December 7, 2017

 

Pledge

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

Roll Call:

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

Minutes

Mr. Parker moved to approve the minutes for November 16^TH meeting, Mr. Stewart seconded the motion. Roll was called, with all present voting yes; motion carried.

Guests – There were no guests present.

Zoning Report:

Mr. David reported he issued one permit since the last meeting to Kurtis Kuns, 8612 Patten Tract Road for an accessory building.

Mr. David reported that he had spoken with Heidi Swanson, 4409 Delematre Road, about building a new garage and the required setback requirements, and Jason Dulaney, owner of the old Strawberry Hill property on Portland Road, about applying for a variance for non-conforming use of a property. Mr. David said the property is zoned “commercial” and Mr. Dulaney wants to build a new house, which isn’t an allowed use for a commercially zoned property.

Road Superintendent:

Mr. Kelley was excused for being on vacation.

Trustees:

Mr. Leber said after talking with Mr. Kelley about the outside building security lights constantly needing repaired, he suggested that they be replaced. After some discussion, it was suggested that he go to Wolf Brothers Supply and purchase new light fixtures. Mr. Stewart moved that up to $1000 be spent on new lights for the complex building, Mr. Parker seconded the motion. Roll was called with all present voting yes; motion carried.

Mr. Parker reported that in a discussion with Ron Brown, a Trustee for Groton Township, Mr. Brown said that Oxford Township should be receiving the first fire truck for the sub-station sometime in February or early March.

Mr. Stewart reported that he had talked with Tom Hermes about possible storage space; he said Mr. Hermes said the barns were all full.

Mr. Stewart said he had met with the safety inspector from OTARMA and they did a walk thru of the playground. He said she found several things that were questionable according to her, even though the playground had been brought up to safety standards recommended by the last inspector. After some discussion the Trustees decided to wait until the written report was received to make any decisions.

Fiscal Officer: 

Mr. David distributed copies of the purpose “Temporary Appropriations for 2018” for the Trustees to review. After some discussion, Mr. Parker moved to accept the purposed Temporary Appropriations for 2018; Mr. Stewart seconded the motion. Roll was called, with all present voting yes; motion to accept carried.

Communications:

Communications were reviewed.

Old Business:

Mr. David said a new proposal was made to the Kaiser Trust concerning rental of a different barn on Thomas Road, He said this proposal was for 6 months duration at $200 a month rental. Mr. David said he was waiting for a reply to his email.

The forced air heater proposal from Wilken Sheet Metal was reviewed. There was discussion as to why a force air heater was quoted instead of a radiant heater like those used in the other garage bays. It was decided that a quote for a radiant heater should be gotten and compared. After some more discussion, in order to keep things moving forward Mr. Stewart moved to purchase which ever was recommended the best with a maximum of $6000 to be spend for the heating system, Mr. Parker seconded the motion. Roll was called, with all present voting yes; motion pasted.

Mr. Parker moved that an air compressor be purchased for the fire truck bay with a maximum of 1200 dollars is spent, Mr. Stewart seconded the motion. Roll was called, with all present voting yes; motion passed. Mr. Leber said he would pick up the compressor.

New Business:

Mr. David presented an annual contract for maintenance of the emergency generator he had received from RKS Power Solutions. He said the current price for an annual contract is $260.00 a year, for 2018 it will go up to $300 per year. 

Mr. Parker moved to enter into an annual contract for maintenance of the emergency generator with RKS Power Solutions, Mr. Stewart seconded the motion. Roll was called with all present voting yes; motion carried.

Mr. Stewart moved to pay the bills in the amount of $5,282.46, Mr. Parker seconded the motion. Roll was called, with all present voting yes; motion carried.

No further business, the meeting was adjourned

 

Scott Leber, President                                    Phillip M. David, Fiscal Officerp>

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