Pledge

President Michael Parker 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 and Road Superintendent David Kelley.

Minutes:

Mr. Stewart moved to accept the June 17^th minutes, Mr. Leber seconded the motion. Roll was called, with all present voting yes; motion carried.

Guests:

Ashley Ballah, Director for Fisher Titus North Central EMS was present at the meeting, she asks the Trustees if they had and questions or comments on the service being provided by North Central EMS. Reviewing the EMS run report for June, Mr. Stewart questioned about some of the codes that appear on the individual run listings. Ms. Ballah reviewed the code system and explained what each code stood for. After some discussion, the Trustees “Thanked” Ms. Ballah for stopping by and she left for Groton Township to attend their meeting.

OPENING OF BIDS FOR THOMAS ROAD ASPHALT

Mr. David opened the bids received for the asphalting of the final third of Thomas Road with the following results;

Gerkin Paving - $50,549.00

7L Construction - $41,446.40    

After some discussion, Mr. Stewart moved to reject both bids for the asphalting of the final third of Thomas Road, Mr. Leber seconded the motion. Roll was called, with all present answer yes, motion carried. Mr. David said he would notify Cathy Griggs at the County Engineers office of their decision.

Zoning Report:

Mr. David reported that he had issued 3 permits since the last meeting.

1.     Kyle Heyman, 4120 Higbee Road – new front porch/deck

2.     Cole & Megan Galloway, 6694 Mason Road – new dwelling

3.     Clay & Madeline Fries, 12115 Livingood Road – new dwelling

Road Superintendent

Mr. Kelley reported that they had started crack sealing on Wood Road. Mr. Kelley said the pump on the crack sealing machine needs replaced, he said they did some repair work on it but it still pumps real slow. He said a new pump cost $2100 dollars, split three ways it would cost each Township $700. After some discussion, Mr. Stewart moved to purchase a new pump for the crack seal machine, Mr. Leber seconded the motion. Roll was called, with all present answering yes; motion carried. Mr. Kelley said after inventorying what crack seal material he had on hand, he ordered four more pallets of  crack seal material to cover what was planned for the summer work.

Mr. Kelley said he had mowed the railroad property on Delematre Road where the old elevator had sat. 

Trustees;

Mr. Leber said he would be out of town on each Thursday that the meetings were scheduled for in August so he requested that the meeting dates be moved to Wednesday for the month of August. After some discussion, Mr. Leber moved to move the meeting dates to the first and third Wednesdays for the month of August, Mr. Stewart seconded the motion. Roll was called, with all present answering yes; motion carried. Mr. David said he would see that it was advertised.

Mr. Leber reported that he had contacted Jim Phifler about doing the finish work connecting the garage door openers at the new building. He said Mr. Phifler would do the job for $200 dollars. Mr. Parker moved to hire Mr. Phifler to finished the garage door hookup, Mr. Stewart seconded the motion. Roll was called, with all present voting yes, motion carried.

Mr. Parker presented a draft of an Erie County Resolution coordinating local regulations with recently passed State Regulations regarding the personal use of fireworks at selected times on special holidays. After some discussion, Mr. Stewart moved to approve the resolution, Mr. Leber seconded the motion. Roll was called, with all present answering yes; motion carried.

Mr. Stewart suggested that the Township purchase smoke detectors to be handed out to residents attending the upcoming meet “Your Fire Department Open House” being put on by the Groton Township Fire Department and the Oxford Township Trustees. After some discussion, Mr. Leber moved to purchase smoke detectors for the event, Mr. Stewart seconded the motion. Roll was called, with all present voting yes; motion carried.

Fiscal Officer

Mr. David said he didn’t have anything to add at this time

Communications

Communications were reviewed.

Old Business;

Covered earlier in the meeting. 

New Business:

No further business to discuss, the meeting was adjourned.

Michael G. Parker, President of Board                   Phillip M. David, Fiscal Officer