Clay Township trustees get good financial news
Brookville Star
2019-10-16
Kay Dawson
Contributing Writer
CLAY TOWNSHIP - Clay Township trustees got some good financial news at the Oct 7 board of trustees meeting.
Fiscal Officer Brad Limbert told them that the township had paid off the note on a dump truck. The only note the township now owes is on a backhoe. In addition, the township received a refund of $7,547.76 from Workman’s Compensation.
And even though in February of 2018 the township dropped health coverage with United Health Care in favor of another company, Limbert said, “When they did their reassessment and their expenses and raios and all that, we received $884.60.”
This money will not stay in the township budget, as it is a refund to the covered employees, who Limbert said would each receive $88.46.
The money is welcome, as Road Superintendent Chris Maleski said his department had received a quote of $4,900 for recent damage to a culvert and gas line on Clayshire Road.
Trustee President Steve Woolf also asked him to look into improving the gravel berms on Blank Road, noting that farm equipment along here was “knocking out residents’ mail boxes.”
“Even though the equipment is doing it, we are responsible for the road from pole to pole,” he said, noting that there were also potholes along that road.
Trustees decided to postpone any meeting on next year’s budget until after the election. Not only is there a police levy up for renewal in the township, but Police Chief John Van Gundy said his department would not know what county funds would be available until after the election. Trustee Dave Vore reminded township residents that passage of the renewal will not increase taxes.
Woolf mentioned that there will be a choice of two ways to mark ballots this time. A spokesperson for the Montgomery County Board of Elections office explained that ballots will be sheets of paper that can be marked in a machine as before or by pen. In either case, the papers themselves will then be run through an optical scanner to be read and recorded.
This creates a paper trail in addition to the electronic count.
The next regular meeting of the board of trustees will be at 5 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 21 at the township building, 8207 Arlington Road.
Fiscal Officer Brad Limbert told them that the township had paid off the note on a dump truck. The only note the township now owes is on a backhoe. In addition, the township received a refund of $7,547.76 from Workman’s Compensation.
And even though in February of 2018 the township dropped health coverage with United Health Care in favor of another company, Limbert said, “When they did their reassessment and their expenses and raios and all that, we received $884.60.”
This money will not stay in the township budget, as it is a refund to the covered employees, who Limbert said would each receive $88.46.
The money is welcome, as Road Superintendent Chris Maleski said his department had received a quote of $4,900 for recent damage to a culvert and gas line on Clayshire Road.
Trustee President Steve Woolf also asked him to look into improving the gravel berms on Blank Road, noting that farm equipment along here was “knocking out residents’ mail boxes.”
“Even though the equipment is doing it, we are responsible for the road from pole to pole,” he said, noting that there were also potholes along that road.
Trustees decided to postpone any meeting on next year’s budget until after the election. Not only is there a police levy up for renewal in the township, but Police Chief John Van Gundy said his department would not know what county funds would be available until after the election. Trustee Dave Vore reminded township residents that passage of the renewal will not increase taxes.
Woolf mentioned that there will be a choice of two ways to mark ballots this time. A spokesperson for the Montgomery County Board of Elections office explained that ballots will be sheets of paper that can be marked in a machine as before or by pen. In either case, the papers themselves will then be run through an optical scanner to be read and recorded.
This creates a paper trail in addition to the electronic count.
The next regular meeting of the board of trustees will be at 5 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 21 at the township building, 8207 Arlington Road.