Documenters: Mantua Township Trustees meeting for Aug. 7, 2025

Mantua Township Trustees
August 7, 2025 6 p.m.
11621 Mantua Center Rd.
Mantua, OH 44255

Attendance 

Trustees Susan Lilley, Matthew Benner and John Festa
Fiscal Officer Julia Pemberton
Administrative Assistant Michelle Stebbins
Custodian Tim Bennett

Summary

Bids for the work to repair water damage in the civic center are due Aug. 13, and the township trustees will meet with contractors on Aug. 14. At the time of the meeting, there was only one bid. The project includes fixing damage to the floors, stairs, an office, the kitchen and the women’s bathroom. The water damage was caused by a leaking roof over the winter. 

The trustees updated the public on the sewer project. They explained that they were waiting for approval from the state, and once they heard back, work would begin. The project will cost between $40,000 and $50,000, which covers fees to tap the civic center and township hall into the sewer system, pay an engineer and cap the current septic pipe. The septic system will belong to Mantua Center Christian Church after the township buildings are connected to the sewer. 

The trustees altered their contract with Nelson Granite to purchase one columbarium for the cemetery instead of two. They expect the project to now cost around $20,000. 

Several residents have submitted complaints about the quality of mowing on county roads. These roads are not managed by the township, but the trustees said they will talk to the county to address the issue. One resident also had concerns about township employees not properly trimming ditches, and this will also be looked into.

Dottie Summerlin, president of the Mantua Historical Society, brought several recommended upgrades for the township hall to the trustees’ attention, such as the need to paint the exterior and put a wall around the building to prevent water damage from rain. They explained that they expect to begin work on these issues in 2026.

There were several questions about Freedom of Information Act requests during the meeting. The trustees said they welcome any requests, and anyone who would like certain documents or has questions is encouraged to make a request to Fiscal Officer Julia Pemberton. Requests may be submitted by email or mail.

Documenter’s Notes

The trustees approved the minutes for the regular meeting held July 10 and the special meeting held July 24. 

Fiscal Officer Report: Julia Pemberton

Pemberton said that the current renewal levy is on track and that they are currently waiting on ballot language to be written up before the levy can be approved by the board of trustees. They will be receiving $54,000 next year for the local government. 

A bike race took place in Mantua Township on Sunday, Aug. 10. 

NOPEC and the trustees were thanked for installing air conditioning in the township hall. 

The trustees unanimously voted to approve the Fiscal Officer Report.

Township Officials’ Reports

Cemetery Report: Robin Gano

John Festa presented on behalf of Gano, who was not in attendance. There were no burials or lots sold in the cemetery in July.

Custodian Report: Tim Bennett
Tim Bennett said that he is busy this week, with four civic center rentals over the weekend. The trustees and custodian discussed the removal of a large fan from the center. It was decided that Tim Bennett will see if it is wanted in the township garage. 

Tim Bennett also explained that one urinal in the civic center is completely out of order, and two others have issues that need to be looked at. 

Festa asked Tim Bennett if the air conditioner is causing the electric bill increase. Tim Bennett said that he often finds the AC set to 60 degrees and does not know who turns it down. He always resets it to at least 75 degrees. Tim Bennett also said that he does not think the air conditioner would account for the entire increase. Festa added that the air conditioner needs to be serviced and he will look for quotes. 

Service Department Report: Matthew Bennett

Matthew Bennett said the township needs to get quality posts for the five new speed signs they purchased. 

Zoning Inspector Report: Rich Gano

On the zoning inspector’s behalf, since he was not present, Festa informed the trustees that Rich Gano’s email was now fixed. 

Zoning Commission Report: Lynn Harvey

Harvey was not present. Festa said that the last set of amendments for the zoning book have been recorded and formatted. They will be given to the trustees in the near future to update their hard copies of the zoning book. Festa says the township’s goal is to set up Microsoft Word documents for these types of documents to make them easier to edit, convert to PDFs and then post on the township website. 

Board of Zoning Appeals Report: Joan Martin

Martin was not present to provide a report. 

Chamber of Commerce Report: Carole Pollard

Pollard was not present but did email Festa information to read at the meeting. At 6 p.m. on Aug. 14, there will be a fundraiser for Crestwood High School seniors, who are looking to place a green space in the township. The event is a free picnic dinner, but a donation of $10 is suggested. Food will be provided by local restaurants. Residents were asked to RSVP by Aug. 12. 

Trustee Reports – New Business

Healthcare

In December, township officials will begin reviewing alternative healthcare providers. The goal is to find more affordable plans for the township and ensure township employees are still getting quality coverage.

Civic Center

Bids for the civic center’s water damage repair project are due on Aug. 13, and all contractors must attend a meeting on Aug. 14 for their bid to be considered. Festa explained that currently there may only be one bid, but this bid still needs to be approved by the insurance company.

Park Pavilion

Festa said the Building Department rejected their permit due to the quality of the site survey. The department asked that the survey be redone by an architect or surveyor.

Sewer Project

Festa said the township expects to receive a permit to begin work from the Ohio Department of Transportation within a week. As soon as they receive that permit, they will begin tapping in the civic center and township hall to sewer lines.

Columbarium Project

At the suggestion of Matthew Bennett, the trustees decided to change the order from two columbariums from Nelson Granite to just one from the same company. Matthew Bennett does not believe it is necessary to buy two right now, but he added that once they install the first, people will use it and they may eventually need to buy a second. The columbarium will cost about $18,000 plus around $2,000 in shipping. The trustees unanimously passed a motion to exit the first contract with Nelson Granite and reenter a modified contract to only purchase one. 

A resident brought up his concern about property taxes increasing. Matthew Bennett clarified that very little of that money goes toward the township; most goes to the county. He also explained that the cost of everything from materials to labor is increasing, but the township has been receiving the same amount of money for 15 years. The resident was also concerned about the initial $40,000 price tag of two columbariums before the decision was made to only purchase one.

Festa also explained that the upcoming tax levy is a renewal levy for the same amount, which is $193,000. He said it will not be a replacement levy because residents are already paying more in property taxes, so he does not think a replacement levy would have passed. If the trustees put a replacement levy on the ballot and it fails, the township does not get any money, so Festa believes the renewal is a safe option.

County Roadside Mowing

Festa said residents have been calling the township with complaints about the quality of work mowing the county roads. They said about two feet of the roadside is not being mowed and clippings are being left behind. Portage County hires people to mow the grass on county roads, so the trustees will set up a meeting with county officials to discuss the issue.

A resident added that he had concerns about roadside mowing on township roads completed by township employees. He said that the weeds in the ditches are not being trimmed. The trustees explained that the township only has three employees who are responsible for mowing, among other tasks around the township. They also said that the township did receive complaints about mowing in 2024, but they addressed those concerns and this is the first complaint they have received about it this year. They thanked the resident for bringing this issue to their attention. 

NOPEC Grant HVAC School Lane

Festa said that the township has $20,800 left in grant money, and $3,900 needs to be used by Nov. 15, so this money will be spent on HVAC for School Lane.

Fair Board

The township’s photo board for the Portage County Fair is due on Aug. 18. The trustees agreed that out-of-date pictures need to be replaced and the board needs new pictures added. Both Matthew Bennett and Festa said they have pictures to add.

Trustee Reports – Old Business

The occupancy permit for Mantua Center School is currently under law review. 

Joint repair on Harner and Crackel roads will be finished next week. 

The trustees received a letter from a concerned citizen about the Portage Park District’s plan for a trail addition in Mantua Township. Festa said the trustees have already passed a resolution not to allow the expansion, so they will not meet with the park district, but they have informed the park district they are welcome to use a township building for a community meeting of their own. The trustees said they have not heard any plans from the park district for such a meeting, but there have been meetings planned in coffee shops. 

There will be township CPR and AED training in the winter.

Public Comment

A representative from the restoration society brought up concerns about township dumpsters having their locks replaced with zip ties. He said the locks have not been there since at least March. He also informed the trustees that the historic district sign is almost finished and will be delivered and installed soon. It will face the civic center. Some last minute changes were made, and as a result the sign will be smaller but cost $200 less. The representative from the restoration society also asked why the stairs in the civic center were removed. Festa explained that the stairs were not salvageable due to the water damage from the leaking roof over the winter.

Another resident expressed concerns about the trustees no longer printing out financial sheets to provide at public meetings. Pemberton explained that the township was not required to print them, since any person can request all records through the Freedom of Information Act, and she added that the payables records are provided in each meeting minutes print-out, which is provided at every meeting. Pemberton said that she can begin providing those documents again, and that residents are welcome to submit a request in writing for any previous records. The resident also asked why the township is hiring contractors based in other cities as opposed to companies from Mantua. Matthew Benner explained that the township would like to use local companies when possible, but they must select the vendors with the most affordable bids. 

Another resident asked what happened to the special building proposed for the sewer project that would have hooked up to the garages and school. The trustees explained that it would have been too expensive, so the project was canceled and the funds will instead pay for tap-in fees for the civic center and township hall. This resident also asked for clarification on the School Lane law review. Trustees explained that the county made the decision to shut down the building and deemed it unusable. Township officials are trying to get the county to explain their reasoning, but they cannot share the specifics of that legal discussion at this time. The resident also asked for more details about the civic center flood damage project. Trustees said that from the upstairs floor to the women’s bathroom, kitchen and fiscal officer’s office were damaged, and that the most serious concern is the damage to the floor. They were unsure if the insurance company will pay for a new floor and won’t find out until bids come in and are presented to the insurer. Trustees added that most of the damage downstairs was not to the historic features of the building, and that they do not believe historic floor restoration will be covered by insurance. At the time of the meeting, only one bid had been submitted for the project. 

Dottie Summerlin, the president of the Mantua Historical Society, provided an update on an inspection of the township hall by a restoration specialist. The recommendations were to paint the exterior and put up a small wall around the perimeter of the building to keep water from reaching it. There is also a bad beam in the basement that needs to be fixed. The trustees said that this work is set to begin in 2026. Summerlin also said they have a company coming to look at the township’s collection of historic newspapers and discuss the possibility of digitizing them, as well as a video of old village photos. They will look into applying for a grant to fund that work. Festa advised the society not to let the documents leave the building, because in the past, a similar project with historic zoning records resulted in them coming back damaged.

A representative of Mantua Center Christian Church had a discussion with Pemberton about their shared bill for trash service. They discovered that the church wasn’t getting billed, and talked about the possibility of writing up an agreement that the church would pay a third of the bill, as that was the rate they previously paid. The church also asked if they could save money with a smaller dumpster or remove one of the township dumpsters, since the one the church uses is not full when the trash service comes every week. Benner said he could get rid of one of the dumpsters and take trash to others. Festa added that he has noticed people who should not be using the dumpsters putting trash in them, and that this needs to be prevented. The church also asked how the sewer system project would affect them, since currently the church and the township hall are connected to the same septic system. Festa explained that the civic center and township hall will be tapped into the sewer, and the township will pay the two tap-in fees for $6,350 each. He also explained that the total cost of the tap-in will be around $40,000 to $50,000 because they also need to pay an engineer. The township will need to cut and cap their pipes to the septic system, and after that it will belong to the church. Festa told them that they will also need to hire an electrician to connect their lines to the pumps on the septic system.

A resident brought up that the pavilion may need to be moved because it is currently too close to the driveway and people could be hit by cars. The trustees have discussed this and said they will likely move it to prevent any accidents.

A resident asked who to contact for Freedom of Information Act requests. Pemberton said she is in charge of handling those requests and providing documents. Festa added that they encourage residents to make FOIA requests.

Someone asked about the civic center thermostat, suggesting that it should be locked. Festa said that it is locked, and they do not know who is changing the temperature or how.

Another resident asked if there is a way people can be emailed when public notices are added to the township website. Festa said he is still looking into that, and he is also thinking about purchasing an ad somewhere to ask people to send the township their email addresses. He said he will not be putting the ad in the Record-Courier. Currently, notices are put on the township website and Facebook page. 

The trustees moved to executive session, then paid the township bills and adjourned the meeting.

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Transcript

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John Festa  00:00

Uh, today is the seventh of July, 25 we are here to discuss township business. Yes, also, please silence it and public records are needed, requested. Please see Julia or Michelle, she’ll be happy to help you out. That being said, please stand for the Pledge of

00:29

Allegiance.

00:33

Matthew, could you please stand justice for all?

00:40

To survive. You said,

00:48

July 7.

John Festa  00:49

It is August. We don’t want to go back in time. Thanks, Terry, actually, I was looking at my paper since July. Okay, real good. So we are going to start with minutes. We have two sets of minutes to approve, July 10 and July 24 July 10 is a regular meeting. Were you guys able to read the minutes? If so, I’ll entertain a motion.

Speaker 1  01:32

Johnny, yes, yes. Me, yes. Second set

John Festa  01:41

is July 24 this was a special meeting. If you have time to read the minutes, and I’ll entertain a motion

Speaker 2  01:54

I don’t have you know what you have resolution, 8625 all

02:02

these resolutions I

02:05

and I

02:06

wasn’t here. So when you wrote all yays, yeah,

John Festa  02:15

okay, so So you’re saying yes, yeah. Matthew,

Speaker 3  02:20

correct. But then resolution, 8925 it was therefore, okay, so it’s just the ones above that, okay. Well, otherwise, yes, what? Oh, I was, I thought you had another question. Okay? Thought you had another

Matthew Benner  02:47

question. Okay, I’ll make a

02:51

motion to suspend the reading. This is

John Festa  02:57

with the revisions. Yes.

Speaker 3  03:02

I make

Matthew Benner  03:07

a motion to Ben? She wasn’t here for she

03:22

was so 89 this ad is

John Festa  03:46

here. I move forward with fiscal officer report.

Speaker 4  04:31

Okay, letters. After that, I spoke to the election board today. Next thing, we’re waiting for the ballot in which so soon I talked to Terry, so as soon as I get that letter, so we’re going to do the ballot at you know, during the local

04:49

government. Amount for next year, reporting 4433

04:53

different local government.

Speaker 4  04:59

I. Uh, the refund for the pavilion Park, they’re going to put on planes,

05:09

and we get that deposit refunded. And we received

John Festa  05:11

an email about the race this weekend. Yes, race, another bicycle race this weekend.

Speaker 4  05:16

Michelle’s been put on Facebook to let everybody know as soon as we get a map the race people again, the trustees for the air conditioning property,

Speaker 4  05:31

yes, and we received our second bill, again from Ohio Edison. That’s really, it’s $1,180

John Festa  05:42

is that an actual that an actual or is that they’re

05:46

both actuals? How can they be last year at this time? Yeah, and 1100 when the people leave. So

John Festa  05:57

Julia, what is that for all of the

Matthew Benner  06:00

buildings? No, this is I want to

John Festa  06:16

ask you a question, did you? Did Do we need a copy of your the

06:21

insurance. I think you

John Festa  06:24

got, I think you all got one. Yeah, so I wanted to include that to make sure any questions for Julia, no, I’ll make a motion to accept the fiscal option. Do Second John, yes, soon.

John Festa  06:52

Yes, yes, thank you. Thank you. We will go to officials, reports,

John Festa  07:01

cemetery Report

07:06

for the month of July, no sales of blocks

John Festa  07:12

or barriers for Jack first. This is the first report we got for the year I

John Festa  07:25

custodian report

Speaker 5  07:27

tip, yes, how are you good? How are you today? Got a busy week this week with the rentals. We got four this weekend. So that’s good, starting to pick up a little bit. Have a guard. One there today, and then Mark sees there tomorrow, and then two celebration lights, one Saturday and one Sunday. So I’ll be in there late, you know, making the turnaround and make sure everything’s good with that. So what was what was

08:05

that big fan

John Festa  08:07

in the hallway need to be removed?

08:11

Yeah, yeah, I see your point in

Speaker 1  08:14

that. Wondered what it was doing there. It’s derby. I didn’t know if I was supposed to clean it. It’s gross,

08:21

and I left it. But

John Festa  08:27

Tim, you can do whatever you want. Okay, is there a place to put it,

Speaker 5  08:33

laid down by the in the back corner of the gym where, in that room I can put it back in there.

John Festa  08:43

I could have Brian and Dan move it out to the shop.

08:48

Used to be the old physical office.

John Festa  08:52

Or you could take it across to the office over there and put it in the garage. Oh yeah, I’ll do that. I

Matthew Benner  09:01

don’t know. We’ll try. Know. Those guys might want to ask Danny. They may

09:06

want to use that in the

Speaker 5  09:07

garage, right? That’s fine. Okay, yeah, so check it out. Okay, um, the one urinal is is still not working. It has a bag over it, and then the other two, of the other three, it seems like, when they flush them, it doesn’t really, it just like moves the water around, but it doesn’t really, I don’t know if you can have somebody

John Festa  09:32

look at that. He said, Well,

09:36

other than that, I think everything’s good. See anything

John Festa  09:40

that could be gross, but is anything winding up on the floor? No

09:45

only when she cleans. Her everywhere she’s like you might want to hold mop in here when I’m done cleaning. I got a

John Festa  09:59

question. So do. You brought up the fact that we’re getting some like outlandish electrical bills over there. Are you noticing that? Are you? Are you in charge? Are you in charge of the air conditioning? Yeah, do you? Do you turn it on and off? Or

Speaker 5  10:19

I, usually,

John Festa  10:22

I’m not trying to blame this, right? Yeah, just trying to figure out

Speaker 5  10:26

crazy bills. It has to be the air conditioning, right? Because it’s not, it’s not like that in April and May, right? June. See, there’s been, there has been a couple times where I went in there and the air conditioner was running and it was like, set at 60, and I’m like, I turned up the 78

John Festa  10:50

I’ve teared

Speaker 5  10:52

it up by saying there’s a couple times where I don’t know how it gets turned down. I don’t know, but every time I go in there and it’s, I check it if it’s i, if it’s running, I turn it down.

John Festa  11:05

So, okay, no, we’re down. It’s

Speaker 5  11:07

definitely the air conditioner. But I don’t know how it’s it’s doing that is there. Well, yeah, I, I went down there when Sue called me in, we went down there and said, you, you cannot, yeah, prop the doors open like the air conditioner will not stop. So they shut the doors and but that’s the only time, I mean

John Festa  11:32

that’ll, that’ll kick up the bill a little bit, but it won’t, it won’t be able to get a

Speaker 5  11:36

break. Now, the ones a mini split, like I don’t sometimes I can’t get that thing to to raise the temperature on that,

John Festa  11:47

you know, I think we may need to call right, and have them do maybe some of those filters here,

Matthew Benner  11:57

yeah, if you remember, right, he was pretty high, yeah, But she was pretty high when she ordered that. So we might want to take it with her pride, see what they want. That’s fine, but they were higher. No kind of make a suggestion. Um Burton sheep, might want to check with him.

12:16

We’ll look at it. We

12:20

might want to check with them to

Speaker 6  12:21

look at it. We’ve used them a few times, and their prices

12:32

were pretty

John Festa  12:34

good, and they were very knowledgeable about what they’re doing. Super thanks. Thank you. Anything else? No, I think that’s it. Any questions for Ted?

12:41

Service

John Festa  12:47

Department Ben, you got anything for other

Matthew Benner  12:50

than the fact that speed up the signs. I talked to service department today and told them that we need to do the square posts for those signs. Those with a sign post, no, put that nice signs. Compliments on we just need to, well, I was actually at Jerry Bowden, I was the other day and talking to him and his wife and semi went by and, I think, just around us, like, whoops. So

John Festa  13:14

would you, would you consider the rolls

Matthew Benner  13:16

Rollins or squirt and Jeff? I think the search department, Danny, I think, it’s taken on the square either way,

13:25

because they do both.

Matthew Benner  13:27

So that being said, you’ll have those two, and then you’ll have bone road, and then you’ll have iron chart. How

13:34

many we have four. I

John Festa  13:47

Ben rich is not here, zoning inspector. I did get Rich’s email award. I got

13:54

no more to fix.

John Festa  14:00

So Rich’s email is working now. So you guys, Zoning Commission

John Festa  14:08

Report, Lynn, got anything for us? Nothing special. We have the last set

Speaker 7  14:14

of amendments that we made several months ago. Are formatted in the traditional pages of the book. You guys have those. So I gave the folder for Julia, and I’m getting those out to the board members, so that will update

Speaker 4  14:36

the hard copy. Lynn, I did email Todd Pete to get any other respondent. It didn’t say it’s on occasion, but you didn’t respond

John Festa  14:45

yet. So okay, alright, I’ll talk to you. Okay. So then our goal is to get a Word document set up so everything that we need, we’ll be able to keep that Word document fiscal officer and. When we’re ready to post online, we’ll just turn, turn it into a PDF. So we can’t, can’t change it, of course, online, that’s our goal. That’s our goal. That’s what we wanted

Speaker 7  15:09

to Okay, I’ll, I’ll see if they’ve got something there. Well,

John Festa  15:13

I think that’s the trick. Is to turn that PDF into a Word document so we can add everything, or you could add, or you Tula, you could add, okay,

Speaker 4  15:21

did you go to edit a PDF? It distorts. So I would have to read everyone to see if it distorted anything. Yeah, so you’d add it from PDF to Word document. It should come

15:31

over. Okay. All right.

15:35

All right. Thanks for coming.

John Festa  15:42

Ben, busy eating audio, Carol left us an email. She’s not going to be there today, but I have the email and I didn’t open I

John Festa  16:28

uh, Carol is a representative to the Chamber of Commerce, and she’s not going to be here today. So below is the main chamber of commerce activity for August, and that will be August 14, at 6pm chambers on the schedule, fundraiser for Crestwood high seniors place the green space in the Village. This is a Yeah, the green space in the village. This is a free picnic dinner, but suggested donations. It’s $10 local restaurants are providing brats, a natural bar, hot dogs, fruit, cheese and veggies, RSVP to msacc@gmail.com in addition to a number of fun things kids will enjoy, there will be a dunk tank, three throws, three throws, $10.05 minutes of unlimited throwing, $10 guaranteed dump, one guaranteed dump. I’m assuming that is VP should be by Monday or Tuesday in order to give the food food vendors enough time to lay in supplies. Any questions. Email Kara, she

Matthew Benner  18:05

does do a good job at that. She does, I

John Festa  18:16

think that’s it for official report, unless anybody has anything to throw in there.

John Festa  18:25

So we’ll get on the trustees report. So Julia, you want to talk a little bit about this, HRA options, or

Speaker 4  18:37

what we’re into where our plan is in December. Debbie, sit down, go over a new HRA plan, and we can start January 1, and it’s gotta be better than the one we

John Festa  18:50

have. So we’re always looking for options to give us good health care for the for the employees, and save the township money, which is hard to do, so we’re looking forward to December so you guys can get your head scanned and see if we can save some money. Okay, thank you. Any questions? Okay, civic center update the the

John Festa  19:30

the the paperwork has to be in for the project. The folks are due on December 8, due on 813 and we’re opening them at 814 we’re going to have, according to the paperwork, we’re going to have the meeting here to open the bid. Is 14 at 204, and those bids are doing good.

John Festa  20:09

August, 13. Any questions?

Matthew Benner  20:15

No other factors for the auditor, you only have some contractor come and look at it. So and

John Festa  20:30

let’s, let’s talk, if the bids too high, we have to, we have to get it okay by the insurance company. Maybe only one bit, but then again, may not be accepted any questions. So the park pavilion, we left everybody the building department has rejected our permit again, and the reason being is the site survey. They didn’t like the site survey. I did my best on it. They said that pictures were not acceptable. So what they want is either an architect or a surveyor to do the site survey, and then one thing they want to change is the use permit, instead of the a three they want to be just utility.

John Festa  21:39

Can you make the Can you maybe put a little bit of a distance between the date delivery date, because we may need to,

Matthew Benner  21:51

well the deliberate not originally, it was wrong originally. Was somebody said in August, it’s not it’s September 15. It should deliver the date and after that would start. So I got an email from Kevin saying, Okay, we’re gonna deliver it on the 15th of April or August. I said, Well, I’ll go back and check your emails, because it’s not those people. And he did, and he said, You’re right. So for that way to push it back over so be it that’s

John Festa  22:20

fine, as long as we wait for it by can deliver. Company

Matthew Benner  22:25

has to be put up. They can’t stop us from taking delivery. And that’s kind of

John Festa  22:32

position too. And now they know when it’s hidden. I know, and I’m with you. It’s getting toward the end of the deal, we want to close the books on that note.

22:42

I Alright,

John Festa  22:45

the sewer project, which is like right a week away or so, as soon as ODOT gives them the permit to tap in on the street, and then we’re good to go. And we know in that county, Jim told me he’s looking at the end of this week to get the permit, and then as soon as he can get the guys out,

Matthew Benner  23:10

yeah, because he seemed to make it, You’re starting.

John Festa  23:17

So to move on to the pavilion I mean the found brewery, so we’re ready to order that. I don’t think we need any extras, like signing, not signage, with plaques for the people. I think when we just get the grant covered and have, you know, have someone come out to grenades in or whatever the case may be, because they want to charge you for anything. So just want to know your feelings about that? Well, there’s a lot

Matthew Benner  24:01

of people I’ve talked to. There are a lot of for it, and some think it’s a waste of money. I explained what we felt the last cemetery should go into that. Something to offer. John, you can highlight on you wrote the seminar. What happened? Some people are married. Happens

John Festa  24:23

when people are mad? So

Matthew Benner  24:27

what’s your thoughts? Well, my thoughts would be to be, I guess, do we actually need to be one? I know. I know the deal is two, because you give me a good break on it, I get the second. Okay, but maybe we should start with one, and if that works and fills up, then we’ll go to two. But I think you will be surprised. I think once that gets known that we have one of those, I think that people will

Speaker 4  24:54

use it in the next show, we’ll have another game, yeah,

Matthew Benner  24:59

but I think we. Should happen. And I know there’s some walking out there about who didn’t take one from day three as a direct we did not from normal should be the parts added to it, number one and number two cost $75 million to move. So.

Speaker 8  25:19

Man, yes, as far as the parts, the parts were going to be provided for his farmland, Kathy Kerr was trying to call John for two weeks. She said, tell John, ask him why didn’t return my calls. Tell

John Festa  25:32

him that’s not true. I had a conversation with Kathy. Well, I let’s not, let’s not talk about things that aren’t true. Again,

Speaker 8  25:40

you were wrong last week when you told me that the 40,000 and I come listen to me, let me talk. I’m speaking. You said it was grant money. Wasn’t costing the taxpayers in manaway township a penny. Then I’ve got, I’ve got on my phone where you said I was wrong. It is taxpayer money we’re going to spend so and then I also said, instead of $7,500 to move the free one, that there’s plenty of contractors in Portage County, Kelly supply that would move that for free. Mark rugman would donate the concrete that put the pad in. Jack Lynch would do the concrete for free. So instead of saving the taxpayers probably $50,000 you’re going to spend it and you I have it in writing from you. John, a screenshot. You want to see it? No, I know

John Festa  26:31

when I Terry, when I’m wrong. I admit I’m wrong. I admitted I was wrong. Not easy. Well, I

Speaker 8  26:37

didn’t wait, but you didn’t bring it up today to the taxpayers,

John Festa  26:43

taxpayer money. I didn’t think there was a reason. Well,

Speaker 8  26:47

you are going to put a levy, a road Levy, on the ballot despite our tax increases this year of 30 some percent, you also want an increase of property taxes for a road Levy, which is $28, per 100,000

John Festa  27:06

because that’s two, that’s two already, that you already got. So bring it up at a public meeting. I mean, we’re talking about, talking about one of our residents, and I had had a conversation with and there was no way in two weeks that she tried to call me, well, number so, number one, so you came in here already today and stated to follow. You just said, another one, when you said the taxes are going

Speaker 8  27:42

on the roadway, and that’s what Kathy Kerr I will go on record, and I can and the outbox forces call her on the phone. Now I can call her. I already heard that ask John in the meeting why he has not been returning my calls the day of the special meeting. That was her answer. She

John Festa  28:01

never look I had this conversation with Kathy river for about so whatever she told you is not what she told you. I’ll ask

28:11

for a public tax needed.

Matthew Benner  28:15

Prepare one, clarify. So basically that 30% tax evaluation we don’t get. How we entertain Julia can tell you exactly what we get. We don’t get that 30% yet, unfortunately, okay, and we get very well with that. And I will tell you I am pro Levy, and I think we should have put it on as a replacement leg. And I know times are hard, but I’m telling you, you know, at home, things cost more, okay, asphalt cost more. Life cost more. Everything is costing more, and we’re only getting that same amount of money. We’ve got that same amount of money for the last 15 years. Okay, it’s hard to do business. You guys all know in this room, the pressures are gone up, and we’re still dealing with the same amount of money

Speaker 8  29:01

and $20,000 but we have gone a long way to help all that. John was saying it’s going

Matthew Benner  29:05

to be a replacement, renewal scheme of things, going into 200,000 crews of making that a renewal. $200,000

29:14

doesn’t do anything for road repairs. Dollar supposed to do anything

29:27

asphalt was when I saw what we

Speaker 8  29:29

had done wouldn’t even do a quarter of a mile over road. And so when you when you say that something’s about $40,000 would go a long way. It really won’t in a row. It’s not going to do nothing in a row, because it’s not going

Matthew Benner  29:42

to lie. Because, you know, I don’t know why there’s bad the daily goes with the opwc one. Okay, that’s a 50% Usually that’s a 50% match. And since I’ve been trusted, we’ve been going after the new beginning. So it’s a win, win. So next year, it’ll go. Look for, for comic Tract on harm road

30:06

with a joint

30:07

opwc, you have to follow a certain guidelines

Matthew Benner  30:10

with that. Oh, absolutely. Yeah, you can have Julia. It’s not but I think the opportunity John county or George or Orange County, one or the all the gas taking So, but there’s road traffic. If we get a mock road traffic expectation of the payment, it all comes

John Festa  30:31

into play. So let’s also be clear that we also discussed the reason that we did want to raise the taxes was because of property taxes, we’ll have to do what we do, and we’ll try to hold us

30:47

really and then if you do a business renewal, yeah, that’s more likely to pass if

John Festa  30:58

you do this replacement. Sure. Yet again, we, you know, we gotta hope that the that the renewal passes, it was 193,000

Speaker 4  31:07

of renewal received, versus 321 if we did a replacement. So, but you don’t get that replacement. You get shot down. You don’t get go back to the 193

John Festa  31:22

okay? So where do you guys want to go? On bird,

Matthew Benner  31:27

I’d like to choose order one. John, we need to rescind

John Festa  31:32

our, yeah, we need to rescind our Previous motion, previous motion. So I’ll make a motion. We

Matthew Benner  32:00

86 dash, I’ll make a motion that we send resolution 86 dash, two five to enter into a contract with Nelson grant for the California Board not to shoot 40,000 I would like to redo that. Yes, now I’d

John Festa  32:29

like to entertain

Matthew Benner  32:42

a motion that we enter into a contract with Nelson

Matthew Benner  32:57

branches, but delivery on that, John was no 1500

John Festa  33:07

so I thought I had,

33:11

and then that also

33:14

being said, Terry and

Matthew Benner  33:15

The follow up will hear as well, basically

Speaker 8  33:22

Ben before support is shaversville is going to take the one from greens and marks going to donate the concrete Jack Lynch so they’re happy. Yeah.

33:42

Or Okay, pardon,

33:43

December 2. No, we didn’t.

33:47

No, I didn’t know what that

Matthew Benner  33:52

one just, what

34:02

is it?

34:05

Well, what is it now, this 118 1000, it’s

34:07

going to be the deal was too. So,

John Festa  34:11

you know what? I’m going to say that I’m going to say that. Well,

34:17

this is all on one. That’s the quote one

John Festa  34:20

over. Yeah, because he was going to give us if we ordered two. Second John,

34:52

Johnson, John, yes. So are you making a motion for

Speaker 6  34:54

Do you know what the price is? Yeah, so 18,000 times, so you do it all. Yeah? Do. Thanks.

John Festa  35:21

Yeah that they’re okay, move on.

John Festa  35:40

I don’t know if anybody has noticed that the county has a new mower, roadside mower programs out there. I don’t know if you noticed county roads. There’s some pictures there. They hired a couple of guys to mow the entire county with a tractor at a finish wall on the back of it, and you get about two foot by the time that finish wall gets over to the end, you get about two feet

Matthew Benner  36:21

out into the grass.

John Festa  36:22

Then they have their then they have their pickup truck with a blower in the fast so, and that follows that, and it blows. So here’s a couple pictures, here’s here’s a couple pictures of what they leave for the residents that live on County Road. That’s one, and here’s another one. So I’m not sure the reason that they did that. I’m getting a lot of complaints. I don’t know, maybe we should send Larry a letter called we’re a little disappointed on I mean, people, I think we have probably about 30% of the people, not afterwards. But I wanted to bring it to the attention of the board, and I think maybe, maybe we should, I could draw up a letter and give it to everybody in the next

Matthew Benner  37:30

well, maybe we could just meet with Mike.

John Festa  37:32

Mike would be good. But I know Mike.

Matthew Benner  37:34

We’re supposed to meet with the project on now. He’s supposed to take a look at that for guard railing and some other stuff. Yeah, I would take advantage of jam and start again, and that doesn’t look at anybody, excuse me, say

John Festa  37:52

something about the moment that you’re doing.

Speaker 1  38:00

Go ahead. The pictures you have there are pretty accurate. Do you ever take pictures of what your people do when you know and

John Festa  38:11

how they know? I do not. I don’t.

38:12

I don’t live I shouldn’t post a picture like

John Festa  38:14

that. I don’t live on. They’re no different. I don’t live on. We don’t I don’t live on on a township Road,

38:22

talking about a township road, and

John Festa  38:24

I get a lot of, I get a lot of I get a lot of good, good things about the guy’s moment. I don’t know if I had, I know. I know, at the beginning of the year, we had a couple of problems. I’m not saying we’re problem free,

Speaker 1  38:41

but when you’re getting when you’re mowing like that with their equipment, that’s that’s not any good.

Speaker 9  38:47

No, it’s not a year quick is designed to mow on the edge of the

Speaker 1  38:51

road and a backlit website, right? Why don’t your people cut the back off two or three feet? Why do you need everything hang to the

John Festa  39:03

road? I’m sorry I didn’t hear the riff. I didn’t hear the last part. When

Mark Hall  39:06

they’re cutting, they never fall back. They never go back and make the second swipe. They just cut the very end of the berm of the river. Now that engine, or that mower is designed to do multiple things, right. Why don’t your people go back and redo it and cut again and cut it right and make it so. It’s nice. You know, a third of the people in this township cut their own ditches. Yes, keep their own ditches clean. Why can’t the township? Every single road in this township needs to be ditched, three and four foot weeds, all of the ditches, wow.

John Festa  39:46

Well, I would ask you about three Well, I I agree with you that if there’s problems, that we need to do a better job. But Ricky, gotta understand, Rick where we have all this all this road and. We have three guys

Speaker 1  40:02

all. What are you doing under those most of your work is contracted. Uh,

John Festa  40:07

no, we do a lot of we do a lot of tax dealings, whatever

Mark Hall  40:12

their job. And your Foreman should know how to do that. And the fallback, I’ve never seen him or Danny, either one. We just started to take the last time grant never falls back to clean up and cut off. The state and the county are doing

Speaker 1  40:30

it. They’re all cutting back, keeping everything away from traditions. Why are we and John, it’s not the thing that not time. What are you people doing every day,

Mark Hall  40:43

every single day. Come on a moose bus if they’re even doing any coffers, not many. What else are they doing? Cutting grass. They don’t have to do the cemetery. They don’t have to do anything. Basically, you’ve got new equipment, brand new excavator wire, and you were just down on Wayne road last week. You have Danny do two pieces down here. Gotta get back down there, looking for ditches on that road. And what Wayne Road East I did, and what did you see? Is there any program in place to go down here?

Matthew Benner  41:28

Well, there’s a program that they’re trying to do, the kitchen twice or roadside, home twice a year, usually, sometimes three times a year. Okay, my little one moment, I have no complaints. I did

41:39

last year.

Matthew Benner  41:40

Well, I did last year. We had complaints, a lot of complaints, but we addressed those, and it seems to be better. I haven’t had any complaints this year on any of those side, other than the fact of Bowen and 82 where the manhole cover is okay, but that’s not us. We do it anyway. The guys go out there and mocap and that’s a stage drop you. That’s a

Speaker 9  42:04

stage gun, not ours, but we do. That’s why those guys emotions

Mark Hall  42:08

every need. Any of you three, go down any of these roads and look to see what needs to be done? Yeah, I do. I do all that. And what do you see yourself when you see the conduction of the ditches I look at, I

Matthew Benner  42:19

don’t see what they’re doing like today, they’re always a civic center, right? They were. They busted all that out over their civic center. Get out of next time. Major work in the cemetery. They do a lot. They do during the first

42:34

time. Gordon, are you talking about digging ditches? Ron timeline, I just either way or doing it what? Okay. He

42:46

was down on running route the other day,

Mark Hall  42:48

and it’s two little spots, Danny dugout, and that’s the same spot I sent you two years ago when there was culverts running over with water. Send me pictures with the address John, and you never even responded to

John Festa  43:07

me, man, I talked to you. I talked to you. I did. I if I did, like if you did and I didn’t, I apologize. But our main, our main goal, is to keep the water off the block, keep it

43:19

running when you can’t do with Wolfie weeds in the

John Festa  43:22

ditches. Now the now the person that, the person that did get the ditch done their way, yes, there was a, there is a problem with the guy that lives up on the hill and the water washes down on the road. And in the wintertime, it does freeze. So I’m hoping that driveway, I’m not just talking about

Speaker 1  43:43

that you were going to put a culvert in him if you

John Festa  43:48

didn’t need to on that house that he bought

Speaker 1  43:51

next door. I know we didn’t say we ditched it. You ditched it. He did that. Come by there. Later on today, he’s up and gone. There’s nobody around. I mean, when you start to do something, listen, John,

John Festa  44:06

I agree. I agree. You agree. No, I agree. When you Disney,

44:10

you’re the boss. Come on,

John Festa  44:13

you’re right. We are no, I particularly,

Matthew Benner  44:17

you know what I don’t like our man to show guys I have, I have faith on Brian territory being our supervisor for the work group. And you gotta remember, uh, there’s only two and a half guys to work that, I mean, because Cole’s not there today. Alright, so choose again and flying. And sometimes they’re off on vacation. Okay, so now you’ve got to basically one guy. Sometimes they spent two weeks up on armor and crap, or with the city, or with Balkan Township, uh, completely doing all the potholes to Tarn, all that stuff, all the way from, okay, all the way from 44 to to but they do a lot of country. They really do. I think they do more when you see. I

Mark Hall  45:01

couldn’t say that I lived here. I’m walking down these roads all the time. You don’t make excuses. I’m not an idiot. Micromanage, man, you have a responsibility to the taxpayers of the city, all three

Matthew Benner  45:18

of you. My phone’s not working. I have not restricted. Received one complaint this year about those I know now last year was every story so and we addressed the problems that we had

Speaker 1  45:35

last year. Mister Ben, I guess he’s fine with you, but it’s not right. Okay, we can look at that.

John Festa  45:45

Anything else partly ditching, as we do.

Matthew Benner  45:49

You can’t ditch everything. If you come to my house and ditch mine, you’re gonna have a problem, because I don’t have ditches there. And I don’t need ditches because I got a culvert that runs from one end of my property to my other end of the property. So it doesn’t need to ditch. It’s got full it’s got a pipe in the ground. And a lot of people do that, just like the fellow on he wants to put a pipe

Speaker 1  46:11

in that whole thing and cover and tie it into a my ditch is six inches from the underneath of the river. Nobody ever said that it would ever said, Is

Matthew Benner  46:29

this washing out every, every time, all the rain

John Festa  46:37

we get well, we try, we try to do what’s what customers want. I mean, people call us and they call new culverts put in their driveways. We’re always, we’re always, you know, try to

Speaker 1  46:52

roads and niches. Actually, that’s correct,

46:56

but you really

Speaker 1  46:58

don’t have a piece of equipment. They got a mini house today? Yeah, that’s exactly right.

John Festa  47:05

Okay, guys, we need to, we actually need to move on. Let’s try to study for the short and you know what? Rick, Rick. It’s good when people come and tell us problem, because a lot of times we don’t know, like, like, like, Dad said, my phone does not ring on road, on road, Prop, except for but I don’t hear, I don’t hear Our guys do the best we can. I guess I bill.

47:47

Move on.

John Festa  47:52

So no cash, we got to get some of that money back from no

48:00

cash. I put a

John Festa  48:06

put a sheet in here. Okay. Promote back. We have $20,800 left in the grant. We need to use the $3,900 by November, I think 15. So we’re going to use that grant money for the HVAC for school, okay? And Julia, there’s a section in here that I need you to provide me information, and if you could, I think the last time You texted it to me so I keep it. Yeah,

John Festa  49:04

sorry, subject from Michelle. Fair Board, so I’m gonna go honestly, guys, there’s just a few pictures that needs. You know, basically it’s not a bad looking Fair Board. We do need to get it in. I think, I think the fair, yeah, 18th is the deadline. It doesn’t have to be a complete makeover, but something that changes it a little bit there. I know there’s some pictures in there that from a couple years ago. Folks are no longer here. So

John Festa  49:48

anybody has any pictures like they would like, you know, I vote one of mine with the

Matthew Benner  49:53

doing stuff around, look at Sun, carrying things like that, that they can have developed. We could, yeah, part of. Just a couple. Put them on desk.

John Festa  50:07

Okay? So, whatever we can do, I don’t know. I may have some stuff at home too. The bike race definitely is on Sunday this week,

John Festa  50:29

we talked about the road Levy. We have an occupancy permit for Center School that under the law degree lobbying between those lawyers. So Matt touched on the joint repair we’re having on partner and crackle loads, and they’re going to finish that up this week. Sorry, next week, Cole will be out for two weeks.

51:07

Okay?

51:12

Portage parks

John Festa  51:15

in a one along discussion. Here we are in all where we stand. I just wanted everybody know that i i was in touch for a secondary for one of the commissioners of the park district kind of, kind of told her, you know, we’ve offered in the past to have a public meeting with them. She was unaware of the fact that we even did that. She sent me a letter. In the letter, she said that, well, I never, I never knew that you guys wanted a public meeting with parks. She said that she was told by other residents that township would make them unwelcome when they weren’t welcome here. So I think after I was told that it was just like, well, if a couple people told you that, then you may not. So I’m not going to I’m not going to offer that. I think we made our resolution.

Matthew Benner  52:38

I won’t reiterate what I felt. I’m only one person on this board, but I said that we need to do what we need to do to protect the systems on Pioneer Trail and Manor ascent. That being said, I think we spoke by two resolutions that we did one firm and the other. I think that we’ve also told Doris that they had a community meeting that they wanted to add that we would open up one of the buildings that they could use for a community meeting. That has not happened at this point, but they’re still well, the group is still welcome to come here anyhow. They’re more than welcome to use one of the buildings. It just won’t be trustee room. That’s all

53:25

rotation. They’re doing it into college show,

Matthew Benner  53:27

right, right? Two meetings. I

John Festa  53:36

think you know, my view was that if they were going to hold a meeting with residents, they should have had public views. Public resources. I

Speaker 8  53:47

think it’s important that the residents realize there’s no point happening. You guys already made a resolution to say you’re not allowed in the road riding. So really, at the end of the day, there’s nothing to discuss. As far as you guys are concerned, this is a done deal, and I think if every that there’s no point one to meet and discuss anything except the houses on diatom roads, county roads, not

54:08

township roads, and resolution doesn’t apply for

54:11

them. So those set up on County Road, they want to have discussion.

Speaker 3  54:22

Yeah, discussion. I’m

John Festa  54:29

sorry they didn’t work out well for Doris, but I know your your heart is in it. Trustees are going to do everything, everything in our power, to find it.

John Festa  54:52

We touched on the outdoor sweet times I don’t I didn’t get. The BGA here. So we wanted to discuss the Finalizer and one more last thing, math,

55:09

that’s the sheep and

John Festa  55:37

do. So what about that board?

Matthew Benner  55:42

I anything

Speaker 3  55:49

else? No, I

John Festa  56:29

alright. Mark

56:36

Hall, just a few things for the restoration society.

Speaker 1  56:38

Tomorrow is our next second Friday dinner on 27 everyone is welcome to come out. It’s all about a donation. For that one thing that did come

56:53

up, Tim did mention it with

56:54

dumpsters over here, they haven’t

Matthew Benner  56:55

had the locks on it

Speaker 1  56:59

for a period of time now. There are zip ties, and so I assume I’m a couple think what happened with that? Because I got a phone

Matthew Benner  57:06

call from summers you’re talking about, that Thompson River. They want to know why I was locked. He said, What are you talking about? As we did. They said, we don’t. I said, Well, how do you pick up our garbage if you don’t have key to it? She didn’t say to that, that’s the last ever comment. So maybe they talked a lot. They have a lot. They have the key. I know they said, Most certainly she I was fine.

John Festa  57:40

No clue. I think, I think someone else may want to discuss that too as well. Why don’t we wait get through this?

57:48

So in the meantime, I guess, just cut the zip ties. And

Matthew Benner  57:53

there’s a lot not on there, no, no, at least since March and

57:56

when we came back and forth.

Matthew Benner  58:04

Since March when we came back,

John Festa  58:13

before Texas stuff. So

Mark Hall  58:19

anyway, so just the other thing for the restoration society, the historic district sign is almost done. I’ve talked

Speaker 8  58:27

with Brian, and we were

Mark Hall  58:31

originally going to have the sign delivered to one of the residents, but it’s delivered by 18 wheeler, and scientist helps about 1600

Speaker 1  58:44

pounds, is what they said. So I talked to Brian, who’s more known to accept it over there and then

58:52

work together to

Mark Hall  58:53

get it put up. He’s got some ideas and whatever the township can do to get the sign to put up. We’re still talking about no longer. We get to a parking lot to where we face the civic center there and

59:09

set it back. Brian

Speaker 1  59:13

did make a comment about depending what’s going on in the pavilion. It was something about using a postal digger of some sort, I would assume that that might

Speaker 1  59:30

be suitable use. You know, just got to look up details on what you guys know that science, timing and process did have one little caveat. Just be aware of Ben say, computer world versus real manufacturing. A lot

59:48

of work we had dealt with earlier in the year, in the tail end of last year, is

Speaker 1  59:53

computer generated work, and when they went to the boundary to actually make. All, we couldn’t do what the computer did. So we had some last minute changes. Signs going to be a little bit smaller. It’s going to save us a little over 200 bucks because it’s smaller than that. So that’s what we had on. There couple of things just to review here, because I’m a little confused. When the young lady was here, representative for the Ohio House, they were talking about road levies, and basically she was saying that renewal scenario is going away like you could do is replacement. So what I’m understanding is that the renewal is now viable without an increase in taxes, renewal,

Matthew Benner  1:00:54

and I don’t think the damage pasture that I’m aware of, okay, part of that legislation, there’s a lot of

1:01:04

parts, right? So that being said, though,

Matthew Benner  1:01:06

I think what was going to happen is they’re going to do away with replacement Levy. The renewal levy might be the new replacement Levy, and just bring you up with the current tax evaluation. That’s what, basically she was

Speaker 1  1:01:21

saying. But she renewal becomes a replacement. Things haven’t settled out at that point. So I believe that what we’re looking at is anything that’s the 26th

1:01:39

Okay, so basically it’s the traditional renewal levy is okay. The other thing I

Speaker 1  1:01:45

noticed in the minutes here, it was the meeting that was the last meeting, something about

1:01:55

the board of elections and

Speaker 1  1:01:56

access EDA standards. What was that about? What is, what was that about?

Matthew Benner  1:02:02

No, that was a life of thermostat in Nash and I was the height of the AED

John Festa  1:02:18

house. Was it something that started it was a recommendation to consider ADA. It was like the height of that AED box thing. He said, was too high for a person in a wheelchair, okay, but again, maybe, maybe a guy in a wheelchair could administer CPR and grab the thing. But then again, it’s, it’s, it’s, it’s,

Matthew Benner  1:02:46

there’s no reason for that, as far as having right kids get a hold of that. Okay? And you know, we do have wedding venues when you have little, big parties and what have you, over there, a kid gets his hands on that and opens that up and shot somebody.

1:03:00

But basically, those were recommendations. So

John Festa  1:03:04

Ada, that’s what their ADA recommendations were definitely, we definitely looked at it before.

Mark Hall  1:03:20

And the last item I get in my little pick list here is the Civic Center. The stairs are gone and the ads gone. Yep. What’s going on? They just took all that out, not

Matthew Benner  1:03:30

reforming anymore,

1:03:33

and where we’re replacing it.

Matthew Benner  1:03:36

Have you looked at it?

1:03:38

I saw where everything was removed. Yeah. So.

John Festa  1:03:41

So let me try to explain it a little bit. So everybody knows the water. So the people that put the roof on the building took off the heat, the heat tape for the buck. For the last couple of years, we haven’t had a bad winter, really froze or anything this last past winter, and deep all the water went on to the to the stairs and disintegrated the stairs. We couldn’t let people walk just back, so we decided to tear that out. Tear that platform out. Jackie, soft crack. Just do a monolith report for the steps, overdue, okay, and you’re not going to put it in the little plant. No more

Speaker 1  1:04:38

plans you Ben, no more plans. Okay, there’s

John Festa  1:04:43

nobody there to take care So Mark, I have one question for you, how many meetings a month Do you have? TWICE, TWICE. The last meeting that you were here

Matthew Benner  1:04:59

was on the. 28 think that’s

John Festa  1:05:07

correct, last time or last time you were here, you came in and there was paperwork on the table that picked up so there was one copy of a letter from when you call from, so there was a letter you left on the table. Yeah,

Matthew Benner  1:05:26

okay, so,

John Festa  1:05:30

so when you guys have your you guys have your lunches over there, of course, we said it was okay, yeah, you guys like, pick up a little bit after yourselves. When you come in here, do you like clean the desk off? Good or better? Yeah, because you use it twice a month, I didn’t know you’re gonna use this question, right? It’s

Mark Hall  1:05:57

the second and fourth month edge in the BCA. You BCA has it for the first and third Monday. However, the arrangement of the BCA is depending on

Speaker 1  1:06:11

what’s on their schedule and their needs. They can just give us a call and we’ll say we need to flip away or whatever for them, you know, for more, okay,

1:06:21

very good. Sherry, right? Special meeting we had a couple weeks ago. Is it up on the website yet

John Festa  1:06:28

that we can listen to it? No. Julia will

John Festa  1:06:40

give you. We don’t record this,

Speaker 8  1:06:41

but don’t record the special meeting. Is that

John Festa  1:06:47

what you’re talking about? We didn’t record the special I mean, I mean, Julia, she could send you. So the minutes are our minutes. Whatever the minutes are, we approve. And that’s

Speaker 8  1:07:02

what happened. Okay, second for years, every month when we come in, there’s a sheet back there, and on the sheet was always financials every month that the residents would look at, including the bills paid, money coming in, money going out, about, I don’t know, eight months, 10 months ago, it stopped. So my question was, Julia, that’s not something

1:07:24

we had to do.

Speaker 8  1:07:28

I use AI in your minutes. Maybe we’ve always done it, though, for years. So the residents we didn’t do we ever did receipts. We always did papers. You know, we always did that we pay every month and all that. And under Ohio Sunshine laws, the records are

1:07:49

supposed to be open the residence. I want to request a reference from

1:07:51

November of

Speaker 8  1:08:00

and then I’ll pass them out to eight residents that want to see what the financials are presumed

1:08:08

of anything financials.

1:08:15

I’d like to see it every month.

1:08:21

I’ll start with you.

Speaker 8  1:08:23

And you know, I bet memory village is one square mile, and I’ve got that 10 page financial statement every month. I can tell you on Saturday what person’s overtime was and what they said. It’s the Nestle of one square mile. We’ve got a lot bigger budget, a lot for people. And we suddenly, just suddenly went

1:08:45

to Connecticut, when going back, the only thing you know, just the dollar.

1:08:53

Have you ever done it since you came for him last August? What did

Speaker 4  1:08:59

he stop? Uh, didn’t require it. It’s not required. And

1:09:04

you’re the first

Speaker 8  1:09:08

person that asked. And I see we give out a lot of contracts to outside companies on no bids. And I know we don’t have to have bids on everything, but you know, we’re giving the HVAC system to a company out northern Canton now, when, in fact, we’ve used companies right here in now that are local companies that have provided us with good service, is the company in Canton related in any way? Idiot? There’s no connection phone one day and call. North Canada.

Matthew Benner  1:09:45

They’re a canal fold. They did work here. They put this mini split in over here. They put the furnaces and the air conditioning in the civic center. They’ve done work for us for years, and they are a sub. They do work for the language. Election. Yes, they do, but they’re not tied behind

1:10:03

construction membership, so their

1:10:07

affiliated companies work for

Speaker 8  1:10:08

Yeah, okay, a local HVAC company will run shelter for years, and

Matthew Benner  1:10:13

they don’t get anything and just so, you know, Gary, I’ve reached out to Roger Hamill. I’ve reached out to a lot of people to give us prices on the stuff. I have the questions, if you want, all the stuff has been out there. It’s been advertised and it’s been bid. So it’s been, it’s been a fair game. It’s just like, you know, with the electricity out here, bike select, I mean, so it’s been, you know, it’s been a fair game. We like yourself to local residents if we can. So, but nobody, like I said, with the panics in the school, nobody’s ever wanted in there somewhere. So I’m out of the light.

Speaker 8  1:10:53

So can you provide the financials, though, in the future, as we all use

1:10:58

it now, payables,

1:11:00

I’m sorry, panels, the panels are

1:11:03

what we want, that we did

1:11:07

in prior years, everything

Speaker 8  1:11:08

we used to do, and also the money that came in, what went out, things

1:11:13

like that, the receipts

Speaker 4  1:11:14

we didn’t, they’re in our Budget. No, there’s small amounts

1:11:20

that came in parallel stuff. That came in,

1:11:26

terrible stuff like that. It used to be on there. I can’t remember

John Festa  1:11:33

everything, yeah, well, the last five years, when I took over two years, anything

Matthew Benner  1:11:38

else I have one thing for Terry cooling. Also did some work. They put the HVAC system over have always they’ve done work today.

Matthew Benner  1:11:51

Yeah, it seemed to be the little guy doesn’t want to do it for every reason. Like I said, it’s not because they haven’t been asked because they have. So we’ll just want

Speaker 8  1:12:01

to see not a talent company. Town companies, yes, you know, I get this like, you know, they say our union has been around for a long term. They’ve helped us and, you know, clientele are all good. Let’s see. I think that’s, oh, who is our insurance company for that community center, Community Center, who is our insurance company that insurance or community

Matthew Benner  1:12:24

center, who

Speaker 4  1:12:29

is Our insurance company? The insurance or building, who township Association?

John Festa  1:12:40

It tonight. Thanks.

1:12:47

Ben Harvey, when

Speaker 7  1:12:49

you referred to the sewer project about to get started, whatever was decided on that

1:12:59

special building that had to be built, it

John Festa  1:13:01

shot so the reason that they did at the beginning, we wanted to hook up the collages, we wanted to hook up school and wanted to hook everything up, but since it wasn’t on a continuous property. So like here, these are all owned. That’s why they wanted that big open sewer. So and then the price tag went up to in the 800,000 so we decided our best, our best way to use that money is to use it for civic center. So we didn’t need that. We needed was a tap in so we had to pay a tap in fee for the Civic Center, and we had to pay a tap in fee for him. You referred

Speaker 7  1:13:59

to a law review that was occurring. Without getting into private client information. What’s that score?

John Festa  1:14:09

So? So the county decided to shut the building up and deemed it unusable, and we wanted to know why, since they, since, they were the ones that ran the whole elevator project, right? So we’re trying to get some enhancers from the county. And since, since the county prosecutor’s office not only represents us, but they also represent the county. So we decided to go with Chad Murdock, and so it’s an illegal discussion. I really can’t give you any specifics, because it has. Yeah, all right, but as soon as something breaks, we definitely go into it, okay?

Speaker 7  1:15:06

And then regarding the flood damage at the Civic Center, yes, I did see the ad that ran in the paper requesting bidges on flood remediation. I don’t have a really good idea of the extent of the damage. Man, I know some of the floor took a hit. The stuff in the basement took a hit. So what is the scope of the of the project? I mean, what? What did assure insurance adjustment? Yes, okay, they

Matthew Benner  1:15:38

came out. Insurance. Well, I let John. That’s John’s projects.

John Festa  1:15:45

So for years, we, not only are this administration, but administrations from before always thought that the sink upstairs was freezing, and they would open it the door, and hopefully that it would thaw. But so, of course, we had a very bad winter. Ben the pipes happened, happened to freeze. So what happened is that the water thank God for Tim, because he walked in the clean and the water was just shooting out of there, so it flooded the upstairs, and then from the upstairs, it all flooded down into the basement. So we had drywall damage, electrical damage, plumbing damage. We get the damage floor upstairs. The wooden floor was it mostly in the solar they got damaged

John Festa  1:16:53

from the from the from the upstairs floor, directly down below, to the women’s bathroom, to the kitchen area there Julia’s office, those types of things. So really our main concern, because that’s just framing and drywall, one of the main concerns was the floor, right? So are they going to play for pay for a new floor? We don’t want we have to wait for the bids to come in. And I wondered if any,

Speaker 7  1:17:35

in the course of getting bids and stuff, if it was clear to anybody that that was on the national register. And so when you have damage, you need to make every effort to replace stuff authentically. And I think the floor would probably be the only thing really that qualified. I mean, if the refrigerator had to get

Matthew Benner  1:17:56

this out, that’s not, well, most of it, that’s a

1:17:58

fairly

John Festa  1:18:00

open floor. Most of the most of the damage downstairs was not of historic value, right? Those were all put in offices and drywall, right? So really, that really did make the flooring, if you could find a company that could do that flooring, you’re probably looking upwards of $100,000 or something, because no one’s going to, and I don’t think the insurance companies

1:18:32

did, they would make a recommendation. So

John Festa  1:18:35

on, so on the bid, so on the bid, so on the bid sheet we we said, to repair or replace the fort way, so we only had one bidder. I have no idea what that’s going to come back

Speaker 8  1:18:51

at you also asked on that if they would provide repair, replace or put in click in place for LVP

1:19:02

over the old floor,

Matthew Benner  1:19:05

whatever I whatever the insurance company that one to me that, I mean as a trustee, that would be accepted, except you want that floor, and it’ll be. It won’t be tough to match that floor. It will be. But that’s all. I think one, one and a quarter or one and eight slats. Okay, so good luck. Fine, fine. I believe that floor will make it so

Speaker 8  1:19:28

that’s not going to be cheap, but it right. They will do it.

1:19:37

Insurance company said they,

Matthew Benner  1:19:40

David said they, they didn’t say they wouldn’t pay. What they did say is they wanted to know if it could be refinished. And I said, go, Okay, you tell me, you know, you see this stuff every day, right? And it’s already fine, you know? And that floor has already been refinished. How many times? Okay, so how many more times can you refinish? It’s. The bench. The Shirt Company said, they said that they wouldn’t replace it. They wanted the

1:20:07

bids both ways. So was there a plate that split?

Matthew Benner  1:20:11

Oh, I got pictures. Yeah, that’s Tim. Tim went about it. So it was

Speaker 8  1:20:15

a blank that split. What’s that bike? It was an actual, like, copper lights. No, it was about

Matthew Benner  1:20:19

what they blew the end of it. All the blew the the valve off,

Speaker 8  1:20:24

the compression, shut up, yup, who installed that when

Matthew Benner  1:20:28

what I know been here since I’ve been here. I’ve been here six years. So,

John Festa  1:20:33

yeah, they’ve always, they always thought it was well, I did too. I always got that those pipes ran up that back to water. So what they did is, when they did is, when they built that kitchen to put the drop ceiling down, they didn’t have any air, they didn’t have any heat above the drop ceiling, and those and those pipes kept free. We thought

Matthew Benner  1:20:53

they went to the women’s restaurant. They did not. They went back, Shut Off. On. They had a little like a six by six accessible panel that was intended, and you can then turn the water on and off. Never, okay, we all turn them off into the in the mechanical right? That being said, okay, to fix that. I mean, we created the Collect the outside walls. We’re gonna have to eat that okay, because those outside walls are not exalted at all. So they’re getting prices down. They have that pump. And then once we get that and we can move forward. And hopefully, with whoever it is today,

1:21:40

is there any big ordering and who did deposits?

1:21:43

I mean, because isn’t there any liability?

1:21:45

Yeah, I’ve never seen a little pot unless they were

Matthew Benner  1:21:48

installed. If I was to guess it was going to be back in your airport as trustee, maybe Victor, I don’t know. It should be

Speaker 1  1:21:56

well before I I think the ladies room is done back when I and Steve Ortiz was in office, yeah, and Steve Ortiz was before my time, yeah, I think it was Connie and Steve long

John Festa  1:22:15

Yeah, I’m not trying to put the figures that It happened. It happened right,

1:22:19

right? And I mean, you relatively new. I mean, it’s

1:22:24

not from Steve works. It

Matthew Benner  1:22:30

can’t be six years, because I’ve been doing the water samples there for six years.

John Festa  1:22:37

Okay, yes, okay, Doc. Sondland, our

Speaker 2  1:22:43

president of Ben White Historical Society, and I’m asking about you had a gentleman come and talk to us a restoration specialist for this building?

John Festa  1:22:57

Yes,

1:22:58

Bill gallery, no, I’m sorry.

1:23:01

Oh, you Ben got one? Phil, anyways, I’m

John Festa  1:23:04

just asking that if you recommended

Speaker 2  1:23:11

painting the exterior, and he also said about the grading out here to keep it from flooding, is there are you guys going to do that?

John Festa  1:23:22

Or that? Yes, that is our goal for next year. So, so here’s the here’s the problem. It had nothing to do with the grading. So what’s happening is the water is coming down. You can’t really grade this out. It’s never, it’s never going to be right. So the recommendation that Phil made was to actually put a wall, a small wall, around the perimeter of that building, and keep the water from coming up against the building. Yes, we do. We are looking to paint the building. We want to get the sewer project done and out of the way, and then that’s what we’re going to work on next year. But we know we’re going to take his we’re going to take his recommendation seriously, because he is, he is historic architect, yeah, we have that in mind. We have painting, and we have to fix that Ben in the basement. There’s a beam in the basement that’s bad that needs to be fixed. So we will tackle that come 2026 and slightest idea, okay, I am not. I mean, he took a look at that, and he knows it needs to be picked and that that’s right up underneath that wall right there. Okay, thank you. Everything. Okay, upstairs. Ben, just crowded. No. We’d like to see you come to the meetings more often and let us know how everything’s going up

Speaker 2  1:25:06

there. We have a company coming Tuesday to look at some of our newspapers. We have many old newspapers that nobody else has narrowed records and some other things. And we’re going to look at it to see about digitizing, and also digitizing our movie. Remember, we had a movie Clyde Carlton took pictures in the village and doing some other digitization. And we’re gonna, we’re going to talk to us about the possibility of applying for a grant

John Festa  1:25:47

for that. I did make a recommendation to you earlier today, if you’re going to have digit you’re going to have some company, you’re going to have someone come in here to digitize your stuff. Yeah, sure. It never leaves this building. They never get that.

Speaker 4  1:26:04

And make sure it doesn’t just all get thrown back in front Yeah.

Matthew Benner  1:26:10

And make sure it comes back in the same form, yes. Because, like, all those zoning records were just pieces parts. Did it? You know? Yeah, Jason, there’s some company out of almost

1:26:24

anything else. Anything else?

Speaker 8  1:26:31

Brian, so Okay, well, couple of things. One to start off with, got a communication from Julia here a couple weeks ago about trash service and stuff like that, and apparently we haven’t been getting billed for our share of the trash service for the dumpster and stuff like that here. And she had a recommended amount of 50% historically, I think we used to pay 30% of the trash well here, or about 1/3 of it, actually. So there are four buildings I believe, that contribute to the dumpster here. So it’s kind of unfair for us to be responsible for 50% of the bill. So I think a third is probably a more realistic number.

Speaker 4  1:27:33

That’s why I raised the information that I received. Yeah, so I was the information I had with

Speaker 8  1:27:39

it was 1/3 so and originally it used to be the church got to build, and then we used to build a township. But then you guys gotta keep the rate on the dumpster or whatever. And then it’s, you know, you guys got to start getting the bill. And the bill was supposed to come to us or or you guys were supposed to bill us, or whatever. So I close the bill us or whatever. So she suggested he comes to the township meeting or whatever and discuss it. So we’re here to discuss it.

John Festa  1:28:11

And no that, that’s fine, Brian, we, we will certainly take a look at your recommendation. But I just wanted you to know that we it was like, you know, it was like, out of sight, out of mind, you know, until, until we didn’t have the civic center open, and we were like, maybe, why are we paying to

Speaker 8  1:28:32

go and use it? Yeah, what before? As the other thing too, we’ve noticed that, and even last year, when the senator was being used most of the time that dumpster is being emptied. It’s being emptied every week, and it’s usually only half full. So could we both save money by either going to a smaller dumpster or a smaller type of service for service every other week, or something like that. And that’s what we were getting looking at. Because, yeah, this building,

1:29:08

whenever they

Matthew Benner  1:29:09

have something here, doesn’t really go Yeah, because we really can take it over to all the dumpsters, put the dumpster there, okay, as well. So from 10 planes, you can just take income.

Speaker 5  1:29:26

Well, I always have the people’s at the gym or at the Civic Center. They put

1:29:36

the garbage in there. Yeah. I mean, we use the

1:29:44

historical society uses it, and then our church would use it,

1:29:50

after the most vicious Ben contract

John Festa  1:29:57

with the company that dumpsters, I think that was the whole. Idea of putting the putting the chains on. So I’m not here to point anything as well. My observation, of course, since I’m retired now, and I don’t have much to do, but I have seen people come, which is nice, that they donate clothing and everything. Yeah, lot of people have other things that are being decided since clothing only, yeah, they may have baby stuff and they throw it in. So, anyway, so, so anyway. We have, on many occasions, called the dumpster company and said, Hey, listen, you guys gotta fix the lids, because it’s not just us. Other people drive in here and throw their garbage. They don’t want to pay their boat garbage. So we’ll come up. Let’s come up with a solution and see. Do

1:31:04

you know what happened to the locks

John Festa  1:31:07

on the dumpster? I have no idea. I’ve

Speaker 6  1:31:09

just got a message in it was locked from the dumpster company. The only

Speaker 8  1:31:15

one, well, the only one that could be on it was maybe lift items that are on that. Yeah, you know, I don’t know. Maybe they don’t have anything

Speaker 8  1:31:30

except or whatever, but I don’t know who zip tied it. Yeah, okay, thinking is okay, and you guys will consider whatever, about the amount or whatever. And if you guys do, decide or whatever, and we just like to, we’d like to have like, 30 day notice or whatever, so we can arrange for private practice.

John Festa  1:31:56

So, so what? So we’ll look at, I got your

Speaker 8  1:31:59

house, okay, yeah. The other thing I have a question about I was looking at the, well, couple of things actually, is the sewer system. When you tie into the sewer system, since we’re currently using a common septic and stuff like that, is that going to do anything with the church, or is that going to how is that going to work? Because this building and the church are already tied in together with the septic system. How is what going to work that storage system? How is it going to work? Yeah, going to tie in the church too, or what we’re going to now do, oh, my

John Festa  1:32:42

God, we discussed this before, so we’re going to,

Speaker 8  1:32:45

well, we’re that’s a problem. Nobody is we thought, we thought the sources through private was dead. We thought there was nothing going to happen,

John Festa  1:32:54

Ryan, we discussed this through a project for two

Speaker 8  1:32:59

years, yeah. And we thought because you guys weren’t doing the building anymore, we thought you guys only withdrew.

John Festa  1:33:05

No, now when the arguments paid for this? No, we don’t. Okay, so, so let’s get it out in the open plan. So we’re going to connect Civic Center. We’re going to connect the town hall to the sewer. Okay, so we had actually had to pay two tapping fees. Why? You don’t? So what we’re going to do is we’re going to take we’re going to cut our cut the suit, the set pipe to the septic. We’re going to cap it, and you guys, it’ll be yours. You don’t have to worry about anything. I’m sure we talked about this before. So you it’ll be, it’ll be yours, okay? You can use it as long as you want, as long as certain okay. You know, agencies don’t give you a problem with it or whatever. Okay, but it’s in good working condition as far as I know,

1:34:00

all right, can I ask? What did

John Festa  1:34:04

that mean? $6,350

Matthew Benner  1:34:08

each one.

John Festa  1:34:09

Now, you know that doesn’t stop there. Now you need an engineer, yeah, engineer, so you’re looking probably 40 or $50,000 okay?

Speaker 10  1:34:26

40 or 50,000 Okay, Mr. Summerlin, presently that was put in in the 80s, I think the township has been paying electric for the two pumps. So when it gets turned over to you, I would recommend you hook your own electric in and then two pumps. Okay, because the township has got the electric line. In fact, I put it in, yeah, so it’s something you had to consider, what, who’s going to pay for the electric? Well. Assuming we’ll have to get well, then you’ll have to have your electrician put the blind into the pump station.

1:35:07

That’s something nice to know ahead of time it’s going to be

Speaker 10  1:35:12

cut off. So I’m sure when they start this project, this place is going to get tore up. Yeah, you’ll know. Oh,

John Festa  1:35:24

good, and again, we haven’t. I mean, we’ve been discussing this for I understand that many

Speaker 8  1:35:31

we were just under the understanding that the project was that, because I don’t know if anybody specifically said but we were understanding these guys were against having that the list at the pump station, outside and stuff like that, and that you weren’t going to continue to go forward with

John Festa  1:35:51

it. I don’t think there was no way that we were going to approve a $750,000

1:35:59

sewer slot system.

John Festa  1:36:02

We don’t have that kind of

Speaker 8  1:36:04

well, and that’s why we thought the project was totally dead. We didn’t think there was another option. We thought that because of that, the project was dead, because there was no other option, we didn’t realize that there was further options. So we thought it was dead. So

Matthew Benner  1:36:19

now, you know, take back, this is the 10 The

Speaker 8  1:36:24

other question I had is, on the pavilion, are you planning on cutting off the parking lot back there with the new pavilion, cutting off the driveway? Not necessarily, though, okay. The only concern I have about that is that pavilion is going to be real close to the driveway there, into the driveway. Actually, my concern is a safety concern right there. And if someone is coming out of the pavilion, and somebody can, somebody is driving by, and for whatever reason, people aren’t paying attention, right? There’s a very good chance of somebody getting hurt or hit by a car or whatever. That is, something I think you need to really look at, and I think you need to talk to your insurance company about that. So you know, the placement of the pavilion may not be ideal where it is, or you may need to consider closing the driveway there.

John Festa  1:37:25

We may, we may that that’s, that’s been, that’s, that’s been talked about and talked about, okay, and that’s probably where it’s going, okay? We can use all that area there for,

1:37:41

yeah, I nature. You know, I just see a lot of the liability there.

John Festa  1:37:44

Real quick. Here, what lay, exam, church property?

1:38:02

Yes, you that’s

John Festa  1:38:07

where. That’s where that okay. We good, yeah, okay, Ron

1:38:18

rich, rich, oh, first thing, who do I see

John Festa  1:38:25

for your request? Before you see second

1:38:29

thing is the

Speaker 8  1:38:30

inspector in here. But most of this is pertain to violation on that property, and we send the road says that I’ve received numerous complaints or numerous letters or something. I received nothing. This man’s never knocked on my door. What property is this for one of the campers, all the campers,

John Festa  1:38:59

which never, which never. No,

Speaker 8  1:39:02

that’s mine. I’m asking, we treat the residents like this. Will you send a letter from an attorney?

John Festa  1:39:09

Well, so I lived here 20 years. It’s the first I’m trying to answer. So the zoning inspector is in charge of violations. If he if, if the zoning inspector tells me that he gave me what I have to do back zoning, unless, until he’s here in front of us, I want to give him a chance to defend himself too. So it’s fine to me, you’re, you’re making accusations which are probably true. Well,

1:39:47

there’s, there’s cameras

1:39:47

all over my property. Yeah, never knocked on my door. Well, you’re

John Festa  1:39:50

probably, I’m not saying you’re not, you’re not being truthful. I’m just saying it’d be nice to have, it’d be nice to have both

1:39:58

sides. I’m saying it’s King. Ben, here

John Festa  1:40:03

we were under the impression that you were served, that you were served, that you were served as owners. We

Speaker 8  1:40:12

wouldn’t have known every vehicle on that property was licensed and insured and played every vehicle on that property run. I want to state that. Second thing is, he’s got on here. I’m running a business out of there, a landscape company. I don’t even cut my own grass. Anybody that knows me knows I want nothing to do with that. So, I mean, there’s something, there’s something, there’s something fishy going on here, but that there was

1:40:46

three campers. There’s two now that in May, I think I never would have won soon to get rid of the motorhome. The

John Festa  1:40:57

fifth wheel ain’t going nowhere. Well, we are. We are by law, and not only that, for the benefit of our president, whatever you need. Information wise, we’re always eager to give it to you know, I ask no questions. We don’t, we don’t, we don’t care. You ask you tell us go meet what you want.

1:41:23

Yeah, basically, we’re going to come up with these

John Festa  1:41:36

findings. Fair

Speaker 3  1:41:38

enough. Mary Ellen, you anybody

John Festa  1:41:49

got anything else to add? We are ready to go into Executive Session. We’ll be doing that. Yes,

1:42:06

the use of electricity, yes, and your air

1:42:09

conditioning and your

1:42:13

heaters, whatever you’re taking in a prime of people to trust that they’re not going to turn that air conditioning

John Festa  1:42:21

down. So should be liable. There is a lot. So this case of chapter two, yeah, it says, it says 72 and normally it’s at 75 they

1:42:35

wouldn’t have made

John Festa  1:42:37

60. Yeah, okay, that’s what he said. I second thing, the

Speaker 1  1:42:45

amount of electricity being in years, yeah, compared to last year,

John Festa  1:42:50

compared to last month or last two months ago. So you’ll know

Speaker 1  1:42:52

where it’s at. How’s your hot water? Is it electric, or is it gas? Gas? So

1:43:06

that leaves here. Wait a

John Festa  1:43:12

second so our So our recommendation here was to have its service. Maybe the filters are clogged plugged up on it. I don’t know.

1:43:29

So it’s not

Speaker 6  1:43:32

I kind of figured what I said,

John Festa  1:43:42

anything else from the audience here, if not, we’re going to want to make a mail motion set time.

Mark Hall  1:43:52

Just a quick question. You’re migrating to doing your public notices on your website. As such. I brought this up before, have you implemented, or started to implement a way where people can subscribe to when something shows up that they get an email, we could, and I

John Festa  1:44:13

told you I would look into that still try to figure it out. Okay, nice one. What I would think that we can, what I would think that we could do is maybe advertise some files and people want to Share your email address with us.

1:44:39

I’ve heard

John Festa  1:44:42

about subscription services. So I can tell you one thing that record courier, nobody reads it, but you’re putting your money in the record courier, I read it well. I do too, but I’m saying, yeah, what I’m saying, there’s no, there’s no, there’s really no. You. Subscription based anymore, the papers three pages

Speaker 1  1:45:06

long. I still get it every day at that house.

John Festa  1:45:13

So you also go online as well. No, no. I mean, you still have a computer.

1:45:21

You use a computer, though?

Speaker 1  1:45:23

Yeah, I’m your occasion here, but I’m not, I don’t really know. The thing is, you could access the website. Yeah, it’s just easier to go in and Leah Sanders subscription service. You know, when you do email, it’s all in one place. You get notified go to look, rather than to go go around. You know, efficient at

Speaker 4  1:45:52

different places for it, it’s on the website and it’s on

Speaker 1  1:45:57

Facebook. See, Facebook doesn’t work for me, so I don’t know what’s going on

Speaker 3  1:46:02

with that. Don’t

1:46:06

know what’s going on with that. So, okay, yeah, just

1:46:14

getting posted as okay. He

John Festa  1:46:15

usually does. He hasn’t been here in six months. Are you wrong again? Terry,

1:46:26

you only missed the last meeting

1:46:31

coincided with his name. He’s a costume,

1:46:35

kind of rare. He’s here.

1:46:38

You think he’s a wrong time

1:46:42

starting? You

Speaker 8  1:46:43

From now on, I’ve called him on some issues, just like he’s talking about and Rich says, you know, hey, my hands are tied. The trustees tell me what they want me to do and what they want me to enforce. And if, if I don’t get they tell me, don’t worry about it, and I ignore it

Matthew Benner  1:47:04

because I was talking to him about agriculture when he used to force the zoning book. That’s right, that’s that’s where, that’s his chapter he gets paid to do. That’s why don’t tell him what to do.

Speaker 8  1:47:19

And that’s why he knows that he was here because that’s not what he told me. So, you know, he’s just here to enforce, and that’s what I believe a zoning priest is supposed to do. You want to force the zoning code that’s in place?

John Festa  1:47:40

Okay? We’re going, I’ll make a motion to go into Executive Session under 121. 22

1:47:48

Section G,

Matthew Benner  1:47:54

paragraph turning. I just want you guys know, Hey, I’m Charles, so I

1:48:09

listen, I

1:48:36

hey that

1:48:57

interesting, okay, okay, you.