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The Margaretta Township Trustees met in regular session on December
6, 2007 at 7 p.m.
Present were Mr. Bias, Mr. Pooch and Mr. Riesterer
Mr. Bias moved, seconded by Mr. Pooch to approve the minutes from the
November 15, 2007 meeting, as presented by the Fiscal Officer. Vote: all
ayes.
Mr. Bias moved, seconded by Mr. Pooch to accept the financial report
submitted by the Fiscal Officer. Vote: all ayes.
Mr. Bias moved, seconded by Mr. Pooch to approve and signed warrants
#7143 – 7194, that were presented by the Fiscal Officer for payment. Vote:
all ayes.
We had boy scouts from Troop 24, Troop 19 and Troop 8 in attendance at
the meeting. Chief Keimer explained to them how our Township works.
Jim Neill- gave his road/cemetery report. Jim said that our extra leaf
collection day on December 1, was our best day of all the days.
Jim asked if we might be willing to pay our summer help a 25cent per hour
bonus for completing the summer/fall season. He mentioned that we had done
this in the past. Fiscal Officer, Mary Ann, didn’t feel this was necessary
since we had not mentioned it at the beginning of the spring/summer season.
The trustees felt it was a good idea.
Mr. Bias moved, seconded by Mr. Pooch to pay Dawson Taylor and Matt
McLaughlin 25cents per hour for each hour they worked this summer/fall
season. Vote: all ayes. Both of these men are now done working.
Mr. Bias moved, seconded by Mr. Pooch to grant the following vacation
requests: Tom Jones for December 14, December 24 and December 31, 2007, and
for Matt Studer for December 20, December 21 and December 24, 2007. Vote:
all ayes.
Fiscal Officer, Mary Ann Lindsley mentioned that we have received another
billing from Allied Waste for our parks. We had asked them to stop service
at the parks October 31, 2007. She phoned them and asked why we were being
billed for November and December. They told her to disregard the billing.
The trustees said that we should put together a letter to send Allied. We
plan to cancel their services at the end of our contracts.
The trustees discussed the junk cars at Kromers. They decided to ask John
Zimmerman to attend a meeting to discuss the residential maintenance code to
see if we may want to go with this code.
Mr. Barry Brunner was at the meeting. Barry asked the trustees if they
would consider increasing the wages for our paid on call firefighters for
next year. The trustees and Mr. Brunner also discussed recruiting of younger
people for the Fire Department.
Chief Keimer gave his report. He said he has 88 hours of vacation time
left, but due to our shortage in the department, he is unsure if he will be
able to use the time. He asked if he might be able to carry some time over
to next year.
Mr. Riesterer moved, seconded by Mr. Bias to allow Tom Keimer to carry
any unused vacation time from 2007 to 2008. Vote: all ayes. Chief Keimer
will try to use what he can this year.
The trustees asked Chief Keimer how the new part-time dispatchers were
coming along. He said that he and Kathy Biecheler were going to meet with
them tomorrow to evaluate their progress.
Fiscal Officer, Mary Ann, asked what we were going to do about unused
Comp Time in the Fire Department. After a brief discussion the trustees
decided to pay out unused comp time, even though each Fireman had signed
saying that if the time was not used this year they would loose it. The
trustees felt this was only fair since we had some problems being able to
use up the time and fill our positions.
Mr. Riesterer moved, seconded by Mr. Bias to pay any unused accumulated
comp. time to the firemen on the last pay of the year. Vote: all ayes. Chief
Keimer is to let the men know that they should use what they can before the
pay cut off date of December 21, 2007.
The Erie County Engineer Annual Meeting will be held on December 13, 2007
at 2:30 p.m.
Mr. Riesterer moved, seconded by Mr. Bias to adjourn. Vote: all ayes.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:30 p.m.
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