The regular meeting of the Rootstown Township Trustees opened at 5:30 p.m. on January 25, 2011. Those in attendance were Trustees Bonnie Howe and Brett Housley, JoAnn Townend, Fiscal Officer, Chief Charles Palmer, Bill Hahn, Jim Mahood, Van Black, and Julie Gonzales.

Resolution No. 2011-019 - Motion was made by Bonnie Howe and seconded by Brett Housley to accept the minutes of January 11, 2010. Upon roll call the vote as follows: Diane Dillon, absent, Bonnie Howe, yea, Brett Housley, yea.

FIRE CHIEF REPORT

Resolution No. 2011-020 - Motion was made by Bonnie Howe and seconded by Brett Housley to agree to renew the Fire Company agreement in an amount of $4,800.00. Upon roll call the vote as follows: Diane Dillon, absent, Bonnie Howe, yea, Brett Housley, yea.

5:31 PM Trustee Dillon attending.

The following calls were made in 2010:

EMS:	637
Fire:	236
Car Accidents:	97
Total:	970

The following members completed their basic EMT training at Robinson Memorial Hospital. They will be taking the National Registry Test in the next two weeks.

Jon Park
Eric Samodell
Josh Russ

Resolution No. 2011-021 - Motion was made by Diane Dillon and seconded by Bonnie Howe to repair the front side marker light on the 1999 Ford Crown Victoria (Chief Palmer's fire vehicle) from Collision Craft in an amount of $1,026.00. Upon roll call the vote as follows: Diane Dillon, yea, Bonnie Howe, yea, Brett Housley, yea.

ROAD SUPERINTENDENT REPORT

Bill reported the cutting edges for the plows have been ordered.

50 tons of salt has been ordered. The new cell phones are in, but they are now waiting for the car chargers and cases.

The lock has been changed on the storage container.

The 2 hydraulic hoses on Ray's truck broke and have been replaced.

Resolution No. 2011-022 - Motion was made by Bonnie Howe and seconded by Diane Dillon to order 5 sweatshirts for each of the Road Crew from Cintas. Upon roll call the vote as follows: Diane Dillon, yea, Bonnie Howe, yea, Brett Housley, yea.

Cemetery

There was one funeral on January 15th.

Park

John Drago contacted Bill regarding moving the park gate at the end of Case Avenue. Bill told him we have no plans on relocating the gate.

Brett asked if the Road Crew has been using the extra dump truck. Bill said they have used it twice in the last three weeks. They are currently using it as a spare. They use if for patching the roads and as a back-up plow. Bill said his truck is the oldest (2003) and anticipates getting an additional 6-7 years out of it.

Weather permitting; the Road Crew will be attending a luncheon on Friday at the Shelley Company. They will be conducting a demonstration of new asphalt.

ZONING INSPECTOR REPORT

There was one (1) act of business.

Jim left a message with Kerry Macomber from the City of Ravenna asking the status of the grant the city anticipates applying for Connecting Communities Grant through AMATS for the Ravenna to Rootstown (R2R) Corridor.

Jim will be attending a preparation meeting tomorrow.

The rentals for the pavilion are still coming in.

The Board asked Julie to contact Ravenna Township regarding their indigent burial rules and regulations.

RESIDENT'S COMMENTS

George Tishma was present and asked why they were clearing out the trees under the power lines on Tallmadge Road. Jim said they were doing this for logging purposes only.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

JoAnn informed the Board that we have not received the legal review from the Prosecutor's Office regarding Kenyon Energy and the Township leasing mineral rights.

Resolution No. 2011-023 - Motion was made by Bonnie Howe and seconded by Diane Dillon to reappoint Karen Henry to the Zoning Commission Board term ending December 31, 2015. Upon roll call the vote as follows: Diane Dillon, yea, Bonnie Howe, yea, Brett Housley, yea.

Resolution No. 2011-024 - Motion was made by Bonnie Howe and seconded by Diane Dillon to reappoint Troy Cutright to the Zoning Board of Appeals term ending December 31, 2015. Upon roll call the vote as follows: Diane Dillon, yea, Bonnie Howe, yea, Brett Housley, yea.

Resolution No. 2011-025 - Motion was made by Bonnie Howe and seconded by Diane Dillon to appoint Derek Ball to Deron Boring's upexpired term of December 31, 2011 to the Zoning Board of Appeals. Upon roll call the vote as follows: Diane Dillon, yea, Bonnie Howe, yea, Brett Housley, yea.

AnneMarie Mullenix was present and asked the status of the hike and bike trails. Jim said there is no news as of yet.

Judy Adamson was present and asked the Board if they made a decision on the two recommendations from the Zoning Commission regarding an amendment to the Comprehensive Land Use Plan. The Board does not recall getting any information of these addendums.

Brett suggested compiling NOPEC grant projects and supporting documents that have been submitted into one big binder.

Bonnie will pull the deed for the old Wischt property to see if there were any stipulations of putting soccer fields, etc on this property.

JoAnn said Myraid is no longer the Township's HRA for health benefits. JoAnn will contact Sean Sprouce.

6:40 PM - Brett opened the Public Hearing

Public Hearing - Proposed Amendment to Zoning Resolution - 010-002 - Section 310.09 I.1 - fencing in conjunction with swimming pools

The proposed amendment has been reviewed and approved by the Portage County Regional Planning Commission and by Chris Meduri, Portage County Prosecutor's Office.

After discussion the Board adopted the following resolution:

Resolution No. 2011-026 - Motion was made by Diane Dillon and seconded by Bonnie Howe upon the recommendation of the Zoning Commission to amend Section 310.09 I. 1. to the following (changes shown in bold):

1. Swimming Pools. Residential swimming pools may be located in any R Residential District providing they comply with the location and coverage requirements of Schedules 310.09B and 310.09C and the following supplemental regulations:
   1. Every pool defined as a structure shall be completely surrounded by a fence or wall not less than 4 feet in height which shall not exceed 6 feet in height above the natural grade.
   2. Such fence shall be constructed so as to have no openings, holes, or gaps larger than 3 inches in any dimension, except for doors or gates. An accessory building may be used in or as part of such enclosure.
   3. Doors and gates shall be equipped with suitable locking devises to prevent unauthorized intrusion.
   4. Above-ground pools having vertical surfaces of at least 4 feet in height shall be required to have fences and gates only where access may be had to the pool.

Upon roll call the vote as follows: Diane Dillon, yea, Bonnie Howe, yea, Brett Housley, yea.

The seconded amendment the Zoning Commission presented was Proposed Amendment to Zoning Resolution - 2010-003 - Section 390.06 W Two-Family Dwellings

Resolution No. 2011-027 - Motion was made by Diane Dillon and seconded by Bonnie Howe to reject the Zoning Commission's proposed amendment ZC 2010-003 to get clarification of the rationale to support the Portage County Prosecutor's comments. Upon roll call the vote as follows: Diane Dillon, yea, Bonnie Howe, yea, Brett Housley, yea.

FISCAL OFFICER

Resolution No. 2011-028 - Motion by Diane Dillon and seconded by Bonnie Howe to pay bills on file with the Fiscal Officer. Upon roll call the vote as follows: Diane Dillon, yea, Bonnie Howe, yea, Brett Housley, yea.

The Board agreed to advertise for vacancies for the Zoning Commission and the Zoning Board of Appeals in the Record-Courier.

JoAnn will process the agreement with Classic Construction for the new pavilion.

Resolution No. 2011–029 - Motion by Diane Dillon to adjourn at 7:10 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

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Brett Housley, Chairperson

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JoAnn Townend, Fiscal Officer