In a meeting where (1) two trustees declined to show up, (2) the Township Attorney stood up to Supervisor Henyard, and (3) there was no official adjournment, we probably shouldn't be surprised that the dozen-plus votes might not count. The Lansing Journal's Melanie Jongsma explains in the intro to this video.
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0:00 - Introduction - Will the votes count?
3:30 - Meeting called to order with Trustees Jones and Gray Everett absent
4:51 - Old business: Bingo, including much discussion
14:48 - Old business: Gospel Fest
16:40 - Disagreement with Attorney
21:02 - Approval of General Fund Bills, including Robert Hunt reading the same list he read at the last meeting
40:03 - Approval of General Assistance Fund Bills, including Supervisor Henyard's declarations of power
52:10 - Approval of Road and Bridge Fund Bills
52:40 - Motion to approve budgets (not seconded)
53:16 - Motion to approve retainer agreement, including information presented by a representative from Leinenweber Daffada & Sansonetti, LLC
1:00:21 - Approval of upcoming events with specific budgets
1:01:12 - Forensic audit of Keith Freeman's credit card
1:07:51 - Forensic audit of all township departments going back 10 years
1:12:39 - Protecting whistleblowers
1:14:40 - Cancelling NationBuilder
1:17:27 - Creating an Accountability Department
1:19:58 - Establishing a new salary ordinance
1:31:31 - Approving the TIF extension request in Lansing
1:31:50 - Retaining separate counsel
1:33:09 - "I am Thornton Township" - Henyard
1:36:00 - Supervisor Report (with videos!)
1:49:16 - Independent investigation of Outreach Department
1:52:00 - Public Comment
1:52:33 - Public Comment: Michael Smith
1:56:13 - Public Comment: Deborah Reeves
1:57:28 - Public Comment: Paul Robertz
2:01:25 - Supervisor Henyard leaves
2:03:21 - Attorney Stach leaves
2:05:23 - Off-camera conversation with Trustee Gonzalez
An article summarizing the votes is published here: [ Ссылка ]
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