A Quick Tour Of Mullett Township

Mullett Township News & Views-Promoting Open Government in Mullett Township

There is also the Mullett Township Party Line or you make drink the Kool-Aid from the Topinabee Development Association "Artesian" Well

Mullett Township
is a general law township in Cheboygan County, Michigan. The population was 1312 in the 2010 US census. The township and Mullett Lake are named for John Mullett, who with William Burt, surveyed much of the area between 1840 and 1843.

The commercial center of the Township is the quiet unincorporated Village of Topinabee located on the west shore of Mullett Lake on M27 highway. The village is a trailhead for the DNR Trail with off-street parking and restrooms.

The village has a Post Office, Convenience Store with gas pumps, Public Library with 24 hour outdoor WiFi, an artisan-owned woodwork shop, a breakfast cafe and a bar and grille. Township owned buildings include the Library, Township Hall and Fire Hall, and an unused former school building on Lea St.

Recreation needs are served with a beachfront park and covered picnic area, free public boat launch at the north end of the village, a small public access to Mullett Lake across from the Nokia Cafe and tennis court, ball-field, and playground equipment at a public park located up the hill on Lea St.

The east side of Mullett Township is largely rural, with no commercial development. Township services include a Fire Hall and volunteer East Mullett Lake Fire Department.


Wednesday, July 6, 2011

MULLETT TOWNSHIP BOARD OF TRUSTEES AGENDA, JULY 5, 2011

Here is the agenda as provided by Mullett Township Clerk Rachel Osborn at the start of last night's meeting. Not stated in the agenda is the back-tracking on the motion passed by the Board to switch the Township's Worker's Comp Insurer to a new, and I guess in hindsight, hypothetical MTA approved insurer. Here is a quote from the June 7, 2011 Board Meeting.

"Steve Grinnell made a presentation of the new MTA (Michigan Township Association) self insurance plan being offered to all townships in Michigan. It will be known as WCSIF Insurance Fund. He explained this new fund is for workers compensation and is unique in the fact that it is a non-profit and any monies left over at the end of the year after all claims are paid, WCSIF would rebate dividends to the member participants. The Accident Fund which Mullett Township now owns would not be paying dividends since it is a for profit company. On a motion made by Dennis Dombroski and seconded by John Brown, the board voted to adopt the WCSIF as the new insurance for workers compensation for Mullett Township workers. Motion passed. (An upfront savings of about $800.00 will be realized immediately)."

The Board stated the WCSIF was unable to finalize a viable business plan and does not exist. It is always good practice to use due diligence when choosing insurers and we hope the Board did not prematurely cancel their previous policy. 
MULLETT TOWNSHIP BOARD OF TRUSTEES
AGENDA, JULY 5, 2011
OPEN WITH PLEDGE - Dennis Dombroski
Minutes from June 7" to be read:
OPEN FORUM: Please limit comments to 3 minutes
Dennis Dombroski:
John Brown:
Karen Morgan: Need motion to add Irene Tryban to all Bank accounts
Rachel Osborn: Motion to pay the Chapotons $1,000.00 for their work on the Mullett
Government Website offered by__________________
Seconded by___________________
Reading of the expenses for the first quarter of the fiscal year 2011-2012 and adding to the record
Motion to have Ervin Crawford of ABC Rustics build a library table at a cost of $325.00 offered by
seconded  by___________________
Letter from Tim MacArthur, legal counsel advised we can go go forward with the Merit Network use of the right of way through Mullett Township
Thinking about the Boy Scout Park across the lake as to how much modernization do we want to do over there.  Could we put in vault restrooms: with board and batten siding and steel roofs, like those at the boat launch in Indian River? This would be our project for this season. Please see the DNR approved plans which the maintenance people in Tuscarora built at a cost of about $5,000.00. Mr. Sexton says he pumps out the present restrooms about once a year.
(A future project could be a long house where the present site of quonset hut, leaving fireplace in place.)
Lot 5 progress with Wade Trim?
Meetings coming up for the board are as follows:

July 6, 2011 7:00pm Cheboygan County Planning Topinabee Village
July 9, 2011 TDA - Townhall 10:00am
July 12, 2011 MTA - Ordinances
July 19, 2011 Board of Review
July 28, 2011 MTA - Forest Twp


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