Marlboro Trustees review 2025 road program estimates

Marlboro Township Road Superintendent Rick Bergert distributed estimates for the 2025 Summer Road Program using last year’s prices. Preston Avenue was estimated separately, from the bridge to McCarty’s driveway, and NEXUS Road Use Maintenance Agreement (RUMA) settlement funds or NEXUS Pipeline tax revenue can be used for this road. Breck Street and Tyro Street NE, which are under the chip-and-seal program, can be postponed if needed. Bergert will recalculate the estimates using this year’s prices once approved.

Fiscal Officer Tracy Ferrett reported that the 2025 road materials bids needed to be opened, per the advertisement. The bids were opened by Trustee John Battershell as follows:

• ­­Tuscoat, New Philadelphia, Ohio – Crack seal
• Carroll Asphalt & Sales, Carrollton, Ohio – Crack seal
• Crafco, Corporate Headquarters, Chandler, Arizona – Crack seal
• The East Fairfield Stone Company, North Lima, Ohio – Aggregates/stone
• Shelly Materials, Twinsburg, Ohio – Asphalt and limestone/gravel
• Melway Paving Company, Holmesville, Ohio – MC-3000 for chip sealing
• Geauga Highway Company, Windham, Ohio – MC-3000, MC-30/70 and other materials/application

Linda Marx reported receiving requests for copies of all bids once opened and informed Bergert. Ferrett asked Marx to forward these requests to her. Ferrett said she would handle them and forward copies of the bids received to Bergert.

The trustees approved a motion to table the road material bids until Bergert has an opportunity to review them and make recommendations.

Bergert stated that a resident on Pinedale Street reported wires hanging in trees and said the resident was without electricity during the last storm—critical because the resident uses a heart monitor. The trees do not appear to be in the road right-of-way, so Trustee Battershell will call Troy Rhoades of FirstEnergy Regional External Affairs to determine if the utility company is responsible for the trees.

Trustee Battershell also reported contacting the Stark-Tuscarawas-Wayne (STW) Recycling District to see if any grants are available that could be used for the cameras installed to monitor the Township Hall recycling site.

Under zoning, it was announced that the Zoning Commission will hold a public hearing on June 4, 2025, to hear a rezone request on Pinedale Street. They are asking the trustees to hear the request at the Township Trustee meeting scheduled for June 9, 2025.

Ferrett provided an update on direct deposit for payroll. The bank doesn’t require a two-day processing time, but the payroll software program does, so the paycheck date would need to be Tuesday for a Friday pay entry date. Bank fees would be minimal. Ferrett clarified that direct deposit would be optional and asked trustees to consider changing all check dates to Tuesday if the township moves forward with it, since meetings are on Monday evenings and checks cannot be deposited until Tuesday anyway.

Captain Hal Lehman sent the April Marlboro Fire Department activity report, showing 52 total runs, including 19 emergency medical service (EMS) transports, seven EMS refusals, seven motor vehicle accidents, five fire alarms (all canceled en route), four lift assists, three fires, three open burns, two tree/line down calls, one police department assist, one medical alarm, one EMS mutual assist from Hartville, and one odor investigation.

The trustees approved a motion to pay bills in the amount of $655,618, which includes the first payment this year under the Marlboro Fire contract.

During the meeting, the trustees entered into executive session with the fiscal officer to discuss personnel matters. No action was taken after the session.

The next regular meeting is scheduled for Monday, June 23, 2025, at 7 p.m. at the Marlboro Township Hall.