Green Elbertians
Herewith are three handouts from the Planning Commission meeting of April 9, 2013, provided to us by Planning Commission chair Bruce Ogilvie: the Annual Report for 2012, the most recent draft of the Medical Marihuana Caregiver Facility (Land Use) Ordinance, and the Alternative Energy Ordinance Draft. "These ordinance drafts
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 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
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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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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
Crime
By Bob Kenison March 21, 2013 BENZIE COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT—Last week Sheriff Ted Schendel held his third public safety meeting since becoming sheriff of Benzie County in January. The meetings are open to the public, and are held the third Thursday of each month. People are encouraged to attend
Community Alert
According to DPW head Ken Bonney, reached this afternoon by phone, two "RECALL" signs were found in the village today, one in front of the library, and one near the exercise equipment at Anderson Park. Bonney said Ken Holmes removed the one from in front of the library,
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By Emily Votruba At the February 19 County Commissioners meeting, the commissioners voted 6 to 1 to adopt the International Property Maintenance Code (see link below). The vote occurred during the department head reports portion of the meeting and was not on the agenda. After a presentation by Robert Theobald
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Thanks to the Joyfield Residents group on Facebook for making the pdf of the new county property maintenance code available. We haven't actually read it yet, but you can! We've heard it's pretty strict, which should please lovers of neatly trimmed grass, but cause
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An anti-bullying group for parents holds its first meeting tomorrow at Benzie High School's SEEDS room at 6:30 pm. The group is a spinoff of the kids' anti-bullying Pride group that formed earlier this year. All are welcome to come out and discuss how we can
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By Bob Kenison and Emily Votruba Back in July of this year, the Alert’s Morgan Feger interviewed the candidates for Benzie County sheriff—three Republicans. Ted Schendel won the August primary and would have been unopposed in the general election. But in July, Coury Carland announced he was running
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Attention, attention! The League of Women Voters Candidate Forum scheduled for tonight (Tuesday), which was to feature county commission candidates Don Tanner and Adrian Poulisse, has been canceled. There will still be a law & order candidate forum on Wednesday, tomorrow, however, featuring sheriff candidates Ted Schendel and Coury Carland,