Not much changes in a month. Just ask business partners Carolyn Frericks and Joe Delude.
The White Lake Road property owners stood before the township board, April 21, complaining the property next to them had unauthorized construction equipment, and was a junkyard for housing trucks.
Delude said not much has changed.
‘The trucks are still coming in and out of here,? he said. ‘All the worker’s vehicles are still parked up on the grass area next to the berm.?
On March 10, the township sent a notice of violation to the property owner regarding both construction being done by Consumers Energy and the number of trucks causing blight on the property.
Township Attorney Steve Jopich said at the May 5 township board meeting, his office sent a second notice indicating the prior violations were not taken care of, and ‘the problem has expanded on the Consumers site and the township intends enforcements in that regard.?
Delude says he hasn’t seen anything removed from the property, but described the situation similar to ‘musical trucks.?
‘What they did is rearranged them,? he said. ‘Every few days they would move them from one spot, then they would put them in another spot, but there is still the same number of stuff there and they just keep shuffling it.?
The board voted unanimously to go into closed session to discuss legal actions.
‘All we can do is send letters and take them to court,? said Supervisor Dave Wagner. ‘That’s what we’re in the midst of and that takes months.?