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The Washington Township Board of Trustees met in Regular Session on January 5, 2009, at 7:30 p.m. at the Washington Township Government Center, 8200 McEwen Road. President Young opened the meeting and led the Pledge of Allegiance. MINUTES OF PRECEEDING MEETINGS It was moved by Mrs. Young, seconded by Mr. Snyder, that the Board approves the pre-meeting minutes and the minutes of the Regular meeting held December 15, 2008, and the Special Meeting held December 30, 2008. Vote on Motion: Young, aye; Snyder, aye. M2009-003 FISCAL OFFICER’S BUSINESS The Trustees have requested that a Year-to-Date Income/Expense Report be presented on a monthly basis. As of December 31, 2008, Washington Township has collected from all funds $23,297,673.41 and has dispersed in all funds $21,570,607.20 for a positive cash carryover of $1,727,066.21. CITIZEN CONCERNS Pamela Johnson, 67 Boundbrook Drive, expressed a concern about the twenty minute response time of the Fire Department to a fire near her home. Ms. Lightle indicated that the Township’s records indicated that the call was dispatched at 5:08 a.m.; however, since Ms. Johnson called in on a cell phone, there may have been some difficulty in determining what time the call was actually received. The Township recorded the time of the call at 5:08 a.m. and the first engine arrived eight minutes later. Ms. Johnson indicated that the pictures taken were time stamped and she did not believe that the first engine was there in eight minutes. Ms. Lightle asked to see her pictures. Ms. Lightle further indicated that eight minutes is fairly standard in terms of a response time at that hour. As the fire chief had indicated to Ms. Johnson earlier, Ms. Lightle informed her that Washington Township has a volunteer fire department and also has both full-time and part-time employees. At that time of the day, volunteers would have been the ones dispatched. In terms of her zoning issue, Ms. Lightle indicated that her concerns about her neighbor were investigated over a two and a half month period of time and the Township was unable to acquire any evidence that a business was being conducted at her neighbor’s home. There is no question that there are things going in and out of their garage, but there is no proof that a money transaction took place. Going back to the fire issue, Ms. Lightle commented that the fire was contained to the garage. She complimented the crews for this achievement. Chief Gaul added that some of the ceiling tiles were pulled in the kitchen, which is located next to the garage. Based on her pictures, Chief Gaul indicated it was a big fire and it was quite a job to contain. Ms. Lightle indicated that there was a partial knockdown at 5:22 a.m. and the fire was placed under control at 5:43 a.m. Mike “Slinger” Gibney, 1441 Beaushire Circle, in “the greatest township in the State of Ohio” observed that in all of the meetings, the Township is very careful to make sure businesses do not have big banners and signs and that everything meets specifications and codes. He congratulated the Township for that. 01/05/09 1