Last month, Elk Rapids sent numerous documents to Elk Rapids Township. The documents were requested by Elk Rapids Township as part of their due diligence related to the ownership of the “Island Property” which contains the historic Elk Rapids Library building.

The documents forwarded to Elk Rapids Township can be described as follows:

1. Parcel No. 05-43-020-005-00 Information from Antrim County
2. Deed (1948)
3. Village of Elk Rapids Council Minutes (5.17.1948)
4. Election Results (1960)
5. Village of Elk Rapids Council Minutes (6.6.1960)
6. Meeting of Elk Rapids Twp/Village of Elk Rapids Council/Island Board – Minutes (3.27.61)
7. Village of Elk Rapids – Island Property Ordinance (1960)
8. Affidavit from Katharine Dexter McCormick (1961)
9. Letter from Stanley Burke, Attorney, to Ted Miller, Village President (1978)
10. Election Results (1978)
11. Legal Opinion from Scott Howard, Attorney, to Village (2015)
12. Legal Opinion from Scott Howard, Attorney, to Village (2016)
13. Legal Opinion from Scott Howard, Attorney, to Village (2018)
14. Memo from Bill Cooper (2021)

All of the documents can be found in the attached pdf file.