Beaver Island, MI Need to Know

05/15/2026

𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐃 Peaine and St. James in talks to split up their historic joint ownership of properties. For example, Peaine would fully own Iron Ore Bay, and St James would own the public beach and marinas.

This is a fairly large topic that could affect taxes and maintenance burdens, as well as community investment in the properties shifting from truly shared community resources. These are public spaces so access would not change, but why is this at all necessary?

There again is no information publicly available regarding the questions being asked or the justifications behind this push to separate community property.

Update: This meeting is cancelled due to a lack of a quorum and will be rescheduled.

Monday May 18th is a Special Meeting with Peaine Board of Trustees and St. James Board of Trustees. Details in the attached pic!

05/14/2026

⚠️ If you discover flooding in your home on Beaver Island, St James Township, Michigan is asking residents to fill out the ArcGIS Self Report Survey by 🗓️ next week concerning the damage you may have experienced.

If you have flooding of any kind, complete the form. Charlevoix County will compile all the reports and submit them to FEMA.

Other resources for flooding damage, outages, local alerts, as well as assistance can be found at the Michigan 2026 Statewide Flooding landing page.

Stay safe, and thank you to St. James for posting this for visibility

Information on carrying concealed pistols, permits, renewal, frequently asked questions, pistol free areas, pistol safety training course information, and more.

05/08/2026

Special Meeting notice scheduled for Friday, May 8th at 5:30. See attached pic for the details!

04/30/2026

⚠️ Just posted for May 1 Special Meeting. Includes consideration of RFP for airport milling:

> Asphalt milling is the process of removing the top layer of an existing asphalt surface to allow for resurfacing without the need for a complete replacement

Special Meeting tomorrow for Peaine Township at 3:30pm. See attached agenda for details.

04/25/2026

Monday @4:30pm (April 27)

Notice of a Special Meeting for Peaine Township Board of Trustees on Monday April 27h. Attached is a copy of the agenda.

04/03/2026

Peaine sudden special meeting Monday 6th at 6pm, set right after the Planning Commission meeting at 5pm the same day.

NOTICE
PEAINE TOWNSHIP
Board of Trustees
SPECIAL MEETING
Peaine Township Hall
Monday April 6th, 2026 at 6:00pm
36825 Kings Hwy
Beaver Island, MI 49782

AGENDA

1) Call to Order
2) Public Comment (limit 2 minutes)
3) Waste Management Fund-Equipment Purchase for the Beaver Island Transfer Station
a. Request for authorization to exceed the previously approved dollar amount for purchase.
4) 2026 Millage Proposals/Renewals
a. Discussion and consideration of ballot proposals for millages that expired 12/31/25 (Airport, Roads, EMS).
5) Public Comment (limit 2 minutes)
6) Adjournment

The Peaine Township Board will provide necessary reasonable auxiliary aids and services to individuals with
disabilities at the meeting upon notice to the Township. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or
services should contact the Township by writing or calling the following: PO Box 26, Beaver Island, MI 49782
[email protected], 231-448-2389, or 231-448-3540.

04/02/2026

There is also a big thank you to Governor Whitmer for pressing the issue of disaster relief after 2 denials. Given that Great Lakes Energy is a cooperative, if FEMA did not provide relief funds, the members/customers of GLE would have to foot the bill for infrastructure fixes incurred by the utility due to the storm. GLE raised rates in November 2025 to begin paying down the expenses from the storm. Sadly even if GLE receives funding, rates will not decrease in the short term, but they may stay raised for a shorter period than they otherwise might have been.

Wonderful news that the communities impacted by the storm last year can rely on the funds now, though. We'll all still be feeling the GLE rate increase, but at least our neighbors and community were reimbursed for their great work keeping the island running.

03/31/2026

BIC Center at 6pm tonight! This was very informative last time they had it, lovely to see it continuing!

03/26/2026

Peaine Proposed Budget draft for meeting tomorrow at 1pm.

There's no mention of what millage rate is proposed if any for property taxes. Also unclear if $150k of the grants in Adopted 2025 were not granted to the township. I'll email for clarification. Looks like the grants section is currently incorrect in general, those values are from 2024-2025 budget, not 2025-2026.

Included are removing HR budgeting of $2500/yr and increasing the budget for an assistant supervisor from $750/yr to $3000/yr. Office supplies increasing from $1200 to $6000.