Harlem Township Trustees address numerous items at October 17 meeting

The fol­low­ing report is culled from approved min­utes of the Wednes­day, Octo­ber 17, Harlem Town­ship Board of Trustees meet­ing sub­mit­ted by Harlem Fis­cal Offi­cer Bobby Fracasso.

The Harlem Town­ship Trustees met in reg­u­lar ses­sion at the Harlem Town­ship Hall and Fire­house on Wednes­day, Octo­ber 17, with trustees Jerry Paul, Bob Singer and Dave Jack­son present.

Also in cham­bers for the ses­sion were Eldon John­ston from the Delaware County Engineer’s Office, Harlem Divi­sion of Fire Chief Dale Fling, Harlem Town­ship Zon­ing Inspec­tor David Andrian, Harlem Town­ship Zon­ing Com­mis­sion co-chairs Sue Rasche and Joni Man­son, Ron Stacy, Vin­cent Fritsch and Mr. White.

Rasche wanted to know if the Trustees received the let­ter from the Zon­ing Com­mis­sion regard­ing the water­shed ease­ment grant, sup­port­ing the City of Colum­bus. The trustees said they did receive the letter.

John­ston informed the trustees about changes at the Delaware County Engi­neers Office. He also asked if the trustees were pleased with this year’s road resur­fac­ing project, and asked the trustees to start con­sid­er­ing a 2013 resur­fac­ing list.

John­ston also reported that work on Fancher Road should be com­plete within a week, weather per­mit­ting, and the Harlem Road Round­about is sched­uled to start in June of 2013.

Mid-meeting the trustees recessed for a pub­lic hear­ing for Ron Stacy, 4693 Harlem Road, Galena, to rezone 2.785 acres from AR1 agri­cul­tural res­i­den­tial to FR1 farm res­i­den­tial to allow for a lot split.

Stacy was present to answer any ques­tions from the trustees or gen­eral pub­lic. There were no com­ments from the pub­lic. After review and the rec­om­men­da­tion from the regional plan­ning com­mis­sion, the appli­ca­tion HTZC 12–01 to rezone 2.785 acres from AR1 to FR1 was approved. The appli­cant was advised that the gen­eral pub­lic has 30 days to right of referendum.

When the meet­ing recon­vened, Chief Fling reported Divi­sion of Fire runs to date: Fire 192 and EMS 245 for a total of 437.

Fling said tires have been mounted on Engine 451, and the town­ship insur­ance car­rier has been noti­fied about pur­chase of Grange Hall.

Fling also said that The Sun­bury News and The Delaware Gazette did excel­lent sto­ries on the Fire Levy Renewal.

Fling said hose test­ing is com­plete with a sub­stan­tial loss of 4-inch hose. He found some 4-inch hose that can be pur­chased from BST&G.

Andrian pre­sented the trustees with a let­ter from Veri­crest Finan­cial address­ing prop­erty located at 11721 Cen­ter Vil­lage Road.

Andrian also addressed the scrap­ping of equip­ment located at 5828 South Ohio 605. The res­i­dent at this address will move scrap into barns.

Mr. White of 12338 Robins Road was in cham­bers to explain his sit­u­a­tion with a sal­vage vehi­cle located on this prop­erty. Mr. Andrian advised the trustees that White has made head­way to con­ceal the vehicle.

The ceme­tery soft­ware is on hold for Fancher Maple Grove because of gravesite search and locating.

Paul made a motion to trans­fer $5,000 in the Gen­eral Fund so repairs can be made at the Grange Hall. Motion passed.

After some dis­cus­sion Paul made a motion to accept the bid from Sid­ing by Clark, located at 16826 Mur­phy Road, Sun­bury, for $5880 for sid­ing, down­spouts and gut­ters. Motion passed.

Jack­son said a meet­ing is needed to clear the air for the State Project at Ohio 605 and Dun­can Run Road.

Singer moved the adop­tion of the Delaware, Knox, Mar­ion and Mor­row Solid Waste Man­age­ment Dis­trict Plan. Motion Passed.

Harlem Town­ship Trustees meet in reg­u­lar ses­sion 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 < harlemtwp.com >.

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