TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES

TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES
WEATHERSFIELD
Business handled Tuesday:
U Promoted Sherri Craver, assistant township zoning inspector, to full-time zoning inspector, effective Dec. 17. Craver was earning $10 an hour as full-time assistant zoning inspector and now will earn $29,120 a year plus benefits. They also approved a raise for township administrator David Pugh of 5 percent to $49,668. Pugh also had been serving as zoning inspector. Chairman Fred Bobovnyik said Pugh needs to spend more time on streets and administration. The trustees don't see a need to hire an assistant for Craver at this time, he said.
U Approved rehiring Police Chief Sam Pagano from Jan. 1 until Sept. 30, 2002. Pagano was not at the session, but Bobovnyik said Pagano plans to retire sometime next year.
U Adopted trustee salaries for 2002 at $10,805 annually. Trustees for the new year are Bobovnyik, James Stoddard, and James Price.
U Rehired police Capt. Joseph Consiglio with a 5 percent increase effective Jan 1, 2002, at a new salary of $41,202.
U Rehired part-time Fire Chief Randy Pugh at a rate of $10,000 annually plus $7.50 per fire call, effective Jan. 1.
U Rehired assistant fire chiefs Ken Boring and Jim Bishop at $10,000 a year and $7.50 per fire call, as of Jan. 1.
U Rehired township firefighters starting Jan. 1. Officers including lieutenants and captains earn $7.50 per fire call and regular firefighters earn $7 a call.
U Rehired William Roux as township attorney at a rate of $75 an hour and $75 per meeting.
U Named Tim McNeil to a five-year term on the township Board of Zoning Appeals, effective Jan. 1 through Dec. 31, 2006.
U Moved to demolish houses at the following three locations unless the owners remove, repair or secure the buildings within 30 days of receipt of notice: 2898 Covington Ave., 3120 Youngstown Ave., and 2356 Ninth Ave. Owners of a house at 1570 Prospect Street have been given 120 days to make repairs by May 1, 2002, or the house will be razed.
U Set their organizational session for 6:30 p.m. Jan. 15 followed by their regular meeting at 7.
BEAVER
U The park department is seeking donations from businesses and individuals in the community to help defray the costs of next summer's Music in the Park concerts. Businesses can sponsor entire concerts and be rewarded with publicity noting the sponsorship. Park officials said they need $1,500 to cover the cost of all eight concerts, which have tentatively been scheduled for Wednesday evenings in Woodworth Park.
U Police Chief Carl Frost said his request to the Ohio Department of Transportation to install flashers on Market Street near the Highlands has been turned down. ODOT officials did say that they would replace the old signage there with high-visibility signs.
U Frost said his department will conduct "traffic safety blitzes" Friday, Saturday and Sunday and on New Year's Eve. Drunken drivers will be targeted along with speeders and seat-belt restraint violators.
U Plans were made to invite representatives from the Mahoning County Sanitary Engineer's Office to conduct an informational meeting about sanitary sewers in the township.
U The township recycling center will accept used holiday wrapping paper and greeting cards, but not Christmas trees. Residents can take their trees to either Springfield or Green townships.
U Trustee Kim Ohlin was sworn in to her second four-year term by U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge George Limbert.
BOARDS OF EDUCATION
SOUTHINGTON
U Superintendent Bill Pfahler announced that Southington tied for first in Trumbull County in the percentage of pupils passing the fourth-grade proficiency reading test. Only two Southington pupils did not pass, but they have two more tries, he said.
U Possible dates of May 15 or May 22 were suggested by board member Al Haberstroh for the senior trip to Myrtle Beach, S.C., were deemed unsatisfactory. High school principal Dave Wilson said that final tests would be May 21 to 24 and a May 15 trip would interfere with test preparations. Haberstroh noted that 24 students had paid, which is more than half the 44 students in the class. Cost per student is $400. Wilson noted, as he has in previous years, that the point of the senior trip is for all the students to go, but the cost is so high that 20 students aren't going. Possible dates are after Memorial Day (May 27) and before graduation May 31, Wilson said.
U Approved Jim Wolke as head football coach for next year.
U Approved participating in the Ashtabula/Trumbull County Cooperative Purchasing Program for 2002-2003 school year.
U Accepted a $55,246 OhioReads grant to be used for pupils in grades kindergarten through second and for volunteer training.
U Approved the sale of an 11-year-old bus.