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The Poland Township Board of Trustees held their regular meeting July 24, 2014 at the Poland Township Government Center located at 3339 Dobbins Road, Poland, Ohio. Chairman Ungaro called the meeting to order at 6:04 p.m. Mr. D’Orio opened the meeting with the Pledge of Allegiance. There were several residents present.

 

Fiscal Office Paul Canter called the Roll, present were
Chairman Ungaro,
Trustee Lidle &
Trustee Wollet

PUBLIC HEARING SUNCREST DRIVE LIGHTING DISTRICT
Some residents removed their name from the Suncrest Drive Lighting District petition, making the votes less the 50% of those who desire to have the lights put up. There will be no further discussion due to lack of petition signatures.

ADMINISTRATION
Chairman Ungaro mention there are no minutes to approve. In the future all minute will be uploaded to the new website.

Trustee Lidle motioned to approve all outstanding checks for the township seconded by Ungaro. Voting yes – Ungaro, Lidle & Wollet. . . motion carried.

Trustee Lidle motioned for adoption of Resolution #14‐13 to authorize the continuation of Poland Twp. Gas Aggregation Program, and seconded by Wollet. Voting Yes – Ungaro, Lidle & Wollet. . . motioned carried

Trustee Lidle motioned to pass Resolution # 14‐14 Nuisance Notice for 7143 Youngstown – Pittsburgh Rd, 2416 Bellaire, 6813 Luteran Ln, 3139 Center Rd, 8595 Shady Glen Trail, Youngstown – Pittsburgh Rd at E Western Reserve Rd & Youngstown – Pittsburgh Rd at Harvest Run Trail, and Seconded by Ungaro. Voting Yes – Ungaro, Lidle & Wollet. . . motioned carried

Trustee Lidle motioned to pass Resolution # 14‐15 Lighting District – Moore Road (Poland Township Park), seconded by Wollet. Voting yes – Ungaro, Wollet & Lidle. . . motioned carried

 

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Trustee Lidle motioned to pass Resolution # 14‐16 Nuisance Recovery Rates. Owners of property have 10 days to rectify the situation before Township arranges it to be taken care of. The rates for these arrangements to approve are:

‐ $150.00/hr for general removal of yard debris per lot from private property that constitutes a nuisance per Ohio Revised Code 505.87.

‐ $250.00 for removal of overgrown vegetation per lot from private property that constitutes a nuisance per Ohio Revised Code 505.87.

Seconded by Wollet. Voting yes – Ungaro, Wollet & Lidle. . . motioned carried.

Trustee Lidle motioned to approve Addendum #1 between the F.O.P and Poland Township, seconded by Wollet. Voting yes – Ungaro, Wollet, Lidle . . . motioned carried.

Trustee Lidle motioned to approve Nick Mozingo’s Eagle Scout Project & allow expenditures from Township not to exceed for $750.00 & also with provision some funds be raised privately. Nick’s project is at Poland Center Cemetery, he will be putting up signs, adding some parking spaces and taking down dead trees, Seconded by Ungaro. Voting yes – Ungaro, Wollet & Lidle . . . motioned carried.

 

Trustee Lidle motioned to approve Eagle Scout Project for Sam Buzas, this project is also at Poland Center Cemetery. Sam will be putting up an additional flag at the cemetery, seconded by Ungaro. Voting yes – Ungaro, Wollet & Lidle . . . motioned carried.

Fiscal Office, Paul Canter, gave the financial report for June 2014 as follows:

 

Revenue ‐ $251,189
Expenditures ‐ $211,664

 

 

Advisory Board Chairman, Mike Heher, updated the board as follows:

‐ IPAC meeting on July 29, 2014
‐ Butterfly garden paperwork being finalized to be a nationally certified butterfly garden
‐ Replanted trees
‐ Going to lose 20% of trees in park which are ash trees determined by, Mike Fox, who did a detailed inventory of trees in park a few years ago.

 

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‐ 6 Brown Bats in the bat boxes – Bat population declining due to disease & mosquito population increasing.

 

‐ Acre trails is drying up & gravel will be put down soon. Three loads of gravel has already been delivered to the park.

 

‐ Ordering more Daffodil bulbs for fall planting

 

‐ 34 species of trees at park now there are 51 species and adding more soon.

 

Recycling Department
No Report. Administrator, Jim Scharville was not present at meeting

 

Zoning Department
No Report. Zoning Inspector, Robert Monus was not present at meeting

 

Road Department
No Report. Road Superintendent, Tom Monus was not present at meeting.

 

Police Department
Chief Goodin gave Monthly Stats for June 2014 (report on file)

Chief updated on arrests for recent car break‐ins and gave suggestions on how to keep future break‐ins from occurring.

 

Public Comment
‐ Carl Hallquist spoke in regards to the conditions of the sidewalks.

‐ Trustee Lidle addressed the Sidewalk Project concern and stated that ODOT has final decision on project. Gary D’Orio has submitted plan to County, pending their response.

‐ Trustee Wollet removes herself from podium at 7:32

‐ Residents with complaints about Cliffview spoke. Those who spoke were: Steve Stanislav Trustee Wollet returned podium at 7:39

‐ Chief Goodin was excused at 7:39

 

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‐ David Bakalar from Fok Engineering gave Canterbury presentation. The estimate is $650,000 for construction and that’s roughly a 350 Ft. box culvert.

There being no further business, Trustee Lidle moved to adjourn at 8:33 p.m and seconded by Ungaro.

 

Voting yes – Lidle, Ungaro, Wollet… motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 8:33 p.m

 

 

Attest:
Eric C. Ungaro, Chairman

Joanne Wollet, Trustee
Robert Lidle, Jr., Trustee

Paul J. Canter, Fiscal Officer