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March 24, 2005News in briefFROM STAFF AND WIRE REPORTSRec authority reaffirms chair TRAVERSE CITY - The chairman of the joint city and Garfield Township recreational authority was reappointed to a three-year term on the board. City commissioners approved Ross Biederman to a new term, expiring in 2008. The seven-member recreational authority is made up of representatives from the township, city and one from the Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy. Taxpayers may surf Web for answers TRAVERSE CITY - The state treasury department is offering a Web site to assist taxpayers with preparing and monitoring their state income tax returns. The site, at www.michigan.gov/incometax, offers information on new tax regulations for 2004, links to free tax preparation services and help in locating tax forms. There's also a "self-service" section allowing users to check on the status of their refunds or tax payments. Persons without computer access can get the same information by using a toll-free telephone number at (800) 827-4000. Nelson will stay on TCL&P board TRAVERSE CITY - Fred Nelson, a longtime member of the Traverse City Light & Power board, was reappointed to a five-year term despite objections from one city commissioner. Nelson was first appointed to the utility board in December 1987, and most recently served as board chairman. The city commission approved his reappointment 6-1, with commissioner Anne Melichar, who also serves on the utility board, dissenting. Melichar could not support Nelson's reappointment because she said he has "blatantly ignored the rules" of the board and "ignored public comment," among other reasons. But other city commissioners said Nelson's experience was a valuable asset to the utility, especially as it takes major steps such as the decommissioning of three Boardman River dams. DNR study shows bovine TB progress Progress was seen in 2004 toward eradicating bovine tuberculosis in the state's white-tailed deer population, according to a Michigan Department of Natural Resources study released Wednesday. In 15,127 of the deer tested in 2004, 28 turned up positive for bovine TB. In one part of northeastern Lower Peninsula - the hardest-hit area in the state - the study found the prevalence for the disease was 1.7 percent, down 65 percent since 1995.
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