CROSBY TOWNSHIP BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Regular Meeting
September 30th, 2002
The Regular Business Meeting was called to order at 7:00 P.M.
with all Board Members present.
Mr. Storer made a motion to approve the minutes for the regular meeting held September 9th, 2002 as written. The motion was seconded by Mrs. Harper;
all were in favor.
Mr. Storer made a motion to approve the payment of $300.00 to GTI Certified Installers for the playground excavation. Mrs. Harper seconded the motion; all were in favor.
Mr. Strunk made a motion to approve a reimbursement to Bruce Downard in the amount of $68.37. Mr. Storer seconded the motion; all were in favor.
Mr. Strunk made a motion to approve payment of the bills presented, seconded by
Mrs. Harper; all were in favor.
Mrs. Harper received minutes from the Hamilton County TID meeting; a donation of $50.00 from Crossway Community Church for use of the township building; a ‘Notice’ from OKI Regional Council of Governments announcing their upcoming workshops and state funding project requests; a flyer announcing the Crosby Elementary Ham and Turkey Dinner; the minutes from Concerned Citizens meeting; an announcement of the Crosby Township Fire Dept. Dinner and Dance on December 14th; Library Links publication; a notice from the manufactured Homes Association; and a meeting change notice from the Hamilton County OTA.
Mr. Storer received a memo from Todd Portune outlining the waterline rates; meeting minutes from Hamilton County Environmental Services; the Community Compass Report; and a certificate of attendance from OTA.
Mr. Strunk received information on Stormwater Management from Planning Partnership.
Hamilton County Sheriff Lt. Wellbrock was present with the monthly reports.
Mrs. Harper indicated that she had received a phone call concerning a noise/dust problem on Baughman Road, which was caused by residents driving ‘all-terrain vehicles’
Steve Wentzel from Fluor Fernald reported on the Progress Briefing meeting.
Mr. Strunk thanked Steve for obtaining a $750.00 donation to help with the purchase of a digital camera and printer.
Mrs. Yocum was present to report for the FRESH Group. Their next meeting will be November 21st. Fresh will be celebrating their 18th year. Yocum provided information on Fernald’s Public Reading Room.
Public at Large: Boy Scouts from Troop 293 were present to once again announce the ‘Pancake Breakfast’ they will be sponsoring on Sunday October 6th.
Maintenance: Harry Meyers indicated that he received a phone call from a resident of Chipstone Drive, informing him of the washout at the end of the street caused by a Fire Hydrant being drained. Mr. Strunk will contact Cincinnati Water Works regarding the problem; Meyers personally thanked Tony Gober and Scott Knollman for their help with the dumpsters during the Township’s Fall Clean Up.
Mr. Strunk made a motion to approve up to $300.00 to have the Senior/Community Center exterminated. The motion was seconded by Mrs. Haper; all were in favor.
Fire Dept: Bruce Downard provided a report of activities for the department.
Mr. Strunk made a motion to approve $3846.00 for the purchase of fire gear. Mrs. Harper seconded the motion; all were in favor.
Mrs. Harper made a motion to approve $175.00 for Theresa Payne’s EMT refresher class. Mr. Storer seconded the motion; all were in favor.
There was discussion on spending $125.00 to send 2 fire department members to a Fire Station Planning seminar. There was no motion for approval.
Mrs. Harper made a motion to pay $150.00 for the cost of 2 fire department members to attend a Child Passenger Safety Training Program. Mr. Storer seconded the motion;
Mrs. Harper – yes, Mr. Storer – yes, Mr. Strunk – no.
Mr. Strunk made a motion to approve the cost of $200.00 for 4 fire department members to attend the Trauma Scope training. Mrs. Harper seconded the motion; all were in favor.
Clerk: Melody Inman requested approval for 4th Quarter Blanket Certificates.
Mr. Strunk made the motion, Mrs. Harper seconded the motion; all were in favor.
Mr. Strunk made the motion to allow the clerk to amend the appropriations within the funds as needed to pay the expenses for the remainder of the year. Mrs. Harper seconded the motion; all were in favor.
Contact was made with the County Auditor’s Office concerning the property taxes paid by DOE. Inman will continue to follow up until an answer is received.
Mr. Storer made a motion to approve up to $1000.00 for the Bicentennial Celebration.
Mr. Strunk seconded the motion; Mr. Strunk – yes, Mr. Storer – yes, Mrs. Harper – abstained.
Township Administrator: Jane Pirman sent letters to those properties in New Baltimore abutting with the swamp area regarding the mosquito and dumping problems.
Pirman also sent a Thank You letter to Steve Wentzel for the monetary donation.
JMA will be putting out bids for the Storm Water project.
Senior Director: Millie Wasinger reported on the recycling dumpsters, and the flu shots that will be available.
Zoning: Teri Hannon provided the information that will be available on the zoning web site. Hannon stated that the next Land Use Planning meeting would be October 15th.
There was discussion on the junk cars in the area, phone calls concerning the nuisance problems, and the status of the current nuisance complaints filed.
Rick Espel reported on his progress and tactics for handling the nuisances.
There was discussion on hiring Mr. James Huhn to help with the nuisance complaints.
Mrs. Harper will contact him to see if he is interested.
There was no old business to be reported.
There was no new business to be reported.
Mr. Strunk made a motion to go into Executive Session at 8:55 P.M. to discuss personnel. Mrs. Harper seconded the motion; all were in favor.
The regular meeting reconvened at 9:40 P.M.
Mrs. Harper made a motion to hire Erik Robinette as an EMT/FF. Mr. Storer seconded the motion; all were in favor.
Mrs. Harper made a motion to adjourn the regular meeting at 9:41 P.M. The motion was seconded by Mr. Storer; all were in favor.
(Minutes approved October 14th, 2002)