[0:00] and then he'll say as well.
>> All right, it is 700 p.m. I'd like to
[0:04] call the Brimfield Township Board of
Trustees regular meeting to order. Roll
[0:07] call for attendance, please.
>> Kevin,
[0:10] » here.
>> Sue,
[0:11] » yes.
>> Nick,
[0:12] » here.
>> Coral.
[0:14] » All right. I'd like to ask everybody to
please stand for the pledge of
[0:17] allegiance.
[0:20] I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
United States of America and to the
[0:26] republic for which it stands, one nation
under God, indivisible, with liberty and
[0:32] justice for all.
>> Pastor, would you mind doing a little
[0:36] prayer for us?
>> Father, we thank you for the opportunity
[0:39] to gather in this capacity. We pray for
your blessing on Princip Township and
[0:43] its people here that we have revival in
this land. and may your name be praised.
[0:48] Bless the proceedings we ask in Jesus
name. Amen.
[0:51] » Thank you.
[0:56] » All right. I will open up for
announcements and uh correspondences.
[1:00] Are there any announcements or
correspondences from the board?
[1:04] I attended the monthly meeting of the
Southern Portage County Visitors Bureau
[1:11] and we meet once a month. And I just
want to let everybody know that within
[1:16] the next two weeks they have a newly put
together web page on uh on their
[1:24] computer and it takes in all of Southern
Portage County, but it lets you know all
[1:31] the festivals,
uh all the places where if you want to
[1:36] just go out and go for a walk, go to a a
a farm or uh go pick some apples or do
[1:44] whatever, but it's really very
informative of all kinds of things
[1:48] happening that most of us don't even
realize is available and a lot of it
[1:53] there's no cost. So, just want to share
that with everybody and check on your
[1:58] web page for the for the uh visitors
bureau and see what's happening. It's
[2:03] exciting.
>> Thank you. Uh any other announcements
[2:07] from department heads?
Okay, we do not have any scheduled
[2:12] meeting guests tonight. So, I will
entertain a motion to approve the
[2:16] meeting minutes from 8:17 to 2026.
>> I'll make that motion.
[2:21] » Second.
>> Any discussion on the meeting minutes?
[2:24] Hearing none. Roll call to accept.
>> Kevin,
[2:27] » yes.
>> Sue,
[2:28] » yes.
>> Nick,
[2:29] » yes.
>> Right. Meeting minutes approved.
[2:31] » All right. I'll entertain a motion to
accept the agenda.
[2:34] » I'll make that motion.
>> Second.
[2:36] » All right. Discussion for changes to the
agenda.
[2:39] Um, I do have a couple under
administration, old business updates.
[2:44] Number three should be hometown
Christmas.
[2:51] Number four
will be no pet grant.
[3:03] And then under fiscal
new business is going to be number two
[3:09] resolution to transfer Jed funds.
[snorts]
[3:23] » Are there any other changes to the
agenda?
[3:26] » Yeah, I'd like to add uh fire department
old business. I guess it would go under
[3:31] uh budget and levy.
[3:36] » Budget
and levy of business,
[3:40] » right?
>> And I see that uh beachest isn't on here
[3:43] again. I don't remember where we put
that last time.
[3:47] » I thought it was under admin.
>> It should be under admin. So that'll be
[3:50] admin number five.
>> Okay.
[3:55] Other
[4:00] changes
[4:04] Nick under roads uh the board approval I
we won't need what I have under board
[4:10] approval to send the bibs over to the
county.
[4:13] » Okay.
>> Since we are I couldn't remember if I
[4:16] had to do that on mine or but you guys
already passed that to send it over.
[4:19] » So we can just scratch that one. So
we'll remove that.
[4:23] » All right. Any other changes?
[4:27] Okay, we now have an amended We have uh
I'm sorry. Uh
[4:34] yes. All right, so we have an amended
agenda with fire department old business
[4:38] number one budget and levy. Uh further
changes administration old business
[4:43] number three hometown Christmas number
four no peek grant number five beachest.
[4:49] We have the removal of board approval
under road department and we have the
[4:53] addition under fiscal new business
resolution to transfer jet funds.
[4:59] Hearing no other changes. We have a
motion and a second. Roll call for
[5:03] acceptance of the amended agenda.
>> Kevin,
[5:06] » yes.
>> Sue,
[5:07] » yes.
>> Nick,
[5:08] » yes.
>> Motion passed.
[5:10] » I'll entertain a motion to accept
purchase orders as presented.
[5:14] » I'll make that motion.
>> Second. Is there
[5:16] » any discussion on purchase orders?
Hearing
[5:20] none. Roll call to accept.
>> Kevin,
[5:22] » yes.
>> Sue,
[5:23] » yes.
>> Nick,
[5:25] » yes.
>> Motion pass.
[5:26] » I'll entertain a motion to accept
warrants as presented.
[5:30] » I'll make that motion.
>> Second.
[5:32] » Is there any discussion on the warrants?
>> Yes, there is.
[5:34] » Okay.
>> Uh, we just signed checks earlier today.
[5:38] Um, there was a check to O'Reilly's for
fluid. Um, again, we're paying double
[5:45] what a local business sells it for.
Um,
[5:51] I guess we need to pay attention.
[5:57] » Okay.
>> Um, I don't know if this is, you know,
[6:00] where we discussed that, but again, this
is a
[6:05] operational cost that does nothing for
the citizens and the residents. It's
[6:10] just an extra expense.
>> What was the project deck?
[6:14] » Deaf fluid.
>> Okay. Okay. So, the purchase was made.
[6:18] So, we I don't think we can pull
pasture.
[6:22] » Yeah. I just wanted again we need to pay
attention to what we're spending our
[6:26] money on.
>> Okay.
[6:29] » So,
any other changes to warrants?
[6:35] » Hearing none. Roll call to accept.
>> Kevin,
[6:38] » yes. Sue,
>> yes.
[6:40] » Nick,
>> yes.
[6:41] » Motion pass.
>> All right. Next, we will move into
[6:44] public comments. Uh, we do ask that you
sign up to speak. Um, I'll put the
[6:48] signup sheet up here. If there's any
other, uh, speakers, we do, please ask
[6:51] that you state your name before
addressing the board. We'll limit you to
[6:54] three minutes and we will take your
comments under consideration. Uh, today
[6:58] we have Bob McKenna. We'll give you
three minutes.
[7:05] Bob McKenna Town Road, not from
Benfield, but been here 26 years. All I
[7:10] hear is accountability and transparency.
I requested six years of fireman funds
[7:16] to see what balances were and where the
money went. You as the board took
[7:20] 1,130,54626
[7:26] unauthorized from the fireman fund, not
charged to any fire code or
[7:30] accountability. And that doesn't count
the $158,682
[7:36] you took back from them in one day
because the town's jed money came in and
[7:41] you took it right back. Now, I don't
know when you read your warrants that
[7:46] you don't look at the checks you're
signing or how that works, but
[7:50] somebody's got to account for this. You
know, it's $1.3 million from their fund,
[7:55] but you're telling us they're broke
because you guys spent the money. And
[8:00] any way you want to look at it, it comes
down on the trustees and that's it. You
[8:05] sky spent the money. You signed for it.
They had plenty of money till you took
[8:10] it and now you're saying, "Oh, the fire
department needs a levy. They just need
[8:13] their money back." It's simple as that.
And you need to explain to everybody
[8:17] sitting here where that money went. I
can read it to you, but you won't give
[8:21] me that kind of time.
>> Thank you for your comments. All right.
[8:26] Calling for any other comments tonight.
>> [snorts]
[8:30] » All right, hearing none, we will move
into safety concerns. Are there any
[8:34] safety concerns?
>> Yeah, I have one, Nick. Um, Sandy Lake
[8:38] Road where it stops into Malloy Road,
that intersection. It's not ours. It's
[8:43] county, but uh a car didn't stop at the
stop sign, went through a yard, uh 7 to
[8:49] 8 feet in this guy's house, missed his
bedroom by four feet. I talked to Mike
[8:54] Collins at the um county. They have no
record of a guardrail being there. I
[9:01] know there was a guardrail there at one
time and it's been removed.
[9:05] Uh it's not Dave's fault or anything. He
has nothing to do with it, but the
[9:08] county is uh dragging their feet as to
putting a guardrail in front of this
[9:15] guy's house.
>> Is that the one that we looked at
[9:18] before, Dave?
>> No, this is different.
[9:20] » This is all different area.
>> Yeah. Okay. That's why we just think
[9:22] intended we approach them before.
>> I just want you to know that the
[9:25] resident can't sleep. They're scared to
death. Um, it happened at like two in
[9:30] the morning, I think. Do you remember,
Dave? Two,
[9:32] » three.
>> Well, I I got a call about a sign down
[9:34] at six in the morning.
>> Okay.
[9:36] » But the accident happened before.
>> Yeah. So, this is just at the end of
[9:40] Sandy Lake coming into Burnfield.
>> Okay.
[9:43] » It's kind of a weird intersection.
So, one of the options that we could
[9:48] have with a safety concern like this,
because it's not our property, we could
[9:52] draft a request to the county engineer
and send it on behalf of the board, just
[9:58] requesting them.
>> I requested uh I called Mike Collins and
[10:03] uh I talked to him about when the when
the guard rail had been removed.
[10:08] He's not called me back. Um
but he said that there was new DOT
[10:14] updates or something to guard rails. I
don't know anything about that. Do you,
[10:16] Dave?
>> No, I I normally go through the
[10:19] engineers's office for that stuff.
>> Well, my concern is they put a guardrail
[10:22] next to my house.
It's probably 100 ft long.
[10:27] » Mhm.
>> There hasn't been a wreck there in 60
[10:29] years. I don't know why there's a
guardrail there. Um, this guy can't
[10:33] sleep at night. His house is destroyed.
I I don't know. The car went seven feet
[10:38] into the house, knocked the walls out,
and everything else. Um, I just want
[10:42] everybody to know that they're upset.
They can't get anywhere with the county.
[10:47] I can't give it anywhere with the
county. So,
[10:49] » well, my recommendation would be we
would create a letter from the board
[10:53] requesting the county to evaluate it and
give us a written opinion back.
[10:58] » Well, their answer, Mike's answer was
that he could put up another sign. Uh,
[11:03] that's
from the stop sign to the guy's house is
[11:07] probably to that wall,
>> right?
[11:10] » I mean, it's if you're not going to see
a sign, you're not going to it's not
[11:12] going to stop you, right? So, uh, Heidi
Workman is making some phone calls, too.
[11:18] » Okay.
>> Um,
[11:19] » and it might help her to go a long ways,
though. I mean, that's that's our power.
[11:22] That's the ability we have to kind of
like document it and that might be a
[11:24] piece to help.
>> But it is a county road, county
[11:26] intersection. But those are our
residents and
[11:29] » because then she can use that also in
her conversation saying the board is
[11:33] requesting.
>> Okay.
[11:34] » So, if you want to do that, we can make
that as a motion. That's fine.
[11:37] » And we can draft it and just have us
each of us sign it.
[11:39] » Yeah. I agree. That's fine.
>> All right. So, I'll entertain a motion
[11:42] to send a letter from the board of
trustees to the county engineer
[11:46] requesting an evaluation and
installation of guard railing at the
[11:50] intersection of Mallaloy and Sandy Lake.
>> Yes,
[11:54] » I'll second that.
>> Any further discussion? We'll have the
[11:57] township administrator drafted when he
returns.
[11:59] » Okay. Thank you.
>> You're welcome.
[12:01] » All right. Roll call to accept that.
>> Kevin,
[12:03] » yes.
>> Sue,
[12:04] » yes.
>> Nick,
[12:06] » yes.
>> Motion passes.
[12:07] » I'll let them know. Thank you.
>> Thank you.
[12:10] All right. Any other safety concerns?
>> Hearing none, we'll move into our
[12:15] department updates. We start our police
department. Floor is yours, sir.
[12:19] » Thank you. [clears throat] The police
department calls for service currently
[12:22] 14,022. We are on pace to break 20,000
calls this year, which will be the
[12:28] highest number ever. Um, if we keep this
pace, we'll be a roughly around 21,000
[12:34] calls this year.
Uh, old business or sorry, new business.
[12:38] We attended the Brimfield Elementary
open house. Um, Captain Penn made her
[12:43] first public appearance there along with
Chief Malali and a couple other officers
[12:47] and got to meet some of the kids and um,
be visible with the parents uh, at the
[12:53] door during orientation. She covered for
me. So, that was appreciate her help
[12:57] with that. So, it went well.
Uh, the second annual Fast and the
[13:02] Furious car show is now being scheduled.
Uh we had a pretty good success even
[13:07] with iffy weather. We have a tenative
date of August 29th, 2027
[13:12] [clears throat] again at field schools.
We are planning a rain date this year
[13:17] because there was a lot of anxiety about
possible weather and we didn't have a
[13:20] rain date set. The rain will be October
3rd. But 829 27 and 103 are the two
[13:26] tenative dates for that car
[clears throat] show uh again for next
[13:29] year.
And the only thing I have for board
[13:33] approval is from the Fast and Furious
car show. I ask the board to ex uh pass
[13:38] a resolution accepting $3,076
in donations uh from the various sources
[13:45] from the car show and also for the board
to recognize Officer Michael Rhodess for
[13:49] his hard work planning, organizing, and
hosting the car show.
[13:54] Right. We'll start with uh I'll
entertain a motion to accept $3,76 in
[13:59] donations from Fast and Furious to car
show.
[14:02] » So moved.
>> Second.
[14:04] » Any discussion on that?
>> All right. Roll call to accept money.
[14:08] » Kevin,
>> yes.
[14:09] » Sue,
>> yes.
[14:10] » Nick,
>> yes.
[14:12] » Motion passes. And then in recognition
of officer Michael Rhodess, would you
[14:15] like a letter from the board or so? I'll
entertain a motion to [clears throat]
[14:19] accept or uh to uh send a letter from
the board of trustees recognizing
[14:24] officer Michael Rhodess for his work in
planning and organizing and hosting the
[14:28] fast and the furiest part.
>> So move
[14:31] » second
>> and then we'll get that drafted and sent
[14:33] over and have audit in the office for us
all the time.
[14:36] » Yes.
>> All right. Any discussion on that other
[14:39] than if he's listening? Uh thank you
officer Rhodess for everything that
[14:42] you've done with that. I think it's a
great program and it's going to help to
[14:45] that program as we go forward.
>> It is. Just want to give him a little
[14:49] bit of credit because he put in a lot of
work on his own time. There are a bunch
[14:52] of officers and some of our
administrative staff that helped out
[14:55] that made it happen. But it's given Mike
a little bit of a nata boy above
[14:59] everybody else because he he spent a lot
of time getting vendors, getting
[15:04] sponsors who sponsored the awards,
getting the awards made. So he he put in
[15:07] a little extra work. Let's give him
credit for that.
[15:10] Thank you.
>> All right. Uh, roll call to accept.
[15:13] » Kevin,
>> yes.
[15:14] » Sue,
>> yes.
[15:15] » Nick,
>> yes.
[15:16] » Motion passes.
>> And that's all I have.
[15:20] » All right. Do we have any questions for
police department?
[15:22] » Yes, we do.
>> All right.
[15:24] » It's more of a statement, I guess, than
a question. Um, I've been having a lot
[15:29] of trouble with uh people passing me
when I'm on my farm equipment on double
[15:34] yellows.
I know that I don't look for special
[15:38] treatment, but somebody's going to get
killed.
[15:41] » Technically, they're allowed to pass
>> on double yellows up a hill.
[15:44] » They need to do it safely. So, all the
rules about when you could pass, the
[15:48] double yellow exemption doesn't apply
when it's a slow moving
[15:52] uh or like a delivery truck is parked
there, you're allowed to pass on a
[15:56] double yellow. However, you still have
to maintain the ability to see so far.
[15:59] So, being on a hill, can't do it. Doing
it speed can't do it. If you can't see
[16:05] clear in both directions, can't do it.
So, we could stop and advise for that,
[16:11] but technically you there is an
exemption for improper passing when it's
[16:16] a slowmoving vehicle or a parked vehicle
on the roadway.
[16:20] » Um, road is pretty bad.
>> We uh maybe [clears throat] hit it
[16:25] during the day when when's the tractor
going up and down?
[16:28] » When the sun's shining.
>> All right. would keep an eye. I mean,
[16:32] it's it's not exclusive to tractors.
It's to Amazon trucks, UPS trucks, FedEx
[16:38] trucks, the mailman.
>> It's all of those things there. If
[16:42] people would just slow down a little
bit, then it makes it a whole a lot heck
[16:45] a lot safer.
>> Thank you.
[16:48] » Yep.
>> Other questions for police.
[16:54] » Hearing none, we'll move into fire
department.
[16:56] » Okay. Thank you, Nick. Um, old business,
uh, budget and levy updates. Um we've
[17:00] Ron and I, the assistant chief, have
been working with the administrator on
[17:04] um just maintaining the budget um cuts
that we we've looked at and it's just
[17:10] going to take some time to see some
results on that. Um as far as the levy
[17:14] um and and that's down in a little bit
of the new business, um we're getting
[17:18] ready for that. Um preparing um signs uh
information that's going to go out and
[17:24] we'll have that out um shortly. Um also
talking about some open houses coming
[17:28] up. So, so gathering some information of
how we want to uh start hitting that.
[17:34] Um on new business, um the FD did attend
uh the elementary open house like or
[17:40] Chief Atkins said. Um that did go great.
Uh there was a ton of kids that came up
[17:45] to our table. The police and the fire
shared a table. Well, I kind of budded
[17:49] it on their table, but uh it was great.
Um and met the new captain there and and
[17:54] she was great also. Um, and then we're
preparing for an active shooter training
[17:58] in the township. That location is not
discussed yet because I don't know if
[18:01] they want it out there yet, so I won't
say anything more at that point, but
[18:05] we'll have something coming up in the
next few months.
[18:08] Um, that's all I have on new business
unless there's questions.
[18:12] » Open up the floor for uh questions or
comments for fire department.
[18:17] » Yeah. Um, Craig, you you mentioned a few
times that uh you were going to cut out
[18:22] the Amazon purchases.
>> Mhm. Um, I think it was last week we
[18:27] signed a check for $197 for boots.
>> Yep. Yep. I have to provide fire boots
[18:33] uh for the guys and that's what that
was.
[18:35] » I thought wouldn't that be part of
uniforms?
[18:37] » No. Uh, fire gear is separate.
>> Okay.
[18:42] Okay.
Other questions?
[18:48] All right. Hearing none, we'll move into
administration.
[18:51] We'll start with property tax payment
township owned partials. that's still in
[18:54] the state of Ohio's hands. We have not
been given an update unless Jasmine,
[18:57] you've gotten something that I haven't
seen yet there.
[18:59] » No. Um, but prior to the last meeting, I
did reach out and spoke with someone
[19:04] down in Columbus. They said it would
take about two more months. So, that was
[19:09] in August. So, hopefully by October,
>> we'll just leave it there under old
[19:14] business. We'll keep checking. We'll get
us an answer eventually.
[19:18] Uh, number two, PM MIA observance event.
Um, this has been scheduled. I do want
[19:24] to take a chance and say uh thank you to
Alpha 11 Veteran Logistics. This will be
[19:29] taking place Friday, September 18th,
2026 here at the Brimfield Gazebo at 11
[19:35] a.m. Uh there will be flyers put out and
it'll be on our social media feed. Also,
[19:40] this will be our first annual PMIA
uh remembrance day ceremony. Veterans,
[19:46] families, and the public are invited to
attend the ceremony to remember those
[19:49] who never came home. Um, I want to give
a shout out to Lee Giddon. He is the CEO
[19:55] of Alpha 11. He approached us about this
and is heading up the project. Um, we're
[20:00] just providing the space and
information.
[20:03] [clears throat]
[20:06] » All right. Number three, hometown
Christmas. Uh, we need to start planning
[20:10] the hometown Christmas event. We do have
that date set. It is the Sunday after um
[20:16] Thanksgiving. Uh, I do have a request
that I would like to put in there for
[20:21] for this at least for discussion
tonight. Um, I have talked with SMC
[20:26] Lighting. SMC Lighting is the one who
has done our lighting before at the town
[20:30] hall for our Christmas events. Um, he
was asking if we were interested in
[20:34] doing again this year. Um because of the
budgetary constraints, we didn't really
[20:37] talk much at first, but we do have some
potential donors that are coming in. And
[20:42] SMC Lights, uh the owner, Marcus,
reached out and said, "Hey, if you can
[20:46] do $5,000 worth of lighting displays,
I'll throw in another $5,000 worth of
[20:51] lighting displays at the town center to
put the hometown Christmas together for
[20:54] you." Um spoke with Jasmine today. I
would like to ask the board um to
[21:00] approve $5,000 for Christmas lighting
through S to not exceed $5,000 through
[21:06] SMC lights. Um that number could be
reduced by donations that we get from
[21:10] local businesses. But this way we could
secure SMC currently and uh start the
[21:16] process of getting those lights ordered
and in place for the holidays because he
[21:20] has to build a lot of that prior to
that.
[21:24] So, um, for discussion, I'd like to make
a motion to accept, um, a five a budget
[21:31] not to exceed $5,000 for hometown
Christmas lighting.
[21:36] So, I need a second for discussion.
>> I'll second that for discussion.
[21:42] » So, Jasmine, budget wise, admin budget,
we could do that if we had to.
[21:47] » Yes. As long as it does not exceed
5,000. So, yes.
[21:53] So, the goal is to get donations and not
spend $5,000. But we also, if we're
[21:57] going to get uh SMC lights to be our
provider and match, we're going to have
[22:01] to do something sooner than later
because they have to buy the lights.
[22:04] They have to start the building.
>> What are your thoughts, Kevin?
[22:09] » What did we spend last year? Does
anybody know?
[22:13] » I can look it up. I don't know off the
top of my head, though.
[22:18] You can circle it back to me though.
What's the latest we can let them know?
[22:24] » Um,
>> because I'd really like to have the
[22:26] donations before we commit.
>> Yeah, he's kind of up against timeline.
[22:30] He really wanted to know last month
because he's already ordering and
[22:33] building stuff, but he's been trying to
work with us because he's worked with us
[22:36] for a couple years now. Um, and he wants
to continue working with the township
[22:40] and trying to make that town.
>> I don't want a blue Christmas.
[22:46] It sends a bad message for 14,000
people.
[22:52] It has to be 5,000.
>> No, we could do less. It need match at
[22:56] that less amount.
>> The goal being though, uh, we're only
[23:00] going to be focused in on that side of
the building, not doing the library, not
[23:05] doing the back lot here. Just trying to
make a nice display for the center of
[23:09] the town.
>> We've been working with one business in
[23:12] particular for a donation. Um, but with
the administrator being out on vacation,
[23:16] we didn't get a response. That's what
can Can we table this for two weeks
[23:21] » to see where Royy's [snorts] at?
[23:25] » I got to ask him and see.
>> That's what I would prefer.
[23:29] » Okay.
>> I'd like his input.
[23:32] » Yeah.
>> Because I know he was working on some
[23:35] things,
>> right? Yeah. I just didn't want to run
[23:37] out of time where we wouldn't be able to
to do something. That's We're just in
[23:40] that tight spot.
>> Can you call me
[23:43] [laughter]
>> like right now?
[23:45] » He's in the middle of nowhere right now.
I bet he swear they don't even have it.
[23:49] » I think he said don't call me.
>> Yeah, he said you
[23:52] » mentioned something about satellite
phones. So
[23:54] » I think I would prefer to table this
till Royy's here.
[24:00] » Okay,
>> I'm good. I just wanted to bring it up
[24:02] because SMC had reached out and trying
>> if he wants to work with us. A couple
[24:08] weeks shouldn't hurt anything, right?
Right. Well, we've been going back and
[24:11] forth for about a month when he had the
original idea, but we had no funding and
[24:15] then we had that donation offer come in
a week ago.
[24:19] » I'd like to see where that's at and we
don't know, right?
[24:21] » No.
>> Okay. Yeah, if we can table it to Roy
[24:25] » lets us know.
>> Okay, I'm good with that. I just want to
[24:28] bring it forward to the board.
>> Yep.
[24:29] » So, we have a motion, a second. Um, I'll
entertain a motion to table the hometown
[24:33] Christmas discussion for Lightning.
>> I'll make that motion.
[24:36] » Second.
>> All right. Roll call to table.
[24:39] Kevin,
>> yes.
[24:40] » Sue,
>> yes.
[24:42] » Nick,
>> yes.
[24:43] » Motion table.
>> All right. Also, under old business, we
[24:46] have no peek grant usage. Um, we do have
some grants that need to be used by
[24:51] November of 2026. Township administrator
is working on that. The hallway doors
[24:56] out here don't secure right. And there's
some um other pieces with that we might
[25:00] use those grant dollars for. And we're
also getting quotes for electric on the
[25:05] fixing the electric on the back garage
here. If we don't use those funds by the
[25:08] middle of November, um we'll lose those
grant dollars. So, we're trying to find
[25:13] » how much you know how much those grant
dollars are?
[25:15] » I don't have the exact number in front
of me.
[25:17] » Um
>> was around 20,000, Jasmine.
[25:20] » Yes, I sent
>> I want to say it was 26.
[25:24] » Let me see. I know
>> it is
[25:32] » $20,414.98
[25:35] cents set to expire on November 30th.
>> So we have $20,000 if the department has
[25:41] have other things that could fall under
that noc piece. Please let us know. We
[25:45] have additional grant dollars that are
out there, but these are the funds that
[25:48] we have to use by the end of November.
Okay.
[25:54] » With our Christmas.
>> I use what I could.
[25:56] » That's electric.
>> It has to be energy energy efficient
[26:00] process.
>> Well, they could use LED lights.
[26:06] » Just ask. And just ask.
>> So, I just want the board to be aware
[26:09] that that is going on.
>> Thank you.
[26:11] » Welcome.
>> I would ask.
[26:13] » Um, number five, Beach Crest. Kevin,
that's over.
[26:17] » Yeah. Okay. So, uh I know cold weather's
coming. That's not going to be uh good
[26:23] for the rat situation down there. Um
I've run out of options basically. Um
[26:31] everyone has turned me down to help.
Health department, commissioners, soil
[26:36] and water engineers office, Dave Joyce
office, wildlife control.
[26:43] The only person that's willing to check
into things is Heidi Workman. I just
[26:47] talked to her today. She's making a few
phone calls to see what we can do. I
[26:51] also called a best pest control just to
see if they could handle something. They
[26:56] I guess they were working in the area,
but uh I know cold weather's coming. Um
[27:02] a resident down there is still seeing
rats on a regular basis. Um
[27:09] if we're going to spend $5,000 on
Christmas lights, I think we need to
[27:12] spend it
>> on
[27:13] » down there on rat control.
Um, that's going to be a bad thing in
[27:20] cold weather shows up. So,
>> options are out there.
[27:24] » Yeah. Uh, Heidi Workman is the only one
that has stepped up and said she will
[27:29] see what she could do. So,
>> just wanted everybody know I'm still
[27:34] working on it. I've made a thousand
phone calls and no [snorts] one wants to
[27:37] call me back. So, here we are.
But uh that's a the rats are all the way
[27:45] down here to 43 and 18. They're coming
down through the stream.
[27:51] » So they're in the storm water.
So water doesn't want to do anything.
[27:58] Water resources doesn't want to do
anything. Health department says
[28:01] absolutely they're not doing nothing.
>> Okay.
[28:05] » I'll keep working at it.
>> Well, we'll see what Heidi comes up
[28:08] with.
>> Yeah. Hopefully. Thank you for your
[28:11] input into the situation.
>> Okay,
[28:16] » it's going to move us into uh new
business then. Uh Portage Parks District
[28:20] sent out an email. They do have a grant
application that is currently open. Uh
[28:25] the application deadline is October 1st
of 2026. So, we do have a short window.
[28:30] We have one more meeting prior to then
uh for us to start discussing grant
[28:34] opportunities. This is a reimbursement
grant. Um it was up to
[28:41] $25,000, minimum of,000 up to $25,000
for community parks and trails grants.
[28:47] Um development of improvement projects
is opportunities for us to uh submit for
[28:54] things such as trail and support
facilities, picnic and support
[28:57] facilities, nature play areas, storybook
trails, park amenities such as benches,
[29:02] tables, waste receptacles, water
fountains, bike racks, uh native plant
[29:06] landscaping, rain gardens,
reforestation, entrance and educational
[29:10] signage, and so on. Um I'd be interested
in us looking at this as an application
[29:15] potential for this year. Um, there was a
proposal in the past to have a community
[29:20] garden at the community center. Um,
Kevin, what do you think about that as
[29:26] an application? If we were to put a
community garden down there on that back
[29:30] side, we'd have to pay for it up front,
but then we'd be reimbursed if we were
[29:34] awarded the grant.
>> Yeah, that's fine. Um,
[29:37] » we can put some We're able to put some
small plots in, put up some fencing as
[29:41] part of it, rainwater barrels down there
to collect water for it. I know there's
[29:45] a huge need for community gardens and
all the developments around there. So,
[29:51] » yeah.
>> Well, we've tried that before
[29:55] and we didn't get good response from the
people.
[29:57] » We didn't get uh we didn't get approve
of the grant. So, that's what stopped
[30:01] with that was we were going to put it
in. It was a grant through another
[30:04] organization
um that did not get awarded that year.
[30:09] So, this is another chance for us to
apply for that grant
[30:12] » where we put that community garden and
we need to put together a project list
[30:15] though by October 1st.
>> Would it would it be possible? You know,
[30:19] we're trying to think of ideas that we
could use this grant money for. Would it
[30:24] be possible to consider asking if over
at Meuire Park if we could get any help
[30:30] on that house maybe for demolition?
>> Yeah, it's not whatever.
[30:34] » Wouldn't work for that. This has to be
specifically for
[30:38] parks projects. So it have to be we'd
have to be putting in a trail over there
[30:41] or something for that.
>> Well, we could always use some picnic
[30:44] tables over there since they threw them
in the lake.
[30:46] » Well, that's was the other thing I was
going to ask Dave. We could use some
[30:49] benching over at Meguire Park. We could
include that in the application, too.
[30:53] » Yeah, we just have to find a way to
mount them down for they don't end up in
[30:56] the lake.
>> The problem is it's all sand over there,
[30:59] so it's hard to mount,
>> right? But the the newer batches and
[31:04] less ones like we have all over
everywhere else, they're they're very
[31:07] heavy. So it's not like one or two
people going to pick them up and flip
[31:11] them. So
>> Okay.
[31:14] » So it's up to the board
>> some trails to up up schedule the up do
[31:20] the trails over there so people could
snow ski over there in the winter time.
[31:24] » That was talks down at Cranberry Creek
in the past, but
[31:27] » Okay.
>> I don't know if D's ready to take that
[31:30] project on.
>> No. Norm normally we got a project like
[31:34] that over Cranberry Creek and
>> we kept everything cut back for
[31:37] everybody to and I never seen anybody or
even seen tracks of somebody whatever
[31:43] you
>> snow skiing. So
[31:45] » yeah, I think really the seating at
Meguire was on my list and so was the
[31:49] community garden. Um we want to put
together some ideas and share them with
[31:53] Roy. We it's it's a pretty short
application. I think we should at least
[31:57] submit for it this year. See if we can
get some of that funding. submit for
[32:00] something we have an opportunity.
>> So, I just wanted the board to be aware
[32:04] and then uh we'll need to have those
submission ideas put together and
[32:09] presented at the next board of trustees
meeting for our approval so that we can
[32:12] submit the application by that October
1st.
[32:16] » Okay.
>> Okay. Okay.
[32:21] » All right. Next up, we have a resolution
in support of Ohio Senate Bill 307.
[32:28] Um, I would like to entertain a motion
to accept a resolution expressing the
[32:33] support of Brimfield Township Board of
Trustees for Ohio Senate Bill 307, which
[32:38] would authorize the use of tax increment
financing revenue for police and
[32:42] firefighting facilities.
>> So move.
[32:45] » Second.
>> All right. A little background on this
[32:47] just for our residents uh here too so
they understand what it is. Um, I think
[32:53] it's important that we explain what the
bill does and equally important to
[32:56] explain what the bill does not do.
Burnfield Township already utilizes tax
[32:59] increment financing, commonly referred
to as a TIF, as an economic development
[33:04] tool. At a high level, a TIFF allows
communities to capture revenue
[33:07] associated with the increased property
value created by development and
[33:11] dedicate those dollars towards
qualifying public infrastructure that
[33:14] supports the development. That can mean
roads, water, sewer infrastructure, and
[33:19] other improvements that allow
development to occur and help us manage
[33:22] the growth that follows. Senate Bill 307
makes a relatively simple but very
[33:26] important change. It specifically adds
police and firefighting buildings for
[33:31] the types of public infrastructure that
can be supported through tiff revenue.
[33:34] This is particularly important for
growing communities such as Brimfield.
[33:38] When commercial and residential
development occurs, it does more than
[33:41] create additional property value. It
creates additional demand on our
[33:45] infrastructure and on the services we
provide. More development means more
[33:49] roads to patrol, more businesses and
homes to protect, more emergency calls,
[33:53] and ultimately greater demands on our
police and fire departments. I believe
[33:57] it makes sense that the economic growth
helping create those demands should be
[34:01] allowed to help pay for the public
safety infrastructure necessary to serve
[34:05] that growth. Senate Bill 307 does not
create a new tax. It does not increase
[34:09] the amount of tiff revenue being
collected and it does not allow us to
[34:13] simply use tiff dollars for police
salaries, firefighter salaries or our
[34:16] everyday operating expenses. What it
does give is communities another
[34:21] financing tool for qualifying police and
fire facilities. That distinction
[34:25] matters. If in the future Brimfield has
a qualifying public safety facility need
[34:29] and tiff revenue is legally available to
help finance the project. Every dollar
[34:33] appropriately paid through that tiff is
a dollar that goes that does not have to
[34:37] come entirely from our other traditional
funding sources. That gives the township
[34:41] greater flexibility in how we manage our
capital needs and ultimately allows us
[34:45] to make better taxpayer resources. This
is not a partisan issue. Senate Bill 307
[34:50] is sponsored by Senator Jane Timkin, has
bipartisan support, and passed the Ohio
[34:55] Senate unanimously with by a vote of 31
to zero. The concept has also received
[35:00] support from local government
organizations and communities across
[35:03] Ohio because they recognize the same
challenges that we are facing here.
[35:07] Economic development and public safety
infrastructure have to grow together.
[35:11] Brimfield Township already uses TIFF as
part of our strategy for managing
[35:15] infrastructure and development. I
believe allowing public safety
[35:18] facilities to be part of the same
conversation is reasonable, responsible,
[35:22] and beneficial. For those reasons, I am
here to support this resolution and
[35:26] would encourage the Ohio House to
advance Senate Bill 307 and allow
[35:30] communities like Brimfield Township
greater flexibility to use revenue
[35:33] generated by growth and help pay for
infrastructure necessary to safely
[35:38] support that growth. So, this would give
us some additional financing
[35:42] opportunities. Mike, do you have
anything you'd like to add to Senate
[35:45] Bill 307? No, this should have been
originally in in the Ohio Vice Code. So,
[35:50] we'd welcome it.
Do
[35:52] » we have any questions from the board on
Bill 307?
[35:56] » Right. We have a motion and a second for
a resolution.
[36:00] Roll call to accept.
>> Kevin,
[36:03] » yes.
>> Oh, yes.
[36:05] » Sue,
>> yes.
[36:06] » Nick,
>> yes.
[36:08] » Motion passes.
>> I'm following you.
[36:14] » All right. Next up, we have two
resolutions coming for to accept a
[36:17] successful bid for the sale of township
owned properties. So, uh about month and
[36:22] a half ago, we had placed two township
properties up on gov deals for sale. Um
[36:28] those auctions have closed. It is now up
to the board to accept those final bids
[36:33] and upon accepting these then we can
start the transfer of deeds. Uh we will
[36:38] start with 1988 Old Forge. Um, I'm
asking for a motion to accept a
[36:45] resolution accepting the successful bid
for the sale of township owned real
[36:49] property located at 1988 Old Forge Road
and authorizing the trans transfer and
[36:54] conveyance of the property to the
successful bidder in name only.
[36:58] » I'll make that motion.
>> Second.
[37:01] » All right. Um, for discussion that
property on Old Forge, once again, the
[37:05] address is 1988 Old Forge Road. The
final successful bid was $43,51.
[37:14] With the if we pass this resolution
here, we can start that transfer of
[37:18] title and payment to the township. We
should receive those funds by the end of
[37:23] the year.
[37:27] Discussion on that price or any
concerns?
[37:33] » All right, we have a motion in a second.
Roll call to accept the resolution.
[37:37] Kevin,
>> yes.
[37:38] » Sue,
>> yes.
[37:39] » Nick,
>> yes.
[37:40] » Motion passes.
>> I'll entertain a motion, a resolution
[37:44] accepting the successful bid for the
sale of township owned real property
[37:48] located at 3761
Snick and authorizing the transfer and
[37:53] conveyance of the property to the
successful bidder in name only.
[37:58] » I'll make that motion.
>> Second. Second,
[38:02] » this is for property located again at
3761 Snick. The successful bid to
[38:08] purchase that property is $4,450.
Any discussion on that?
[38:16] » Hearing none. Roll call to accept.
>> I'm thinking I'm thinking here that
[38:21] 4,400 seems to be rather low
with that. Maybe we could do better if
[38:27] we tried it again.
>> I think it I think it's wet. I don't
[38:30] think you can build anything like
>> there's there's a way to build that's
[38:34] going to cost some money to build back
there.
[38:38] » Well, what do you think?
>> How much do we pay for it?
[38:42] » Nothing. Nothing.
>> There you go. That's my answer.
[38:45] » Maybe a hundred bucks.
>> That's a good return. $100.
[38:52] » Okay. Well, all right. Thanks for
letting me know.
[38:54] » All right. Roll call to accept the
resolution.
[38:57] » Kevin,
>> yes.
[38:58] » Sue,
>> yes. Nick.
[39:00] » Yes.
>> Motion passes.
[39:05] » Next up, we have a resolution approving
and certifying annual lighting district
[39:09] assessments um to the Portage County
Auditor's Office. So, I'll accept a
[39:15] motion to accept a resolution approving
and certifying annual lighting district
[39:18] assessments to the Portage County
Auditor and name only.
[39:22] » I'll make that motion.
>> Second.
[39:24] » So, this is Jasmine. Every three years
we have to do this, right? We reassess
[39:28] the lighting district and change how
much
[39:30] » houses are paying back there.
>> Correct. Yes. So, basically, we look at
[39:35] the that last year's um bills,
electrical bills, and we base the
[39:42] assessment off of that.
And
[39:45] » so, we were due to do this. This will be
for
[39:49] 27, 28, and 2029.
>> Correct.
[39:53] » Uh each lighting district is different.
It's based on the number of homes and
[39:56] the bills back there. We do an average
cost.
[39:58] » Yes.
>> Um
[40:01] but this has to be submitted so that the
tax records can be updated at the county
[40:05] with this document.
>> Correct.
[40:07] » Gotcha.
>> Questions on that?
[40:09] » No.
>> All right. Roll call to accept the
[40:13] resolution.
>> Kevin,
[40:14] » yes.
>> Sue,
[40:15] » yes.
>> Nick,
[40:17] » yes.
>> Motion passes.
[40:20] Lastly, I will uh entertain a motion to
accept the donation of a flat screen TV
[40:24] valued at $600 from Walmart to Brimfield
Township for the township meeting room
[40:28] use and to include a thank you letter to
Amy, the store manager at Walmart.
[40:35] » I'll make that motion.
>> Second.
[40:37] » All right, we have a motion and a second
on the floor. Any discussion?
[40:41] » Thank you. That's wonderful.
>> There it is right there.
[40:44] » Back there. Make a little easier to see.
>> Yes, I can see it now.
[40:49] All right, we have a motion to second on
the floor. Roll call to accept.
[40:53] » Kevin,
>> yes.
[40:54] » Sue,
>> yes.
[40:55] » Nick,
>> yes.
[40:56] » Motion passes.
>> Thank you, Amy. Store manager.
[41:01] » Yes.
>> Thank you very much.
[41:03] » Is there anything else uh in the
administration section?
[41:07] » Uh can we go back to the lighting
districts?
[41:10] » Yes.
>> So, I know we just signed a thing for
[41:13] discounted electric. Does that affect
the lighting districts?
[41:18] » The lighting districts are different.
>> Okay.
[41:20] » Yeah.
>> Okay.
[41:20] » Did we talk about number six?
>> We did that earlier.
[41:25] » We did that earlier.
>> Oh, it's not.
[41:29] » Yeah, [snorts] we talked about that
already.
[41:33] » We already approved that. Okay.
>> I thought we did.
[41:36] » I didn't think we did.
>> Oh, no. We talked about it, but Roy
[41:40] added must have added it. Um, so he is
asking for us to approve the use of
[41:46] $5,228
of NOCE grant dollars to repair the
[41:50] garage. So I'll entertain a motion to
utilize $5,22852
[41:56] of NOC money to repair the garage.
>> So move.
[42:00] » Second.
>> Any discussion on that?
[42:04] » Question.
[42:07] » Where the damage come from?
So, we think maybe some of that came
[42:12] from Raycon, but it also needs updated
lighting in there. I believe that's
[42:16] going to include the garage door
openers.
[42:18] » Not sure on that, but the lighting.
>> Yeah,
[42:21] » but they have to tap off the hole
because they can't go from the
[42:23] underground anymore as far as I
understand.
[42:26] » Yeah, I just wondered if it was damaged,
who did the damage?
[42:29] » Yeah, there was a back and forth on
that. We don't have enough supporting
[42:33] evidence to show that it was not damaged
prior.
[42:39] Speak up so I can hear you.
>> Yeah. Uh, so what what are we talking
[42:42] about? I You guys know there's damage. I
don't know anything about it.
[42:46] » So this was covered before you came in.
There was There used to be some power to
[42:50] that garage out there during the
construction. I believe it was one of
[42:54] the lines underneath, right? Was cut.
>> Yeah, they were supposed to put a line
[42:58] coming back from from the garage back to
the building. I think that I'm saying
[43:03] this right. I could be wrong. It got
crushed. But in the meantime, it looks
[43:06] like someone just reached in and just
ripped the whole box apart. It's just
[43:09] hanging everywhere. And so we have no
electric from the garage back into the
[43:14] park. So I believe what they have to do
is come off the pole now. Not from the
[43:18] building and come off the pole, come
down and go back, put another electrical
[43:22] box and some lighting and stuff. I think
there was only two light bulbs in the
[43:25] whole garage. So I think that was
included. Okay.
[43:28] » But Roy was working on that. He'd have
to answer. That's my best knowledge.
[43:31] » Okay.
>> Of what was wrong with it.
[43:35] We can table that if you want. It's
>> fine. I mean, if that needs fixed, it
[43:39] needs fixed.
>> Yeah.
[43:40] » I just didn't know what it was.
>> Yeah. Unfortunately, we approached
[43:43] Reichcon about it and there wasn't much
support evidence.
[43:48] » All right. So, we motion a second on the
floor for the no effect grant
[43:51] expenditure.
Roll call to accept.
[43:56] » Kevin,
>> yes.
[43:57] » Sue,
>> yes.
[43:58] » Nick,
>> yes.
[44:00] » Motion passes.
>> All right. Other discussions under ad.
[44:07] » All right. Hearing none, we'll move into
zoning economic development.
[44:12] Thanks, Nick. Uh permit fees to date
67,54455.
[44:17] Our old business updates, Pavle and
Repus Oral Surgery Center has begun uh
[44:22] site work on State Route 43. Uh 7 Brew
has also begun their site work on on
[44:27] Route 18 across from Aldi's. uh our new
business updates zoning commission
[44:33] discussion surrounding data centers
continues including detailed
[44:36] restrictions that are needed in draft
legislation and narrowing down locations
[44:40] that are least impactful for the
township residents. The next zoning
[44:44] commission meeting is September 10th.
The public hearing is set for 6:45
[44:48] regarding Megan's way out and the
regular meeting will begin at 7:00. The
[44:54] BZA met on August 12th. Three
residential cases were granted variances
[44:59] and one residential case was tabled
until September meeting. Waffle House
[45:03] was the only commercial case and they
were granted a 5- foot variance for a
[45:07] minimum lot width. The BCA will be
meeting September 9th at 7:00. Then I
[45:13] have one action for the board approval
and that is requesting board approval
[45:16] for map amendment change parcel number
04 01400
[45:21] 00004000000
from zoning district R2 to IC owned by
[45:28] CA real estate LLC.
All right, I'll entertain a motion.
[45:36] Um,
is this the
[45:40] requesting room township to set public
hearing? We already had the public
[45:43] hearing.
>> I'm sorry.
[45:44] » This This is This is board approval that
you might have had an old one.
[45:48] » Approval. Okay.
>> I'll entertain a motion to accept board
[45:50] approval of the map amendment change for
partial 04-014-00-00-004-0000
[46:00] from zoning district R2 to IC owned by K
Real Estate LLC. So move
[46:06] » second.
>> Um this went to regional planning.
[46:08] » It did.
>> They were supportive of that.
[46:10] » Yes.
>> Yes, it was approved.
[46:12] » Uh zoning had public hearings.
>> Yes.
[46:14] » Uh any concerns with from zoning
commission?
[46:17] » Just just one comment from um a resident
um concerned about the growth over there
[46:22] of businesses, but this is a small
business expanding.
[46:25] » Okay. Uh we also had public hearing this
evening with no comments.
[46:29] » Um
>> so any other discussion on that?
[46:34] » All right. Roll call to accept the
zoning change.
[46:36] » Kevin,
>> yes.
[46:37] » Sue,
>> yes.
[46:38] » Nick,
>> yes.
[46:39] » Motion pass.
>> Thank you. That concludes my report.
[46:42] » All right. Do we have any questions for
zoning economic development?
[46:48] » All right. Hearing none, we'll move into
road department.
[46:52] » All right. Thanks, Nick. Uh just some
old business. Uh we're still doing some
[46:56] dur patching in various locations in the
township. Uh we did get uh Sherman Road,
[47:02] Lynwood, Congress Lake, and Sun View
ditched. A few little couple ditching
[47:07] projects we wanted to get done. Uh OPWC
around 40, Sanctuary View, alternate
[47:12] Willowbrook. Start dates still looking
like September 21st in a couple weeks.
[47:19] Uh King Ridge followup. Uh I've talked
to to Jarrett and we're looking to
[47:25] getting ready to mow that down here
pretty soon. Should be dry enough here
[47:28] as long as we don't get no more
monsoons, but we're trying on it. Uh,
[47:33] some new business. I just wanted to
thank all the biders for the Malloy Road
[47:36] and Buckeye Boulevard project.
Uh, we're going to start doing a little
[47:40] bit of burning on Lind Lynn Road. In the
next couple weeks, there's various
[47:46] locations where the water's been holding
on the road. So, we'll probably just go
[47:50] down the roadway and just burn the whole
thing, which is just as easy to do the
[47:53] whole thing as is just pieces and parts.
And other than that, that concludes my
[47:58] report.
[48:01] » Which part of are you doing, Dave?
>> Uh, all in.
[48:04] » All in.
>> Yeah, we're looking I'm looking at going
[48:06] from one end to the other back on both
sides.
[48:09] » Okay.
[48:13] » So, we've had a lot of water holding in
the first section before you get to
[48:16] Sandy Lake, but I figured I'm just going
to just do it all.
[48:20] » You're going down to Richtown. Okay.
>> Two deep. Okay.
[48:29] We need to amend the agenda for that
then. All right. I'll entertain or first
[48:32] of all any additional questions for road
department.
[48:36] Okay. Um I'll entertain a motion to
amend the agenda under cemetery new
[48:42] business. We have two deeds that need to
be signed.
[48:45] » So move and I'll second. Roll call to
accept the amendment.
[48:49] » Kevin,
>> yes.
[48:50] » Sue,
>> yes.
[48:51] » Nick,
>> yes.
[48:52] » Motion passes.
Under new business, we have two deeds.
[48:56] Anything else?
>> You're signed. That's all.
[48:58] » Okay,
that'll move us into fiscal office then.
[49:02] Yasmin, you have a fiscal update.
>> Yes. So, um, Joe, can you pull up that
[49:09] fiscal report, please? We're going to do
the August
[49:13] fiscal report. A quick review.
[49:20] All right. So, our financial report.
This is our revenue budget to actual
[49:24] comparison, our year-to- date fund
revenues.
[49:28] Um, just want to pay attention to our
percent of budget currently.
[49:34] Currently, general fund is at 98%. So,
most likely we will be um amending our
[49:39] revenue budget this year because we
still have yet to receive our second
[49:44] half of tax settlements. So, it's always
good to have more revenues than
[49:48] anticipated. Um but currently we are at
um
[49:55] 6 point you might say 6.2 million of um
year-to- date revenues.
[50:03] Next slide please.
[50:08] And for expenditures budget to actual
year to date.
[50:12] General fund is at 61% of their budget.
roads 31%, fire 73%, and police 51%.
[50:21] So, year-to- date expenditures between
those main four funds is currently at
[50:27] about $5.2 million.
[50:34] Next slide.
[50:40] And currently our main expenditure is
our salaries. And currently we year to
[50:45] date we are at 3.24
million for
[50:51] the year
[50:55] and currently our cash pos our cash
position currently um at end of August
[51:01] 20 26 was at $3
million and our overall expenditure rate
[51:10] is at is at about 47.1% which is really
good. um at the end of at mid year we
[51:16] want to be at least 50% and now we're
almost
[51:22] quite a way through and we're still
under 50%. So I think we're doing good
[51:26] um as far as spending overall
[51:33] and that concludes my fiscal report.
Um we do have a second item for new
[51:39] business. Uh we have a a resolution to
transfer Jed funds.
[51:44] So basically this resolution um was
draft was drafted just so we could
[51:48] formalize
um and have in writing. So when we do
[51:53] receive our Jed distributions from the
townage and Kent Jeds that we have um
[51:59] bit more formalized. So when we do make
those dispersements between the funds
[52:04] that um if we ever experience any issues
with the audit we have a paper trail
[52:09] that they can go back to and make sure
that what we have done our procedures
[52:12] are documented.
So essentially uh the between the
[52:18] auditor and our legal council we've been
looking at some pieces and this is a
[52:21] document that should have been in place
memorializing the 303010.
[52:25] Um there was no formal resolution to do
that. They're suggesting that there
[52:30] should be a formal resolution in place
because the money comes into the general
[52:34] fund and then it gets distributed out.
So to do that we need a resolution so it
[52:38] doesn't change any funding for police,
roads or fire. You
[52:40] » sure there wasn't a resolution?
>> We couldn't find anything. It's always
[52:44] been this is what we could give. It's
never been we have to give 30 30 30 10.
[52:49] So this will memorialize it and give us
it in writing saying and you you can
[52:53] read in section one it talks about the
transfer at the percentages
[52:57] » but passing this even if there was an
old one this will negate it. Right.
[53:01] » Correct.
>> Because I'm pretty sure there was a
[53:03] resolution before.
>> Yeah. We couldn't find anything when we
[53:05] did our initial search. So they're
asking for it because they need it as
[53:08] part of that audit cleanup piece. So
essentially the money should flow and
[53:13] Jasmine I think you're changing that for
this year right correct the money will
[53:16] actually be deposited into general fund
first so that it's documented in the
[53:21] accounting system in general fund and
then it'll get a transfer from general
[53:25] fund to police fire based on this this
document. So it doesn't change anything.
[53:31] It's more of a paperwork issue but it's
piece that we need in place.
[53:34] So I'll entertain a motion to accept a
resolution as to the transfer of certain
[53:38] Jed funds within the township and name.
>> So move
[53:42] » second.
>> All right. Any further discussion on
[53:45] that resolution?
>> I think this just
[53:49] the wordage here just makes everything
up to date and even though if it was
[53:55] done 20 years ago, this actually here
will bring it forward to to be right on
[54:01] top of everything.
>> Yeah. Yeah. And now we put it into the
[54:03] system and awareness for audits.
>> We'll be in good a lot better shape
[54:07] having it in writing.
>> Okay.
[54:10] » All right. Roll call to accept.
>> Kevin,
[54:13] » yes.
>> Sue,
[54:14] » yes.
>> Nick,
[54:15] » yes.
>> Motion passes.
[54:17] » All right. The board does have an
executive session tonight, but prior to
[54:20] executive session, we would like to open
up the floor for the good of Burnfield
[54:23] Township. During this time, we'll open
up uh for public comments for us to take
[54:27] under consideration. We do ask that you
sign in first and we will give you three
[54:31] minutes to speak. So, we'll open the
floor up for those comments.
[54:53] » All right, we have Miss Shirley Mars.
Floor is yours.
[54:56] » Okay. Um, I just wanted to hearing the
$10,000 for lighting. That seems like a
[55:03] lot of money. Especially you're saying
it's only on this side and not on this
[55:06] side. I see all last year I saw, you
know, we spent $10,000 on the lighting
[55:11] here. We got all this fancy lighting for
10,000 and then you have the oldest
[55:16] nativity set up there that I've ever
seen. When we moved here in 1980, that
[55:21] was the same nativity set. It has been
repainted and repainted and repainted
[55:28] and it is trash. It's embarrassing. And
so to even think about and $10,000 I
[55:34] could spend a lot get a lot of
decorations for $10,000.
[55:38] Why don't we do it ourselves or do
something that it should not cost
[55:42] $10,000 to do lighting? Um and
especially with our budget constraints,
[55:47] there's got to be other ways. Couldn't
you get businesses to donate that or
[55:53] or even citizens to donate? But to do um
$10,000 in this economy for our township
[56:01] seems a little
I don't know if I see $10,000 worth of
[56:06] lights out there and you're asking me to
to vote for yes for a fire levy. I'm
[56:11] like I don't know. So, I just think you
should reconsider and think about um if
[56:17] you're going to spend $10,000, at least
get Well, I wouldn't even spend $10,000
[56:21] on it, but you need a better nativity
set because it is embarrassing.
[56:27] So,
>> thank you for your comments. Just a
[56:30] clarification to the public, too. Um it
is not $10,000 from the board of
[56:33] trustees. It was a $5,000 ask and there
was donations being uh sought for part
[56:38] of that to cover those costs up to the
5,000. So, just one clarification. Well,
[56:42] just to clarify here, I think that
nativity sink set has been there. I came
[56:49] here in ' 86 and it's been here all that
time. And I think a lot of the times it
[56:55] was redone was for the historical value
that it gave the the the residents. But
[57:02] historically, I think it's died. And
it's time for us to find something that
[57:08] that's not that it's more modern, but
something that would really know that
[57:13] people would know that we really want
the best the very best that we can we
[57:17] can do for our residents.
>> Okay. I know we've looked at it each
[57:21] year some options.
>> All right. Any other
[57:25] » That's not bad. That's not bad. It's
just everything moves along and
[57:29] everything changes. It never stays the
same for very long. Right.
[57:34] » All right. Anything else for the go to
Brimfield?
[57:36] » Um, I think we'd like to take a moment
to honor Mr. Wetzel
[57:43] who just recently passed away.
If anybody would like to say something
[57:49] to his family. I don't know him. I just
know of the situation.
[57:55] » Oh, I didn't know of the situation.
>> Kevin, I would like to say something.
[57:59] And I knew George um decently well.
Coached football with him. Um his his
[58:05] son Mason was actually one of the
firefighters with us for a while until
[58:08] he decided to do something else. But um
went down to that memorial um at the
[58:13] school and it was great. I mean there
was hundreds of people there that
[58:17] gathered for him. Um I don't think it's
uncommon knowledge he got stage four
[58:21] cancer and it got him pretty quick. Um
but what a what a great guy. I mean he
[58:26] he taught at the school for years and
and
[58:30] He he was hard-nosed.
I like that about him when I coached
[58:33] football with him. I mean, you did it
you did it the old school way. So, he
[58:38] was just a good guy. So, um it's a shame
that that had to happen, but you know,
[58:43] his family's great and talked to the
wife and it's a pain that'll never go
[58:48] away for her like she described, but
feel sorry for the family. But what a
[58:52] great guy.
>> Thank you. Yeah.
[58:57] Anything
[59:00] else this evening?
[59:04] If not, I'll entertain a motion to
convene into executive session pursuant
[59:09] to Ohio Revised Code 121.22G1
to consider the employ appointment
[59:15] employment promotion demotion and
compensation of public employees in
[59:19] pursuant to Ohio revised code 121.22 22
G4 to prepare for, conduct or review
[59:25] negotiations or bargaining sessions with
public employees concerning their
[59:28] compensation or other terms and
conditions of an employment.
[59:32] » I'll make the motion.
>> Second.
[59:34] » In this meeting, it'll be the board of
trustees, the fiscal officer, uh, fire
[59:39] chief, and assistant fire chief.
>> Roll call.
[59:44] » Kevin,
>> yes.
[59:45] » Sue,
>> yes.
[59:46] » Nick,
>> yes.
[59:48] » Mr. Pat,
>> executive session. AOP.
[2:02:54] All right, we are back from executive
session at 9:03 p.m. Uh based on
[2:03:00] discussions in executive session, I
would like to entertain a motion to
[2:03:04] amend the agenda with the following
amendments. Um, we will have board
[2:03:10] approval, uh, for board approval, an
amended agreement between the Broomfield
[2:03:14] Township, Ohio, and Craig Malali. A
resolution accepting a resignation of
[2:03:21] Craig Malali from the position of fire
chief and approving his voluntary
[2:03:24] reassignment to the rank of lieutenants.
A resolution approving a memorandum of
[2:03:28] understanding with Brimfield
Professional Firefighters IIAFF Local
[2:03:33] 4031
concerning the reassignment of Craig
[2:03:36] Mali the position of lieutenant and
authorizing the township administrator
[2:03:40] to execute the agreement. A resolution
approving and an updated position
[2:03:45] description for the position of fire
chief. A resolution of appointment uh
[2:03:50] appointing assistant fire chief Ron
Goodsby to the position of fire chief of
[2:03:54] Brimfield Township. and a resolution
eliminating the position of assistant
[2:03:58] fire chief from the organizational
structure of Broomfield Township Fire
[2:04:02] Department.
Need that motion.
[2:04:04] » I'll make that motion.
>> Second.
[2:04:07] » All right. Roll call for the amended
agenda.
[2:04:09] » Kevin,
>> yes.
[2:04:10] » Sue,
>> yes.
[2:04:11] » Nick,
>> yes.
[2:04:13] » Motion passes.
>> All right. First up, I will entertain a
[2:04:16] motion to amend an agreement between
Brimfield Township, Ohio and Craig
[2:04:20] Malali. The amended agreement buyin
between Brimfield Township, Ohio and
[2:04:24] Craig Malali, which shall be effective
September 14th, 2026 serves to replace a
[2:04:29] supplement the agreement buyin between
Brimfield Township, Ohio and Craig
[2:04:33] Malali dated September 15, 2025 LCA as
the effective date of the amended LCA.
[2:04:40] » I'll make the motion.
>> Second.
[2:04:42] » All right. Any discussion on this? This
would be an amendment in a continuation
[2:04:46] of the LCA from last year
and it would expire in two years.
[2:04:54] » I don't think so.
>> I'm good.
[2:04:57] » All right. No comments. Roll call to
accept.
[2:04:59] » Kevin,
>> yes.
[2:05:00] » Sue,
>> yes.
[2:05:02] » Nick,
>> yes.
[2:05:03] » Motion passes. I will now entertain a
resol a motion to accept a resolution
[2:05:07] accepting the resignation of Craig
Malali from the position of fire chief
[2:05:11] and approving his voluntary reassignment
to the rank of lieutenant and named only
[2:05:16] for resolution.
>> I'll make that motion.
[2:05:19] » Second.
>> All right, we have a motion and second.
[2:05:22] Um, we did receive a letter from fire
chief Craig Mali. Uh, due to
[2:05:26] professional and personal reasons, he is
asking to resign as fire chief and step
[2:05:31] down into a lieutenant position. Uh
board discussion on this.
[2:05:38] » I'm good.
[2:05:42] » Okay. Roll call to accept the
resolution.
[2:05:46] » Kevin,
>> yes.
[2:05:47] » Sue,
>> yes.
[2:05:48] » Nick,
>> yes.
[2:05:49] » Motion passes.
>> On behalf of Broomfield Township Board
[2:05:52] of Trustees, Chief, we thank you for
your service as our fire chief for the
[2:05:55] past 11 and a half years. your
commitment to not only the department
[2:05:59] and your employees and the community um
but to everybody around here also. So we
[2:06:03] thank you for that service and look
forward to you still serving as a
[2:06:06] lieutenant at the fire department.
>> Thank you.
[2:06:11] I need a motion to accept a resolution
approving a memorandum of understanding
[2:06:16] with Brimfield Professional Firefighters
IIAFF Local 4031 concerning the
[2:06:21] reassignment of Craig Mali to the
position of lieutenant and authorizing
[2:06:24] the township administrator to execute
the agreement in name only.
[2:06:29] » I'll make that motion.
>> Second.
[2:06:31] » All right. This is an agreement between
Brimfield Township and the local uh 4031
[2:06:36] that allows the position um as a
lieutenant to transfer over. Um any
[2:06:42] discussion or questions about this
agreement?
[2:06:47] » We want to thank the union for working
with us on this and getting the
[2:06:49] agreement to us. Uh roll call to accept.
>> Kevin,
[2:06:53] » yes.
>> Sue,
[2:06:54] » yes.
>> Nick,
[2:06:55] » yes.
>> Motion passes.
[2:06:59] I now would like to entertain a
resolution approving an updated position
[2:07:02] description for the position of fire
chief and name only.
[2:07:06] » I'll make that motion.
>> Second.
[2:07:09] » All right. Um at this time, the board of
trustees has reviewed under the
[2:07:12] advisement of the township administrator
an updated position description
[2:07:16] outlining in more detail the fire chief
position description which is attached
[2:07:21] as an appendix to this resolution. Uh is
there any discussion on those changes?
[2:07:26] » No. updates it to modern uh terminology
and uh follows what we're doing within
[2:07:31] the township. Roll call to accept the
resolution as presented.
[2:07:34] » Kevin,
>> yes.
[2:07:35] » Sue,
>> yes.
[2:07:37] » Nick,
>> yes.
[2:07:38] » Motion passes.
[2:07:42] » Next, I would like to uh accept a
nomination of a resolution appointing
[2:07:50] Assistant Fire Chief Ron Goodsby to the
position of Fire Chief of Brimfield
[2:07:54] Township. Resolution is in name only.
>> I'll make that resolution.
[2:07:59] » Second.
>> Discussion on this. Ron Goodspeed has
[2:08:04] served as assistant chief for some time
and has been with the department for how
[2:08:07] many years? Forget to ask you have that
back there.
[2:08:09] » 15.
>> 15 years. Um he has served in assistant
[2:08:12] chief for
>> six. Thank you. Um and and has done a
[2:08:18] great job. I believe that your
department respects you. Um your staff
[2:08:21] works well with you. you've worked well
with the board on projects. Um, I think
[2:08:25] this is going to be a great fit moving
forward for our community. Is there any
[2:08:29] additional discussion?
If not, roll call to accept.
[2:08:34] » Kevin,
>> yes.
[2:08:35] » Sue,
>> yes.
[2:08:37] » Nick,
>> yes.
[2:08:38] » Motion passes.
>> Congratulations.
[2:08:42] Assistant Chief Goodchie Speed, we will
be chief effective September 14th at 4
[2:08:47] p.m.
>> Uh, please hang out afterwards. We got
[2:08:50] some paperwork for the assignment
program. Uh lastly, I will uh entertain
[2:08:55] a motion to accept a resolution
eliminating the position of assistant
[2:08:58] fire chief from the organizational
structure of the Broomfield Township
[2:09:01] Fire Department.
>> I'll make that motion.
[2:09:04] » Second.
>> Right. This resolution is in name only.
[2:09:07] This eliminates that piece. Um I think
this is part of our uh redevelopment and
[2:09:12] process of the fire department. Some
costsaving measures for us also um as we
[2:09:17] move forward. So, any additional
discussion on that?
[2:09:22] » All right, roll call to accept the
resolution.
[2:09:24] » Kevin,
>> yes.
[2:09:25] » Sue,
>> yes.
[2:09:26] » Nick,
>> yes.
[2:09:28] » Motion passes.
>> All right. Any further discussion or
[2:09:31] anything for the good of the order?
>> Hearing none, I will entertain a motion
[2:09:37] to adjourn this meeting.
>> So move.
[2:09:39] » Second.
>> Roll call to adjourn meeting.
[2:09:42] » Kevin,
>> yes.
[2:09:43] » Sue,
>> yes.
[2:09:44] » Nick,
>> yes.
[2:09:46] Meeting adjourned at 9:10