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Oxford Township, Erie County, Ohio USA
January 5, 2012
Pledge
President Scott Leber called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm
with the Pledge of Allegiance.
Roll Call
Roll calls indicated that Trustees Scott Leber
and James Stewart were present, Trustee Michael Parker was absent. Also present was
Phillip David, Fiscal Officer & Zoning Inspector, and Road Superintendent David Kelley.
Election
of Officers
President Leber yielded the chair to Fiscal Officer Phillip David; Mr.
David called for nominations for the position of Chairman of the Board of Trustees.
Mr. Leber nominated Mr. Parker, Stewart moved nominations be closed, Mr. Leber seconded
the motion. Roll was called, with all present voting yes; motion to close nominations
passed.
Mr. David called for an oral vote; all present voted for Mr. Parker, for Chairman.
Being
Mr. Parker was absent; Mr. David called for nominations for the position of Vice
Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Mr. Leber nominated Mr. Stewart. Mr. Stewart moved
the nominations be closed, Mr. Leber seconded the motion. Roll was called, with all
present voting yes; motion carried.
Mr. David called for an oral vote, all present
voted for Mr. Stewart for Vice Chairman.
Mr. David turned the chair over to Vice Chairman,
Mr. Stewart.
Minutes
Mr. Leber moved to accept the minutes for the December 15, 2011
Trustee meeting, Mr. Stewart seconded the motion. Roll was called; with everyone
present voting yes; motion carried.
Guest
No guests were present.
Zoning Report
Mr. David
said that he had issued no permits since the last meeting.
Mr. David reported that
he had met with Robert Wensink concerning the lot split process for a 22 acre parcel
they were purchasing from the Rohrabacher family.
Mr. David reported that letters
had been sent to Timothy Williams, 12309 Patten Tract Road and Michele Ostheimer,
4817 Delematre Road. Mr. David said he had also contacted Mark Janowich at the Erie
County Health Department, about inspecting the property.
Road Superintendent
Mr. Kelley
reported that they had finished trimming the trees on Lovers Lane Road. He said several
people had stopped during the trimming process and commented on how much safer they
thought the road would be with the trees trimmed.
Mr. Kelley reported that he had
hit an unknown tile while he was digging the grave for Don Ebert. He said that eventually
they moved to another grave site because they couldn’t stem the flow of water from
the tile. He suggested that they get Fox’s Septic Service out to jet the tile, so
they could determine where the tile flows to.
There was also discussion about the
need to put the driveway to the back of the cemetery, shown in the cemetery map layout.
Mr. Kelley said it would eliminate a lot of work when you have to dig a grave in
wet weather. No decisions were made at this time.
Trustees
Mr. Leber said he attended
the Regional Planning meeting. He reported one of the topics discussed was the new
interest in natural gas exploration due to the new hydraulic fracturing process being
used. He reported that control of the exploration process would be coming from the
state level.
Mr. Leber reported that there was also discussion about pushing for a
county wide zoning program again.
Mr. Parker was absent.
Mr. Stewart reported that
he had received a call from Donna Dahs about picking up a deer caress on Wood Road.
He said he took it to the landfill.
Fiscal Officer
Mr. David said he had emailed Sandy
Rabino about the check Duane Galloway was holding containing the $3400 for the fire
calls to Central Erie Elevator. Mr. David said he was contacted by Gary Lickfelt,
who was handling the case. Mr. Lickfelt said after talking with Mr. Galloway, Mr.
Galloway had agreed to cut a check to the Township. Mr. Lickfelt said once he had
received the check he would forward it to the Township.
Mr. David reminded the Trustees
that they needed to turn in new slips for their health payments.
Communications
Communications
were reviewed.
Old Business
There was no old business.
New Business
Mr. David presented
copies of the Temporary Appropriations for 2012 to the Trustees for their review.
After some discussion, Mr. Leber moved to accept the Temporary Appropriations for
2012, Mr. Stewart seconded the motion. Roll was called, with all present voting yes;
motion carried.
Mr. David presented the mileage certificate from the State of Ohio
for their approval. Mr. Leber moved to certify the mileage amount, Mr. Stewart seconded
the motion. Roll was called, with all present voting yes; motion carried.
Mr. Leber
moved to pay the bills in the amount of $17,792.80, Mr. Stewart seconded the motion.
Roll was called, with all present voting yes; motion carried.
No further business,
Mr. Stewart moved to adjourn.
Approved:
Michael Parker, President
Phillip M. David,
Fiscal Officer
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Michael G Parker-President
567-205-0001
Cell: 419-704-2549
James W. Stewart-Trustee
419-359-1576
Cell: 419-656-3243
Scott Leber-Trustee
419-465-2294
Cell: 419-706-5850