Regular Meeting
President Doug Baum 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
Linda Zaleski asked who’s responsibility it is for
putting the barricades up at Haut to let people know that the road is flooded. Strad stated that the
She went on to discuss the latest Countywide
informational letter and takes exception to its lack of accuracy. The odor comments were incorrect and totally
misleading. The odors are back.
Allison stated that the gentleman that changed his
driveway on Dueber has a problem with the culvert either being plugged or
something else because it is running onto the road and freezing. Anstine stated that he would call about it.
Mr. Grooms thanked the Trustees for the beautiful
stripes on the stop signs. It really
helps the visibility of the signs. He
went on to state that he and Violet will be married for 64 years.
Mr. Grooms hopes that the Trustees do not support
the discussed $10.00 license fee hike.
He also noted that he drove all over and around the
landfill and never smelled anything.
Strad stated that they came and asked for support of
the sales tax, but the Trustees did not endorse it and they will follow suit
and will not endorse the $10.00 increase.
The people of the Township can decide on their own as to whether it
should be passed or not.
Clarence Flowers stated that the data that goes to
the EPA comes from the landfill testing people.
This system does not seem to be working.
He feels that they should not be providing the tests and their results
to the EPA, that the EPA should do their own testing and use their own
results. If they weren’t monitoring
themselves could this potential disaster have been prevented? Also, he hasn’t heard a single word about us
trying to close them down, but when a farmer open burns, he gets fined from the
Township. Also on the taxes,
conservation assessment, license fee increase, school tax, etc., everything is
getting out of control and just isn’t right.
Anstine
attended the annual Stark County Engineers meeting. Also, he passed out an equipment list by Township
in the event of a disaster that the Stark County Emergency Agency had put
together. Basically, if there is a disaster, you can look at the list and
determine which piece of equipment you may need to alleviate the disaster in
your area. The packet also handed out a
disaster plan if ever needed.
Anstine
also said that traffic studies that will be done for
Strad
met with the Ohio Dept. of Transportation to try and help out the residents on
They
will be receptive to the lowering of the speed limit permanently if it goes
through the correct channels. Strad
stated that we could wait a year for a decision and traffic study or we could
pay for the traffic study right now, and they would consider changing it
now. The Sheriff deputy will be here
April 1st, and he won’t guarantee it, but he is hoping that it would be reduced
by April 1st. They are hoping to reduce
it to 40 or 45 mph permanently. The cost
is no more than $1,000 to do this. The
Trustees agreed that we should go ahead and pay for the study now.
Also,
the golf course pond was flooding the road and is creating a danger to
residents. A proposal was given which is
consistent with how the Township handles all culvert items on private property
but the owner did not want to pay for anything.
He wanted us to do a lot of other things that if we do it for one, we will
need to do it for everyone in the Township.
Baum
stated on the same topic, that the hydrologist said what would be best. We were trying to stay with our guidelines of
how we do culverts. They have blocked
the culvert that goes under Breezehill which is now causing flooding on the
road. Since he is unwillingly to pay for
any of the options, they are now looking at an open ditch solution and plan on
having it done by April
1st. The Trustees will ask the Engineer’s office
to survey the property so we can stay on the right-of- way.
Nothing
at this time.
Steve Knox thanked the
Trustees for trying to get the speed limit reduced.
She
will be in court on Monday about the Charton property, and the three judges
will make a decision on the case.
Also
there is a junk car on Elson which has now involved the Health Department.
Our
Zoning resolution also states that you can only have one resident per parcel, and
one septic system per house. There is a
piece of property that was trying to be sold as two units with one septic in
the Township.
There
have been multiple requests of copies of minutes on tape. How much should we charge for this?
A
motion was made by Anstine to charge $3.00 to copy a tape from the meetings
upon request. Seconded by Strad.
Pahanish
asked about the tree on Riceford. The
Trustees do not feel it is important at this time to have that removed.
The
Zoning Commission will meet Wednesday to discuss some changes to the zoning
book.
Public Speaks Session
Nothing at this time.