Pledge

President James Stewart called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm with the Pledge of Allegiance. 

Roll Call:

Roll call indicated that all the Trustees were present, also present was Phillip David, Fiscal Officer/Zoning Inspector and Road Superintendent David Kelley.

Mr. Stewart yielded the chair to Fiscal Officer Phillip David. Mr. David called for a motion to open nominations for President of the Board of Trustees.

Mr. Parker moved to open nominations for President of the Board of Trustees, Mr. Leber seconded the nomination. Roll was called, with all present answering yes, motion carried.

Mr. Parker nominated Scott Leber for President of the Board of Trustees, Mr. Stewart seconded the nomination. Mr. Parker moved to close the nominations for President of the Board, Mr. Stewart seconded the motion. Roll was called, with all present answering yes motion carried.

Mr. David called for a vote for all in favor of electing Mr. Leber President of the Board, all present answered yes, Mr. Leber is the 2023 President of the Board of Trustees of Oxford Township.

Mr. David yielded the gavel to President Leber, who moved to open nominations for Vice-President of the Board of Trustees of Oxford Township, Mr. Parker seconded the motion. Roll was called, with all present answering yes, motion carried. Mr. Stewart moved to nominate Mr. Parker for Vice President of the Board, Mr. Leber seconded the nomination. Mr. Stewart moved to close the nominations for Vice-Present of the Board. Roll was called, with all present answering yes, nominations were closed.

Mr. Leber called for a vote of all in favor of electing Mr. Parker Vice-President, with all present answering yes, Mr. Parker was elected Vice-President of the Board of Trustees.

Minutes

There were no minutes to approve.

Guests  

No guests were present.

Zoning Report:

Mr. David reported that he hadn’t issued any permits since the last meeting.

Road Superintendent:

Mr. Kelley reported that there had been problems with the stand-by generator during the recent winter storm. He said the Generac generator had started during the storm but had shut down because of the low oil pressure sensor. He said for some unknow reason it had blown all the oil out of the crankcase and it was pooled under the generator. Mr. Kelley said Groton Township Fire Chief Kerry Jett had sent two volunteer fire-fighters over with a small portable generator big enough to run the overhead heaters in the fire bays. This ensured that the trucks were ready in case they were needed. Mr. Kelley said they were unable to determine why the generator lost its oil, he said his Generac generator at his home had done the same thing during the storm. He said he had filled his generator back up with oil and it did it the second time. Mr. Kelley said he was looking into replacing his generator because he couldn’t afford to have this happen again especially if he wasn’t home at the time it shut down.

There was discussion about replacing the generator, no decision was made at this time.

Mr. Kelley questioned about purchasing a smaller carry around portable generator that could be used as a standby in the fire bays or on road repair sites like pumping out catch basins etc. Mr. Leber said he would get with Mr. Kelley to research various outlets for the small generators. 

Trustees:

Mr. Leber – reported that the brushes that were ordered were in to rebuild the road sweeper. Mr. Kelley said he was just about done replace the brushes and putting the sweeper back together.

Mr. Parker – reported that he had talked with Sheriff Sigsworth who was questioning about the plotting of the Bertling Subdivision that had been plotted in 1954. There were several parcels that were coming up for Sheriff’s sale because of lack of payment of property taxes. These parcels are all currently land locked because the roads laid out in the subdivision were never developed. There were questions if the parcels were sold could the Township be forced to develop the plotted roads that were never developed so there was access to the properties. Mr. Parker will talk with the Engineers office.

Mr. Stewart – presented two bids for construction of a wall in the Delamatre building that would divide the building so the one bay could be heated if necessary. Upon reviewing the bids there were some questions concerning the insulation and metal sheeting being used on the interior wall. Mr. Stewart will get a cost and material breakdown for the next meeting.

Fiscal Officer

Mr. David distributed copies of the 2023 Temporary Appropriations for the Trustees review. Mr. Parker moved to approve the Temporary Appropriations for 2023, Mr. Stewart seconded the motion. Roll was called, with all present answering yes; motion to approve the Temporary Appropriations for 2023 was approved.

Mr. David reported that the StarOhio saving account earned $1283.20 interest for the month of December. Mr. David said he was busy working on closing out the 2022 year.

Communications

Communications were reviewed.

Old Business

The dividing wall in the Delematre building was discussed earlier.

New Business: 

Mr. Parker moved to continue to provide health and life insurance coverage to the Trustees and the Road Superintendent and his family in 2023. Mr. Stewart seconded the motion. Roll was called, with all present answering yes; motion carried.

Mr. Parker moved to pay the bills in the amount of $69,459.79, Mr. Stewart seconded the motion. Roll was called, with all present answering yes; motion carried.

No further business, Mr. Parker moved the meeting be adjourned.

Approved:

James W. Stewart, President                  Phillip M. David, Fiscal Officer