Alex Arends, Alpine Township Supervisor
Welcome to Alpine Township
Located just four miles north of downtown Grand Rapids, Alpine Township is still primarily a rural community. Perhaps that explains the warmth and friendliness that extends all the way to the Township Hall. Thank you for visiting us, and if you have any unanswered questions, please email us, call us at 616-784-1262, or stop by. Office hours are Monday - Friday 8:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. Our staff will be happy to assist you. For a less formal look at our Township, please visit our blog at Alpine Township Website Companion. You'll enjoy it.
Spring Edition of the Harvester Newsletter
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Position Available - Fire Chief
With the upcoming retirement later this year of our current fire chief Ron Christians, Alpine Township is searching for a new fire chief. This position has been posted within the department as well as through the West Michigan Association of Chiefs of Police. Over 30 persons applied for this position and the selection committee narrowed this down to four finalists, who were interviewe on Wednesday May 2, 2012. The Selection Committee is unanimously recommending that the Board of Trustees select Dave Klomparens, a current Lieutenant on the Alpine Township Fire Department, to fill the position of Fire Chief as it becomes vacant.
Election
Tuesday,May 8, 2012 - A Special Election was held for the Grand Rapids Community College. A bonding proposition not to exceed $98 million and not to exceed 20 years. This proposition was defeated.
Main Sewer Trunks
Alpine Township, through the North Kent Sewer Authority, has obtained a State Revolving Fund loan to reconstruct two critical trunk sewers in Alpine Township. The sewers are made of clay, are approximately 40 years old, and have numerous problems such as sinking pipe sections, leaking joints, cracks in the pipe, leaking manholes and other issues. Over the course of the last 10 years, the trunk sewers required high maintenance costs to avoid major problems.
The trunk sewers included in the project are Strawberry Creek Trunk Sewer and York Creek Trunk Sewer. The Strawberry Creek Trunk Sewer work will start approximately at the intersection of Strawberry Creek and Mill Creek and follow the creek upstream to Alpine Avenue. The York Creek replacement project will start at Four Mile Road; follow York Creek across Lamoreaux Avenue and Alpine Avenue to Cordes Avenue. The York Creek Trunk sewer then continues in a westerly direction toward the intersection of Baumhoff and Alpine Church Street.
Some construction in easement sections has already begun but it is projected the majority of the work will occur during the summer of 2012. Meetings have been held with individual property owners who will have the greatest impact from the construction project.
Alpine Township is applying for an additional low interest loan through the Michigan State Revolving Fund for work on the Mill Creek Trunk Sewer. The cost for this improvement is projected to be around $1.1 million. The FY 2012 Final State Project Priority List indicates that this project is in the fundable range for 3rd Quarter 2012 funding.
Budget July 1 2011 - June 30 2012
Available here Also available is the Township's Financial Dashboard.
Budget July 1 2012 - June 30 2013
A copy of the proposed 2012-2013 budget that will be the subject of a public hearing on Monday May 21, 2012 is available for viewing at the front desk of the Alpine Township Office, or can be downloaded here.
