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January 25, 2007 |
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On Thursday, January 25, 2007, the Board of Trustees of
The
regular meeting was called to order at 7:00 PM by
President Lisa R. Shafer who led the staff and audience in the pledge
of allegiance. Lisa
Shafer reminded everyone that Mike Lynch was excused from tonight’s meeting
due to knee surgery. She said he is
doing very well and expects to be at the next meeting on February 8th. FIRE DEPARTMENT: (Chief Rich Peterson) Annual Fire Department Overview with Trustees / Fiscal Officer: Chief Peterson requested a
work session to go over the overview of the fire department for the purpose
of discussing the operation of the fire department for the upcoming year.
The
Board agreed to hold the work session on Wednesday, February 7, 2007 at 6:00
P.M. at Station No. 3. Modifications / Additions to Fire Department Employee Handbook: Chief Peterson will
leave copies at the office of the modifications / additions to the Fire
Department Employee Handbook for the trustees to view, which can then be
discussed at the next meeting for Board action. Fire Department Exam for Captain Position: Chief Peterson stated
there are two (2) positions open for Captain.
He said he needs one (1) trustee to sit in the oral review portion,
which should be only one (1) day on a weekend. Lisa Shafer said she is willing to do this. Chief Peterson said he would provide Lisa
with the details. ROAD DEPARTMENT: Lisa
Shafer said Jamie May was going to attend tonight’s meeting and give everyone
an update on everything the Road Department has been doing but due to the
snow, the road crew is busy taking care of the township roads this evening. Road Report: Allen Gress moved to accept the Road Report as
presented, 2nd by Lisa Shafer with Lisa amending it for January
25, 2007. Roll call voting: Allen Gress – yes and Lisa Shafer –
yes. MOTION CARRIED. ZONING DEPARTMENT: (Keith Lasure) Lisa Shafer asked Mr. Lasure about the problem with a fence on Broadway. Mr. Lasure said it was taken care of once but another complaint was received, which a letter was sent a couple days ago to the person (in Bolivar) who he believes owns the property. Zoning Report: Allen Gress moved to accept the Zoning Report
for January 25, 2007, as written, seconded by Lisa Safer. Roll call voting: Allen Gress – yes and Lisa Shafer – yes. MOTION CARRIED. EPA REPORT: (Keith Lasure) Keith Lasure announced there will a guest speaker
(Julie Berberi) from Stark Soil & Water at the February 8th
meeting to explain why we, as an MS4, need the revised January 25,
2007 (Cont.) CONCERNS OF THE FISCAL OFFICER: (Carlene Harmon) Request Tax Advance for February and July Real Estate Tax Settlement
for 2007: Lisa Shafer moved to authorize the Fiscal Officer of Nimishillen
Township to file requests with the Stark County Auditor for weekly Tax
Advances of the FEBRUARY AND JULY REAL ESTATE TAX SETTLEMENT 2007 for the
MAXIMUM AMOUNT ALLOWABLE by law of the current collection of taxes assessed
and collected for and in behalf of Nimishillen Township, seconded by Allen
Gress. Roll call voting: Lisa Shafer – yes and Allen Gress –
yes. MOTION CARRIED. Health Insurance Renewal: After discussion, Allen Gress moved to
continue for one (1) year the current program for hospital coverage, which is
Aultcare, for the township employees, seconded by Lisa Shafer. Roll call voting: Allen Gress – yes and
Lisa Shafer – yes. MOTION CARRIED. Budget for 2007 - $3,627,945.00: Mrs. Harmon informed the
Board the budget for 2007 is $3,627,945.00.
She stated the carry-over was sufficient; however, the Fire Department
budget will still be very tight. CONCERNS OF CITIZENS Donna Fuller of 5857 Rosedale stated at the last
meeting, she talked about ways the township residents could work together to
raise money for the township, i.e. paper drives, bake sales, spaghetti
dinners, etc. Mrs. Fuller asked Mrs.
Shafer what has transpired since then.
Mrs. Shafer explained she did some research and found a company that
does newspaper recycling; however, the price wasn’t exactly what we are
looking for. Mrs. Shafer said she had
township secretary, Sharon Shaub, request a legal opinion from the Stark
County Prosecutor to find out if it’s legal to do this as a township and if a
citizen wanted to do this, would it be permitted to have trailers or a
container placed on township property such as one of the Fire Department’s
parking lots. Mrs. Shafer said she
hopes to have an answer by the next meeting. Mark Rumble had signed up to speak at tonight’s meeting but
as of yet had not shown up. Lisa
Shafer said he if comes later, we would come back to this portion of the
meeting. CONCERNS OF TRUSTEES: (Lisa Shafer, Mike Lynch,
Allen Gress) Flooding Problem on Bentler: Lisa Shafer said there’s a severe
flooding problem across the road on Bentler.
One side of the road is in Plain Twp. and the other side is in
Nimishillen Twp. She called Lou
Giavasis at Plain Twp. to see if we can work together to solve this problem. Resident
Bill Blackmer, who lives on Maplegrove, then spoke about the problem on
Bentler stating if the township put in storm sewers to handle the water, he
would have a problem if taxpayers have to pay for it. He then continued to talk about a problem
on Maplegrove (by Kiko’s). Discussion
followed. Lisa Shafer said she would
have the CURRENT EVENTS:
(Allen
Gress) Allen Gress shared his first two weeks as trustee
stating there’s a lot of paperwork and reading to do (which took him 1.5
hours). He said Keith Lasure took him
on a tour of the township, which took two hours. Mr. Gress said he did not know Keith,
Sharon or Tillie very well but learned that Keith is a retired Deputy
Sheriff, learned part of Mrs.
Harmon added that local government is the most efficient government. January 25,
2007 (Cont.) CORRESPONDENCE: (Lisa Shafer) Because one of our township residents, Mr. Blythe, who
lives on APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Allen
Gress moved to approve the Minutes for January 11, 2007, as written, seconded
by Lisa Shafer amending it to include the Organizational Minutes for January
11, 2007. Roll call voting: Allen Gress – yes and Lisa Shafer –
yes. MOTION CARRIED. APPROVE ALL PURCHASE ORDERS, FINANCIAL REPORT AND
PAY BILLS: Allen
Gress moved to approve all Purchase Orders, Financial Report and pay bills in
the amount of $62,731.47, seconded by Lisa Shafer. Roll call voting: Allen Gress – yes and Lisa Shafer –
yes. MOTION CARRIED. SIGN CHECKS AND ADJOURN: With no further discussion, Lisa Shafer moved to sign checks and adjourn at 7:35 P. M., seconded by Allen Gress. Roll call voting: Lisa Shafer – yes and Allen Gress – yes. MOTION CARRIED. ______________________________ Lisa R. Shafer, President
__________________________________ Attest: Fiscal Officer Carlene Harmon ___________ABSENT_______________ Michael L. Lynch, Vice President __________________________________ Allen E. Gress, Trustee |