Pizzino called the meeting to order at 4:00 p.m. at the Jackson Township Hall with all Trustees, Fiscal Officer, Lyon, Fitzgerald and Heck present.
Pizzino moved and Burger seconded a motion to go into Executive Session for Fire Department Personnel (Appointment/Employment/Compensation) – Interview applicants for Captain.
Pizzino moved and Burger seconded a motion to go into Executive Session for Police Department Personnel (Appointment/Employment/Compensation) – Interview applicants for part-time patrol officer and for police aide.
Upon return from Executive Session, Pizzino called the General Session to order at 6:00 p.m. He requested that all cell phones and pagers be turned off at this time.
The Pledge of Allegiance was recited.
Public Speaks – None
Administration Department
Lyon introduced Mr. John Muhlbach as a
representative of the OTARMA Plan. Mr. Muhlbach explained about the
savings brought about by increasing the deductibles and how that will offset
the increase in the liability limits.
ATTACHMENT 12/22/06 A
Meeks moved and Burger seconded a motion
to approve the insurance renewal from OTARMA for the Township’s liability
and property coverage in accordance with the attached recommendation.
ATTACHMENT 12/22/06 B
Meeks moved and Burger seconded a motion
to approve the Jackson Township Budget and Planning Document for 2007.
Meeks thanked the Board members and department heads for a job well done in creating the Budget and Planning Document.
Highway Department
Gonzalez explained that the light requested
for Caritas Circle and Wales Avenue could not come out of the assessment
fund since there is no lighting district in that area. It will have
to come out of the General Fund. Meeks suggested that while looking
ahead to further improvements such as sidewalks and lighting perhaps this
could be used to create a lighting district to encompass that whole area.
Gonzalez agreed that would be a good solution as long as someone did the
petition.
ATTACHMENT 12/22/06 C
Meeks moved and Burger seconded a motion
to approve the lighting request for Caritas Circle and Wales Avenue in
the amount of $3,368.87 for installation and $5.98 per month operation
cost.
Pizzino asked for clarification that this is a temporary light until the intersection improvements are completed. Boger said that was true.
Meeks said they had a meeting with Mr. DeHoff and members of the State, Congressman Regula and others involved with this project about the possibility of making the Fulton/Wales Intersection Improvement pedestrian friendly. He said the residents have always asked for and continue to ask for sidewalks. While sidewalks are very costly, however, when there is a major improvement such as this one, sidewalks are one thing they are trying to make sure is there when it is completed. He said for this project they are looking at a buffer between the sidewalk and the roadway which would allow for possibly trees and lighting. He said they have asked those involved with the project to talk and to help generate the funds to make this possible. And that it could be extended regardless of the direction any future development goes.
Gonzalez said one thing they’ve pushed
is the campus type effect they are trying to achieve. It’s the residents’
downtown and that is the theme they are trying to get across. Gonzalez
said they have asked for an architect’s drawing, a watercolor type thing,
that they could post and everyone could see what it would look like.
ATTACHMENT 12/22/06 D
Meeks moved and Burger seconded a motion
to table the request to receive a design proposal from M.E. Companies to
achieve design leading to construction of a traffic signal in 2007 at Arlington
and Fulton as warranted, intended, and budgeted.
Meeks said since it was originally agreed that the Stark County Engineer would design the signal, it is not right that Jackson Township be expected to incur the expense because the Stark County Engineer Department has lost the employee designated to do the work. He requested that Boger discuss this again with the Stark County Engineer.
ATTACHMENT 12/22/06 E
Meeks moved and Burger seconded a motion
to table the request for a variance to develop Spring Landing allotment
without the curb and gutter system.
ATTACHMENT 12/22/06 F
Meeks moved and Burger seconded a motion
to table the request for a variance to develop Lake O’Springs allotment
without the curb and gutter system.
ATTACHMENT 12/22/06 G
Pizzino moved and Meeks seconded a motion
to approve the appropriation transfer request from account code 204.310.5220,
Hospitalization, to account code 204.310.5110, Regular Salaries, in the
amount of $37,000.00.
Legal Department
RESOLUTION 06-124, ATTACHED
Meeks moved and Burger seconded a motion
to adopt and authorize the placement of the Board’s signatures upon the
attached Agreement with Bates Amusement, Inc.
Park Department
ATTACHMENT 12/22/06 H
Meeks moved and Burger seconded a motion
to approve the appropriation transfer from account code 214.510.5387, Discretionary,
to account code 214.510.5220, Hospitalization, in the amount of $3,389.93.
Police Department
ATTACHMENT 12/22/06 I
Meeks moved and Burger seconded a motion
to adopt and accept the attached grant from the Office of the Attorney
General for the Drug Abuse Resistance Education program in the amount of
$16,358.00.
ATTACHMENT 12/22/06 J
Meeks moved and Burger seconded a motion
to hire Daniele R. Ineman as a part-time Police Aide, through the temporary
service, at the rate of $8.25 per hour, effective January 2, 2007.
Meeks moved and Burger seconded a motion to hire Monica Linkowski as a part-time Police Aide, through the temporary service, at the rate of $8.25 per hour, effective January 2, 2007.
RESOLUTION 06-125, ATTACHED
Meeks moved and Burger seconded a motion
pursuant to ORC Section 505.49 and 509.01, we hereby appoint Richard J.
Leon as Part Time Patrol Officer and Township Constable for the Jackson
Township Police District, Stark County, Ohio, contingent upon providing
proof of Ohio Peace Officer Training Academy certification, successful
completion of the psychological and physical evaluation, background check,
negative drug screen and any other testing requirements.
RESOLUTION 06-126, ATTACHED
Meeks moved and Burger seconded a motion
pursuant to ORC Section 505.49 and 509.01, we hereby appoint Andrew D.
Pratt as Part Time Patrol Officer and Township Constable for the Jackson
Township Police District, Stark County, Ohio, contingent upon providing
proof of Ohio Peace Officer Training Academy certification, successful
completion of the psychological and physical evaluation, background check,
negative drug screen and any other testing requirements.
RESOLUTION 06-127, ATTACHED
Meeks moved and Burger seconded a motion
pursuant to ORC Section 505.49 and 509.01, we hereby appoint Brian Vannest
as Part Time Patrol Officer and Township Constable for the Jackson Township
Police District, Stark County, Ohio, contingent upon providing proof of
Ohio Peace Officer Training Academy certification, successful completion
of the psychological and physical evaluation, background check, negative
drug screen and any other testing requirements.
RESOLUTION 06-128, ATTACHED
Meeks moved and Burger seconded a motion
pursuant to ORC Section 505.49 and 509.01, we hereby appoint Jacqueline
Ecrement as Part Time Patrol Officer and Township Constable for the Jackson
Township Police District, Stark County, Ohio, contingent upon providing
proof of Ohio Peace Officer Training Academy certification, successful
completion of the psychological and physical evaluation, background check,
negative drug screen and any other testing requirements.
Fiscal Office
ATTACHMENT 12/22/06 K
Meeks moved and Burger seconded a motion
to pay the bills in the amount of $493,541.22.
ATTACHMENT 12/22/06 L
Meeks moved and Burger seconded a motion
to approve the minutes of the December 11, 2006 Board of Trustees meeting.
RESOLUTION 06-129, ATTACHED
Pizzino moved and Meeks seconded a motion
pursuant to attached ORC Section 5705.13(A)(1), we hereby amend attached
Resolution 05-106 to now read as follows:
1. Establish a Reserve Balance Account to accumulate currently available resources in the Fire Levy Fund for the purpose of stabilizing the Fire Department Budget against cyclical changes in revenues and expenditures.
2. Authorize the transfer of $366,877.83, per attached Exhibit A, from Account 210.210.5967 to be deposited in a special fund for Fire Department operating purposes named Fire Levy Reserve Balance Account Fund #420 and shall be established, maintained and the monies therein to be invested by the Township Fiscal Officer.
3. Authorize the establishment of the following new codes in the accounting system: Fund #420 – Fire Reserve Balance Fund, Receipt #420.000.4990 transfers in from Fire Fund, and Expense code #420.210.5951 – Fire Reserve Balance Fund, Fire operations cost center, transfer to #210 Fire Levy object code.
RESOLUTION 06-130, ATTACHED
Meeks moved and Burger seconded a motion
pursuant to attached ORC Section 5705.13(A)(1), we hereby amend attached
Resolution 03-078 to now read as follows:
1. Establish a Reserve Balance Account to accumulate currently available resources in the Police Levy Fund for the purpose of stabilizing the Police Department Budget against cyclical changes in revenues and expenditures.
2. Authorize the transfer of $175,000.00, per attached Exhibit A, from Account 209.250.5968 to be deposited in a special fund for Police Department operating purposes named Police Levy Reserve Balance Account Fund #430 and shall be established, maintained and the monies therein to be invested by the Township Fiscal Officer.
3. Authorize the establishment of the following new codes in the accounting system: Fund #430 – Police Reserve Balance Fund, Receipt #430.000.4900 transfers in from Police Fund, and Expense code #430.250.5956 – Police Reserve Balance fund, Police operations cost center, transfer to #209 Police fund object code.
ATTACHMENT 12/22/06 M
Meeks moved and Burger seconded a motion
to approve fund transfers in accordance with the reserve account resolutions
at this meeting:
| Amount | From Fund | Description | To Fund | Description |
| $175,000.00 | 209 | Police Levy | 430 | Police Reserve Balance |
| $2,000.00 | 420 | Fire Reserve | 210 | Fire Levy |
ATTACHMENT 12/22/06 N
Meeks moved and Burger seconded a motion
to transfer the insurance premium account interest posted in 2006 in the
amount of $3,721.87 from General Fund #101 to Self-Funded Medical Insurance
Fund #727.
ATTACHMENT 12/22/06 O
Meeks moved and Burger seconded a motion
to approve the appropriation transfer request from account code 101.150.5806,
Election Expense to account code 101.150.5953, Transfer to #727, in the
amount of $1,721.87.
ATTACHMENT 12/22/06 P
Meeks moved and Burger seconded a motion
to approve the Permanent Appropriations for 2007 in the amount of $32,290,274.67.
Routine Business
Announcements
New Business
ATTACHMENT 12/22/06 Q
Meeks moved and Burger seconded a motion
not to request a hearing on the advisability of issuing the liquor permit
to Evets Enterprises, Inc. dba Papa Gyros, 4760 Everhard Road.
ATTACHMENT 12/22/06 R
Meeks moved and Burger seconded a motion
to accept the donation of a 3” caliper red oak tree planted in North Park
in memory of Thomas K. Boger from the Boger family.
Meeks moved and Burger seconded a motion to accept a $3,000.00 donation to the Park Department from the Jackson Baseball Association.
Public Speaks – Open Forum
No one came forward.
Pizzino moved and Meeks seconded a motion to go back into Executive Session for Land Acquisition.
Pizzino moved and Meeks seconded a motion to go back into Executive Session for Fire Department Personnel (Appointment/Employment/Compensation).
ATTACHMENT 12/22/06 S
At 6:45 p.m., Gonzalez opened the Annual
Records Commission Meeting with John Pizzino, President of the Board of
Trustees present.
Gonzalez moved and Pizzino seconded a motion to authorize the Record Disposal in accordance with the Record Retention and Disposal Regulations.
Gonzalez moved and Pizzino seconded a motion to adjourn the Annual Records Commission Meeting.
Upon return from Executive Session, Meeks moved and Pizzino seconded a motion to adjourn.
| _____________________________ | _____________________________ |
| John Pizzino, President | Randy Gonzalez, Fiscal Officer |