A petition to file an administrative appeal in relation to a wood-burning furnace was submitted at Milford Center’s village meeting Monday night.
Resident Ron Payne said the petition for an administrative appeal, addressed to the village and the Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA), was written to challenge the decision Milford Center’s zoning inspector Leroy Holt made about a village resident’s furnace. Holt made the decision to not cite a property at 195 W. State St. for zoning violations. He was joined by Matt Hauenstein and James Daum.
“In 20 days, we better hear from them and have the administrative appeal,” Payne said.
Attorney Alison Boggs said the BZA determined the property wasn’t in compliance but offered the opportunity to come into compliance with zoning codes. She said the property was then found to be in compliance with codes.
Daum said Holt’s decision contradicts what the property actually does, in that the height of the property’s wood is stacked too high. He said the furnace’s effect on the neighborhood has been going on for two years yet “nothing is getting resolved.”
“I don’t know how you can say he’s in compliance because he’s not,” Daum said. “The issues still exist, the nuisance and the health (risks).”
Afterwards, the council voted unanimously to pass the second reading of a motion to purchase an asphalt mixer for pothole repairs in the village.
Councilmember Howard Van Dyke has been researching asphalt mixers since March and presented his option for a machine in October’s meeting. The asphalt mixer will cost $20,400.
After the second reading being passed, the third reading was suggested to be held at January’s meeting by councilperson Jeff Parren.
For an update on parks and recreation, councilperson Terri Kean said no one was present to assist her with helping winterize the bathrooms as part of the Bicentennial Park project.
“Last month’s meeting notes say we were supposed to go down there (Nov. 16) to do that ceiling… and I was down there four different times and nobody was there,” she said. “I won’t be doing that again.”
She asked why councilperson Chris Kise “didn’t show up,” as it was his initiative to make the repairs during the November meeting.
Also in the meeting, the village council discussed the updating of information for vacant properties. The village found a property, the former Hootenanny’s, still held a liquor license.
The council said it will file a notice to the Ohio Department of Commerce Division of Liquor Control before Jan. 2 This update will make the license “available to someone else,” Van Dyke said.
The council then gave an update on the budget for 2018. At November’s meeting, Mayor Virgil Reisinger said the village lost its original budget spreadsheet due to a computer error.
He said there is currently a partial budget completed. He said there will be a special meeting to discuss the completed budget on Dec. 28, starting at 6 p.m.
Council members Kean and Don Jones agreed to host zoning committee meetings for 2018 on the first and third Thursdays of each month, starting at 6 p.m.