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On the record: Brookfield

By Bob Coupland 1 min read

WHAT: Township trustee meeting Monday

PRESENT: Dan Suttles, Mark Ferrara and Shannon Devitz

Trustees:

• Announced that Memorial Day ceremony will be 10 a.m. May 29 at the cemetery

followed by the dedication of a veterans' bridge on Warren Sharon Road, east of Yankee Run Golf Course, as Vietnam Veterans Memorial Bridge.

The renaming of the bridge would honor Marine Lance Cpl. McArthur Coleman; Army Staff Sgt. Martin Walker Jr.; and Army Pfc. Paul E. Good;

• Announced volunteers are needed for placing veteran flags at the cemetery 9 a.m. May 20;

• Reported that the columbariium sales at the cemetery have generated $67,500;

• Heard from Road Supervisor Jamie Fredenberg that the R-cut project on a section of U.S. Route 62 has begun with a section of the road closed near Hubbard Thomas Road;

• Reported that Aqua Ohio will be doing waterline replacements on Boyd, Ulp, Davis, Fern, Hazelton, and Ira streets with work to be done by end of June;

• Announced scrap tire collection will be from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday at township garage;

• Hired Brookfield Truck and Trailer to replace the transmission on the dump

truck estimated at $11,960;

• Hired Tod Connolly as a volunteer trainee for the fire department.

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