Highlights of Wednesday's meeting:

Highlights of Wednesday's meeting:
Announced a three-year contract for garbage hauling with Wolford's Refuse & amp; Recycling Inc. and Allied Refuse that calls for a freeze in the charge during the contract. Residents will continue to pay $17 monthly, including a gasoline surcharge that can't be increased without the approval of trustees. A recycling bin is a one-time $20 charge for curbside recycling of cans, bottles and plastics. Newspapers still have to be taken to the drop-off sites.Honored Don Thompson, who has retired after 31 years as foreman in the public works department, and Ray Benetto, assistant planning and zoning director, after 10 years.Contracted with Howland schools to provide a resource officer. The township and school district will each pay $27,700 toward wages during the 2006-07 school year. Patrol Office Eric Boker will remain as resource officer.Authorized Police Chief Paul Monroe to purchase 14, .223-caliber semiautomatic carbines at a total cost of $12,638. Monroe said the department has been working with the FBI since last October to find a better way to protect the officersApproved a $10,500 contract with Mark R. Lyberger, director of the Center for Sports and Recreation at Kent State University, to run the township summer youth and recreation program, which is in its seventh year. Parents pay fees for their children to participate. Darlene St. George, township administrator, said between 700 and 800 children are involved in the program each year.