Nimishillen
Township
January 13, 2005
Organizational Mtg.
On Thursday, January 13, 2005, the Board of Trustees of Nimishillen Township met in special session at 6:00 P.M. at the Nimishillen Township Hall for the purpose of organization and to transact any necessary business that may lawfully be conducted at this annual organizational meeting. Roll call was taken and the following members were present: Trustees Russ Goffus, Virginia Macdonald, Todd Bosley and Clerk Carlene Harmon.
The
Clerk opened the meeting and asked for nominations for President of the Board
of Trustees. Todd Bosley nominated
Virginia Macdonald seconded by Russ Goffus.
With no further nominations, Virginia Macdonald was elected President of
the Board of Trustees of Nimishillen Township.
The vote was all yes. Motion
passed.
The
Clerk then asked for nominations for Vice-President of the Board of
Trustees. Russ Goffus nominated Todd
Bosley seconded by Virginia Macdonald.
With no further nominations, Todd Bosley was elected Vice President of
the Board of Trustees of Nimishillen Township.
The vote was all yes. Motion
passed.
At
this point, the meeting was turned over to the Board President, Virginia
Macdonald.
The
following were appointed to the various committees:
1.
Stark Council of Governments Todd Bosley
2.
Ohio Public Works Commission Project Manager Russ Goffus
3.
Stark Community Development Block Grant designee Russ Goffus
4.
5.
Tax Incentive Review Council Member through Regional Planning
Virginia Macdonald. An alternate was not
appointed.
After
some discussion about the cost of the annual Regional Planning Dinner to be
held March 15th, 2005 at Skyland Pines, Russ Goffus motioned to go
ahead and pay for the dinners for the trustees, clerk, road superintendent,
zoning inspector, secretary, Zoning Board of Appeals members and Zoning
Commission members. Virginia Macdonald
seconded the motion. The voting went as
follows: Russ Goffus, Yes - Virginia
Macdonald, Yes - Todd Bosley, No
After
some discussion, the Board agreed to keep the times for the Board of Trustees
meetings at 7:00 p.m. on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of
each month; however, the 2nd meeting in November will be held November 22nd
due to Thanksgiving.
Russ
Goffus motioned to retain all appointed, hourly and salaried personnel for the
year 2005 seconded by Todd Bosley. All
voted yes. Motion carried.
The
Board agreed to host the Ohio Township Association meeting for May 2005 to be
held at either Fire Station No. 1 or possibly Fire Station No. 3 weather
permitting. Todd Bosley volunteered to
sponsor the meeting as he did last year and to provide the food. Russ Goffus said he would research the cost
for individual residents who are interested in joining the OTA.
Todd
Bosley brought up (for discussion) the focus for this year and what direction
each trustee would like to see the township go.
Mr. Bosley felt the first thing is to hire a road superintendent since
Ty Reiter has expressed he no longer wants to be superintendent. Mr. Bosley had other concerns such as paving,
ditching, etc. Virginia Macdonald said
to concentrate on drainage and ditching, (getting the Fairhope Ditch Project
done) and paving roads. Russ Goffus
feels roads should come first and then ditching weather permitting. He stated fall is the best time to
concentrate on ditching. Goffus also
suggested getting summer help for the road department. Bosley brought up mowing and Goffus suggested
looking into buying another attachment for the mower. Discussion followed.
Russ
Goffus motioned to allow the clerk to transfer funds for the year 2005 seconded
by Virginia Macdonald. All voted
yes. Motion carried.
Discussion
was held regarding the township paying for the winter conference. Russ Goffus motioned the township should pay
for the clerk since the clerks attendance is mandatory and to
Nimishillen
Township
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pay
up to $300.00 for those trustees interested in attending seconded by Virginia
Macdonald. The voting went as
follows: Russ Goffus, Yes - Virginia
Macdonald, Yes - Todd Bosley, No
Virginia
Macdonald spoke briefly on the Law Seminar held every year at
Virginia
Macdonald motioned to adjourn at 6:30 p.m. seconded by Todd Bosley. All voted yes. Motion carried.
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ATTEST: CLERK/TREASURER
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