Month: November 2021

The Nov. 15 work session begins at 1:00, with a Special Session following at 1:30 to discuss options to keep a township deputy following failure of the police levy. The trustees will Meet at 12:30 that day with road department members for employment reviews. All meetings are in the Meeting Room of Station 51, 3333 Lake Rd.

Bethel Township Trustees 3333 Lake Road 6:00 p.m.

Welcome and pledge:  Led by Trustee Don Minton

Prayer:  Led by Trustee Nancy Brown

In Attendance: Trustees Don Minton, Dave Phares and Nancy Brown, Fiscal Officer Stacey McKenzie, Deputy Nick Moody, Township Coordinator Rhonda Ledford

Announcements:  Trustee Don Minton said a word of thanks to all Veterans as we are approaching Veterans Day.   

Citizen comments relating to agenda items:  

21-11-09-01 Trustee Don Minton moves to accept the agenda.  Second by Trustee Nancy Brown. R/C:   All ayes.

21-11-09-02 Trustee Dave Phares moves to pay the bills, check numbers 65374 through 65414 and ACH payments    1232-2021 through 1341-2021 in the amount of $ 91,079.30. Second by Trustee Nancy Brown. R/C: All ayes.      

21-11-09-03 Trustee Nancy Brown moves to dispense with reading and accept the minutes from the regular meeting of October 26, 2021. Second by Trustee Don Minton. R/C:  All ayes.

NEW BUSINESS

Administrative  

21-11-09-04 Trustee Nancy Brown moves to declare each of the following properties a separate nuisance to be abated. Second by Trustee Dave Phares. R/C: All ayes.

424 Sycamore Rd. Six cars all over the street. Complaints of being unable to pass and having to drive in people’s yards.

464 Sycamore Rd. Rental property that is not taken care of. Dogs left in house with no one living there. Humane society has been contacted to investigate.

The new owner of 10816 Lower Valley Pike states that he is having a hard time pulling out of his driveway due to the trees located at 10790 Lower Valley Pike. He stated that the resident that lives there will not allow him to trim the trees back and has even called the Sheriff on him.

Can we help? Trustee Dave Phares said he will contact the engineer’s office for help in this matter since this is a county road.

Four more lots in the Donnelsville Cemetery have been sold. FYI, a price list of surrounding cemeteries is attached for you to see and compare prices of Donnelsville VS other cemeteries. (Donnelsville $300 per grave; New Carlisle $600 per grave; Medway Cemetery $650 for one or $600 each if bought two or more; Glen Haven Memorial Park $1,895.)

Trustee Don Minton stated we will look at this at the beginning of the new year.

Thursday, December 9, 2021, at the Hollenbeck Bayley Creative Arts and Conference Center, 275 South Limestone Road, Springfield, Ohio. 

Social hour will begin at 6 p.m. with dinner being served at 6:30 p.m.

The dinner cost for each current Township Trustee and Fiscal Officer will be paid by the County Engineer. You may bring a guest if you so desire, although at your own expense of $25 per person. Reservations must be made by November 24, 2021

Please sign up if you are attending. Those attending will be Don Minton, Dave Phares & wife, Nancy Brown and husband, Stacey McKenzie and husband and Rhonda Ledford

21-11-09-05 Trustee Dave Phares moves to approve Dell’s extended service warranty for the PowerEdge R440 upgrades and extensions that is set to expire on Nov.1, 2021 The cost is $1,406.58. The new contract will expire 10/21/2023. Each Trustee and the fiscal officer are provided a copy. Second by Trustee Nancy Brown. R/C: All ayes.

2021 Township Officials Training in Delaware County is Saturday, December 4, 2021. The time is 7:30 am to 12:30 PM. It is open to all township officials.

21-11-09-06 Trustee Dave Phares moves to approve the hiring of Angel Stastny for the cleaning job at both Community Centers pending the outcome of her pre-employment tests. The pay rate is $13.00 per hour. Second by Trustee Nancy Brown. R/C: All ayes.

Clark County Community Development would like to know if we would be interested in going in with the Land Bank and paying to demolish the building on the corner of Lake Rd. and Cedar.  The cost is approx. $26,000.00.  This includes the removal of trash and tires before the demolition. More discussion will be needed to make this decision.

Fire  

21-11-09-07 Trustee Don Minton moves to approve the Request to purchase of 2 V18-BL-SP Supervac fan $4,845.00 each total $9,690.00 from All American Fire equipment. These are battery powered fans with batteries and chargers and will replace current electric and battery powered fans. We took generators off E-54 and the New Rescue which saved us 52,000 in initial costs plus the maintenance costs. (I believe this savings is worth the costs of the fan states Chief Jacob King). Second by Trustee Dave Phares.  R/C: All ayes. 

 21-11-09-08 Trustee Nancy Brown moves to approve the request to purchase 4” Storz w/ Cap Revolution Intake Valve (Swivel Elbow Inlet) At a cost of $1726.50 each. Requesting 3 of these for a total cost of 5,179.50. Second by Trustee Don Minton. R/C: All ayes.

21-11-09-09 Trustee Dave Phares moves to approve a then and now for Door’s Galore in the amount of $5,757.00 for the service call to install trim and wrap the entire (8) jams of overhead doors at the fire station. Second by trustee Don Minton. R/C: All ayes.

Road  

21-11-09-10 Trustee Dave Phares moves to approve a then and now to pay for four catch basins already installed at a total cost of $6,400.00., and to contract with Glenn Lewis Construction for the replacement of four more catch basins in the Park Layne area. The cost of each basin is not to exceed $1,800.00. This will be weather permitting.  Second by Trustee Don Minton. R/C: All ayes.

21-11-09-11 Trustee Don Minton moves to approve payment to the Clark County Engineers $2,232.80 for the purchase of pipe and bands for ditch work on Lammes Lane.  Second by Trustee Nancy Brown.  R/C: All ayes.

21-11-09-12 Trustee Nancy Brown moves to certified ODOT milage for 2021 as 58.198.  Verification is due by November 24, 2021. Second by Trustee Dave Phares. R/C: All ayes.

Set a meeting for a performance review of road employees. A performance review will be held on Tuesday, November 16, 2021, at 12:30 pm. The road department has been notified.

Police

Discussion on the future policy levy.

Checking into all options for availability of funding and resources to keep our deputy. We will be researching COPS Grants.

Work Session:   

21-11-09-13 Trustee Don Minton moves to set the work session for Tuesday, November 16, 2021, at 12:30 PM for performance review for the road department new hires. Township trustees will meet at 1:00 to discuss the reviews. Second by Trustee Second by Trustee Dave Phares. R/C: All ayes.

21-11-09-14 Trustee Nancy Brown moves to set a special session on November 16, 2021, at 1:30 to discuss the police levy and hiring of an attorney for advice on expenditures from the ARP Funds.  Second by Trustee Don Minton. R/C: All ayes.

21-11-09-15 Trustee Nancy Brown moves to approve the recommendation of the Clark County Engineers to submit a grant application for funding to resurface Lammes Lane at the cost of $200,000.00. Second by Trustee Dave Phares. R/C: All ayes.

Citizen comments open forum

Those in attendance of the meeting were as follows:

Nick Reichert, Heather Chappell, Sam George, Kevin Becker, Bill Lindsey, and Ray Nelson.

Citizen Nick Reichart Thanked the Bethel Township Road Dept. for doing a great job on the work that was performed on Lammes Lane. He also asked if some gravel could be added to keep the ditch line from washing away during the rainy season.

21-11-09-16 Trustee Don Minton moves to adjourn the meeting at 7:46 PM Second by Trustee Nancy Brown. R/C: All ayes.

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Bethel Township Trustees

3333 Lake Road

6:00 p.m.

Welcome and pledge:   Led by Trustee Don Minton

Prayer: Led by Chief Jacob King

In Attendance: Trustees Don Minton & Dave Phares, Fiscal officer Stacey McKenzie, Chief King.

Announcements:      

Citizen comments relating to agenda items:  

21-10-26-01 Trustee Don Minton moves to accept the agenda.  Second by Trustee Dave Phares.  R/C:   All ayes.

21-10-26-02 Trustee Dave Phares moves to pay the bills, check numbers 65345 through 65386 and ACH deductions 1105-2021 through 1231-2021 in the amount of $37,518.45 Second by Trustee Don Minton. R/C: All ayes.    

21-10-26-03 Trustee Don Minton moves to dispense with reading and accept the minutes from the regular meeting of October 12, 2021. Second by Trustee Dave Phares. R/C: All ayes

 OLD BUSINESS

NEW BUSINESS

Administrative

Information was sent to each of the Trustees about the lodging tax.  

There will be a viewing and public hearing for the proposed public road vacation known as Pawneee Drive located in Arrowhead Acres Subdivision filed by James Morgan in Bethel Township on Wednesday, November 2, 2021 @ 10:00 am. At the Springview Government Center.

Fire  

Road  

21-10-26-04 Trustee Don Minton moves to approve the retirement of John Michael Allender effective October 31, 2021, from the Bethel Township Road Department and thank him for his 30 years of service.  Second by Trustee Dave Phares.  R/C: All ayes.   Filed in Mike’s folder

We still need the road department men to complete their CDL license.

21-10-26-05 Trustee Dave Phares moves to accept a then and now bid from C&S Tree Service for $2,250.00 to remove tree that has fallen over Island Dr.  Second by Trustee Don Minton.  R/C: All ayes

Police

Work Session:   

Trustee __ moves to set the work/special session for _______________ at __________
Second by Trustee __ R/C:  None scheduled

Citizen comments open forum

21-10-26-06 Trustee Don Minton moves to go into executive session at 7:01pm. Executive session ends at 7:17PM.  Second by Trustee Dave Phares.  R/C: All ayes.

21-10-26-07 Trustee Dave Phares moves to adjourn the meeting at 7:17pm Second by Trustee Dave Phares. R/C: All ayes