What follows is pretty much just a summary from the recording I had access to. There were only two topics.
First was a discussion of the caterer and menu for the Portage County Township Association dinner, which the Township is hosting in the Administrative Building annex in August.
Second was a review of the sketches that Vic had of the dividing wall in the west room in the Administrative Building to separate the office area from the records storage.
There was a lot of noise on the recording, and without seeing the sketches, it's hard to describe anything. But here is basically what was discussed.
Township Association Dinner: The discussion was about who would supply the meal, how that would be done, and the cost. The intention was to keep the cost to between $9.00 and $11.00 per person. Jake's will provide the meal, without dessert. The trustees agreed to get a cake for dessert, source to be determined.
The Wall in the West Room: Vic had sketches of the wall, which he had reviewed with Randy Roberts, head of the Portage County Building Department. There were apparently a couple of different designs, affording somewhat different ventilation and light. The trustees discussed trimming out the various openings, probably with kiln dried oak which Vic thought Doll Lumber would probably have.
During the main part of the meeting in his report, Vic had mentioned the doors, which he said Randy told him had to be 38" wide. ADA requires 32" doorways, and there is something about 36" clearance if there is a hallway. All of the doorways in the building are 36" wide. Vic said that none of the suppliers he talked with had heard of that size door--they are 36" or 42" wide. [Blogger: I assume that this puzzle will be pursued and resolved.]
One of the designs looked better to the trustees, and they had already decided to approve moving forward, so apparently we are finally going to begin the work to move offices into the building.
About This Blog
The purpose of this blog is to give an accurate account of what is said during Public Comment at Mantua Township Trustees meetings.
Trustees' decisions are in the official minutes, available on request from the Mantua Township Fiscal Officer, Jodi Thompson, at 330-274-8443. The Township charges 10 cents per page. FAX, 330-274-8447. E-mail, fiscalofficer@mantuatownshipohio.gov. The minutes are also posted on the website after they have been approved. That means that there is usually a two-week lag between a given meeting and the minutes being available to read on the website.
Since meetings are the first and third Thursdays of the month, there is a three-week wait during months with five Thursdays.
Other items of interest or the writer's opinions will be included from time to time, clearly identified.
This is not a forum or chat room, but a source of information, so it is closed to outside input.
During the time I have been doing the blog, the posts have expanded to become very detailed accounts of the meetings. Doing that is time consuming, to say the least, and I am going to try to return to the public comment focus, with background and perspective (and the occasional pointed editorial comment). Such additions are usually enclosed in brackets. However, since some extended accounts of the meetings reveal significant things--and character--better than I could by commenting, there will probably still be a fair amount of semi-transcript. (Sigh.)
My thanks to the readers who have found the blog, and to the ones who from time to time tell me that they value it. You have encouraged me when the tedious work of keyboarding has made me wonder why I am doing this. Then you have reminded me, and I am grateful.
Trustees' decisions are in the official minutes, available on request from the Mantua Township Fiscal Officer, Jodi Thompson, at 330-274-8443. The Township charges 10 cents per page. FAX, 330-274-8447. E-mail, fiscalofficer@mantuatownshipohio.gov. The minutes are also posted on the website after they have been approved. That means that there is usually a two-week lag between a given meeting and the minutes being available to read on the website.
Since meetings are the first and third Thursdays of the month, there is a three-week wait during months with five Thursdays.
Other items of interest or the writer's opinions will be included from time to time, clearly identified.
This is not a forum or chat room, but a source of information, so it is closed to outside input.
During the time I have been doing the blog, the posts have expanded to become very detailed accounts of the meetings. Doing that is time consuming, to say the least, and I am going to try to return to the public comment focus, with background and perspective (and the occasional pointed editorial comment). Such additions are usually enclosed in brackets. However, since some extended accounts of the meetings reveal significant things--and character--better than I could by commenting, there will probably still be a fair amount of semi-transcript. (Sigh.)
My thanks to the readers who have found the blog, and to the ones who from time to time tell me that they value it. You have encouraged me when the tedious work of keyboarding has made me wonder why I am doing this. Then you have reminded me, and I am grateful.
Principles
Two ideas guide and support me:
The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.
______Attributed to Edmund Burke
GOOD PREVAILS.
Those ideas are also the reason I have been doing the blog since late February 2011.
I have discovered that a transcript is almost impossible to do and that verbatim accounts are usually not absolutely necessary. When in doubt, I check against a recording.
The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.
______Attributed to Edmund Burke
GOOD PREVAILS.
Those ideas are also the reason I have been doing the blog since late February 2011.
I have discovered that a transcript is almost impossible to do and that verbatim accounts are usually not absolutely necessary. When in doubt, I check against a recording.
