The Board of Perry Township Trustees met in Regular Session on Monday, February 9, 2009 at at the Community Room in East Liberty. Roll Call: Merle Ackley, present, Jeff Rosebrook, present, Gary Baker, present and Cindy Stalling, present. Also present was Melony Baker, Howie Kaiser, Keith Montgomery, Bonnie Brose, Tom Cunningham, Dan Ackley, Dave Cook, Candy Frangis, Paul Blair and Mitch Current.
The minutes of the previous meeting was given to the Trustees to read prior to this meeting. Mr. Ackley asked if there were any additions or corrections to the minutes and they stand approved as written.
Mr. Ackley asked if there were any additions or corrections to the financial statements that were given to the Trustees from the fiscal officer. They stand approved.
Ackley, yes, Rosebrook, yes and Baker, yes.
Mrs. Bonnie Brose, janitor, wanted to know if she could get the hot water back on at the Lodge Hall? Mr. Baker told her that he would take care of that for her. Mrs. Brose also wanted to know if she could get a cheap sweeper for the Lodge Hall, for the one room that has carpeting in it. All trustees agreed to let her purchase a sweeper at Wal-Mart.
Mrs. Brose also brought up about getting a handicap bathroom in the Lodge Hall. Why couldn’t we put one in at the end of the kitchen? All it would need is a toilet and sink, and there should be enough room up in the corner of the Lodge Hall to do that. Mr. Baker said that he would do some measuring to see if there is enough room or not.
Mrs. Brose purchased the 20 movies for the Library, and she thanked the Trustees for agreeing to let her purchase them.
Mr. Dave Cook, setting in for squad chief (his wife) Margie Cook reported that Margie will have her 3rd surgery on her shoulder on Monday, February 16 and he said that the third time is the charm. We all wish her luck and hope that this gets her well.
Mr. Cook reported that there is a meeting tomorrow evening from at Mary Rutan Hospital, so Perry Township will be shy the volunteers in town for that period of time. The medic at the fire house will still be here.
Mrs. Candy Frangis of the EMS brought up that the EMS would like to get a Laptop computer to put in the squad. They would like to have one that is called “Tough Book”, and they would like to have a program called “Sweet Field Data” for the laptop. This program makes you fill out all the information that is needed, it won’t let you leave any blanks. She said that this would help to protect the EMT’s better, and they could send the reports right over to Robinaugh and to the State from the hospital. Robinaugh, Bellefontaine EMS both use this program and laptop. This way we could all be uniform. Darin Robinaugh has offered to come to the fire house to educate everyone on how to use the program if we would purchase it. The program can be used for the squad and also for the fire dept. as well. For a new laptop it would cost between $2,900.00- $3,600.00 for a refurbished laptop it would run $1,750.00 - $2,500.00. The program runs $1,700.00. Candy and Dave stated that they would like to have a refurbished one at $1,750.00. After some discussion, Mr. Jeff Rosebrook made a motion to purchase the laptop and also the program for the EMS/FD, seconded by Mr. Merle Ackley. Ackley, yes, Rosebrook, yes and Baker, yes.
Mr. Mitchell Current, FF, reported that when a radio is sitting in the window at the old shop and the tones go off for a run, you can’t hear it. It does not pick up the signal. He stated that it took us over 6 minutes to get out the door the other day because the guys down there didn’t know we had a run. Mr. Current contacted Bender Communications and they came down and look the situation over and suggested that we get a speaker to run from building to building and that way whoever is in the old shop could hear the tones when they go off. This would run around $750.00 to get this fixed the way it needs to be fixed. Mr. Merle Ackley made motion to purchase this speaker system, seconded by Mr. Jeff Rosebrook. Ackley, yes, Rosebrook, yes and Baker, yes.
Chief Montgomery reported that we have had 15 EMS runs and 12 fire runs so far in 2009.
Chief reported that the computer at the fire house needs worked on, can’t even use it right now. Its 5 years old, and we can’t send our reports to the State right now. Trustees told him to take it in and see what’s going on with it and what it needs to get it fixed. There are a couple of computer repair shops in Bellefontaine, and they can take it to any of them.
Chief thanked the Trustees for working on the rescue when he called and getting it done so promptly.
Keith had some old diplomas from Perry Township School, and would like to have them framed and hung up in the Community Room.
Mr. Dan Ackley, zoning inspector, gave a zoning update for the past month. He also reported that there will be a Zoning Meeting on Thursday evening with the Zoning Boards, the trustees, himself and a representative from LUC Regional Planning Commission. This meeting is to continue talking about the Comprehensive Plan for Perry Township.
Mr. Gary Baker reported that the heating system is done at the Lodge Hall.
Mr. Baker has ordered the forks from Bobcat.
Mr. Baker reported that Ken Rosebrook has worked on:
The generator, the one ton truck, the JD tractor and the dump truck in the past month.
Mr. Baker reported that the generator we ordered from Millennium has arrived and is up at the Temperance St. garage.
Mr. Baker heard from ODOT about the stop signs at TR 143, they wanted to know who is going to install them, who will be maintaining them, e+c. Mr. Baker stated that he will put together a letter before our next meeting and we will go from there with this situation.
Mr. Jeff Rosebrook had some more prices on tables and chairs for the Community Room, From McAuliffe’s in Marysville for 8 tables and 50 chairs it would costs $3,299.00, from West Mansfield Ace Hardware for 8 tables and 50 chairs it would costs $2,669.50. WM Ace Hdw is not charging us any shipping for theses. The chairs would be padded chairs. Mr. Gary Baker made a motion to go ahead and get the tables and chairs from West Mansfield Ace Hardware, seconded by Mr. Merle Ackley. Ackley, yes, Rosebrook, yes, and Baker, yes.
Mr. Merle Ackley brought up about the 3 roads that the County wants to give to Perry Township. CR 296, CR 152 & CR 271. Merle went out and looked at 296, concerning the guardrail along that road. He said that the poles are rotted out, and if we would have to replace all of them, it would be very costly. The trustees would like to have one of the commissioners come out here and show him what we are talking about concerning the County snow plowing Bible Road for us. We are willing to make a turn around out there for their truck.
Mr. Baker would like to send thank you notes to Eric Johnson, John Baughman, Doug Wills, and Kenneth Peters for helping out with all the snow the past month.
Mr. Merle Ackley made a motion for adjournment, seconded by Mr. Jeff Rosebrook. Ackley, yes, Rosebrook, yes and Baker, yes.
Mr. Merle Ackley made a motion that the trustees stay at salary for 2009, seconded by Mr. Jeff Rosebrook. Ackley, yes, Rosebrook, yes and Baker, no. After much discussion, and with Mrs. Stalling thinking that this has to be a unanimous vote, this matter was tabled until the next meeting, and we will contact the Log. Co. Prosecuting Attorney and get the ruling on this.
Mrs. Stalling had the contract ready for Johnson Excavation for digging of the graves for the trustees to sign. She will mail both copies to him for him to sign and then have him send one copy back to us.
After asking Mr. Paul Blair what he was going to charge this year for his cemetery mowings, and he said that it would stay the same as last year. Mr. Baker made a motion to keep Blair’s Lawn Care, LLC as our cemetery mower for 2009, seconded by Mr. Rosebrook. Ackley, yes, Rosebrook, yes and Baker, yes. All trustees are very happy with Mr. Blair’s work. Mrs. Stalling will have those contracts ready to sign at the next meeting.
Mr. Gary Baker reported that Mr. Ryan Lane of Stolly Insurance called him about our joining OTARMA. He told Mr. Baker that OTARMA has an assessment clause in their insurance that we should check about. Mrs. Stalling stated that Jack Orders of Stolly Insurance called her as well, and would like to give Perry Township a quote on insurance to cover the township. All trustees agreed to let Stolly Insurance give us a quote and see what they can do.
Mr. Merle Ackley made a motion to pay the bills, seconded by Mr. Gary Baker. Ackley, yes, Rosebrook, yes and Baker, yes.
TOTAL OF BILLS $81,364.15
INCOME FOR JANUARY $12,718.95
Mr. Merle Ackley made a motion for adjournment, seconded by Mr. Jeff Rosebrook. Ackley, yes, Rosebrook, yes and Baker, yes.
Respectfully submitted by:
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Cindy Stalling, fiscal officer
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Merle Ackley
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Jeff Rosebrook
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Gary Baker
The Board of Perry Township Trustees met in Special Session on Thursday, February 12, 2009 at at the East Liberty Community Room. Roll Call: Merle Ackley, present, Jeff Rosebrook, absent, Gary Baker, present, and Cindy Stalling present, Also present was Dan Ackley, zoning inspector, Zoning Board Members: Richard Stanley, Charles Bell, Beverly Wolf, Melvin Douglas, George Clapsaddle, Don Henry, and Keith Montgomery, Mr. Weston Dodds of the LUC Regional Planning Commission and Mrs. Melony Baker.
Mr. Dodds called the meeting to order and stated that we were meeting tonight to discuss our goals and objectives to the Perry Township Comprehensive Plan. Mr. Dodds had paperwork that he passed to all in attendance and then he went over the information and explained it.
Mr. Dodds asked the board members what stood out to them about the surveys we sent out earlier to property owners in Perry Township.
Here is what the board members discussed:
1) Preserve rural area and farm land in Perry Township
2) Land use map – increase the minimum lot size
3) Mega Farms
4) ASA’s and AEP’s
5) Junk Vehicles
6) Drainage Issues
7) Zoning Education
8) Web site for Perry Township ( which we already have)
9) Communication
10) Green Infrastructure (ex. Wind turbines, solar, etc.)
11) Transportation
After a lot of good discussion, Mr. Dodds stated that he would work on the demographic area of Perry Township before our next meeting. He would also outline what we put together tonight for the goals and objectives for Perry Township Comprehensive Plan.
Mr. Dodds said that the next meeting would probably be the last part of March or the first part of April. He will get with Mr. Dan Ackley when he gets a date and then Dan will contact all board members and let them know.
Mr. Merle Ackley made a motion for adjournment, seconded by Mr. Gary Baker. Ackley, yes and Baker, yes.
Respectfully submitted by:
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Cindy Stalling, fiscal officer
Accepted by Perry Township Trustees:
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Merle Ackley
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Jeff Rosebrook
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Gary Baker
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