Welcome
Welcome to the Saline Township Website. Saline Township is a small, agricultural township located within Washtenaw County. The township was named after the salt springs that connected Battle Creek to Detroit, MI. With continued strong agricultural roots today, Saline Township continues to promote and preserve the environment through its vast woodlands, streams and wetlands. As the township grows, we invite you to visit our township and learn about the rich history that it holds.
Announcements
Notice of Public Hearing
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Notice of Election November 2024
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Notice of Registration November 2024
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Battery Energy Storage Zoning Authority Comparison
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Meeting Date Change Notice
Due to the election the Planning Commission Meeting has moved to Tuesday, August 13, 2024 at 7:00p.m.
7-22-2024
Important to note: 2024 Saline Township Clean-Up Tire Recycling information on Saline Post (Thu. Jul 18 2024) is inaccurate. Saline Township recycling website is the source of truth.
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Water Resources Announces the 2024 Saturday Home Toxics Collection Events:
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Water Resources Announces the 2024 County Clean-Up Day Schedule
County Clean-Up Days provide Washtenaw County residents with a way to recycle and dispose of many household items including:
- electronics
- household hazardous waste
- bulky waste
- appliances
- scrap tires
Clean Up-Days are held in different locations spread out around Washtenaw County. Washtenaw County residents may attend any of the events.
Registration will be required to attend any County Clean-Up Day event.
- June 15 – Augusta Township Registration opens May 6
- June 29 – Northfield Township Registration opens May 20
- July 27 – Pittsfield Township Registration opens June 17
- August 24 – City of Ypsilanti Registration opens July 15
Register at: https://www.washtenaw.org/2414/County-Clean-Up-Days
* Pesticides are accepted regardless of residency or use.
Washtenaw County Land Needs
Don’t know where to start when it comes to finding the right organization or program to help with your needs on your land in Washtenaw County? A collection of local organizations have been working together to compile a launch pad of tools and resources to help you narrow down your search, so you can explore your options and then reach out to the appropriate organization when you’re ready. Visit washtenawcd.org/landtoolkit to get started!
Early Votes Notice
Treasurer’s Office will be Open Thursday February 29th from 9 AM – 5 PM.
Treasurer’s Office will be Closed Tuesday February 27th due to Election Day.
Landowner's Resource List
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Notice of Registration
Notice of Eleciton
How to Assess, Manage, & Preserve Your Land
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Washtenaw County Millage Rates
The millage rate for “Washtenaw County” that appears on your tax bill is a combination of many smaller millage rates that were voted on by local residents. In an effort to help residents better understand their tax bill, this chart has been made to break down the “Washtenaw County” rate into the smaller, more specific millage rates that comprise it.
Status/Update - 11/2022 (Third Status/Update Announcement)
Washtenaw County Broad Band Task Force (BBTF)
Greetings Saline Township residents. Quite likely you have arrived here on the SalineTownship.org web site as a result of the half page insert in your November 2022 (Winter) Property Tax mailing, referencing the activities of the Washtenaw County Broadband Taskforce (BBTF).
Much has been accomplished since the last BBTF update (specifically the insert in the July 2021 Summer property tax mailing and the associated announcement at that time on the Salinetownship.org website).
The BBTF has now secured funding from (3) sources (federal, state and county) and entered into contracts with (5) service providers to provided high speed internet access to ALL underserved or unserved properties in Washtenaw County.
Washtenaw County has also hired a project manager, Chris Scharrer, who will manage those providers who are receiving Washtenaw County money. He will also track those providers receiving state and federal monies.
Chris has made available an interactive map by which all Washtenaw County residents (including Saline Township residents) can find out details like, who their internet service provider will be, and what the current “ estimated” availability date for service might be.
The interactive map can be accessed at the following Web site below. There is also a Facebook page, at the Web site below, where Chris will answer detailed questions.
Washtenaw Broadband Gap Filling Project (arcgis.com)
Washtenaw County Broadband Answers | Facebook
Specifically for Saline Township residents, the two funding sources are (1) the FCC’s (federal) Rural Development Opportunity Fund (RDOF), and (2) Washtenaw County’s American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) monies. The two internet service providers for Saline Township will be, primarily, (1) Midwest Energy and Communications (MEC), but also a small number of properties in Saline Township will be serviced by (2) Comcast.
Just to set expectations right away, I did a random check of addresses in the township (including mine) and most (likely all) of the properties serviced by MEC in Saline Township have a service availability time “estimate” of December 2025. Somewhat more encouraging, for those (fewer) township properties serviced by Comcast, their service availability time “estimate” is December 2024.
Not to be too discouraging, I did chat briefly with Chris Scharrer, the project manager, and he assured me that he will be pushing the internet service providers (like MEC and Comcast) very hard to expedite their implementation estimates. Chris is a very "boots on the ground” type of guy, and I believe him when he says "he will be pushing...", so I am hopeful that the December 2024 and December 2025 estimates are only the current first guesses, and that these dates will get better as the implementation schedules from the funded service providers evolve.
Finally, I have attached a "web link"
(following) to a more detailed e-mail from Chris Scharrer (dated 10.6.22), introducing himself as project manager and announcing the availability of the interactive map and the Facebook page. Chris’s e-mail gives a bit more context into his view of his project management responsibilities, as well as his request for community patience as we go forward.
Feel free to contact me with any questions you may have. If I am not able to answer them, I will forward your question to Chris. This is something you can also do directly, via Chris’s project email ( WashtenawBroadband@outlook.com) or via the Facebook “answers” link above.
Gray Pirkola
734-429-7684
gpirkola@gmail.com
Saline Township representative on the Washtenaw County BBTF
7/1/2021
Status/Update - Washtenaw County Broad Band Task Force (BBTF)
Greetings Saline Township residents, Gary Pirkola here. Quite likely you have arrived here on the SalineTownship.org web site as a result of the half page insert in your July 2021 (Summer) Property Tax mailing, referencing the activities of the Washtenaw County Broadband Taskforce (BBTF).
In actuality, this is the SECOND Status/Update on the township web site re the activities of the BBTF. If you have NOT ALREADY READ my initial announcement of the activities of the BBTF, posted on this web site on 4/5/21, I would strongly encourage you to PAUSE in your reading of this SECOND announcement now, and instead go and read the initial and rather lengthy FIRST announcement posting of 4/5/21.
In the FIRST announcement, you will be introduced to the mission of the BBTF, the activities of the BBTF as of 4/5/21, the successes of the BBTF (specifically the awarding of grant money to Washtenaw County from the FCC’s Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF), and finally the implications of the RDOF grant for a large percentage of the underserved and unserved residents of Saline Township.
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4/5/2021
Recent activities of the Washtenaw County Broadband Task Force (BBTF)
Greetings Saline Township residents, Gary Pirkola here. I’m the (very recently appointed) Saline Township representative on the Washtenaw County BroadBand (High Speed Internet) Task Force (the BBTF). Following is an update on the recent activities of the BBTF that should be of interest to Saline Township residents.
Recently (February 2021) the BBTF has been informed that as a result of their grant application efforts, Washtenaw County has been awarded a sizable federal Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) grant to “build out” a fiber optic infrastructure to serve a large segment of the underserved and unserved areas of Washtenaw county. This is good news for many Saline Township residents who currently do not High Speed internet access.
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March Budget Meeting & Regular Meeting
Board of Review Meeting
Township Budget Hearing
