Pike Township Trustees Regular
Monday, September 4th 07

 

 

Regular Meeting

 

President Doug Baum called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m.  Trustees Lee Strad and Bob Anstine were present as well as Fiscal Officer Steve Knox.  Others in attendance were Nancy Collier, Arnie Adams, Steve Adams, Nancy Cramer, Louis Grooms, David Ross, Gary Alkire, and Dave Collier.

           

1st Public Speaks Session

 

Steve Adams wanted to thank the Trustees for their support during the process of deciding whether he would or would not approve the issue of being annexed by the Village of East Sparta.  He has decided to stay in the Township, but thanked the Trustees for supporting his decision either way.

 

He did state that the Village did turn off his water in an hour of finding out that he was drilling water well.  He said the whole thing was very hostile and he is glad he kept it quiet about whether he was staying or leaving the Village.  He said Joe from the Village went by a few times, and then he called Mr. Adams and asked him if he was drilling a well.  Mr. Adams said yes and within an hour, his water was shut off without notice.

 

He said one camp is saying we will support you either way(Township), and the other camp(Village) says if you don’t annex, you will lose your water.  That does not seem like the proper way to treat residents.

 

 Mr. Burns asked if signs could be put on Route 800 about engine brakes.  Since the new mine went in, trucks have been using engine brakes to slow down right in front of his neighborhood.   He also asked what we could do about the dust on the mining drive/road. 

 

He was told that the Trustees would have to ask for them to put up the signs about the breaks.  Anstine will call Mike Young at the State office and ask what they need from us to place the signs up about the engine brakes.  As for the dust, the Trustees asked Perrine to touch base with Kimble on getting this taken care of.

 

East Sparta Baseball Association is requesting help on building a new baseball field since one of the ones they are using on Mr. Woods property is now going to be torn up to place a well on it.  The Sandy Valley church of God has some property on Cleveland Ave that they are considering using. Baum stated that the Trustees would be willing to donate manpower and equipment but normally do not just give cash to projects like this.  The Trustees asked to be kept apprised of what the future plans are so they could help.

 

 

 

 

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Grooms stated that he talked to Tom O’Dell and Tom wanted the Trustees to know that they have Club 3000’s total support in the fight against the tile plant from being annexed.  They do not want any possibility of another landfill in the region.

   

 

New Business

 

There was a request to have a special meeting at the Township on October 25th at 7:00 p.m. to discuss the potential of the Tile plant and annexation.

 

A motion was made by Strad to have a special meeting that day.  Seconded by Anstine.

Roll Call Vote:  Baum – Yes

                          Strad – Yes

                           Anstine - Yes

 

Baum stated that we received a letter from the Tri-Division Ambulance District about an open house that they are going to have. 

 

A motion was made by Anstine to make it mandatory that the Road Crew attempt to pass their CDL.  Seconded by Strad.

Roll Call Vote:  Baum – Yes

                          Strad – Yes

                           Anstine - Yes

 

 

Financial Report

 

Knox stated that we received our annual updated packet from Leonard Insurance on our new rates for health insurance.  The rates are as follows and are only Aultcare per my request, unless they went up over 10% in premium:

 

Current Monthly Rate:  $4,420.25

New Monthly Rate:  $4,641.45

 

This represents a 5% increase.

 

Knox will call the auditor’s office to find out the correct process on assessing property taxes.

 

 

 

 

 

 
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Road Report

 

Pahanish read the road report.

 

Working on Elson.

Put up some road signs.

Culvert installations.

Sprayed for mosquito’s.

Sprayed plum trees at the cemetery.

He would like to sweep a few roads.

 

He talked with everyone on Martin Drive and they are all in agreement on what needs done.  The power company will move the trees, but the phone company will need us to do them.  The Trustees agreed to have the trees removed for approximately $1,500.

 

Anstine stated that he wanted backup alarms on all of the vehicles including the pickup trucks.  They will go ahead and put those on.

 

He also asked about the ditching bucket that the Trustees want, but need to figure out on the radius of the pivot point.

 

 

Zoning Report

 

The BZA had issued that a house be torn down which is now complete.

 

On September 3rd, they were on Mt. Zion to do a cleanup per a court order.

 

She talked with the Ohio EPA about the Alborn property as well and they are sending letters to finish the cleanup.  The Stark County Health dept. is also involved.

 

The City of Canton contacted us, and we did give them the ID number so they can apply for a permit to mine.

 

Carol also asked about the cemetery roads and whether we are going to do some.  The Trustees said that we were going to chip and seal it as late in the year as possible but then decided to wait until next year and dig it up and do the old section closest to the woods.

 

Second Public Speaks