Richfield Township Trustees
February 10, 2006

The Richfield Township Board of Trustees met for a special meeting on February 10, 2006 at 1:40 p.m. with the following in attendance:

Shano Cica-Mraz, Trustee Chairperson
David Wyatt, Trustee Vice Chairperson
Laurie Peters Gilmore, Trustee
Linda Bowmer, Township Administrator
Laurie Pinney, Zoning Inspector

5 attendees

A motion was made at 1:45 p.m. by Ms. Cica-Mraz and seconded by Mr. Wyatt to open a public hearing for a rezoning request. The motion passed with unanimous approval. The request is for a change in zoning from C-2 Commercial Highway District to LI-O Light Industrial-Office District for parcels #4900014 and 4900015, located at the SW intersection of S.R. 303 and I271 and approximately 14 acres. A hearing had been held for this request at the January 19 Trustee meeting, but it was subsequently found that the legal ad for the hearing had not appeared and so the hearing was re-advertised and scheduled to today’s date. The owner/applicant is K.F. Farms. Tom Boutall, attorney for the applicant, was present and described the property and current uses. The property currently has a wireless tower and associated structures and has been granted approval by the Board of Zoning Appeals for a temporary use as a materials storage and construction staging site during the I271 bridge reconstruction project, which will take several years. The Summit County Planning Commission and Richfield Township Zoning Commission have reviewed the request and each has given a recommendation for disapproval of the rezoning request.

A motion was made at 2:08 p.m. by Ms Cica-Mraz and seconded by Mr. Wyatt to close the public hearing. The motion passed with unanimous approval.

A motion was made by Ms. Cica-Mraz and seconded by Mr. Wyatt to disapprove the rezoning request. The motion passed with unanimous approval. The Trustees recommend that the Zoning Commission follow the recommendation of the Summit County Planning Commission and conduct a review of the zoning text for all commercial districts.

A motion was made by Ms. Cica-Mraz and seconded by Mr. Wyatt to approve an amendment to the proposed fire contract with the Village of Richfield. The motion passed with unanimous approval. The amendment deals with changes to the section dealing with charges for EMS services and is as follows: The original Resolution 02-2006 reads: EMS BILLING: The Village will provide the Township with an accounting, on a quarterly basis, of all billing to insurance providers related to fire and
EMS services provided within the Township. Semi-annually, the Village will
pay to the Township the net proceeds (less collection costs) the Village has
received from insurance providers for services rendered in the Township for
the period January 1, 2006 to December 31, 2006.

The amendment, as written in the contract reads: EMS BILLING: The Village will bill Township uses of services provided hereunder, and will provide the Township with an accounting, on a quarterly basis, of all billing to insurance providers related to fire and EMS services provided within the Township. Semi-annually, the Village will pay to the Township the net proceeds (less collection costs) the Village has received from insurance providers for services rendered in the Township for the period January 1, 2006 to December 31, 2006. The Village is further authorized to contract with a third party billing company to bill for said services.

A motion was made by Ms. Gilmore and seconded by Mr. Wyatt to approve Resolution 06-2006, placing a 2.2 mill 3-year replacement fire and EMS levy on the May 2, 2006 ballot. The motion passed with unanimous approval.

A motion was made by Ms. Gilmore and seconded by Mr. Wyatt to approve Resolution 07-2006, placing a 3.5 mill continuous replacement police levy on the May 2, 2006 ballot. The motion passed with unanimous approval.

A motion was made by Ms. Gilmore and seconded by Mr. Wyatt to approve Resolution 08-2006, approving the submission of an application for the Summit Akron Solid Waste Management Authority Community Recycling Access Grant. The motion passed with unanimous approval.

A motion was made by Ms. Gilmore and seconded by Mr. Wyatt to approve the purchase of garage door openers for the Boston Mills service building from Genie of Fairview in an amount not to exceed $3308. The motion passed with unanimous approval.

A motion was made by Mr. Wyatt and seconded by Ms. Gilmore to approve an additional $1000 for the purchase of computer hardware for the administration office and road department. The motion passed with unanimous approval.

A motion to adjourn was made at 2:45 by Mr. Wyatt, seconded by Ms. Cica-Mraz and received unanimous approval.


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