By BRIAN

CHRISTENSEN

Staff Writer

QUINNESEC — Breitung Township Board has accepted the resignation of utility clerk and administrative assistant Adrienne Savord.

Savord has taken a position with the Dickinson County Road Commission after five years with the township.

“I make a motion we do not accept (her resignation) and we keep her,” Board Supervisor Denny Olson joked.

“I’ll support,” Trustee Rich Wales said.

But the board accepted Savord’s resignation with regret. Her last day will be Feb. 19.

“We’re going to miss you very much, Adrienne,” Wales said.

“You’ve been there to get the job done, you could always be counted on,” Olson said.

Savord thanked the board for their compliments and well wishes.

“This was not an easy decision for me,” she said.

The board agreed to write a resolution formally thanking Savord and will advertise for her replacement. Applications will be due March 1.

In other business Monday, the board:

— Authorized Rick Lindow–assistant fire chief at Breitung Township Volunteer Fire Department Station No. 3–be paid according to the township’s second-tier pay rate without having to obtain firefighter level II training because of his experience and years of service. Lindow has been a firefighter for the township for more than 20 years and was assistant chief when the board first adopted the tiered pay rates in 2018. The township instituted the rates to incentivize further education and training.

— Hired Joseph Salmon as a firefighter at Breitung Township Volunteer Fire Department Station No. 2.

— Approved $130 for a 1/4-page advertisement in the 2021 Dickinson County Healthcare System Pine Mountain Continental Cup program. Although the event was canceled due to the pandemic, the Kiwanis Ski Club will give programs away at tourist attractions throughout Dickinson County to introduce visitors to the ski jump and businesses that support it, according to President Nick Blagec.

— Renewed membership with the Dickinson Area Chamber of Commerce at a cost of $250.

— Continued a discussion on whether to adopt the International Property Maintenance Code, in part or its entirety, to the Feb. 22 board meeting. Olson and Wales expressed concern the code, which establishes minimum requirements for housing and property maintenance, was overreaching while Breitung Township Superintendent Steve Mulka and Trustee Aaron Rochon considered it a good tool for enforcement. If the board decides to adopt sections of the IPMC, it could do so as amendments to existing ordinances.

Brian Christensen can be reached at 906-774-2772, ext. 229, or bchristensen@ironmountaindailynews.com.