The Laketown
Township BoardThe Laketown Township Board of Trustees meets the second Wednesday of every month at
7:00 p.m. at the Township office. Laketown is governed by five elected
Township Board members: a supervisor, a treasurer, a clerk, and two
trustees. A board majority, which is three members of a five-member
board, constitutes a quorum for transacting business. The supervisor
acts as the meeting chairperson.
The recording secretary for Laketown is Diane Ybarra.
The Laketown Board welcomes your input.
Please attend our board meetings or contact us through the township office,
616.335.3050.
The Township board meetings are available for viewing on MAC-TV Friday
evenings at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday mornings at 10:00 a.m.
For Board meeting minutes, click here.
All regular Township Board meetings are at 7:00 p.m. at the Laketown Township Office, unless
otherwise noted. All Board workshops are the 1st Wednesday of the month at
4:00 p.m.
Township Board Members
The Planning
Commission
The Laketown Township Planning Commission meets the first Wednesday of every
month at 7:00 p.m. at the township office.
The basic function of a township planning commission is to make and adopt a
plan for the township's land use development. In addition to private
land use, the planning commission considers the general location of major streets, water and
sewer systems and other public utilities and structures, and rehabilitation of
blighted areas, location of public buildings, and flood prevention.
The planning commission is required to review any plats or subdivisions and
make a recommendation prior to township board action.
The township board decides on rezoning issues and amendments to the zoning
ordinances after review and recommendation of the planning commission.
For a copy of the 2005 Master Plan Update, click
here.
For a copy of the 2005 Future Land Use Update, click
here.
Planning Commission Meetings are available for viewing on MAC-TV on Monday
and Wednesday mornings at 8:00 a.m.
Members:
| Bob Cook |
Chairman |
| Roger Prins |
|
| Ed Stielstra |
Secretary
ed@laketowntwp.org |
| Bob Slikkers |
|
| Al Dogger |
|
Building Authority
The township Building Authority is appointed by the Township Board, and
authorized to acquire, furnish, equip, own, improve, enlarge, operate and
maintain buildings, automobile parking lots or structures, recreational
facilities, and any other properties and facilities used for any public
purpose. You may contact the Building Authority by calling the
Township office, 616.335.3050. Members:
Parks and Recreation - go to
Parks page
Zoning
Board of Appeals
The ZBA meets the last Monday of the month at 7:00 p.m. at the
Township office.
The ZBA hears and decides all zoning ordinance appeals. It
may grant variances from the strict letter of the zoning ordinance
if practical difficulty or unnecessary hardship would result in
conforming with the ordinance, provided the spirit of the ordinance is observed, public safety
secured and substantial justice done. The hardship should not
be self-created and some unique circumstances involving the property
in question should be evident to support a variance.
An appeal may be filed by any individual aggrieved or by an
officer, department, board or bureau of the township, county, or
state. The reasons for any ZBA decision shall be state in full
and made a part of the meeting records.
The proper use of a zoning board of appeals within the limits of
its jurisdiction can prevent a zoning ordinance from becoming a
rigid or unjust document.
For ZBA meeting minutes, click here.
Members:
| Herb Johnson |
|
Chairman |
| Mike Donovan |
mike@laketowntwp.org
|
Secretary |
| Roger Prins |
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|
| Steve Brunink |
|
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| Carl Blauwkamp |
|
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| David Weishaar |
|
Alternate |
| Glenn Vos |
|
Alternate |
For various Boards' and Commissions' minutes, click
here.
