FURTHER AIRPORT ANNEXATION UPDATE

The Special Meeting of the Planning Commission, the Town Board, Township attorney, Chad Lemmons, and TKDA Planner, Sherri Buss, was held on January 5, 2017. It was deemed by those bodies and persons and at least one member of the two-member audience to be very productive and informative. The information gathered by Ms. Buss included how other municipalities, including townships, have dealt with similar matters.

The different options as cited in the previous blog post were discussed and clarified. Supervisors Behrendt and Jennings will be meeting with Lakeville to first start discussions about a possible Joint Powers Agreement (JPA) between the two municipalities. The hope would be that Lakeville could sell sewer and water to the airport, the Metropolitan Airport Commission would receive the sewer and water that is called for under its policy, and Eureka would retain the airport within the Township. If this were to be agreed upon, the three entities would each come away with a "win."

Whether this goal can be reached or not is a matter of the discussions to follow. If ultimately a JPA cannot be entered into, then the Town Board would look into moving to another possible agreement to satisfactorily resolve this issue. Those in attendance at the meeting were of the opinion that the JPA would be the ideal solution.