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The Washington Township Board of Trustees met in Regular Session on June 16, 2014, at 7:30 p.m. at the Washington Township Government Center, 8200 McEwen Road. President Paulson opened the meeting and led the Pledge of Allegiance. FISCAL OFFICER'S BUSINESS None. AMERICANA PRESENTATION — STEVE WENSTRUP Mr. Wenstrup thanked the Trustees for being a faithful sponsor of Americana. This year, Americana has been selected as the festival being covered by a particular news media, beating out 11 other states being considered. He anticipates having some good guests and political figures from the State that may participate. Mr. Wenstrup expressed his pleasure that Americana was selected to represent the United States on the Fourth of July. The Grand Marshal will be Dick Gard, a highly decorated veteran of World War II and Korea. SWEARING IN OF NEW FIRE EMPLOYEES — CHIEF GAUL Chief Gaul indicated that they were able to hire additional firefighters and to promote some firefighters because of the levy that was passed last fall. He indicated he would be swearing in four lieutenants and five firefighters. Lt. Josh Augustine, Lt. Nick Bergman, Lt. Ben Zacharius, Lt. Blake Dalton, Dan Logan, Zach Eddy, Patrick Powell, Brandon Rentz, and Paul Felder were sworn in by Chief Gaul. Following the swearing in, Chief Gaul gave a brief background on each one, their badges were pinned onto their uniforms by a family member, and they were congratulated by the elected officials and township administrator. CITIZEN CONCERNS Dave Douglas, 1161 Red Ash Court, expressed a concern about zoning public hearing notices. The zoning resolution requires that the published notice and the mailed notice contain information as set forth in Section 519.12 of the Ohio Revised Code and is to include the time and place where the meeting is to be held and the time and place where the motion, resolution or application proposing amendment to the resolution is to be made available for examination, which is for a period of at least ten days prior to the hearing. He indicated he came to the office, hoping to examine some documents for tomorrow night's meeting with the Zoning Commission and was told he had to make a Public Records Request. He stated that all he wanted to do was inspect some records. Mr. Douglas believes that staff needs to be made aware of the Ohio Revised Code requirements, be available onsite at the Government Center, and be on time for work. He indicated he is dealing with a situation that Ms. Lightle is helping him with. He responded to her earlier e-mail. He indicated he would definitely appreciate an apology. Mr. Douglas referred to the Zoning Commission's notice that reads, "Written comments are welcome. Please send written comments to Washington Township Board of Zoning Appeals." He did not understand why residents should be sending comments to the Washington Township Board of Zoning Appeals when it is a Zoning Commission notice. 6/16/14 Page 1