Bay City public safety director preparing for potentially violent summer wnem.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wnem.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Meissner, who didn t testify during his hearing, bought the 7.4-acre tract in the township s highway commercial zone on Route 565 for $120,000 in 2014.
He later was accused by neighbor Dave Franek of filling in the wetlands prior to applying for a variance and site plan in 2019. However, the state DEP visited the site four times and found no such violations, said Meissner s attorney, Thomas Hooker.
Franek, who filed the 2019 lawsuit that overturned Meissner s original approval, planned to corroborate his accusation with testimony from the wetlands expert who consulted on the tax break as well as from a professional planner, but had to postpone doing so when his attorney contracted COVID-19 just prior to the board s April meeting.