/31/2019
â?¢ Roads, 1.4 mills, 12/31/2019
â?¢ Townshipsâ?? Airport, .85 mill, 12/31/2019
â?¢ Emergency Medical Services, 3 mills, 12/31/2019
â?¢ Historical Society, .1 mill, 12/31/2019
â?¢ Township Operation, 3.6 mills, 12/31/2018

The consolidation proposal must be approved by a majority of voters in each township, or it will not take effect.

If consolidation is approved, Beaver Island Township will take effect November 20, 2018, under state law. It will be a general law township, like Peaine and St. James Townships, and will have five trustees, including a supervisor, clerk, and treasurer. Election of the new townshipâ??s board will occur at the August 2018 primary and the November 2018 general elections, just as election of Peaine and St. James township boards would have occurred.

In addition, a temporary coordinating committee will be established to prepare for consolidation. It will draft resolutions for consideration by the new township board and an interim budget. The committee will contain the supervisors, clerks, and treasurers of Peaine and St. James Townships. It may also contain several township residents who are registered voters, but this remains to be determined.

Under the countyâ??s decision, each township may decide to also use the May 8 election to allow voters to elect at least one registered voter to the coordinating committee. (An
elected or appointed township officer or employee is not eligible to be a resident member of the coordinating committee.) Under state law, St. James may allow the election of up to two residents, because it had the larger population in the 2010 U.S. Census. Under the countyâ??s decision, each township must pass a resolution by February 13, 2018 if it wants to allow election of residents. Any resident who wants to be on the May 8 ballot must by February 7 submit to the relevant townshipâ??s clerk a qualifying petition signed by at least 15 registered voters in the same township.

Background

The Michigan township consolidation law requires that the proposal state the name of the new township and specify the â??extra voted millagesâ?￾ for the consolidated township. This is the authorized rate, which sets the cap on the rate that a township board may levy against a propertyâ??s taxable value.

Between Peaine and St. James Townships, there are eight extra voted millages for different purposes with different authorized rates and expiration dates. In some cases, the townships levy less than the authorized amount.

The consolidation proposal contains all of the townshipsâ?? different extra voted millages, but would set authorized rates that blend together the existing Peaine and St. James authorized rates. The expiration dates for millages in the proposal would not extend beyond an existing expiration date already approved by voters.

For a limited time we will be offering a ticket special! Special starts Tuesday January 9, 2018. Special on tickets for Beaver Island / Charlevoix passengers. Adult one way $50 Senior one way $47 Child one way $36 Dog one way $26 Also available at these special prices are books of ten tickets and ge...

Dolores P. Welke, age 85 years, of Archbold, passed away Saturday morning, December 16, 2017, at Fairlawn Haven Care Center in Archbold. She was born March 17, 1932, at Plymouth, MI, the daughter of Joseph and Catherine Hulack. She married Donus E. Welke on June 21, 1952, and he preceded her in deat...

Congratulations Ed!

https://www.petoskeynews.com/charlevoix ... d3703.html

I have several stools we use for the airplanes. This is what we use for our 14 year old Golden to get in bed. Stop by the terminal at Welke Airport tomorrow and I can show them to you. Several sizes to choose from!

Great article from Manitoulin Island!

http://www.manitoulin.ca/2017/10/11/man ... ds-summit/