Richfield Township Trustees Meeting
4410 W Streetsboro Road
Richfield, Ohio 44286
June 7, 2007
1:30 p.m.

The Richfield Township Trustees met for their regular meeting on June 7, 2007. The meeting was called to order at 1:37 p.m. with the following in attendance:

David Wyatt, Trustee Chairman
Laurie Peters Gilmore, Trustee
Shano Cica-Mraz, Trustee
Laurie Pinney, Zoning Inspector
Dale Canter, Richfield Police
Joe Stopak, Richfield Fire
Michael Pickens, Village of Richfield

A motion was made by Ms. Gilmore and seconded by Ms. Cica-Mraz to approve warrants 4 and 13004 through 13097. The motion passed with unanimous approval.

Ms. Pinney provided the Fiscal report. She is currently working on the Budget, which is due to the county in mid July.

Mr. Canter provided the police report. There were 1435 calls in the Village in May and 172 in the Township. There is a new traffic signal on Wheatley Road, at I77 on the southbound side. There was recently a tractor cruise on Brecksville Road. The 200th anniversary will be in 2009 and the Village is beginning to make plans for the celebration.

Mr. Stopak provided the Fire report. A meeting was held recently with the organizers of the Relay for Life. A squad will be stationed at Richfield Woods Park during the entire event. The department was asked to burn a barn at the former Babbs orchard, but they are not able to, so the owner has thirty days to remove the structure. The staff has recently completed a driver training program, which will reduce insurance costs. There were 93 calls in May, with 48 Village Fire , 18 Township Fire, 13 Village ems, 6 Township ems and 8 mutual aid.

Ms. Pinney provided the Zoning report and gave information on upcoming Board of Zoning Appeals and Zoning Commission dates and applications.

The Parks report was provided by Mr. Wyatt. There has been some difficulty in scheduling, due to overlap of the soccer and baseball seasons, but soccer is now primarily over. The township will be reworking the south baseball field, which will eliminate the 6 by 6 soccer field on the south side of the park.

In announcements, the Trustees have received a letter of resignation from long-term Board of Zoning Appeals member Ingolf Nitsch. A motion was made by Ms. Cica-Mraz and seconded by Mr. Wyatt to accept Mr. Nitsch’s resignation with great regret and much appreciation for his service to the Township. The motion passed with unanimous approval.

In New Business, Michael Pickens, from the Village of Richfield was in attendance to provide information on the Emergency Operation Plan. The Township will be asked to supply information to the plan under the Continuity of Government Section. The Policy Group will be the Mayor, President and Vice President of Council and the three Trustees.

A motion was made by Mr. Wyatt at 2:10 to recess for an executive session scheduled for 2:30. The motion was seconded by Ms. Gilmore and passed with unanimous approval.

A motion was made at 2:30 by Mr. Wyatt to go into executive session at 2:30 to discuss pending and potential litigation related to zoning issues with the Briarwood subdivision with legal counsel John Slagter. The motion was seconded by Ms. Gilmore and passed with unanimous approval.

A motion was made by Ms. Cica-Mraz and seconded by Ms. Gilmore to go out of executive session and adjourn at 3:45 p.m. The motion passed with unanimous approval.



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