NOTICE OF MEETING OF BOARD OF DETERMINATION
DRAIN #096
DATE: July 25, 2024
TIME: 10:00 a.m.
LOCATION: Pine River Township Hall, 1495 W Monroe Rd, St Louis, Michigan
QUESTIONS: (989) 875-5207
A Board of Determination will meet at the above date, time and location to hear all
interested persons, receive evidence and determine whether the maintenance and improvement, as
set forth in the petition, dated April 2, 2024, is necessary and conducive to the public health,
convenience or welfare, pursuant to Chapter 8 of Public Act 40 of 1956, as amended.
[A presentation will be made to the Board of Determination outlining a brief history of the
Drainage District, and describing the roles, responsibilities and decisions made by a Board of
Determination. The presentation is to provide background for landowners and municipalities in
the drainage district and to facilitate the dissemination of information and the receipt of testimony
of landowners in the Drainage District. The Board of Determination will make its decision at the
end of the meeting.]
Proceedings conducted at this public meeting will be subject to the provisions of the
Michigan Open Meetings Act. Information regarding this meeting may be obtained from the
Gratiot County Drain Commissioner’s Office located at 904 E Center St, Ithaca, MI 48847.
Persons with disabilities needing accommodations for effective participation in the meeting
should contact the Drain Commissioner at the number listed above or through the Michigan Relay
Center at 7-1-1 (TDD) at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting to request mobility, visual,
hearing or other assistance.
Anyone aggrieved by the decisions of the Board of Determination may seek judicial review
pursuant to MCL 280.72a.
Bernard J Barnes
Gratiot County Drain Commissioner
NOTICE OF PUBLIC ACCURACY TEST FOR THE
PRIMARY ELECTION TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 6, 2024
To the qualified electors of THE CITIES of Alma, Ithaca, and St. Louis and, THE TOWNSHIPS of Arcada, Bethany, Elba, Emerson, Fulton, Hamilton, Lafayette, New Haven, Newark, North Shade, North Star, Pine River, Seville, Sumner, Washington, and Wheeler
in THE COUNTY OF GRATIOT, STATE OF MICHIGAN
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a Public Accuracy Test shall be conducted for the electronic equipment that will be used to tabulate the votes in each of the aforementioned jurisdictions for the August 6, 2024 Primary Election, as follows:
July 18, 2024 at 3:30 p.m. for the following Jurisdictions:
City of Alma, 500 E. Superior St., Alma, Michigan.
City of Ithaca, 129 W. Emerson St., Ithaca, Michigan.
July 18, 2024, at 6 p.m for the following Jurisdictions:
Arcada Township, 3200 W. Tyler Rd., Alma, Michigan.
North Shade Township, 8982 Roosevelt Rd., Carson City, Michigan.
Pine River Township, 1495 W. Monroe Rd., St. Louis, Michigan.
July 18, 2024, at 8 p.m. for the following Jurisdictions:
New Haven Township, 3027 S. Warner Rd., Sumner, Michigan.
July 19, 2024 at 9 a.m. for the following Jurisdictions:
Early Voting Site, 515 S. Pine River Street, Ithaca, Michigan.
City of St. Louis, 300 N. Mill St., St. Louis, Michigan.
Seville Township, 8143 W. Madison Rd., Elwell, Michigan
Washington Township, 8989 S. Baldwin Rd., Ashley, Michigan.
July 20, 2024 at 10 a.m. for the Following Jurisdictions:
Hamilton Township, 7853 E. Fillmore Rd., Ithaca, Michigan.
July 22, 2024 at 1 p.m. for the following Jurisdictions:
Fulton Township, 3425 W. Cleveland Rd., Perrinton, Michigan.
July 22, 2024 at 4 p.m. for the following Jurisdictions:
Elba Township, 109 W. Oak St., Ashley, Michigan.
Newark Township, 2918 W. Buchanan Rd., Ithaca, Michigan.
North Star Township, 2840 E. Buchanan Rd., North Star, Michigan.
July 23, 2024 at 5 p.m. for the following Jurisdictions:
Bethany Township, 9958 Blair Rd., Breckenridge, Michigan.
Lafayette Township, 2902 Barry Rd., Breckenridge, Michigan.
Sumner Township, 10820 Pine St., Sumner, Michigan.
Wheeler Township, 8510 E. Monroe Rd., Wheeler, Michigan.
July 26, 2024 at 11:30 a.m. for the following Jurisdictions:
Emerson Township, 2976 N. Baldwin Rd., Ithaca, Michigan.
Election law requires that Public Accuracy Tests be conducted to demonstrate the computer programming used to tabulate the votes cast.
Persons with disabilities needing accommodation should contact the County Clerk.
This Notice is given on behalf of the Township and City Clerks of Gratiot County, in compliance with
MCL 168.798.
NOTICE – PUBLIC LAND AUCTION
The Gratiot County Treasurer will offer tax- reverted real estate at public auction on
August 2nd, 2024.
The auction will be held online at
www.tax-sale.info from 10:00am to 7:00pm
EDT. Bids can also be placed up to 30 days
in advance on the website, and assistance
is available for those without computer or
internet access.
Incomplete or voided sales from the August
2nd auction, if any, will be re-offered online
on September 26th, 2024. Please visit
www.tax-sale.info/faq for additional
details.
For more information and a list of the
properties being sold, visit www.tax- sale.info or call 1-800-259-7470. Sale
listings may also be available at the county treasurer’s office.
NOTICE OF DETERMINATION
BOARD OF COUNTY ROAD COMMISSIONERS OF GRATIOT COUNTY,
MICHIGAN
Notice is hereby given that at a meeting of the Board of County Road Commissioners of the County of
Gratiot held at Ithaca, Michigan on the 23rd day of May, 2024, it was determined that a portion of Park
Street and Maple Street in the Village of Sickels herein described shall be ABSOLUTELY
ABANDONED AND DISCONTINUED:
Park Street between Block 4 and 5 and Maple Street north of Park Street and north of Lots 8, 9, and 10 of
Block 4 in the 1882 plat of the Village of Sickels. Park Street is 66 feet in width, 256.5 feet in length.
Maple Street is 33 feet in width, 301 feet in length, located in Section 5, Hamilton Township, Gratiot
County, Michigan.
Board of County Road Commissioners of Gratiot County:
Wesley Federspiel, Chairman
Derek Hessbrook, Vice-Chairman
John Wilson, Member