John Barnes, a veteran member of the Fabius Township Environmental and Wetlands Protection Advisory Committee and chairman of the group in recent years, has resigned from the committee in view of his candidacy for St. Joseph County Probate Judge. Barnes indicated his intention to resign while reporting on the group’s activities during the March meeting [...]
The Three Rivers Fire Department (TRFD) Ambulance Service received attention Wednesday evening (April 11) during the April meeting of the Fabius Township Board. Fire Chief Dan Tomlinson reported on the service and a proposal from the city for an increase in the subsidy paid by Fabius, Lockport and Park townships to help pay for the [...]
A proposed ambulance subsidy increase is an item of New Business for the April meeting of the Fabius Township Board Wednesday evening (April 11). The meeting will get underway at 7:30 p.m. in the Fabius Township Hall on Broadway Road west of Three Rivers. To view the agenda for the meeting, click on the following [...]
The Fabius Township Board has adopted a proposed budget for 2012-2013 that is similar to the spending plan for the current year. Action on the budget came after a public hearing during the board’s March meeting Wednesday evening (March 14th). Supervisor John Kroggel said, “As stated at previous meetings, there are no significant changes from [...]
The Fabius Township Board has approved an expenditure of up to $3,000 to have a professional planning consultant review the site plan from Three Rivers Metal Recyclers for a proposed recycling facility on M-60 just west of Three Rivers. The action came during the board’s March meeting Wednesday evening (March 14th) – less than a [...]
The Fabius Township Board began the budget-making process for the upcoming fiscal year during a special meeting Tuesday (January 17th). The session – originally slated for Wednesday – was moved up a day because of a scheduling conflict. In commenting on the budget session, Township Supervisor John Kroggel said, “The meeting was at a very [...]
The Fabius Township Board has scheduled a special meeting for 5 p.m. on Wednesday, January 18th, to begin the process to develop a budget for the township’s new fiscal year that begins on April 1st. During the board’s regular monthly meeting Wednesday evening (January 11th), Township Supervisor John Kroggel noted that he needs to present [...]
The River Country Recreational Authority created through actions by the Fabius Township Board and Three Rivers City Commission last month is continuing to take shape. In action during its January meeting Wednesday evening (January 11th), the Fabius Township Board appointed Annette Ashby and Jim Stuck as the township’s representatives on the authority’s inaugural five-member board. [...]
The Fabius Township Board will conduct its first meeting of the New Year Wednesday evening (January 11th). The meeting will get underway at 7:30 p.m. at the Fabius Township Hall on Broadway Road. To view the agenda for the meeting, click here.
In unanimous actions Thursday evening (December 8th), the Fabius Township Board and Three Rivers City Commission approved proposed “articles of incorporation” for the establishment of a ‘recreational authority’ to foster future trail development in the Three Rivers area. Separate votes on the matter came during a special, joint meeting of the two governmental bodies held [...]
Proposed Articles of Incorporation for creating a ‘recreational authority’ will be at the heart of a special, joint meeting of the Fabius Township Board and the Three Rivers City Commission Wednesday evening (December 8th). The meeting comes in conjunction with efforts by the Pathway Project Steering Committee that’s been working toward development of a non-motorized [...]
“Bubblers” – devices used to prevent the formation of ice around docks – and a proposed “bubbler ordinance” came in for a good deal of discussion during the November meeting of the Fabius Township Board Wednesday evening (November 9th), but that will apparently be the end of it. Trustee Dave Brueck made a motion to [...]
The Fabius Township Board has selected Tuesday, October 25thas the tentative date for a public hearing on Conditional Land Transfer Agreements under Public Act 425 for two properties on the west edge of the City of Three Rivers. The action came during the board’s regular monthly meeting last week (October 12th) in regard to the [...]
Fabius Township – at this time – is not interested in spending money on a feasibility study regarding a ‘fire authority.’ That’s the position taken by the Fabius Township Board on a unanimous vote during the group’s regular monthly meeting Wednesday evening (October 12th). The move came after a report from Trustee Jim O’Neill regarding [...]
An error in compilation of the payment due from the City of Three Rivers to Fabius Township under ‘425s’ – Conditional Land Transfer Agreements between the two governmental units – yielded some laughter during the September meeting of the Fabius Township Board Wednesday evening (September 14th). In his monthly report to the board, Township Assessor [...]
‘EDC investment’ is an item of ‘Old Business’ for the September meeting of the Fabius Township Board Wednesday evening (September 14th). The meeting will be held at the Fabius Township Hall on Broadway Road and get underway at 7:30. To view the agenda for the meeting, click here.
The Fabius Township Board has approved a resolution to extend the Walnut Drive Special Assessment District for five years and confirm the assessment roll in the total amount of approximately $35,000 to fund road improvements within the district. The action came on a unanimous vote during the board’s August meeting Wednesday evening (August 10th) and [...]
The August meetings of the Fabius Township Board and the Park Township Board are on the Wednesday evening (August 10th) calendar. The Park Township meeting will include a public hearing on a request by American Metal Fab, Inc. for an Industrial Facilities Tax exemption on new equipment at a cost of $763,815. Both meetings are [...]
Fabius Township Supervisor John Kroggel has told the owners of a newly-opened firing range that the operation violates the township’s zoning ordinance. Kroggel addressed the issue in his supervisor’s report during the July meeting of the Fabius Township Board Wednesday evening (July 13th). At issue is the Three Rivers Rifle-Pistol Range at 14571 West M-60, [...]
The Fabius Township Board has given the go-ahead for Supervisor John Kroggel and Clerk Annette Ashby to sign a ‘buyout agreement’ with Lockport Township for its ownership interest in the former Lockport-Fabius-Park Township Fire Department. The action came on a 4-to-1 vote during the board’s regular monthly meeting Wednesday evening (July 13th). The dissenting vote [...]
