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Eighty-four residents disposed
of bulk waste including 287 tires,
“both solid increases from last sum-
mer,” Belles said. “A thanks to the
Michigan Youth Challenge Academy
for volunteering again this year!”
The chip seal program for this
summer is well underway.
The Shadowood area subdivision
has been chipped and swept.
The Fruin Street area Subdivision
has been chipped as well as the
miscellaneous roads of Dreamfield
Drive, Silver Road, Greenfield Park,
White & Wallace, Lady Jessica Isle,
Harper Creek Drive, Hollison Beach,
Fern Beach, Anway Drive, Boyer
Drive, Crosby Drive, and Allison
Lane.
The county will be back to stripe
those roads later in the summer, she
said.
The Presidential Streets area is slat-
ed for crack filling, and it is currently
the intent, said Belles, to get that chip
sealed in summer of 2025.This summer, the township and the
county started using a different type
of stone referred to as trap rock for
these neighborhood type roads.
The trap rock is a smaller stone
that, in the end, results in a smoother
surface.
“I started a new series on
AccessVision called Emmett
Essentials that gives greater detail
into what the township staff do
all day,” said Belles. “We started
with the Planning and Zoning
Administrator then hit my role as
supervisor and then an episode withthe deputy supervisor.”
Emmett Essentials airs on Mondays
at 6 p.m.
A single episode repeats four times
throughout the month then a new one
begins.
The videos can also be viewed on
the AccessVision website.
“It is my intention to do Code
Compliance next and carry on
through the departments,” said
Belles. “From there, we may start
touching base on projects and gen-
eral updates.”
Emmett Charter Township voters
can begin taking advantage of nine
days of early voting on Saturday,
July 27 at the Calhoun County Early
Voting Center at the county building
in Marshall between 9 a.m. and 5
p.m. including on weekends.
The Aug. 6 primary election
includes the party primaries for local
positions and anyone who has not yet
voted by Aug. 6 can do so at their
usual precincts.
“A friendly reminder that on the
primary ballot, you must stay within
one political party section,” Belles
said. “‘Splitting’ the ballot by voting
between parties will cause it to be
spoiled and not count.”
The Firekeepers Revenue Sharing
Board decided to fund small grants
this year. There is approximately
$450,000 available.
The Board will take project pro-
posals up to $25,000 each. Projects
should be applied through a local
government and benefit the local
community, said Belles.
Since her April column, Emmett
Update, the Board of Trustees passed
the following ordinances:- Ord. Consumers Energy
Franchise: grants a non-exclusive
franchise to Consumers Energy
allowing them to conduct local gas
and electric operations in the public
right-of-way. - Ord. Firing Ranges: amends the
zoning ordinance to allow indoor
shooting ranges as a conditional use
in the GC – General Commercial
district. - Ord. Indoor Recreation: amends
the zoning ordinance to define places
of amusement, entertainment, and
recreation and regulate their use in
the GC – General Commercial, RC - Regional Service Commercial, and
LI – Light Industrial districts.
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