Geneva Township regular meeting, Feb. 11^th, 2009.

Trustees returned from Executive Session at 7.29 p.m.

The meeting was called to order by Chairman Mills at 7:30 p.m. Those present were Mr. Mills, Mr. Pruden, Mr. Russell and Fiscal Officer Long. Minutes of the Dec. 29^th, 2008 meeting were approved on a motion by Mr. Russell, seconded by Mr. Pruden. Minutes from the Jan. 14^th, 2009 meeting were approved by Mr. Pruden, seconded by Mr. Russell. Bills in the amount of $45,955.77 were approved on a motion by Mr. Russell, seconded by Mr. Pruden. Those bills were covered by warrant numbers 13263-13302.

Resolution 2009-02 was approved on a motion by Mr. Russell and seconded by Mr. Pruden. Roll call indicated Mr. Mills – yes, Mr. Pruden – yes, Mr. Russell – yes.

Resolution 2009-03, a motion made by Mr. Pruden, seconded by Mr. Russell. Mr. Russell – yes, Mr. Mills – yes, Mr. Pruden – yes.

Resolution 2009-04, a motion made by Mr. Russell, seconded by Mr. Pruden. Mr. Pruden – yes, Mr. Mills – yes, Mr. Russell – yes.

The next order of business was a presentation by Miss Amanda Wenzel. She made a presentation on shoreline erosion and possible solutions. This is a needs assessment where they are presently analyzing critical components from the view of elected officials. It is an information program and they will be meeting with the public in late spring.

Mr. Cerjan gave the Zoning report. He indicated that a new home was being built on Wheeler Creek Rd. for which we had issued a permit. There is a property on Maple Ave. where there are a couple of trucks that are not licensed and he will continue to look into that. He will again visit the Perkin’s property, upon the last visit all vehicles were licensed. The property at 4541 N. Ridge E., just east of Addison Rd., the Health Dept. is looking into the problem there. Plumbing was recently stopped because of no permit and it has since been obtained. It appears that the septic system and well are on the property which is less than an acre of land. Mr. Mills will talk to Terry Palmer about this situation.

In respect to the Countline Rd. junk yard, Mr. Cerjan indicated it does have a valid license at this time, he will continue to monitor that situation. The trailers are still located on the property, if a license is in hand, it is not illegal, however they should be fenced in.

Mr. Russell pointed out that we still need an alternate for the Zoning Board. Mr. Russell reported that the Fire Station Committee Meeting was held. There is a property in the north part of the township which might be usable for a Fire Station. He had indicated that hopefully they can get the project wrapped up in the spring, at which time they will then make a determination in respect of going for a levy.

Mr. Schupska gave the Road Dept. report. He indicated that we have been receiving more salt and more ice grit as the winter has progressed. We have continued to do a great deal of snow plowing, also since the recent thaw, breaking ice on Maple Ave. and a number of other areas has helped to prevent some of the flooding. Most of our problems recently are with flooding. He also indicated we will need 3 or 4 tons of coal mix, Mr. Mills indicated we should go ahead and order that.

Water again is a problem, it is crossing roads within certain areas of the Township. The County has indicated that if we would pay for it, they would do more ditching in the area and it was indicated we should probably look into that even if we have to pay for it to relieve some of these flooding areas.

Mr. Russell indicated that the plans continue on Barnum Rd. by the County Engineer. We will need easements from a number of property owners for a slope change. The County Engineer’s office will put the necessary paperwork together. Mr. Russell indicated also that the base will be done right, any cost reduction would be on the top coat, which presently is scheduled to have 4 inches. We hope to go to bid this spring on completing this project. Mr. Russell also indicated that the Dept. of Transportation Inspection was done for gratis last year. He indicated we should have that inspection done on our trucks, the cost would be somewhere between $50 and $75 per truck. This was approved on a motion by Mr. Russell, seconded by Mr. Pruden.

Mr. Pruden indicates that he has to go to Chardon on March 3^rd to do a deposition on the landfill. He also indicated that on Feb. 12^th the County Engineer will host the Township Association Meeting. He also indicated that we have been invited by Assumption School for a Prayer Service, which was eventually cancelled because of a snow day.

The Maple Ave. waterline bid has been approved and awarded. It should begin in the spring.

Mr. Pruden also indicated the Vietnam Moving Wall will be Saybrook for 2 days later this year.

Mr. Russell reported there is some CDBG Grant money available. There is another 2000 feet of waterline needed on Maple to connect Austin to Myers. This may be a project that might be undertaken. He also indicated that we recently purchased salt from Saybrook Township, recently Morton Salt called and offered more salt at which we took advantage of and had the 2 loads delivered. If need be salt can also be purchased from the City of Geneva.

Mr. Russell addressed Mr. Evan Jahn in the audience indicating that we should schedule a date for Spring Cleanup over the next couple of months. He indicated that the NAD Board will be putting a renewal 1 mil levy on the May ballot.

Mr. Pruden thanked Mr. Long for his effort in respect to the hospitalization/insurance issue, which was an item in the Auditor’s management letter. The necessary research and development of a program that was acceptable by the Audit Staff has been achieved.

Miss Cheryl Whitmire presented a flag to the Township that she could not use, Trustees expressed their appreciation to Mrs. Whitmire. She also asked if the money that we obtained from the landfill is being used for what it was designated. Mr. Long indicated that the amount of money is put into a separate line item in the general fund which is specified by the Ohio Revised Code, the amount of money being approximately $43,000. He also indicated that we spend over $400,000 a year in the road and bridge fund, which more than covers the designation of the dollars involved.

There being no further business, the Trustees returned to Executive Session on a motion by Mr. Russell, seconded by Mr. Mills.

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