St. Clair Township Board Meeting
February 21, 2011
7:00 PM 

Supervisor Mahaffy called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. with the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. Roll call: Present Trustees Boeck, Hovis, Karas, Boulier, Clerk Skonieczny. Excused Treasurer Miskus. 

1. Moved by Trustee Karas, Seconded by Trustee Boulier to approve the minutes of the 1/17/2011 Twp Board Meeting. Motion carried. 

2. Moved by Trustee Karas, Seconded by Clerk Skonieczny to pay all bills. 

 Roll Call: Yes- Trustees Boeck, Hovis, Karas, Boulier, Clerk Skonieczny, Supervisor Mahaffy. Motion Carried. 

3. Citizens who wish to address the Twp Board: Allen Reichle, East China School Board Member reported that the East China School District received approximately $96,000 in tax monies from the Chrysler Plant in Marysville. 

4. Moved by Trustee Boeck, Seconded by Clerk Skonieczny to allocate to the Recreation Committee $250.00 for the Euchre Party and $697.50 reserved for Ponies R Us. Roll Call: Yes- Trustees Boeck, Hovis, Karas, Boulier, Clerk Skonieczny, Supervisor Mahaffy. Motion Carried. 

5. Moved by Clerk Skonieczny, Seconded by Trustee Karas to adopt Resolution No 11-02 Leak Adjustment Policy. 

Leak Adjustment Policy  

Please read the following before submitting a request for an adjustment to your bill for a leak. The Adjustment Request form is available thru our website. 

            1.     The need to adjust a utility bill may be evident by a customer complaint of
                    excessive billing or evidence of leakage on the customer side of the meter.
                    to qualify for a leak adjustment, the water usage must be at least 100
                    percent above the average quarterly usage and has not entered the municipal
                    sanitary sewer system (i.e. leaking commode/toilet). Average usage is
                    defined as the average normal consumption for the prior three months. 

            2.     It is the customer’s responsibility to keep their plumbing system in good
                    working order. 

            3.     Only one leak adjustment per customer per year (12 months of the   
                    customer’s payment history) is allowed, unless otherwise waived by action
                    of the Township Board. 

             4.    The Water Department will first determine that the meter has been read
                    properly. If an investigation of the meter and meter records establishes
                    that the meter was misread or that there was a failure of utility equipment,
                    a new bill will be issued using an estimated reading based on the last 12
                    month billing period. There will be no penalty assessed in the event the
                    adjustment procedure delays payment past the penalty date. 

            5.     If an investigation of the meter and meter record establishes that the meter
                    was properly read and that there was no failure of utility equipment, the bill
                    will remain valid and payable. A testing fee will also be added to the bill for
                    any meter proven to be in proper operating order.

             6.     If the customer questions the accuracy of the meter, he may pay the utility
                    bill in question, plus a testing fee at a rate to be set by the Township from  time
                    to time.  The Water Department will remove the meter and have it
                    tested in accordance with guidelines established for used meters by the   
                   American Water Works Association (AWWA). If the meter tests accurate,
                    the customer forfeits the meter testing deposit. If the meter does not meet
                    AWWA accuracy standards, the Utility shall refund the meter testing
                    deposit to the customer and repair or replace the meter at the Township’s
                    cost. 

Roll Call: Yes- Trustees Boeck, Hovis, Karas, Boulier, Clerk Skonieczny, Supervisor Mahaffy. Motion Carried. 

6. Moved by Trustee Karas, Seconded by Trustee Boulier to enroll in the MTA Workers Compensation Self Insurance Fund.
 Roll Call: Yes- Trustees Boeck, Hovis, Karas, Boulier, Clerk Skonieczny, Supervisor Mahaffy. Motion Carried.

 7. Tabled Burning Ordinance. 

8. Call from the table: discussed payment of deductible costs for health insurance, asphalt of parking lot and additional overhead door for pole building. 

9. Moved by Trustee Karas, Seconded by Trustee Boeck to adjourn. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 7:53 p.m.
 

                                                                           Joyce A Skonieczny
                                                                           Clerk