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- Septic/Well Inspection and Property Transfer Ordinance: This new ordinance takes effect on November 8, 2025. A brochure (which also serves as a time-of-transfer notification) is available to help summarize the requirements of the ordinance and answer common questions about how the ordinance affects property owners and buyers. You can pick up a copy of the brochure at the township hall or download it here. If you’re unsure whether your property has a septic permit, you must complete a Request for Review of Public Records and submit it to District Health Department #4. This form is available at the township hall or you can download by clicking here. To schedule a septic inspection, you must call District Health Department at (989)734-4723. You will need to submit an Application for Existing Private Onsite Water & Wastewater System Inspection. This application is available at the township hall or you can download it by clicking here.
- Rockport Survey: The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is inviting the public to provide input on the development of a new general management plan for the Rockport Recreation Area. To take part in the survey, click here.
- Christmas Tree Sponsorships: Presque Isle Township is having its 3rd annual Christmas tree lighting on Saturday, December 6th, 2025 at 6pm. Christmas tree sponsorships are now available. We provide the tree and lights. You provide the decorations. Dedicate your tree to a loved one, a cause, or just to celebrate the season. Complete the sponsorship form and remit your $60 payment to the Presque Isle Township Hall. For additional information, please call (989)595-2752, ext. 4. To download a sponsorship form, click here.
- New Food Pantry Traffic Lineup: Beginning on Tuesday, November 11th, 2025, the God Loves You Food Pantry traffic lineup will be changed. All clients are asked to line up along the right shoulder of Lake Esau Hwy, entering by way of Glenbush Drive (4/10 mi. north of the chapel.) Registration will be conducted along Lake Esau Hwy. To view the map, click here.
- Lighthouses Closed for the Season: The lighthouses will reopen on Friday, May 22nd, 2026, at 10am. Thank you to all who visited us in 2025 and special thanks to our gift shop staff: Cindy Hudson, Nancy Curtis, Jan Kleber, Sarah Meadows, Kim Monterosso, Cindy Ostrowski, Kris Payne, and Melissa Szymanski.
- Burn Permits: Before burning vegetative debris, a permit from the DNR is required. Please visit their website at: https://www.dnr.state.mi.us/burnpermits/ to obtain a permit and check to see if burning is currently allowed. Updates are made every day by 10am.
- Master Plan Adoption: The Presque Isle Township Board of Trustees passed Resolution 19 of 2024 which adopted the Presque Isle Township Master Plan on December 9, 2024. The final draft of the Master Plan can be viewed at the Township Hall or by clicking here.
- Free Reflective Address Signs for Residents of Presque Isle Township District 2: To order a sign, you must call (989)595-3423 or email pitfdfire@gmail.com and provide the following information: Name, phone number, address, type of sign (horizontal or vertical), and the number of people in your household. Beginning in January, you can pick up your sign at the Presque Isle Township Fire Department (24335 US-23) on the first or third Saturday of the month between 10am and 11am.
- Presque Isle County Economic Development Corporation: Please click link for more information. www.picedc.org
- Recycling Bins Live Stream: Wondering if the recycling bins are full? You can now view a live stream of the township hall security camera. Click here.
- 2022 Presque Isle Township Public Survey Results
SUPERVISOR UPDATES
- 2025 Audit: The annual audit was just completed in August by the accounting firm Schulze, Oswald, Miller, and Edwards PC. The Township received a “clean” opinion with no irregularities and a positive bottom line for the 2024-25 fiscal year. To view the full audit report, click here.
- New Parking Lot and Trail: A new trail system is being developed under the advisement of the Parks and Recreation and Tree Committees. This trail will be located across the street from the township hall on ten acres of land owned by the Township. Facilities and Projects Manager Matt Bedard, Trustee Mark Devers, and I will soon be drafting and distributing requests for proposal. Also, the Michigan State Historic Preservation Office has recently approved the construction of a new parking lot at the New Presque Isle Lighthouse Park. Bids are currently being considered. Both projects will be paid for with funds received from the American Rescue Plan Act.