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The Margaretta Township
Trustees met on March 18, 2010 at 7 p.m. Present were Mr. Bias, Mr.
Riesterer and Mr. Pooch.
Mr. Riesterer moved, seconded
by Mr. Bias to approve the minutes as presented from the March 4, 2010
meeting with an addition for the amounts for road work to be $39172 for seal
coat, with additional amount for road improvements to be done by the
township for a grand total of $93,493. Vote: all ayes.
Mr. Bias moved, seconded by Mr.
Riesterer to accept the financial reports that were submitted by Fiscal
Officer, Mary Ann Lindsley. Vote: all ayes.
Mr. Riesterer moved, seconded
by Mr. Bias to approve and sign warrants #9522-9547 , that were presented
for payment by the Fiscal Officer. Vote: all ayes.
Jim Niell reported that mold
was found in the attic on Lucas St. He had a proposal from Tusing to install
40’ of Dura Last Ridge Vent to correct the problem.
Mr. Riesterer moved, seconded
by Mr. Bias to contract with Tusing Roofing Services for the installation of
40’ of Dura Last Ridge Vent at the garage building on Lucas St. for a cost
of $1523.00. Vote: all ayes.
Jim and the Trustees discussed
purchasing a 74” Flail Mower ( head only) .
Mr. Bias moved, seconded by Mr.
Riesterer to purchase a 74” Flail mower, head only, under the State Bid
Program through Southeastern Equipment for a cost of $9484.29. Vote: all
ayes.
At 7:15 p.m. bids for the
Homegardner Issue II Phase III project were opened. The bids were as
follows:
Presecison $212,876.55
AJ Riley Inc $209,410.95
7L $198,137.11
Ed Burdue $199,606.02
Erie Blacktop $214,470.08
Mr. Riesterer moved, seconded
by Mr. Bias to send the bids to the County Engineer and the County
Prosecutor to be reviewed. Vote: all ayes.
Jim Neill and the Fiscal
Officer mentioned that the County Engineer had sent us a bill for a culvert
on Maple Ave that was installed during the bridge project. The Trustees said
that we had agreed to pay for this as our portion of the Maple Ave. Bridge
drainage project.
Mr. Riesterer moved, seconded
by Mr. Bias to pay the Erie County Engineer $24,057.90 for our portion of
the Maple Ave Bridge Drainage Project. Vote: all ayes.
At 7:30 a public hearing was
held on the final appropriations for 2010. After a brief discussion the
following motion was made.
Mr. Bias moved, seconded by Mr.
Riesterer to set the 2010 appropriations that were submitted by the Fiscal
Officer and to send them to the County Auditor. The total appropriations
were set at 3.57 mil. Roll Call Vote: Mr. Bias-yes, Mr. Riesterer-yes and
Mr. Pooch- yes.
Jim Neill discussed the storm
sewer being plugged in Whites Landing. Jim feels we could replace a catch
basin for around $300. We should have the applications to look over for the
seasonal position we posted by next week.
Chief Keimer gave his report.
He gave a brief report on the dispatch meeting that was held. The trustee
said we are interested in centralized dispatch.
Tom Johnson gave his zoning
report. He said he needs some new racks for our maps. The trustees told him
to order them. Tom gave an update on property and junk vehicles. He had gone
to some more places. He said there is an appeals hearing on the Koelsch
property on Old Railroad on 3/29/10.
Mr. Pooch gave a report on the
Health Department District Meeting.
Trustees discussed replacing
the chairs in the meeting room. Mr. Bias said that Sam’s Club has some.
Mr. Bias moved, seconded by Mr.
Riesterer to purchase 6 chairs from Sam’s Club for a cost of $178.86 each.
Vote: all ayes.
The trustees had a request from
Dan Minor asking for 1 week of his vacation to be given to him as pay.
Mr. Riesterer moved, seconded
by Mr. Bias to pay Dan Minor 1 week of his vacation time, per contract.
Vote: all ayes.
Fiscal Officer, Mary Ann
Lindsley mentioned that she would be deducting 2 hours of sick time from the
Union Firefighters. This is due to the new union contract that she just
received a copy of and sick time was changed. Therefore she will adjust sick
time from the beginning of the union contract. There were four pays during
the current contract that an additional .5 hours of sick time were given.
Mary Ann mentioned that Thomas Welsh from OTARMA said he would get a copy of
their quote for our property and casualty insurance to us before our next
meeting so everyone can look it over.
Keith Kreager came in to the
meeting to see if there were any water problems.
Mr. Bias moved, seconded by Mr.
Riesterer to adjourn. Vote: all ayes. The meeting was adjourned at 9:10 p.m. |