Regular Meeting
President Lee Strad called the meeting to order at
A motion was made by Anstine to accept the minutes and financial report as presented. Seconded by Baum.
Roll Call Vote: Strad – Yes
Baum – Yes
Anstine - Yes
1st Public Speaks Session
Debbie
suggested that we contact Debbie Dawson to see if there is something else we
can do in this matter.
She
went on to state that Meth labs are now a big issue in the county, and the
homes that are involved with this activity, are turned over to the Health
Department to clean with the cost of it going to the home owner.
Strad
asked how long a house can set vacant until the Trustees can do something about
it? Debbie said that it can be that way
forever, as long as it is not molding and is kept up.
She
also discussed the pandemic flu and the preparation that they are doing.
Also
a new set of septic rules which will include inspecting every septic system
possibly every 5 years. This is not
approved yet, but could be coming down the pipeline.
There
was a question about the odor issue at Countywide Landfill, and who has the
authority to enforce an odor control system. It used to be the Stark County Health
Department, but now has gone to the Canton Air Pollution Control Offices which are
a division of the EPA.
Strad
said he would like to see a meeting with the boards and the residents in Pike
Township that are in direct contact with the Landfill so they can ask questions
with all of the departments in one room.
The Trustees would not be present.
Mr.
Davis asked why the wheel wash has been down for 9 months? The Health Department first stated that it
hasn’t been 9 months as has been reported.
They said the Landfill has had trouble due to the weather and some
trouble receiving the part needed.
Mr.
Davis stated that if we don’t get information or anything else that they have
been doing wrong, we can’t react in the correct way. He would like to see the Township get
notified on any issues that the Health Department has with the Landfill.
In
other business, Nancy Cramer said that the base is there, but the stone has
fallen over at
Joe
Barnes asked if he would still be mowing the cemetery. Yes and we will draw up a contract.
Nancy
Collier said the fire dept was okay with putting recycle bins at the fire house
on Dueber.
Strad would like to get more security down here for
the residents, and would like Sheriff Swanson and Major Perez to discuss a
possible six month plan which would include 1 deputy to look into on going
complaints.
Major Perez discussed the proposal as well as handed
a copy to the board. It included what
the deputy would be doing as well as the cost.
A few questions were asked as follows:
Would he be able to handle traffic accidents if in
the Township. Yes.
Baum asked how flexible that shift would be. They prepare 28 day schedules but
occasionally can be changed if something special is going on.
Strad asked if we could have the same deputy all of
the time? Perez answered yes.
Dave Ross asked if Deputy Rocco Ross could do
it? The answer was also yes, although he
is currently on midnights.
Tim Swanson stated that the Township shouldn’t have
to do this, but under the financial situation of the County, they are still 24
officers short, so the coverage isn’t where it needs to be all of the time.
Grooms asked about driving a golf cart on the road
and whether it was legal. Swanson stated
that they are not allowed to be on the road.
Strad also asked about going on a call with the fire
or paramedics if available? They also
said that would be possible as long as he is not on another more important
call.
This does not include covering the
Perez did state that American Landfill allows the
litter patrol team to man and write tickets at the scales but Countywide would
not cooperate with such an agreement.
Resolution #03-2006 was entered into with
the Stark County Sheriff’s department with the following motion presented:
Strad made a motion to contract with the Sheriff’s
department for 6 months and try it at the proposed rate of $32,815.28 from May
1 through October 31st from 3:00p.m. to 11:00 p.m. from Wednesday
through Sunday using the same deputy as much as possible. Seconded by Anstine.
Roll Call: Anstine - Yes
Baum - Yes
Strad - Yes
Ron
Morrow stated that the Tri-Division Ambulance service responded to 229 calls in
Pike Twp., and 156 in Sandy Twp. He
stated that they are interviewing for a new clerk.
He
did say that they made a resolution last meeting to bill only out of Township
residents for ambulance calls.
They
are estimating about $20,000 in increased revenue but won’t know until the
revenue starts to occur.
Ron
also stated that Larry Woods is the new member of the Board.
Strad
requested that Charlie Hall be at the hearing on March 31st for the
Charton appeal to cover the best interest of the Trustees.
Knox stated that he received
the 2006 Temporary Appropriations did not exceed the official estimate of
resources.
He went on to state that he received
the amended official certificate of estimated resources which states that we
will have approximately $1,387,424.19 for 2006.
The 2006 Financial Report of
Pike Township was handed out to the Trustees.
Bank of Magnolia interest
for 2005 was $12,907.07.
A
notice will go out to Sherlin about the cars on his property.
Carol
Barto and Sharon are requesting some safety jackets to wear while they are
directing cemetery traffic. The Trustees
agreed with the purchase.
They
would also like to get a new camera with a better zoom lens for Zoning
purposes. The Trustees asked for a rough
idea of how much.
Pahanish
read the road report.
Received
the new Steiner.
Hauled
stone.
Snow
patrol.
Another
price on the cement in front of the salt bins was $3,000 higher than the
original quote.
$5,250
for pads for the recycle bins from the higher priced company and will also have
the original company quote that job as well.
Monday, February 21st 06
Pahanish
received a quote for the John Deere road tractor that Anstine requested and it
was $41,800. The quote was for a 6600
series tractor. The accompany mower is
$18,630.
Received
a letter from Kimble offering a discount on 8’s.
He
also gave a list of roads that he would like to chip and seal. Oil is up $1.05 from last year so we won’t be
able to do as much as we did last year on the same budget.
Saturday
the 25th of February there is a Steiner presentation at
Unkefer. It is about 2 hrs long. And he
would like to send Dale to the training.
The Trustees agreed that he could go.
Public Speaks Session
Nothing at this time.