Richfield Township Board of Trustees
January 2, 2004

The organizational meeting of the Richfield Township Board of Trustees was called to order at 11:10 a.m. with the following in attendance:

Shano Cica-Mraz, Trustee
Laurie Peters Gilmore, Trustee
David Wyatt, Trustee
Laurie Pinney, Clerk
Linda Bowmer, Township Administrator

Trustees were sworn in by Clerk Laurie Pinney, with Ms. Cica-Mraz taking oath of office for the term beginning January 1, 2004 and continuing through December 31, 2007 and Ms. Gilmore and Mr. Wyatt taking oath of office for the terms beginning January 1, 2004 and continuing through December 31, 2005.

Floor opened for nominations for Chairperson of Board of Trustees. Ms. Gilmore nominated Ms. Cica-Mraz. Floor closed for nominations. Motion made by Ms. Gilmore, seconded by Mr. Wyatt to elect Ms. Cica-Mraz as Trustee Chairperson for 2004. Motion passed by unanimous approval.

Floor opened for nominations for Vice-Chairperson of Board of Trustees. Mr. Wyatt nominated Ms. Gilmore. Floor closed for nominations. Motion made by Mr. Wyatt seconded by Ms. Cica-Mraz to elect Ms. Gilmore as Trustee Vice-Chairperson for 2004. Motion passed by unanimous approval.

Motion to approve minutes of November 20, 2003 made by Ms. Cica-Mraz, seconded by Mr. Wyatt and received unanimous approval.

Motion to approve minutes of December 4, 2003 made by Ms. Gilmore, seconded by Mr. Wyatt, and received unanimous approval, with abstention by Ms. Cica-Mraz.

Motion to approve warrant report, items #10211 through #10289, made by Ms. Cica-Mraz, seconded by Ms. Gilmore and received unanimous approval.

Trustees began discussion of items in the draft organizational resolution. Ms. Bowmer reported that several applications have been received for the boards and the trustees decided to schedule short interviews for each applicant on January 8, 2004 at 6:00 p.m. and will continue interviews on January 15, 2003 at 6:00 p.m. if necessary.

Several changes to the 2003 Fee Schedule were discussed. Trustees considered increase in commercial/industrial zoning applications and subdivision site plan review fees, due to the increased legal and professional costs associated with these applications. Additionally, the fee for providing a hard copy of the zoning resolution was discussed, since the resolution is available for free on the township website.

An across the board pay increase of $.50 per hour for employees was proposed as being in line with recent cost of living increases. The Trustees and Clerk will receive 2.3% pay raises, in accordance with O.R.C. 325.18(A)

Motion made by Mr. Wyatt and seconded by Ms. Gilmore to adopt Resolution 01-2004, Richfield Township Organizational Resolution. Motion passed by unanimous approval.

Motion made by Ms. Gilmore, seconded by Mr. Wyatt to enter into executive session to discuss personnel issues. Motion approved unanimously.

Ms. Pinney left the meeting at 1:20 p.m. during the executive session to attend to a previous commitment and Ms. Bowmer took over responsibility for taking minutes for the balance of the meeting.

Ms. Cica-Mraz made a motion to conclude the executive session at 1:45 p.m., seconded by Ms. Gilmore; Ms. Cica-Mraz – Yes, Ms. Gilmore – Yes, Mr. Wyatt – Yes; motion carried unanimously.

The trustees discussed the petition for annexation of 55.907 acres of the Zak/Alger Road properties. Ms. Cica-Mraz made a motion to send a letter to Summit County Council from the Trustees opposing the Zak property annexation, seconded by Mr. Wyatt; Ms. Cica-Mraz – Yes, Ms. Gilmore – Yes, Mr. Wyatt – Yes; motion carried unanimously. Mr. Wyatt will attend the Council meeting on Monday, January 5, 2004 to hand deliver the letter.

Ms. Cica-Mraz made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 1:55 p.m., seconded by Mr. Wyatt; Ms. Cica-Mraz – Yes, Ms. Gilmore – Yes, Mr. Wyatt – Yes; motion carried unanimously.

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