Megan Forman, Souders principal, gives Harlem Twp. brief report on school security

The fol­low­ing report is culled from min­utes of the Wednes­day, Decem­ber 19, Harlem Town­ship Board of Trustees meet­ing sub­mit­ted by Harlem Fis­cal Offi­cer Bobby Fracasso.

Mem­bers of the Harlem Town­ship Board of Trustees met in reg­u­lar ses­sion on Wednes­day, Decem­ber 19, at the town­ship hall and fire­house, with trustees Jerry Paul, Bob Singer, and Dave Jack­son present.

Mem­bers of the pub­lic in cham­bers for the ses­sion were Harlem Divi­sion of Fire Chief Dale Fling, Phyl­lis David­son, Barb Mor­ri­son, Megan For­man, Vin­cent Fritsch, Alan Cesko, Harlem Zon­ing Com­mis­sion Co-chair Joni Man­son, and Harlem Town­ship Main­te­nance and Roads Super­vi­sor Bart Walker.

David­son and Mor­ri­son were in cham­bers to dis­cuss the town­ship ceme­tery pro­gram and to explain to the trustees that they have not heard from Harlem Zon­ing Inspec­tor David Andrian for four months regard­ing the Fancher Maple Grove Ceme­tery update. The trustees said they would look into the matter.

Hylen Soud­ers Ele­men­tary School Prin­ci­pal Megan For­man intro­duced her­self to the trustees, and gave a brief report about Hylen Soud­ers secu­rity and the Big Wal­nut school’s Excel­lent rat­ing on the state report card for the past six years. She said there are 288 stu­dents enrolled at Souders.

Walker said he had a request to install a school bus sign on Rob­bins Road. Trustees gave per­mis­sion to install the sign.

Walker said Noah Trim­mers, a com­pany that sup­plies parts for the cemetery’s Noah Mow­ing Sys­tem, is going out of busi­ness. He asked per­mis­sion to pur­chase spare parts for the sys­tem at a cost of $1,400. After dis­cus­sion a motion was made to pur­chase spare parts for the Noah Sys­tem. Motion passed.

Walker reported that the large mower has 900 hours of use and the small mower has 800 hours of use.

Walker also noted that lights at the town­ship park were shot out. He said he would get a repair estimate.

Chief Fling pre­sented Divi­sion of Fire runs to date through Decem­ber 19: Fire 224, EMS 308: Total 532.

Fling also said hose test­ing is com­plete and requested that dam­aged hose be declared as sur­plus so it can be dis­posed of. The trustees agreed to declare the dam­aged hose as surplus.

Trustee Singer said he spoke with Andrian about the zon­ing vio­la­tion on Rob­bins Road and was told that the res­i­dent has moved the vehi­cle. They also dis­cussed a trash vio­la­tion on Ohio 605 that is in the process of being cleared up.

Singer also reported that he met with Harlem Road res­i­dents at the Delaware County Pros­e­cu­tors Office about shoot­ing in the area. He said the pros­e­cu­tor believes it’s a civil mat­ter, but will still look into it.

Trustee Jack­son moved to accept appli­ca­tion HTZC 12–02 from James and Betty Immel, 3883 Miller Paul Road, to rezone 2.149 acres from AR-1 to FR-1 to allow a lot split. The trustees approved the motion; a hear­ing was held on Wednes­day, Jan­u­ary 2, at the Harlem Town­ship Firehouse.

Trustee Paul reported that he attended the Delaware County Town­ship Meet­ing on Novem­ber 20, where there was a dis­cus­sion about doing away with local gov­ern­ment by the State of Ohio and elim­i­nat­ing local trustees and fis­cal officers.

Paul said dur­ing the meet­ing sev­eral speak­ers reported that local gov­ern­ment is the best form of government.

Paul made the motion for the trustees to receive the same salary as in 2012 for 2013 ($11,318), to be paid in equal monthly pay­ments. Motion passed.

Paul also made the motion for the Fis­cal Offi­cer to receive a $19,806 annual salary for 2013, paid in equal monthly pay­ments. Motion Passed.

The trustees also agreed to pay health insur­ance for elected offi­cials for 2013, except for Dave Jack­son. The town­ship will reim­burse Jack­son for out of pocket insur­ance pre­mi­ums per his spouse’s com­pany insur­ance plan for 2013, pro­vided that it does not exceed the aver­age pre­mium paid by the township.

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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