Harlem nixes 4-way stop at intersection; county turned down request twice

The fol­low­ing report of the June 20 Harlem Town­ship Board of Trustee meet­ings was pre­pared from approved min­utes sub­mit­ted by Harlem Fis­cal Offi­cer Bobby Fracasso.

Mem­bers of the Harlem Town­ship Board of Trustees met on Wednes­day, June 20, in reg­u­lar ses­sion at the Harlem Town­ship Hall and Fire­house, with trustees Jerry Paul, Bob Singer and Dave Jack­son present.

Also present for the ses­sion were Harlem Zon­ing Inspec­tor David Andrian, Harlem Divi­sion of Fire Chief Dale Fling, Harlem Main­te­nance and Roads Super­vi­sor Bart Walker, Joni Man­son, Valerie Ped­er­sen, Mr. Sha­heen, Robin Watkins, Eric Watkins, W. Fred­er­ick and Louise Guenther.

Robin Watkins was in cham­bers to ask if a four-way stop sign could be erected at the inter­sec­tion of Harlem Road and Cen­ter Vil­lage Road. The trustees informed Watkins that the inter­sec­tion is a county-maintained right-of-way and the town­ship does not have the juris­dic­tion to place a stop sign on a county roadway.

The trustees also said two pre­vi­ous requests to the county for four-way stop signs at the inter­sec­tion have been denied.

It was reported that the Delaware County Pros­e­cu­tor said trash pick-up can­not be a bal­lot issue; and fire­works need a permit.

Joni Man­son reported that the Harlem Town­ship Zon­ing Com­mis­sion is work­ing on a con­ser­va­tion subdivision.

Bart Walker reported that Orchid Lane has been road-graded with an addi­tional 120 tons of 304.

Chief Fling reported Harlem Divi­sion of Fire Runs to Date through June 20: Fire 113, EMS 128: total 241.

The trustees passed a res­o­lu­tion of neces­sity for levy­ing an addi­tional tax in excess of the 10-mil lim­i­ta­tion. Res­o­lu­tion Num­ber 12–6-04-T-12 is avail­able in the Fis­cal Offi­cers Office in the Harlem Town­ship Hall for pub­lic review.

Adding drug test­ing for all town­ship employ­ees to the Harlem Town­ship Employee Man­ual was dis­cussed. Fol­low­ing dis­cus­sion trustee Paul made the motion to approve the addi­tion of drug test­ing to be added to the employee man­ual for all town­ship employ­ees. Motion passed.

After some dis­cus­sion trustee Jack­son made a motion to pro­ceed with a Dec­la­ra­tion of Nui­sance and Abate­ment of Nui­sance pur­suant to Ohio Revised Code 505.87 on real prop­erty located at 12338 Robins Road, West­er­ville. Motion Passed.

There were sev­eral res­i­dents in atten­dance to dis­cuss exces­sive noise at 5180 Harlem Road.

David Andrian pre­sented the board with a fact-finding sheet and his rec­om­men­da­tion that the owner of the res­i­dence could fall under a lim­ited house occu­pa­tion per­mit. After some dis­cus­sion the trustees over­ruled Andrian’s sug­ges­tion and said the prop­erty owner should apply for an expanded home occu­pa­tion per­mit through the Harlem Town­ship Board of Zon­ing Appeals.

Andrian also reported that Fancher Ceme­tery data-entry is complete.

Doc­u­ments for the township’s pur­chase of the Grange Hall have been signed and the pur­chase has closed. For­mal guide­lines for the use of the Grange Hall will be established.

The Trustees received con­tract esti­mates for the township’s 2012 road improve­ment pro­gram. After some dis­cus­sion trustee Paul moved to accept the 2012 road improve­ment pro­gram. Motion Passed.

Dun­can Run 605 Bridge work may be done in 2014; ODOT will pay for the culvert.

Harlem Town­ship Trustees meet on the third Wednes­day of every month at Harlem Town­ship Hall, 3883 Ohio 605, imme­di­ately south of Cen­ter Vil­lage Road. All Harlem Town­ship trustee, zon­ing and board of zon­ing appeals ses­sions com­ply with the man­dates of Ohio’s Sun­shine Laws and are open to the public.

Harlem Town­ship can be found on the World Wide Web at < www.harlemtwp.com/> .

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