November 20th JPC Agenda/Herring Lake Watershed Presentation

Township meeting videos

Video recording township meetings began for three reasons:

1) It appeared the Board and Planning Commission were not going to be as open and transparent as they had demanded the previous board to be.

2)  It appears the Board is doing business outside the venue of a public meeting and coming to meetings with decisions already made.

3)  People simply uninterested in attending meetings in person, may be interested in watching from the comforts of home.  

Link to Joyfield Residents Township business videos

This practice of video recording will continue.  

JTB 11-5-2014

Template Ordinances & Reports

The Lakes to Land website:   www.lakestoland.org   continues to be active and changing.

You will find new Reports and Sample Ordinances there.  Most of the Master Plans are complete and have been adopted, and the Initiative is moving into zoning directly, starting with zoning assessment and recommendation.

Have a fine day!

ALSO!  In the Board of Commissioner minutes, it was written that Frankfort Fire Dept. won't be "taking over Joyfield township".  It's been heard in another venue that Joyfield township is "too Far" to go.

If that's the case, watch for a proposal for a fire millage. It was understood the township board was going to switch fire contracts from Benzonia Twp to the City of Frankfort to save money.

They are looking for money to put toward zoning.  Zoning costs money to-  write, review, and implement.

Adopted Master Plan

CLICK HERE to open a complete copy of the 2014 Adopted Joyfield Township Master Plan.  It's a large file 49.9 MB.


Or download it in parts: 


Tab 1 of the Adopted Joyfield MP


Tab 2 of the Adopted Joyfield MP


Tab 3 of the Adopted Joyfield MP


Tab 4 of the Adopted Joyfield MP


Tab 5 of the Adopted Joyfield MP

2014/2015 Fire Contract Between Joyfield Twp and Benzonia Twp

Here's a link:  Click Here for the Fire Contract Between Joyfield and Benzonia Twp.