2010 Grafton Township Annual Meeting - Part 11

PART 11
Moderator: Is there a 2nd to the motion? Motion 2nd. Okay what the motion was, was to accept # 8, the old 7, which now reads, a motion to authorize the purchase of the village real property by Grafton Township the lake in the hills. …..to ratify. That’s what that is. Alright, if you want them to be able to accept that, you vote against it….wait a minute. You guys need to discuss this.
Aileen Seedorf: Did they already say we own it? Then if we own it…..
Moderator: They’re trying to ratify that it was okay for them to buy it two years ago.
From the crowd: So we don’t know.
Aileen Seedorf: Very briefly, on Ancel Glinks site I read something that says you cannot ratify something that was illegal. That judge says you can’t so that. You can’t ratify, right?
Attorney: what the judge said in the circuit course case was that the Township has to go back to the beginning in terms of the purchase of the land…that’s what this is in effect is a request for a motion for the township electors to approve the purchase and keep the land.
From the crowd: Point or order!
Attorney: If you don’t want to take and keep the land, then you’ll vote no. If you want to keep the land affirm what was done illegally, you vote yes. Just to be clear, when I say illegally, I don’t mean that it was illegal in substance to buy the land, it’s just procedurally the courts found that it wasn’t done properly at the Township town annual meeting. It’s not that its illegal to buy the land…in fact the court said specifically that buying the land is certainly within the powers of the township electors.
Moderator: Gentleman in the blue shirt in front.
Paul Troy: I’d like to make an amendment to the motion to adopt the resolution. The amendment is that we use paper ballots to vote on this.
Moderator: That’s not an amendment to the motion.
Unknown Male: I’m not commenting pro or con but what I’m commenting on is, when we take this vote, we should ask ourselves, ‘Is this the way Christ would want it’? I stake my reputation on that as a Christian.
Call to question.
Unknown male: it seems to me that its very pertinent the opinion of Lake in the Hills prior to vote on any resolutions of 7, 8, 9, or 10, because we need to know whether or not they have any desire or intent to purchase it. If they don’t we’re out a lot of money. I would move that we amend these resolutions and postpone it to the next meeting or something. (Crowd strongly disagrees) We could lose a lot of money, right? Okay if you want to do it go ahead. ….it’s kind of disappointing that no one showed up for Lake in the Hills.
Moderator: Call to questions. 2nd Mr Ziller Sr. Call to question. Restate the motion was to Approve the resolution authorizing the purchase of village property by Grafton Township, meaning the Haligus Road. All those in favor of this motion? Call to question first. I’m sorry. Call to question: All those in favor raise you hands. All those opposed? Motion carried.

Moderator: And now we’ll go to the motion. The motion is to Approve the resolution authorizing the purchase of village property by Grafton Township, the Haligus Road property…….The attorney wants to make a correction here of what you’re voting on…clarification.
Keri-Lyn Krafthefer: On the old #8 which is the new resolution 9, this offers the property back to sale….
Moderator: She retracts that. Okay, resolution authorizing the purchase of village property by Grafton Township on Haligus Road. All those in favor raise your hand….your ballots. All those opposed. Motion carried.

Moderator: Moving on to the next resolution authorizing the conveyance of the town real property on Haligus Road. Quickly let’s quickly, for the sake of time here, let’s explain that. Do we have a motion to o that? (1st and 2nd) And the motion on the floor now is resolution authorizing the conveyance of the township real property of Haligus Road. Now we will let her explain what that means.
Keri-Lyn Krafthefer: This offers the property back to the Village of Lake in the Hills. If the village doesn’t want it, the township keeps the property.
Mr Kurns: This resolution…on page…on section 5 in the resolution, you have in there that we have to pay the Village of Lake in the Hills $999k for this property. $99k…it says we have to pay the Village of Lake in the Hills $99k.

Moderator: I’m going to read it as it’s stated in here. I’ll read her section 5. They corrected me. I’ll read the whole thing. Upon formal adoption and execution of the resolution authorizing conveyance of Township real property, Haligus Road, and upon approval from the Village of Lake in the Hills, Grafton Township, hereby, conveys said real property to the Village of Lake in the Hills and authorized and directs the Township supervisor and clerk to execute and attest and any and all documentation necessary to effectuate said property conveyances that you have the Village of Lake in the Hills repay to the township the sum $99,429.15 which was the purchase price pad by Grafton Township for said property. Does that answer your….