MILLBURY — The Lake Township Board of Trustees were informed that the baseball diamonds at Fireside Park are in bad shape.
The board met on April 16.
Chairwoman Melanie Bowen-Greenwald stated that she recently attended a committee meeting in Millbury when she heard of the ballpark’s condition.
“The baseball diamonds at Fireside Park were put in during my old term (on the board) and are about 15-20 years old. I was told at a meeting the other night that nobody is using them,” she said. “The boys are all going to Walbridge to play, and the girls go to Millbury’s park. If we’re not going to use them (and they’ve deteriorated) then we might as well pull them out and make soccer fields.”
Resident Bill Keller raised the issue of mowed grass on the roads being a safety hazard.
“When you mow your grass, do not blow it in the road,” Bowen-Greenwald said. “It is dangerous, and it is against the law. A lot of people do it and they don’t pay any attention.”
Also at the meeting, trustees:
• Learned the broken flags at the Firemen’s Memorial in the cemetery were repaired. Cemetery cleanup began on March 18. Eight trees were planted in the newly plotted section of the cemetery.
• Were told that for the month of March, the police reported seven deaths, one criminal damage, 16 crash reports, three assaults, one menacing, 24 citations and two arrests.
• Heard the EMS/fire department had 104 EMS runs and 25 fire runs. A new fire system was installed in Lake Elementary School, 15 people went through fire extinguisher training at the Senior Center in Walbridge and 20 Cub Scouts came through Station 27 for a fire prevention talk. The department received 185 bike helmets at an equivalent cost of $426.60 to give out to kids.
• Learned that property at 27695 Tracy Road, Walbridge, has the potential to be forfeited to the township.
• Learned upcoming events include: National VFW Day at Friendship Park on May 11 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; the Jeff Pettit Memorial Car show for Wreaths Across America on May 25 (rain day May 26) from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Friendship Park; and Trails Day on April 27.
• Approved an agreement with the Wood County Emergency Management Agency, $3,825.80; renewed the CodeRED mass notification system, $1,182.52; purchased a Dell computer and tower for Lake Township Trustee Lorie Davis, not to exceed $1,200; purchased a new pressure washer for the road department, $7,198; agreed to purchase 120 tons of winter road salt from ODOT, $6,600.
• Hired Jackson Race as for the road department at the hourly rate of $26.36, James E. Peck as a new laborer for the parks/buildings at the hourly rate of $17.20, and Nick Lukas, firefighter at a rate of $10.45 per hour. All will be on probation for a period of one year effective the date of hire.
• Approved requests from fire Chief Barrett Dorner to spend $2,600 on repairs to the back door at Station 27 and $7,500 for three video intubation tools and accessories.
