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On the record: Champion

By Bob Coupland 1 min read

WHAT: Township trustee meeting Feb. 1 and special meeting Feb. 3

PRESENT: Doug Emerine, Bill Templeton and Brian Bugos

Trustees:

• Approved Bugos as liaison to the Champion schools to negotiate having a Champion police officer as a school resource officer. Currently, the SRO is from the Trumbull County Sheriff's Office;

• Approved returning a stop sign to the intersection of Nutwood Avenue and Republic Street to slow down traffic;

• Sent a letter to owners of Champion Skate to get the debris from the building cleaned up and removed. The rink caught fire in late December 2019 with a cause not yet determined;

• Appointed Jennifer Kusmierek to fill the unexpired term of Linda Cain on the zoning board of appeals through December 2023;

• Applied for a Federal Emergency Management Agency grant to be used to cover costs for COVID-19 expenses not covered by other grants and funding;

• Appointed fire Chief John Hickey and Jason Gray to the volunteer fire dependency board for 2021;

• Appointed Laura Fike as an alternate to the zoning appeals board and Deanna Tuttles as alternate to the zoning commission;

• Will have Zoning Inspector Rhonda Fonce use the township vehicle when checking zoning matters at properties in the township.

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