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Poland trustees move to renew levy in March
POLAND
Trustees took the first step this week to placing a 2-mill renewal levy on the March ballot.
The 2-mill levy to maintain roads and bridges was first approved by voters in 1977 and has been renewed every five years since then, said Fiscal Officer Joseph Granitto.
The levy generates about $194,000 annually and costs the owner of a $100,000- valued home $20.64 per year, Granitto said. The levy’s effective rate is about 0.59, he added.
The two trustees present at Wednesday’s meeting, Mark Naples and Robert J. Lidle, Jr., both voted to place the renewal before voters, and now the resolution will be sent to the Mahoning County Auditor’s Office for certification.
Trustee Annette Jeswald-DiVito was absent from the meeting, which was one day after she lost her re-election bid. Eric Ungaro, who will take office in January, did attend the meeting and was invited into executive session.
Several residents came to the meeting and asked about testing for natural-gas and oil deposits. At the October trustee meeting, a representative with Precision Geophysical, based in Millersburg, Ohio, asked for approval to use heavy trucks to survey on Arrel and Bedford roads.
Trustees gave tentative approval, pending the company’s agreement to a $50,000 bond for each road. The township’s attorney, David Shepard, said Wednesday he had not received more information from the company.
“I have not heard anything,” he said, adding “the only testing was supposed to be in the roadway, and they have to negotiate with individual land owners to go on private property.”
In other business, the trustees:
Announced applications being accepted to the Zoning Commission and Zoning Appeals Board.
Heard from Mike Heher, chairman of the township park advisory board, that recommendations for park board members should be made at the next trustee meeting.