The Board of Deerfield Township Trustees met in regular session on Monday December
23, 2024 6:00 pm, at the Deerfield Town Hall with
Trustees, Charles “Ed” Dean, and Tiffany Havens present.
Tiffany called the meeting to order and opened the meeting with the Pledge of
Allegiance.
● Tiffany made a motion to approve the meeting minutes from October 14th Ed seconded
and the roll call vote was unanimous.
● Tiffany made a motion to approve the meeting minutes from October 28th pending
adding the comment from Derek Day about the grant updates. Ed seconded and the roll
call vote was unanimous.
● Tiffany moved to approve financials in November. Ed seconded and the roll call vote
was unanimous.
● Tiffany made a motion to approve the November 11th meeting minutes.Ed seconded and
the roll call vote was unanimous.
● Tiffany made a motion to approve November 23rd meeting minutes.Ed seconded and
the roll call vote was unanimous.
● Tiffany tabled the December 9th meeting minutes.
Communications:
● Ed made a motion to give $1500 from Nopec to the Deerfield Civics Association.
Tiffany seconded and the roll call was unanimous.
Public Commentary:
Road Department:
● Tim stated that the road department has been busy greasing machinery and
salting as needed.
Buildings & Grounds:
● Tim stated the roof over the office at the fire department is leaking.
● Ed obtained quotes from 3 contractors ( see attached)
● Ed made a motion to hire US Pride Home Specialist to replace the roof, they
have done work for the township before and came in at the lowest bid of $18,960.
Tiffany seconded and the roll call was unanimous.
● Ed discussed the bids for the well along with additions and requirements that will
need to be done. ( see attached bids)
● There was discussion on how the well will affect the new addition and the
Portage County Engineers said it will not be an issue to have the well before the
addition, however per the health department water cannot be ran into the new
building because there isn’t a septic (anywhere for the water to go)
● Ed made a motion to use Marty’s Pump and Well Drilling to dig the well and use
the ARPA grant for the funding of $21,743.00.
● Tiffany made a motion to replace the blinds with the NOPEC grant money for a
total of $736.68 . Ed seconded and the roll call was unanimous.
● The sign isn’t reading the temperature and Tim is working on getting that
repaired.
● Mike Richeson, a new employee for the road crew will start after the first of the
year. Tim wants to train Mike first and get him on track and then bring Brian
Hackleroad in for training as he is the per diem employee.
● Ed made a motion to roll over Tim’s vacation days up to 20 days into 2025 as a
one time basis. Tiffany seconded and the roll call vote was unanimous.
Fire Department:
● Todd Bardelli announced call report for the month of 29 calls 19- EMS 2- fire 1- service
7-MVA 354 year to date
● The fire department had their Christmas Party that went well.
● Members of the fire department completed the mandatory sexual harassment training.
● Ed made a motion to pay for additional repairs to the shock on the brush 14 truck.
Tiffany seconded and the roll call vote was unanimous.
● Tiffany made a motion to repair the other side of the brush truck. Ed seconded and the
roll call was unanimous.
Old Business
● Tim is going to reach out to the sexton in Atwater twp for more information on
how to use excel instead of software.
● Ed made a motion to up the meal per diem for OTA training from $25 to $65
which was the same amount as last year. Tiffany seconded and the roll call vote was
unanimous.
● Tiffany made a motion to offer insurance to full time employees. Ed seconded
and the roll call vote was unanimous.
New Business
● Tiffany announced a subscription for online OTA training for $250.00.
● Tiffany made a motion to purchase the subscription to the OTA online training. Ed
second and the roll call vote was unanimous.
● Nancy announced a temporary appropriation budget of $604,600 for the first quarter of
2025.
● Ed made a motion to accept the temporary appropriations for the beginning of 2025.
Tiffany seconded and the roll call vote was unanimous.
● Tiffany made a motion for January 6th to be the organizational meeting and the regular
meeting the same day. Ed seconded and the roll call vote was unanimous.
Tiffany made a motion to adjourn the meeting and pay bills Ed seconded, and the roll call vote was
unanimous.
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Tiffany Havens Ed Dean
Chairperson Trustee
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Laura Lindberg Tracey Dean
Trustee Fiscal Officer