Meeting Minutes

Mr. Riesterer moved, seconded by Mr. Bias to approve the minutes from the May 21, 2009 meeting, as presented by the Fiscal Officer. Vote: all ayes.

Mr. Riesterer moved, seconded by Mr. Bias to approve and sign warrants 8687-8729, that were presented for payment by Fiscal Officer, Mary Ann Lindsley. Vote: all ayes.

Mr. Riesterer moved, seconded by Mr. Bias to accept the financial reports submitted by Fiscal Officer, Mary Ann Lindsley. Vote: all ayes.

Mr. Dave Petrick from Allied Waste was at the meeting to discuss curb side recycling. There was a brief discussion on this. It appears that the county will not be taking our recycle container away, at least not for now. They want everyone to possibly start doing curb side pick up.

Jim Neill gave his cemetery/road report. He presented the trustees with some quotes on mowing weeds in the township as need be. We are about ready to send notices out for noxious weeds.

Jim said that he would like Chief Keimer to go out with him to look at several properties that have issues.

Jim mentioned that the county is going to get a back up generator for us to use. They want us to store and operate it when it is needed. The trustees asked Jim if he was ok with this and he said that he was.

There is nothing new on the Maple Ave Bridge yet.

The issue of no speed limit signs on Heywood Road was mentioned. Mr. Neill said that the speed limit is 55 mph and that is why it is not posted.

Mr. Riesterer moved, seconded by Mr. Bias to contract with Big D for the mowing of properties with noxious weeds at a rate of $60/hr for 2 people and 70” mower. Vote: all ayes.

Mr. Riesterer moved, seconded by Mr. Bias to grant Jim Neill his vacation request for June 22 – June 26, 2009. Vote: all ayes.

Keith Kreager from Crystal Rock and our Rural Water Representative mentioned that Crystal Rock will be having a hog roast on July 5 at noon and they will have their community garage sale in August.

Keith mentioned that our minutes from March 19, 2009 said that Rural Water had 10,000 customers in Erie County. This actually should be that they were approaching 10,000 customers in their whole system not just in Erie County.

Chief Keimer gave his report. He had 2 applications for paid on call firefighters.

Mr. Riesterer moved, seconded by Mr. Bias to hire Todd Minor and Meredith Wolff as paid on call firefighters with a probation of 6 months or until schooling is completed. They are to be effective June 5, 2009 at a rate of $10.50/hr. Vote: all ayes.

Mr. Riesterer moved, seconded by Mr. Bias to grant Tom Johnson his vacation request for June 19, 2009. Vote: all ayes.

The Tiki Bar that is off Wahl Road was mentioned. Paul Segsworth of the Sheriff’s Office said they received some calls and he wanted to know our regulations. We have nothing to do with this.

The trustees mentioned that for now our recycling bins will be staying. The county wants to work on an individual bases with each township. They want everyone to look into curb side recycling.

Our insurance renewals for vision, life insurance and health insurance are in. Mr. Bias asked if we could check into a higher deductible, with the township picking up more. We will see what our savings would be with a higher deductible. We need to look at our potential pay out to see what our best option might be.

Fiscal Officer, Mary Ann Lindsley mentioned fees that the bank wants to charge us for handling our direct deposits. She will call them about this. Trustees said that we may want to check with some of the other banks to see if they have these charges. Also the post office said we may have to start paying a fee for our po box. We have never done this. Mary Ann asked them to check into this.

Mary Ann also said the Ohio Police and Fire Pension called on 6/3/2009 and left a message that they did not receive our April Report yet. This was sent along with our check on May 11, 2009. They said that they did have our payment. Mary Ann faxed the report again on June 3, 2009. She doesn’t know what the problem was.

Mr. Timothy Riesterer moved, seconded by Mr. Joe Bias to pass resolution 2009-10 setting a Video Service Provider Agreement. Roll Call Vote: Mr. Riesterer – yes, Mr. Pooch – absent, and Mr. Bias- yes.

June 6, 2009 from 9 a.m. to noon is recycle day.

June 17, 2007 there will be a transportation meeting in Sandusky.

Trustees heard that First Energy may be lowering rates for municipalities.

Mr. Riesterer moved, seconded by Mr. Bias to adjourn. Vote: all ayes.

The meeting adjourned at 9:40 p.m.