[0:00] Call 1911.
[0:26] I'm okay.
[0:31] Yeah.
[0:37] Let's go.
[0:40] Um
[0:52] These ones are new.
[0:55] Yeah.
And uh he
[1:00] And
>> Thank you everybody for coming. I know
[1:01] you should
[1:04] » [clears throat]
[1:06] » Today is August 6th, 2026.
We're here to discuss township business.
[1:14] If you have a cell phone, please
[1:19] If you need any records or anything like
that, see after the small office and
[1:23] she'd be more than happy to
provide you with whatever you need.
[1:28] That being said, will everybody please
stand for the pledge?
[1:37] » I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
United States of America and to the
[1:43] republic for which it stands, one nation
under God,
[1:47] indivisible, with liberty and justice
for all.
[2:06] » Uh we're going to start with uh
[2:11] our our minutes. We have three sets to
discuss today. Uh
[2:18] Uh July 2nd was a special meeting. July
2nd was a regular meeting.
[2:23] And then we had another special
July 21st.
[2:28] We'll start with 7/2 special meeting.
Did everybody get a chance to read them?
[2:33] » Yes.
>> Any corrections or additions?
[2:38] » I'll make a motion to accept the minutes
as presented.
[2:41] » Correct.
>> Question.
[2:43] » Correct. You said the minutes don't have
to follow up.
[2:48] » I'll make a second.
>> I'll second.
[2:53] » Um yes.
>> I am not
[2:55] » Yeah.
[2:59] » Next set of minutes are regular meeting
on
[3:02] July 2nd.
[3:05] The same goes for that. Any
corrections or additions?
[3:11] If not, I'll entertain a motion.
>> Second.
[3:16] » Do you want that changed on the mark?
>> Yeah, I wrote that
[3:20] She She said
>> Uh there's a there's a correction,
[3:24] Matthew.
>> Right, before we go on.
[3:27] » What was the correction, uh
>> I had put not.
[3:31] » Yeah, I wrote that.
>> N O T.
[3:33] John Fastbender did not have it in the
budget.
[3:37] » Okay.
We're going to motion to approve.
[3:41] Second.
[3:44] » John? Yes.
>> Frank? Yes.
[3:47] » Yeah.
>> Last set of minutes is from
[3:51] July
21st.
[3:55] 2026. Same goes with that.
Any additions or corrections?
[4:01] If not, I will entertain a motion.
Someone
[4:08] John
Thank you, sir.
[4:12] How do
Second I can
[4:17] No.
John
[4:20] Yes.
Matthew
[4:27] Okay, we'll sign these all
I will take it.
[5:00] This one is 12:01. Okay.
[6:00] » And we'll move forward with the fiscal
officer report.
[6:02] » I know she's got lots to talk about.
>> I have a few things.
[6:06] Um
>> What is yours?
[6:08] » I need permission from
the trustees to
[6:15] be able to get a $100 unclaimed fund.
>> All right. Make sure
[6:19] » I need a trustee nature saying that I
can get the $100 unclaimed fund for the
[6:23] township.
>> Do you actually have a $100
[6:26] unclaimed fund?
>> Yeah, unclaimed.
[6:28] » The unclaimed
>> Yeah, we got to bring that to the
[6:29] township.
>> Nice.
[6:31] Yeah, we're I'm good with that. You guys
good with getting the $100?
[6:35] » Not me allowing me to get it.
>> Allowing you to
[6:38] » Julia started and then it got finished.
So
[6:41] » Oh, it was never approved.
>> Now I got to restart it to get it
[6:43] finished for the property.
>> Good job.
[6:53] » Um
that that the parts county approved the
[6:56] budget.
So I need
[6:59] » [clears throat]
>> a resolution
[7:04] for the county.
>> Yes. Second.
[7:08] » First.
>> Second.
[7:14] » John?
>> Yes.
[7:15] » Frank?
>> Yes.
[7:17] » Motion
[7:21] » Um
[7:26] that money
Okay, we got the um
[7:30] renewal for the retail liquor license
permits.
[7:33] And we just want to know if we're good
with it.
[7:37] » What do you think, Frank?
>> I It It doesn't even say. We have two of
[7:41] them, so I'm assuming the liquor's store
on the corner of the Mexican place.
[7:46] Cuz those are the ones that have the
liquor permits here.
[7:49] » I don't know if um
Chubby Dude doesn't have
[7:51] » Um they might. You're right.
>> But it's not telling me which ones they
[7:55] are.
Okay.
[7:58] I want me to take the one of them and
keep it so we can look at them.
[8:00] » Yeah.
>> I have two of them cuz they are
[8:14] We have um
Good.
[8:18] Got confirmation that the plane is in.
Or the state clerk that morning called
[8:25] and got the bond for the auction.
[8:30] » Anything else I can do to help with
that?
[8:33] » Not right now. They just gave us
confirmation that it's in and it's ready
[8:35] to go.
[8:42] Anyway, I um
[8:47] » Honestly, this is the first time I've
approved both of them. I
[8:51] never had any problems with them.
You guys had it or anything like that?
[8:58] No, we can approve it on a contingency
that they are legit, too. Forms.
[9:02] » Okay.
[9:05] All right.
[9:07] » I'll make a motion to
[9:21] We don't need to do anything. So, yeah.
>> Yeah, we don't need to do anything.
[9:25] » So, we don't need to
>> As long as they pay with him.
[9:28] » With them.
>> As long as we have objections.
[9:30] » Yeah.
So, we don't need to do anything.
[9:32] » Yeah, and I don't know what's what. I
was at the dollar store, you know, they
[9:34] carry beer.
>> I think this is just for the industry of
[9:38] our town. This is the pre-development
fund.
[9:42] Um
[9:44] resolution for moving money
[9:50] into
the account to be able to pay GRG
[9:54] hiring.
>> I don't know what
[9:57] Great Lakes Regional That was a specific
fund.
[10:01] So, if somebody can give me a
>> trouble
[10:05] Sorry.
[10:08] » County
>> That's right.
[10:10] » Who else?
>> I don't know something.
[10:14] » Yes.
[10:18] » Yes, I don't know what JEDD is. J E D
>> Joint Economic Sorry, I didn't get the
[10:23] whole story.
>> Huh?
[10:25] » It's a joint economic development.
>> And they are preparing a plan for
[10:31] Village of Mantua and they're
considering adding the JEDD concept and
[10:34] they want to know if we want to be a
part of it.
[10:37] » Oh.
Oh.
[10:39] » So, who is the current director?
>> Who is doing it?
[10:42] » Um
Todd Pease, director of Portage County
[10:44] Regional Planning Commission.
>> And who they who's a joint JEDD with?
[10:49] » Village of Mantua.
>> And who else?
[10:51] » That's all Todd Pease.
>> They got to be joining with somebody.
[10:58] Streetsboro?
>> It just says Village of Mantua.
[11:01] » But you're not joining anybody with
them.
[11:03] » No, it just says that.
>> They have to join
[11:05] No, yeah. It's a joint something.
>> Yeah.
[11:09] » That's the
>> Joint Economic
[11:13] » Um
>> No, no. Thanks for
[11:16] We need more of that.
>> Yeah.
[11:17] » We need more of
>> I don't know if you have watched the
[11:19] video.
[11:24] » I certainly would I certainly would have
would say yes to anything I don't know
[11:28] what it says.
>> Yeah, we got to get more information.
[11:30] » Okay, he's putting something together
and he wants to know if we wanted to
[11:33] join.
>> Right.
[11:34] » Yeah.
Okay.
[11:38] Okay.
[11:40] And the last thing is I did get an email
today saying that property taxes will go
[11:45] out
the beginning of next week and they're
[11:47] going to be due September 9th.
[11:51] Yes, very good.
They were re-mailed for us.
[12:10] » Okay.
I'll see Todd Keith sometime next week.
[12:21] Anything else in this office?
Anybody have any questions for the
[12:25] accountant?
Make a motion to accept the fiscal
[12:28] officer report.
[12:32] Yes.
Yes.
[12:40] We'll move on to town officials.
[12:46] Secretary report. I do not have anything
to report.
[12:50] And the custodian report?
>> Tim's here.
[12:55] Uh
I don't think there's anything new, but
[12:58] I tried a new code and
went through without a hitch, so no
[13:01] problem there.
>> Good for you.
[13:04] » Did anybody else have problems?
>> No, okay.
[13:06] » Not yet.
>> It was fine.
[13:09] » Can I answer your question? It's about
$85.
[13:13] I guess about $85.
>> $85? Okay, I was just wondering.
[13:16] » Can I ask you if anybody have any for
sale you know around?
[13:19] » I'd sell it.
>> No, we were just driving down the road
[13:22] and we were talking about the signs and
I'm like, I wonder how much those cost.
[13:25] My
partner said, I wonder how much those
[13:27] cost?" And I was like, I know somebody
who knows how much they cost.
[13:31] » Somebody took the signs that we had at
Manuel Center and Pioneer Trail.
[13:35] Took the brackets and the signs and
everything. Two days in a row.
[13:38] » So, you have
>> Oh, jeez.
[13:39] » Those are expensive. The brackets are
more expensive than the signs.
[13:42] » Those are $85.
>> Yeah, signs are $85.
[13:45] » Those are stop signs and so
>> Um
[13:48] I'm not sure which signs they took, but
they were good as far as the
[13:51] 5 by 7.
>> Jeez.
[13:54] » They wanted like stop
>> Stop sign.
[13:56] » They wanted like stop signs
or traffic signs or
[13:58] » It was magnet so we can react to the
cell.
[14:03] » Yeah.
>> Any questions for custodian?
[14:07] No.
[14:10] Thank you, Jim.
[14:14] Uh service department, Brian is not here
today.
[14:20] You have any questions for Brian or you
want to wait?
[14:22] » I do.
>> Yeah, I'll go real quick.
[14:24] » They've been doing a lot of mowing on
the road sides. They've been doing
[14:27] asphalt work when it's been available.
Um
[14:31] There's been no starting date yet for
the chip and seal with highway.
[14:35] Jagger Highway, we're doing chip and
seal on Wayne Road and
[14:38] Bond Road.
So, we're still waiting for a start date
[14:41] with them. And the same thing we're
waiting for on Manuel Center.
[14:44] With Kimble Carter Asphalt Company.
[14:48] Uh also, they uh
Did he get a hold of you, Michelle, for
[14:52] PO for for the general for State of Ohio
salt?
[14:56] » He just emailed it to me on my way out
the door. Yeah.
[14:59] » We got not bad price. We got 800 ton at
$59.87
[15:05] a ton.
So, that's going to be about $47,896.
[15:13] » [clears throat]
[15:20] » That's it.
One more time, uh we need to talk about
[15:23] trash day. Can you do that?
I was hoping I think we should do it and
[15:28] I think it
Normally we do it in Normally we do it
[15:30] in spring but the last couple times
we've done it in the fall. I think it
[15:33] works better. So I'm looking at like
middle of October if we want to do it.
[15:37] So we still have time to
discuss it.
[15:44] » Do I have to give my opinion?
>> Yeah, we already know that.
[15:50] » Uh
so you want to you want you want me to
[15:53] put it on the agenda for next
>> Yeah and in the meantime I'll be sending
[15:56] out
>> We should talk about October.
[15:58] » Yeah.
[16:00] Yeah, we put it in for uh
[16:04] September. That should We should have
enough time Yeah, advertise and get the
[16:09] get the cans all set up right. And I'll
get the prices.
[16:12] » Are you going to do the same same as you
guys did last year?
[16:15] » We're copying Don't you take the show?
>> Yeah, we're copying you, right?
[16:18] » Yeah.
>> So you're good.
[16:19] » You're good for time then.
>> I was thinking yeah.
[16:23] » [laughter]
>> Yeah, hey when you guys do it
[16:26] » Right.
Okay, I'll put it in the I'll put it in
[16:29] the I'll give us Saturday to think about
it.
[16:31] » Right. Yep.
>> Thanks. Okay.
[16:34] » Um
Zoning and Spec
[16:38] Zoning and Spec will not be here today.
He just sent me
[16:42] He didn't send
>> He's not here.
[16:45] » He sent a picture of
his note.
[16:50] Second reading.
Big idea. Tuesday
[16:54] We'll talk about that.
[17:08] He has one
45 notice he sent out
[17:13] uh
to 12765 Vincent Drive.
[17:18] » Yep.
>> That's all we That's all he asked.
[17:22] » I'll make a motion.
That we allow him to take that motion to
[17:26] court.
>> Second that motion.
[17:28] » Does that motion die?
>> Yes, but we didn't vote yet. Oh, we did
[17:31] tell him.
>> Yep.
[17:33] » So, you made a motion?
>> I'll make that motion.
[17:36] » I'll second.
[17:40] » Do we take Mr. Mr. Paul and Leanna
Patrick at 12765
[17:45] Vincent Drive to court for not getting
one of the chambers on there?
[17:49] I'll second that motion.
>> Okie doke.
[17:53] » That motion
>> Yes, granted.
[17:55] » Yes.
[18:00] » And anybody here from the zoning
commission that wants to talk about
[18:04] anything?
[18:07] » Um
just that we're
[18:11] looking more into
um
[18:17] the data center regulations and
such. So.
[18:23] » Okay.
Did everybody get
[18:27] the information that you guys sent out?
>> Yes, I think we did.
[18:32] » Thank you very much.
>> Sure.
[18:35] » Okay, Chamber of Commerce Carol Paul.
>> Okay.
[18:39] » I spoke your name right, Carol Paul?
>> Right.
[18:41] » I spoke your name right?
>> Carol Paul, thank you.
[18:43] » I just wanted to make sure.
>> Okay.
[18:46] Um
Okay, the
[18:52] the next three days, August 7th, 8th,
and 9th are sales tax holiday.
[18:57] And
um
[18:59] you know
the mantra
[19:01] for
uh Chamber of Commerce is shop local.
[19:06] So, there will be there will be um
sales tax
[19:11] relief on those two days. Uh On
Thursday, August 13th, is the
[19:17] scholarship fundraiser.
I think
[19:21] it's
I think it's a picnic on the green
[19:27] from 5:00 to 8:00 on Thursday, August
13th.
[19:32] There will be a dunk tank and they're
asking for
[19:37] a list of nominees
to to be dunked.
[19:43] They're probably also looking for
volunteers if there are any of you who
[19:46] are interested
in being dunked.
[19:51] » I trust these could probably do pretty
good in that.
[19:54] I'm sure there's a lot of people who
would like us to be in that dunk tank.