January 16, 2007
Chairman Seliskar called the regular meeting to order at 7:00 pm with the following members present: Trustees Adam, Kothera and Seliskar. Fiscal Officer Saunders and Zoning Inspector Erik Mirossay were unable to attend.
The proper papers were notified.
RESOLUTION # 2007-001
Recording- of Minutes
A motion was made by Trustee Seliskar and seconded by
Trustee Adams to have trustee Kothera record the minutes
in the absence of the Fiscal Officer.
Roll Call:
Yes
No
Kothera
X
Seliskar
X
Adams
X
Motion Unanimously Carried
The minutes of the December 19, 2006 meeting were reviewed and the following action taken.
RESOLUTION # 2007-002
Approval of Minutes
A motion was made by Trustee Seliskar and seconded by
Trustee Kothera to approve the minutes of the December 19, 2006
Meeting as presented.
Roll Call:
Yes
No
Kothera
X
Seliskar
X
Adams
Abstained
Motion Carried
Trustee Adams abstained because he was not present at the December 19, 2006 meeting
FINANCIAL REPORT:
RESOLUTION # 2007-003
Request for Tax Advance
A motion was made by Trustee Seliskar and seconded by
Trustee Adams to request an advance of taxes in the maximum amount
available for all funds on the dates determined by the Geauga County
Auditor’s office February 2 & 16 and March 2, 2007
Roll Call:
Yes
No
Kothera
X
Seliskar
X
Adams
X
Motion Unanimously Carried
Fiscal Officer Saunders presented bills, vouchers, purchase orders and warrants for board approval. The December 31, 2006 bank statement, fund balances and the December Monthly Reconciliation Statement was presented, reviewed and signed by the board..
RESOLUTION # 2007- 004
Approval of bills for payment
A motion was made by Trustee Kothera and seconded by
Trustee Seliskar to approve for payment bills submitted.
Voucher # 526 through Voucher # 531 as presented.
Roll Call:
Yes
No
Kothera
X
Seliskar
X
Adams
X
Motion Unanimously carried
Fund Balances
December 31, 2006
Fund Balance
General $189,374.99
M.V. L. $ 6,984.17
Gas Tax $ 70,206.28
Road & Bridge $ 16,774.42
Cemetery $ 10,475.00
Permanent Improvement $173,254.79
Grand Total $483,805.67
ZONING REPORT:
Zoning Inspector Erik Mirossay was unable to attend. He sent a written report on the activities of the Zoning Office for January 1-15, 2007
Beth Johnson (realtor) dividing a farm on 17868 Huntley Road. 47 acre total currently in process of lot split
house + 5 acres
14 acres on west
13 acres on east
13 acres center
3 1.5-acre lots grandfathered in ?
Tim Romask interested in buying SL25 in Eastpoint and building a single family home for his mother and installing a driveway to his property at 17460 Pioneer wondering if it is permissible
·Application given to Christina Nagy for second-hand store with freezer 12960 Bundysburg Road.
·Permit #1025 given to Stacy Hodous-Collins for pole barn 12101 Hunt Road. $50.00 collected
· Permit #1026, 1026dw given to Schumacher homes for new home at 12280 Zrolka Road with driveway permit $135.00 collected
· Application given and received from Jerry Miller, 17540 Pioneer Road, for cabinet shop/building $0 (application denied) conditional use application given.
The Geauga County Auditor’s office will present workshops on the new Pictometry Program they installed. Fiscal Officer Saunders is planning on attending the January 25th session at 1:30-3:30 PM.
Chester Township will host an informal workshop/meeting for all Geauga County Zoning Inspectors, Assistant Inspectors and Secretaries. The meeting will be held on February 28 at 7:00 PM. Fiscal Officer Saunders will attend.
Gary Hackle sent a letter thanking the board for consideration concerning the position of Zoning Inspector. He is interested in any other position that may become available.
Geauga County Recorder Mary M. McBride sent notice of the requirement to file Zoning Amendments with her office.
The Geauga County Planning Commission sent notice that on December 29, 2006, an amendment to the Geauga County Subdivision Regulations, enforced by the County Commissioners, went into effect.
The amendment includes:
- Update of definitions
- Clarification of items needed for lot split review plus flow charts and checklists
- Submission of plans and plats in electronic format
- Identification of wetlands by category 1, 2, or 3 on preliminary plans and final plats for major subdivisions
- Delineation of riparian setbacks on preliminary plans and final plats for major subdivisions. Such setbacks being 25, 75, or 120 feet depending on the size of the affected watershed.
The amended County Subdivision Regulations are available for viewing and downloading at their website: www.co.geauga.oh.us/departments/planning_com.missicm,htm
MAINTENANCE REPORT:
Roads:
Maintenance repaired and painted picnic tables between snow falls. Roads have been plowed, graded and graveled after the snow melted. Road culverts cleaned on Princeton to clear up flooding and prevent future flooding in the area. Building maintenance continues as well as vehicle maintenance. All Christmas lights have been taken down and stored.
Memorial Park: The Grange had the interior of the Band Stand roof finished.
CEMETERY:
Chris Whitney, Cemetery Sexton, gathered fee information from the following townships: Troy, Burton, Claridon and Parkman
Township
Open/Close
Weekday
Open/Close Weekend or Holiday
Infant
Weekday
Infant
Weekend or Holiday
Cremation
Weekday
Troy
$350.00
$525.00 Sat
$700.00 Sun
$200.00
$300.00 Sat
$400.00 Sun
$75.00
Burton
$485.00
$560.00
$305.00
$305.00
$135.00
Claridon
$375.00
$475.00
$150.00
$150.00
$60.00
Parkman
$500.00
$600.00
No Sunday or Holiday
$75.00
$75.00
$50.00
Huntsburg
$200.00
$225.00
$125.00
$125.00
$125.00
Discussion was held on the need to raise Cemetery Fees to cover all costs involved. The General Fund Levy Failed in November 2005 and was not collected in 2006. The General Fund is used to pay for all Cemetery costs. Huntsburg Fees compared to other township fees showed our fees were lower than most. Therefore the following action is necessary at this time.
RESOLUTION # 2007- 005
Raised Cemetery Fees
A motion was made by Trustee Adams and seconded by
Trustee Seliskar to raise the cemetery fees as follows:
Open/Close Fees:
Adult/Child Weekdays $400.00
Weekends$500.00
InfantWeekdays$150.00
Weekends$200.00
CremationsWeekdays$125.00
Weekends$200.00
Exhumations $1500.00
Roll Call:
Yes
No
Kothera
X
Seliskar
X
Adams
X
Motion Unanimously carried
OLD BUSINESS:
A letter from the Geauga Trumbull Solid Waste District which said
For several months the District has been negotiating with Abitibi Consolidated to take over the paper/magazine-recycling portion of our drop-off-recycling program. Enclosed is a schedule of when the red newspaper dumpsters will be switched out with yellow and green dumpsters. This new program will now accept school and office papers along with magazines, and newspapers.
Abitibi Consolidated will provide this recycling service free of charge to the District. In addition they will also return a portion of the profits from the paper back to your community. The trustees may use the money to support community projects (youth athletic programs, beautification projects, or to purchase recycled products for parks or public areas such as picnic tables or benches).
Please be patient during this transition period. We hope to make it as smooth as possible but some problems may occur. If you have any questions or concerns do not hesitate to call.
Huntsburg will receive their 1 bin the week of January 12.
NEW BUSINESS:
Requests have been received from the Planning Commission and the County Engineer’s Officers for an updated list of township personnel.
A letter was received from John Berger of Basic Alarm Monitoring Systems concerning the continued operations of the alarm monitoring and testing system in place. He will contact us for a time to meet and discuss new technology and changes necessary to the system.
The Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) is taking the first step in implementing the National Animal Identification System (NAIS) by encouraging Ohio's livestock and poultry industries to voluntarily register all farms, markets, packing/processing plants and other locations that produce, hold, exhibit, or manage livestock and poultry. The premises number is a 7 character alpha-numeric code that will provide unique identification to each location. Example - A234L56
The initiative that has lead to the development of the NAIS was a direct result of our witnessing in 2001 the Foot and Mouth Disease outbreak in Great Britain and the terrorist events in the U.S. on 9/11. Discussions and drafting of the NAIS plan represents one of the largest cooperative efforts between the" livestock and poultry industries and animal health officials. ODA is proud of the fact that eight Ohio producers representing the beef, dairy, goat, horse, poultry, and swine industries have served on the respective species working groups that have contributed to the development of the NAIS.
The goal of the NAIS is to create in the U.S. the capability to identify all animals and premises that had direct contact with a foreign animal disease (FAD) or other diseases of concern, within 48 hours after discovery. The key components of the NAIS are premises registration, animal identification, and animal tracking. NAIS will protect U.S. animal agriculture by providing producers and animal health officials with an updated infrastructure that will:
• Improve efforts in current and emerging disease eradication and control programs.
• Provide effective trace back and trace forward capabilities for a timely response to minimize the spread of animal disease.
• Address the threats from the deliberate introduction of an animal disease or zoonotic disease.
CORRESPONDENCE:
NOACA is offering a Safe Routes to Schools Workshop Thursday, January 18 at the NOACA building 2:30 to 4:00 PM.
The Tri-County Chapter of the Bikers Against Child Abuse (BACA) will use the town hall to establish their first meeting they are working with the cooperation of the Geauga Sheriff’s Dept. their Vice-President is Dennis Vargo of Huntsburg
CIC of Geauga County invites the township to join at a cost of $50.00
OTA PAK News was received informing the board of Amendment to the RC May Impact Townships Sub HB 46 concerning Health Care for employees.
OTARMA News Fourth Quarter 2006
OPERS Employer Notice new/Amended Rules for January 1, 2007
The Winter 2006 Panorama Newsletter was received from the Mental Health Association of Geauga County
There being no further business the meeting was adjourned at 7:45 pm.