The Clerk will announce the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag @ 7:00 PM
The Supervisor will call the meeting to order.
Board Members Present for Roll Call: Supervisor: Russell L Zeine_X__
Trustees: William J. Gerdes __X__ Rich D Murray __X __ Stacie L Breedlove __X__
Maurice Super __X__ Clerk: Rhonda L Hodges __X__
Supervisor: Announce quorum present.
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Note Attendance: Road Commissioner - Dennis Beckman _X__ Tax Assessor - Alice Dailey __X__
Visitors: None
Corrections or Additions to Agenda: Additions to the agenda may be discussed; however, if action is needed by the Board such action must be taken at another meeting when the topic is posted on the agenda 48 hours prior to the meeting. _________________________________________________________________________________
APPROVE MINUTES of Previous Meetings:
1. Prior to tonight’s meeting, copies of Minutes from the Regular Monthly Meeting held on
8/15/2024, was distributed to Board Members for their review.
MOTION to accept the Minutes as presented made by R. Murray; second _S. Breedlove__. Motion ___5___Ayes __0___ Nays
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AUDIT CURRENT EXPENDITURES, Investments, Transfer of Funds, Budget Line-Item Transfers:
1. MOTION to accept payment for all Town Fund Invoices as presented to the Board on the Disbursement Summary 9/19/2024, in the amount of $ 4,600.18
Motion _R. Murray__________; second _W. Gerdes__________
Roll call: Gerdes X Murray ___X____ Breedlove ___X____ Super ___X____ Zeine __X____
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2. MOTION to accept payment for all General Road Fund Invoices as presented to the Board on the Disbursement Summary 9/19/2024, in the amount of $ 6,635.87 with supplemental
$ 3051.01 for total $ 9686.88.
Motion _R. Murray______; second M. Super .
Roll call: Gerdes X Murray __X____ Breedlove ___X____ Super __X____ Zeine __X____
VISITORS ADDRESSING THE BOARD: No visitors
TOWN BUILDING, GROUNDS & EQUIPMENT: Denny has started cleaning up the area around the building.
COMMUNICATIONS & Correspondence: The Township previously signed up with Energy Harbor for the electric supplier still billed via Ameren which is 10.9 cents now. Russ signed up with Eligo this time, which has cost of 4.59 cents which is 5.5 cents cheaper than the other company.
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TOWN BUSINESS ~ Supervisor: Russ shared information with the board that if Township property or land is going to be leased, it would need to be approved at the Annual Town Meeting.
CLERK BUSINESS: Rhonda is working on caucus information.
ROAD BUSINESS ~ Highway Commissioner: Denny stated he does not want to tear up Stranz Road, so he is having them “line” it. The fuel tank was broken into at the maintenance building. He received a call from AG-Land about heavy usage between 3 or 4 in the morning and the police were notified. Denny will be setting up cameras to help with future issues. The insurance company finally returned Denny’s calls about the accident on Tuscarora in July, and we should not have a problem being paid. Denny received a call from a resident on Hickory Street who stated there is a drug house on the road and the resident called the police; so, Denny explained there is not much we can do about it and calling the police is his best option if further issues. Denny stated he we have plenty of salt for the winter season. He did receive a call from Com-Ed, and they would like to put a staging area at the Township for their helicopter since they are cutting trees. His only concern would be the power lines, but if they feel this isn’t a concern, he has no problem with this.
TRUSTEES/ Information / Business: Rich stated he found information that Wolston Homes has information about the cemetery. Alice will contact them to see if information can be found for the couple looking for information.
TAX ASSESSOR’S OFFICE / Information / Business: Russ asked about the number of calls Alice is receiving from residents. She explained many of these are due to farmland changes. Alice took Preferential Assessments for training. She discussed that the state does not have rates on wind power or battery storage yet. She also explained that if residents have solar that make money on, they would be considered commercial and would be assessed differently. Alice also took an ethics class during this training.
OLD UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
NEW BUSINESS: Discuss salaries: Russ reviews the amount from Perspective Magazine. Salaries will be set next month. The board discussed when raises were the last time, so they had some information to help with decisions for next month.
MOTION to adjourn made by _W. Gerdes _; second _S. Breedlove_____. The motion
passed unanimously.
The Meeting adjourned at 8:02 PM
Agenda Notes by Rhonda Hodges
The next Regular Monthly Meeting is scheduled for October 17, 2024