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PERRY TOWNSHIP -- The Perry Township and Goshen Township police departments will be entering a formal mutual aid agreement.
During their meeting Monday, the Perry Township trustees unanimously approved a resolution authorizing Police Chief Richard Kimble to enter a mutual aid agreement with the Goshen Police District. Trustee Chair Steve Bailey said the two departments had been collaborating frequently, so Kimble and Goshen Township Police Chief John Calko decided to enter a mutual aid agreement.
The trustees also voted unanimously to send Firefighter Patrick Bryan to Firefighter 1 training at the Mahoning County Career & Technical Center on Aug. 19 at a cost of $1,700. Bailey said that the township would be reimbursed for the cost of the training once Bryan completed it.
Bailey also said that he would be meeting with Salem City Auditor Sal Salvino on Wednesday to discuss the township not receiving its share of tax revenue agreed upon in type two annexation agreements in recent years.
"We had not been getting any money from them, so I met with the [county] auditor's office and the treasurer's office to get tax information. I am meeting with [Salvino] on Wednesday to make sure our numbers look very similar," Bailey said. "So hopefully we'll get that taken care of and then we'll get paid that money and have a spreadsheet set up so that we'll be able to start tracking that stuff a lot easier and their going to do the same thing, so hopefully we should be in good shape with them."
During his report, Zoning Inspector Dan Bowers said that he was still receiving many zoning complaints, and that high grass continued to be the most common violation. He said that one of the properties in violation on Overlook Drive had also had issues with high grass last year requiring the township to mow the property itself, and that if nothing changed, he would likely be requesting the trustees declare the property a public nuisance in their next meeting.
Bowers said that the owner of the property was a disabled veteran and asked Trustee Tony Ieropoli to attempt to speak with him and the veterans administration to see if there was any assistance to maintain the property available to them.
During his report, Ieropoli said that the house at 1015 Liberty St., which was originally slated for demolition in the second week of August, would instead be demolished in the beginning of September due to scheduling delays. Ieropoli has previously said that the township would be reimbursed for the approximately $9,000 cost of demolition and asbestos removal through a grant.
Ieropoli also said that the township's annual road paving was slated to begin either at the end of August or the beginning of September, and that he had met with the project engineer Friday to discuss paving details further.
The meeting concluded with an executive session for the discussion of personnel matters with no action to follow.
The board of trustees will meet next at 4 p.m. on Aug. 24.