Nimishillen
Township
February 24, 2005
On
Thursday, February 24, 2005, the Board of Trustees of
The
meeting opened with the pledge of Allegiance.
FIRE
DEPARTMENT: (Rich Peterson)
Chief
Peterson asked for a motion to advertise for bids for Fire Station #3 and have
the bid opening on Tuesday March 29th at 4:00 p.m. It was also decided a separate notice should
be placed in The Repository for the bid opening on March 29th.
Russ
Goffus motioned to advertise for bids for Fire Station #3 and Dispatch Center
and bids to be in the paper and opened at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday March 29th
with a deadline of 3:00 p.m. as written in the Invitation to Bid seconded by
Virginia Macdonald. All voted yes. Motion carried. (Invitation to Bid attached)
Peterson
reported they had a meeting with the LOGIC Board, representation from the Red
Center, the grant writer and some of the engineers for the specifications for
the Regional Dispatch Centers. They are
preparing everything to go to Congressman Regula’s office. One of the things needed is a letter between
LOGIC and Nimishillen Township for Memorandum of Continuance so that in the
event something would happen, there would be a guarantee that both political
agencies would maintain the two centers.
Letters of Intent will need to be sent to the political subdivisions
that are actively interested in participating in the Dispatch Center. Peterson thinks these letters should come
from the Board of Trustees. These
letters are needed to be included in the grant.
Peterson said he would help write the letters and would get them to the
township secretary to put on township letterhead.
At
this time, Russ Goffus motioned to send a letter of Memorandum of Continuance
for the Regional Dispatch Center seconded by Todd Bosley. All voted yes. Motion carried. Virginia Macdonald added the Letters of
Intent to this motion.
Virginia
Macdonald motioned to accept the resignation of Scott Conley and Larry Williams
in good standing and both Scott and Larry could return to the township in the
future seconded by Russ Goffus. All
voted yes. Motion carried.
ROAD
DEPARTMENT: (Kevin Swartz)
New
Road Superintendent, Kevin Swartz, read his Road Report for February 24,
2005. Virginia Macdonald motioned to
accept the Road Report for February 24, 2005, as written, seconded by Todd
Bosley. All voted yes. Motion carried. (Copy attached)
At
this time, Russ Goffus welcomed Kevin as the new Road Superintendent and stated
he has been with the township for three (3) years.
ZONING
DEPARTMENT: (Keith Lasure)
Keith
Lasure read his Zoning Report for February 24, 2005. Russ Goffus motioned to accept the Zoning
Report for February 24, 2005, as written, seconded by Virginia Macdonald. All voted yes. Motion carried. (Copy attached)
CONCERNS
OF CITIZENS:
1)
Terri Huckels of 8730 Easton stepped to the podium and commented on the
sign for ‘Fairhope’. She stated it was
in Kehl’s yard. No one can remember
exactly what it looked like but they all agreed it was white with black
lettering and was not square but oblong and it said Fairhope, Inc. Terri said she went to the library and they
are going to research it but they have not gotten back to her yet.
2)
Linda Shier of 8710 Easton questioned the need for an Assistant Road
Superintendent. Goffus explained an
assistant is needed when the superintendent is off. She questioned the pay. Mr. Goffus stated the assistant is
compensated when he steps up to take
over as superintendent. She then
questioned why Ty Reiter was made assistant when he made it clear he wanted no
part of being in charge. Mr. Goffus
explained that is how it’s written in the Nimishillen Township Employee
Handbook.
3)
Joanne Moody of 7018 Pilot Knob stated she met some people from
Fairhope and stated they had a picture taken beside the sign. They were going to try to find the
picture. Joanne told them to contact the
township office if they found the picture.
Nimishillen
Township Board of Trustees
February 24,
2005 (Cont.)
Since
it was not yet 8:00 p.m., the Board agreed to wait to go into Executive Session
and to continue with Concerns of Trustees.
CONCERNS
OF TRUSTEES:
Todd
Bosley introduced Mr. Tom Ault, the new Manager for the City of Louisville and
stated he came to talk about the water problem at Horn and Reno.
Mr.
Ault stated the City put together a Storm Water Committee and this committee
has met on several occasions. They did
come up with a set of recommendations and presented them to City Council. Mr. Ault brought the recommendations with
him. A copy is available at the township
office for those interested in looking at them.
Mr. Ault stated they did under estimate the storm sewer size and that
the 12” pipe they put in is not large enough to handle the flow of storm
water. Mr. Ault stated they do not have
the means to do the necessary work until the weather breaks. A date of March 1st was scheduled,
weather permitting, for the township to begin ditching and doing their part of
this project.
Virginia
Macdonald thanked Mr. Ault for taking time to come to tonight’s meeting and
asked him if they were going to put a storm water utility on in Louisville to
raise money. Mr. Ault said yes and that
Louisville residents will pay $2.00 per month per resident dwelling. The overall program is expected to generate
$120,000.00 per year and will be a dedicated utility so that monies raised from
this can only be used for those purposes.
Next
on the agenda was Dick Bruey of 5464 Horn Avenue. Mr. Bruey stated Mr. Ault answered some of
the questions but not really. Mr. Bruey
stated there should be restrictions on new developments and stated that
something needs to be done NOW about the water problem at Horn & Reno –
that one 12” storm sewer is not sufficient – a 24” storm sewer is needed. Mr. Bruey stated he would continue to come to
township meetings until the flooding problem is solved. Discussion followed.
A
work session was scheduled for Thursday March 3rd at 8:00 a.m. at
the Road Department to discuss road issues.
The township secretary will advertise in The Alliance Review to be
published March 1st.
Next
on the agenda was the Swallen Avenue hill problem, which was tabled from the
February 10th, 2005 Trustees’ Meeting. Russ Goffus with Kevin Swartz today and
stated the hill needs to be widened and that it was not a good idea to lower
the hill. Virginia Macdonald suggested
that, in the meantime, putting up a sign might be a good idea to warn
people. Goffus stated it is dangerous
and that there are two driveways at the crest of the hill and felt that signage
and widening the road would be good.
Goffus stated the township should have the county survey the road. Swartz said he would contact the Stark County
Engineers Office on this.
Goffus
stated there is also a hill on Nickelplate Avenue at the Shoemaker Farm that
needs to be lowered. Goffus feels it would
be advantageous to the township to give more site clearance to residents
traveling this road. Goffus suggested it
would be a good idea to see if they could knock some of the hillside off for
site clearance. Goffus asked Todd Bosley
and Virginia Macdonald to take a look at it at their convenience. Goffus stated he would check with the
utilities and find out how much they would charge to move the pole on that
corner.
Sign
for Fairhope: Since this was discussed
earlier, the Board agreed to go ahead and erect a sign. Russ Goffus questioned whether or not the
township could legally expend funds for a private sign and felt it would be a
good idea to get an opinion from the Stark County Prosecutor and stated he would
write a letter.
Discussion
was held regarding having one insurance agent handle township health insurance,
eye and dental. Virginia Macdonald felt
we should get a quote but Clerk Harmon said the price would stay the same and
she would just have to do a transfer.
Mrs. Harmon stated she would get a quote on COBRA from our new agent,
Randy Ecrement.
A
guardrail is needed on Joliat Avenue off Schloneger going north at the
creek. Swartz said a guardrail is also
needed on Parks one mile south of Rt. 153 on the right hand side. Goffus stated the township would be liable if
guardrails aren’t put up. Russ Goffus
motioned to apply at the Stark County Engineers Office for a price on
guardrails at Joliat Avenue at the creek and also on Parks at the creek at Rt.
153 and Georgetown seconded by Todd Bosley.
All voted yes. Motion carried.
Since
Russ Goffus and Virginia Macdonald will not be available for the regularly
scheduled Trustees’ Meeting on March 10th, the Board agreed to
change the meeting to Monday, March 14th.
Nimishillen
Township Board of Trustees
February 24,
2005 (Cont.)
OLD
BUSINESS:
Virginia
Macdonald reported on CHILDREN AT PLAY signs.
The Board decided that all CHILDREN AT PLAY signs would be removed. Virginia Macdonald brought information
stating that ODOT does not provide CHILDREN AT PLAY or similar signing and that
this type of signage is not recommended for use on any roadway at any time. (Copy attached)
Russ
Goffus motioned for the road crew, at their earliest convenience and weather
permitting, take down all CHILDREN AT PLAY signs in the township seconded by
Virginia Macdonald. All voted yes. Motion carried.
APPROVAL
OF MINUTES:
Russ
Goffus motioned to approve the minutes from February 10, 2005, as written,
seconded by Virginia Macdonald. All
voted yes. Motion carried.
CONCERNS
OF THE CLERK:
Clerk
Carlene Harmon asked for a Resolution to approve the Permanent
Appropriations. Virginia Macdonald
motioned to approve the final copy of the 2005 Permanent Appropriations for
Nimishillen Township seconded by Todd Bosley.
All voted yes. Motion carried.
Clerk
Harmon asked the Board for a Resolution regarding sequence of checks. Check #012460 was the last check written and,
as of this date, the new starting check is #503. Russ Goffus motioned to end the sequence of checks
at #012460 and start with the new sequence at #503 for all business
transactions in Nimishillen Township seconded by Virginia Macdonald.
Since
it was now 8:00 p.m., the Louisville High School Government Class students were
dismissed and the elected officials signed their papers.
Virginia
Macdonald motioned to go into Executive Session at 8:00 p.m. to discuss
compensation for the Road Superintendent seconded by Todd Bosley. All voted yes. Motion carried.
Virginia
Macdonald motioned to come out of Executive Session at 8:20 p.m. seconded by
Todd Bosley. All voted yes. Motion carried.
Russ
Goffus motioned to put new Road Superintendent, Kevin Swartz, on a salary of
$33,000.00/year during his probationary period effective last pay period, which
would include overtime and meetings and to work from 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Monday through Friday and to be reviewed again upon completion of his
probationary period seconded by Virginia Macdonald. All voted yes. Motion carried.
APPROVE
THE FINANCIAL REPORT AND PAY BILLS:
Russ Goffus motioned to approve the Financial Report and pay bills in the amount of $51,187.07 seconded by Virginia Macdonald. All voted yes. Motion carried.
Resident
Terri Huckels stepped to the podium again concerned about the township
secretary not receiving her increase retroactive to January. She said the road crew was retroactive to
January. It was explained to Mrs.
Huckels that increases go by employees’ anniversary dates and was assured that
the township secretary received her increase in February on her anniversary
date.
Virginia
Macdonald motioned to sign checks and adjourn seconded by Russ Goffus.
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ATTEST: CLERK/TREASURER
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TRUSTEES