Community Alert
By Emily Votruba Next Tuesday, April 16, beginning at 7 pm, the Elberta Planning Commission will hold two public hearings at the Elberta Library (704 Frankfort Avenue). The public is asked to consider the Commission's proposed definition of "apartments." If approved by the commission and the
Elsewhere in BenCo...
On February 27, the Benzie Conservation District hosted a forum on the process of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, a natural gas extraction practice that, in part because of fairly recent technological and chemical innovations, is creating a natural gas boom across the nation. Jonathan Maue took this great video of
Community Alert
By Emily Votruba VILLAGE COMMUNITY BUILDING March 21, 2013—Sharyn Bower announced that the County Board of Commissioners would be holding their regular meeting at the Village Community Building on April 16 at 6 pm as part of their tour around the county. The Planning Commission will hold two public
Gov't Watch
By James Ward March 12, 2013 ELBERTA LIBRARY— Present: Carl Noffsinger, Doug Holmes, Ron Beyette, Sharyn Bower, and Linda Manville. Guest: James Ward The treasurer’s report and minutes were approved from the meeting in February 2013. A motion was seconded to close the regular meeting and go into a
Gov't Watch
By James Ward February 12, 2013 ELBERTA LIBRARY— Present: Laura Manville, Carl Noffsinger, Doug Holmes, and Ron Beyette. Guest: James Ward The treasurer's report was accepted. New business included the approval of Charlie Hendershott, Ken Holmes, and Bob Delanoy to the Board of Review. Further New Business included
Community Alert
Please plan to attend the input session on April 18 at 7 pm in the Village Community Building! See details below. A draft of the new 5 year plan can be found here: Village of Elberta Recreation Plan 2014–2019 draft for public meeting
Gov't Watch
By Emily Votruba Transcription by Lois Schram March 5, 2013 ELBERTA LIBRARY—During initial public comment, Scott Gest said the community mapping is wrapping up for the Grand Vision. There was to be a meeting the following week. A report by Ken Bonney, new zoning administrator, was added to the
Infrastructure and Planning
After Cheryl Gross mentioned the strange placement of the new MDOT road sign seemingly right in front of the entrance to the future Dunes South parking area, trustee Jennifer Wilkins looked into the matter. She learned from Ken Bonney that there will be a large easement between M22 and the
Gov't Watch
By Emily Votruba VILLAGE COMMUNITY BUILDING, February 20, 2013—A date and the spelling of Jennifer Wilkins’s name were corrected on the January meeting minutes. Wilkins’s name was also added to the agenda under the Beach Committee report, as she is a new member of that committee. PUBLIC
Breaking
Download county-commissioners-meeting-public-comment-on-ipmc-20130326-130226.wav By Bob Kenison and Emily Votruba March 26, 2013 BENZIE COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER—More than one hundred Benzie County citizens overflowed the commissioners’ chambers, spilling into the hallway at the regular meeting this past Tuesday. The people were clearly unhappy with the commissioners’ enactment of the new
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The first in what we hope will be a series of stories by local people on their investigations of transportation issues. Submit yours to elberta.alert@gmail.com. Doesn't have to be long, and we'll check your spelling. Till then, safe travels! By Jeffery Stratton I
Breaking
Download county-commissioners-meeting-public-comment-on-ipmc-20130326-130226.wav BENZIE COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER—The county commission voted unanimously to adopt an ordinance rescinding their adoption of the International Property Maintenance Code at this morning's regular county commissioners meeting. Members of the media were there (Record–Patriot, TV 9&10, and others), and more