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 the Trustees were present, also present was Phillip David, Fiscal Officer/Zoning Inspector. Road Superintendent Andy Dunlap was absent.

Mr. Leber 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. Stewart moved to open nominations, Mr. Parker seconded the motion. Roll was called, with all present answering yes, motion carried.

Mr. Stewart nominated Mr. Parker for President of the Board, Mr. Leber seconded the nomination. Mr. Leber 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 of all in favor of electing Mr. Parker President of the Board, all present answered yes, Mr. Parker is the 2024 President of the Board.

Mr. David yielded the gavel to Mr. Parker, who moved to open nominations for Vice-President of the Board, Mr. Leber seconded the motion. Roll was called, with all present answering yes, motion carried. 

Mr. Leber moved to nominate Mr. Stewart for Vice President of the Board, Mr. Parker seconded the nomination. Mr. Leber moved to close the nominations for Vice-Present of the Board, Mr. Parker seconded the motion. Roll was called, with all present answering yes, nominations were closed.

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

Minutes 

Mr. Parker moved to approve the minutes for the December 21, 2023 meeting, Mr. Leber seconded the motion. Roll was called, with all present answering yes; motion carried.

Guests  

No guests were present.

Zoning Report:

Mr. David said he didn’t have anything to report.

Road Superintendent: 

Mr. Dunlap was absent, due to being on vacation.

Mr. Dunlap left a quote for refurnishing the current salt shed. He also left a letter questioning the Trustees about appling for a grant thru the EPA to build a new salt shed on the Delematre Road property. 

No decision was made at this time.

Trustees:

Mr. Leber – reported that he had been contacted by Smetzer Alarm Systems, saying that they would be doing some upgrading to the current Township alarm system. 

Mr. Leber requested a copy of the bill from Generator Systems, Medina, Ohio who had inspected the emergency generator and evaluated it’s condition following the oil loss and emergency shut down.

Mr. Parker – said he didn’t have anything to report at this time.

Mr. Stewart – reported that he had been in contact with Cuellar Electric & Generator LLC about replacing the current emergency generator that had been damaged because of a crankcase ventilator freeze up. He said they would install a new 26kw Kohler Standby Generator, a new transfer switch, a new 3-inch concrete pad for the generator to sit on, for Thirteen thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars ($13,850.00). After some discussion, Mr. Parker moved to purchase the new emergency generator package from Cuellar Electric & Generator LLC, Mr. Leber seconded the motion. Roll was called, with all present answering yes; motion carried.

Fiscal Officer 

Mr. David said he didn’t have anything to report.

Communications

There were no communications to review.

Old Business

There was no old business to discuss.

New Business:  

There were no bills to pay.

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