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The Margaretta Township Trustees met in regular session on
April 17, 2008 at 7 p.m. Present were Mr. Pooch, Mr. Bias and Mr. Riesterer.
Mr. Bias moved, seconded by Mr. Pooch to approve the
minutes, as presented by the Fiscal Officer, from the April 3, 2008 meeting.
Vote: all ayes.
Mr. Pooch moved, seconded by Mr. Bias to accept the
Financial Report submitted by the Fiscal Officer. Vote: all ayes.
Mr. Bias moved, seconded by Mr. Pooch to approve and sign
warrants 7556-7590, that were presented by the Fiscal Officer for payment.
Vote: all ayes.
Dennis Murray, candidate for State Representative, was at
the meeting to introduce himself.
Kathy Biecheler and Deb Christiansen, dispatchers for the
township, were at the meeting to present a calendar and a proposal on having
the full time dispatchers go to a 12 hr shift. Kathy explained to the
trustees how it would work. The trustees said they would need to talk to
Chief Keimer and be sure everyone was ok with this. If everyone is ok with
it the trustees said they would be willing to give it a try.
Jason Lehrer from the Park Board came to recommend
contracting with Scott and Vicki Dickman for managing the concession stand
this year.
Mr. Bias moved, seconded by Mr. Pooch, to contract with
Scott and Vicki Dickman to manage the concession stand from 4/17/2008 –
11/1/2008. Vote: all ayes.
A copy of the contract and also a list of items to be done
were given to the Dickman’s.
There was some discussion on our workers comp and it was
decided to have Andy Frank of Frank Gates come to our May 1 meeting, if
possible. Fiscal Officer, Mary Ann Lindsley will get in contact with him.
Mary Ann mentioned that she had information from the audit
if the trustees wanted to look over anything. The auditor will be in contact
with us to hold a post audit conference when everything has been finalized.
Mr. Pooch moved, seconded by Mr. Bias to approve the
vacation request for Dan Minor for 5/12, 5/14 & 5/16/2008. Vote: all
ayes.
Jim Neill gave his report. There was some discussion the
new roofs we would like to do. This was tabled until we can contact the
auditor to see if the project would need to be bid. We are not sure since we
are doing roofs at different buildings, if these would be considered one
project or each building its own project.
The recycle day was changed from June 7 to May 31, 2008,
due to the high school graduation being on June 7.
Mr. Pooch moved, second by Mr. Bias to hire summer help
Dawson Taylor at a rate of $7.25/hr and David Siesel at a rate of $7.00/hr.
effective April 21, 2008 or when Jim needs them to start. Vote: all ayes.
Keith Kreager from Crystal Rock told the trustees that the
residents were planning on calling the sheriff every time the 4 wheelers and
other vehicles go through private property. He said they just wanted us to
know their plan. He said this has been an ongoing problem in Crystal Rock.
We haven’t heard anything since the ditch walk through
earlier this month.
Mr. Pooch moved, seconded by Mr. Bias to adjourn. Vote:
all ayes.
The meeting adjourned at 9:43 p.m.
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