Legal Notices 2-8-24
February 8, 2024

LEGAL NOTICE 

IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS 

GEAUGA COUNTY, OHIO 

23-M-000513 – Cuyahoga Asphalt Materials LLC, Plaintiff, vs. Chester Township Board of Trustees, et al. Defendants.   

 To: Burton Scot Contractors, LLC, whose last known statutory agent is David Paulitsch with the last known address of 14728 Maplewood Road, Burton, Ohio 44021. You are hereby notified that you have been named a Defendant in a legal action captioned Cuyahoga Asphalt Materials LLC v. Chester Township Board of Trustees, et al. in the Geauga County Court of Common Pleas located at 100 Short Court Street, Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio 44024. This action has been designated Case Number 23-M-000513 and assigned to Judge David M Ondrey. The Defendant’s address other than as set forth is unknown and cannot with the exercise of reasonable diligence be ascertained, and Service of Process cannot be had upon the Defendant in the State of Ohio.

 Defendant will take notice that the Complaint asserts causes of action for payment on bond, prompt pay act, and, alternatively, breach of contract and unjust enrichment, and seeks damages in excess of $153,640.22 plus interest.

 Said above named Defendant will further take notice that it is required to answer the Complaint on or before the 14th day of March, 2024 or within 28 days of the last date of publication of this notice which will be published once each week for six successive weeks. The last publication will be made on the 15th day of February, 2024 and the 28 days for answer will commence on that date.

 In case of your failure to answer or otherwise respond as required by the Ohio Rules of Civil Procedure, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

By: Peter M. O’Grady, Esq., Ross, Brittain & Schonberg, Co., LPA, 6480 Rockside Woods Blvd. South, Suite 350, Cleveland, OH, 44131. Attorney for Plaintiff Cuyahoga Asphalt Materials LLC.

Jan11-18-25 Feb1-8-15, 2024

LEGAL NOTICE

2023 FINANCIAL REPORT 

NEWBURY TOWNSHIP

GEAUGA COUNTY, OHIO

 Notice is hereby given that the 2023 Annual Financial Report for Newbury Township is completed and available for public inspection at the Newbury Township Townhall located at 14899 Auburn Road, Newbury, Ohio 44065. Please call 440-564-5997 to request a copy of the report. Copies will also be available at the Trustee Meeting on February 7, 2024 at 7:00 p.m.

Beverly Sustar, Fiscal Officer

Feb8, 2024

LEGAL NOTICE 

IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS 

GEAUGA COUNTY, OHIO 

23-M-000484  – Slocum Maintenance Incorporated, Plaintiff, vs. 400 Washington 44024, LLC, et al. Defendants. 

 Timothy Slocum, whose last known place of residence is 3583 Austin Rd., #109, Geneva, Ohio 44041, otherwise whose residence is unknown, will take notice that on September 26, 2023, Defendants 400 Washington 44024, LLC and Greg Vilk (“Movants”) filed their Counterclaims and a Third Party Complaint in Case No. 23-M-000484, with the Clerk of Courts in the Geauga County Court of Common Pleas, located at 100 Short Court St., Suite 300, Chardon, Ohio 44024, alleging that there is due to Movants an amount in excess of $25,000.00, plus pre-judgment and post-judgment interest, attorney’s fees, court costs and expenses and alleges counts of breach of contract, unjust enrichment, slander of title, and tortious interference against Third Party Defendants. 

 Movants prays that the Third Party Defendant named above be required to answer and assert any claims he may have in response to Movants’ allegations, or be forever barred from asserting any interest therein. Said Third Party Defendant (and all other Third Party Defendants and Plaintiff) is required to file an Answer within twenty-eight (28) days after last publication which shall be published once a week for six consecutive weeks, or they might be denied a hearing in this case. 

Submitted by: Jeanna M. Weaver (0075186) Attorney for Movants; Plunkett Cooney PC, 716 Mt. Airyshire Blvd., Suite 150, Columbus, Ohio 43235 Voice: (614) 629-3000 Fax: (248) 901-4040 Email: jweaver@plunkettcooney.com.

Jan11-18-25 Feb1-8-15, 2024

LEGAL NOTICE

2023 FINANCIAL REPORT 

BAINBRIDGE TOWNSHIP

GEAUGA COUNTY, OHIO

 Copies of the Bainbridge Township 2023 Financial Report are available for inspection at the office of the Fiscal Officer of said Township, 17826 Chillicothe Road, Chagrin Falls, OH 44023 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Janice S. Sugarman, Fiscal Officer

Feb8, 2024

LEGAL NOTICE

2023 FINANCIAL REPORT 

NEWBURY TOWNSHIP

GEAUGA COUNTY, OHIO

 Notice is hereby given that the 2023 Annual Financial Report for Newbury Township is completed and available for public inspection at the Newbury Township Townhall located at 14899 Auburn Road, Newbury, Ohio 44065. Please call 440-564-5997 to request a copy of the report. Copies will also be available at the Trustee Meeting on February 7, 2024 at 7:00 p.m.

Beverly Sustar, Fiscal Officer

Feb8, 2024

LEGAL NOTICE

2023 FINANCIAL REPORT 

BURTON PUBLIC LIBRARY

GEAUGA COUNTY, OHIO

 Notice is hereby given that the 2023 Annual Financial Report of the Board of Library Trustees of the Burton Public Library is complete and available for inspection at the office of the Fiscal Officer:  Burton Public Library, 14588 West Park St., Burton, OH, Monday – Friday, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. Please call to arrange an appointment: 440-834-4466 ext:6507 

Edward Worso, Fiscal Officer

Feb8, 2024

PUBLIC NOTICE

The following matters are the subject of this public notice by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency. The complete public notice, including any additional instructions for submitting comments, requesting information, a public hearing, filing an appeal, or ADA accommodations may be obtained at: https://epa.ohio.gov/actions or Hearing Clerk, Ohio EPA, 50 W. Town St. P.O. Box 1049, Columbus, Ohio 43216. Ph: 614-644-3037 email: HClerk@epa.ohio.gov

Final Issuance of Permit to Install

Middlefield Parkway

Facility Description: Wastewater

ID #: 1616676

Date of Action: 01/29/2024

This final action not preceded by proposed action and is appealable to ERAC.

Project: Woodsong P.U.D. Subdivision No. 13

Project Location: Extension of Timber Ridge, Middlefield Twp

Feb8, 2024

LEGAL NOTICE

SALE OF REAL ESTATE

IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

GEAUGA COUNTY, OHIO

21-F-000230 – CHRISTOPHER P. HITCHCOCK, TREASURER OF GEAUGA COUNTY, OHIO VS. UNDER THE HOOD, LLC, ET AL.

 By Order of the Court of Common Pleas, Geauga County, Ohio, Case No. 21-F-000230, George Kiko, the Court-Appointed Private Selling Officer, will offer for sale on the date and at the place set forth herein the real property described below (the “Real Property”).  

Auction: Under the Hood LLC – 500 Center St., Chardon, OH 44024 

Auction Date: Friday – February 23, 2024 – 12:30 PM

Legal Description: Full legal description can be found as an attachment on the auction sale page found on www.kikoauctions.com. 

Property Address: 500 Center St., Chardon, OH 44024 

Permanent Parcel No.: Geauga Co. 10-087295

Terms Of Sale: Appraised value of 500 Center St., Chardon, OH is $1,000,000. Per court order this parcel can not be sold for less than 2/3 of the appraised value, therefore, minimum bid must be $666,000. A 10% deposit is required on auction day; balance due within 30 days of sale confirmation. Any desired inspections must be made prior to bidding. All information contained herein was derived from sources believed to be correct. Information is believed to be accurate but not guaranteed. The Property is sold in its AS-IS condition.

Notice to Lienholders: Pursuant to O.R.C. §2329.152(B)(2), each judgment creditor and lienholder who is a party to the foreclosure action may submit a “Remote Bid” on or before 4:30 p.m. on February 22, 2024 by email to george@kikocompany.com or by facsimile to 330-453-1765. Russ Kiko Associates, Inc. Auctioneers, 2722 Fulton Dr. NW, Canton, Ohio 44718 – 330-453-9187.

Attorney Kirk Roessler for Plaintiff Porter Wright, 950 Main Ave. #500, Cleveland, OH 44113

Feb1-8-15, 2024

LEGAL NOTICE

IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

GEAUGA COUNTY, OHIO

Case No. 24-F-000009 – Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Plaintiff, vs. ohn Doe(s) Name(s) Unknown, the Unknown heirs, devisees, legatees, beneficiaries of Stephen R. Danesi and their unknown spouses and creditors; and the unknown spouse of Stephen R. Danesi (if any), et al., Defendants

 John Doe(s) Name(s) Unknown, the Unknown heirs, devisees, legatees, beneficiaries of Stephen R. Danesi and their unknown spouses and creditors; and the unknown spouse of Stephen R. Danesi (if any), whose last known address is 8620 Beacon Hill Drive, Chagrin Falls, OH  44023, will take notice that on January 4, 2024, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. filed its Complaint in the Geauga County Court of Common Pleas at 100 Short Court, Suite 300, Chardon, OH 44024, assigned Case No. 24-F-000009 and styled Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. vs. John Doe(s) Name(s) Unknown, the Unknown heirs, devisees, legatees, beneficiaries of Stephen R. Danesi and their unknown spouses and creditors; and the unknown spouse of Stephen R. Danesi (if any), et al. The object of, and demand for relief in, the Complaint is to foreclose the lien of Plaintiff’s mortgage recorded upon the real estate described below and in which Plaintiff alleges that the foregoing defendant has or claims to have an interest:

 Parcel number(s):  02-416800

 Property address:  8620 Beacon Hill Drive, Chagrin Falls, OH 44023

 The defendant named above is required to answer the Complaint within twenty-eight (28) days after the last publication of this legal notice. This legal notice will be published once a week for three successive weeks.

By Ann Marie Johnson, Attorney for Plaintiff; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC, P. O. Box 165028, Columbus, OH  43216-5028, 614-220-5611, amj@manleydeas.com

Feb1-8-15, 2024

LEGAL NOTICE

West Geauga Local Schools

Chesterland, Ohio

 SEALED BIDS for the Phase 4 Window and Door Replacements Project will be received by the Treasurer of the Board of Education of the West Geauga Local School District, Geauga County, State of Ohio, located at 8615 Cedar Road, Chesterland, Ohio 44026, until 12:00 PM (Noon) EST on February 21, 2024, and will be opened and read immediately for the Phase 4 Window and Door Replacements at West Geauga Middle School. Any and all project questions must be directed to Mark Richardson at (440) 729-6808 or via email mark.richardson@westg.org. 

 A mandatory pre-bid meeting will be held on February 19, 2024 at 10:00 AM EST, at the West Geauga Middle School Cafeteria located at 8611 Cedar Road, Chesterland, Ohio 44026.

 This legal notice is posted on the School District’s internet web site.  The notice and the bid specifications, drawings, addenda, and other bid information may be accessed by going to https://www.westg.org/, clicking on “MENU” and then clicking on “Project Bids and Quotes” under the “District” heading in the pop-up menu.

 The same bid information will also be available for review during regular business hours at the following location:

Karen Pavlat, Treasurer/CFO

West Geauga Local Schools

8615 Cedar Road

Chesterland, Ohio 44026

(440) 729-6815

 Copies of the bid materials may also be purchased for a non-refundable cost of $75.00 picked up or $100.00 mailed. Prospective bidders interested in receiving copies of the bid materials through the mail should contact Karen Pavlat using the information provided above. Bids must be in submitted in sealed, opaque bid envelopes and in accordance with specifications and on forms available from West Geauga Local Schools. Any bid submitted in an un-authorized or altered envelope will be rejected and disposed.     

 Bids must contain the name of every person, firm or corporation interested therein and shall be accompanied by:

 1. A cashier’s check, letter of credit or certified check in favor of the Board of Education of the West Geauga Local School District in an amount not less than ten percent (10%) of the total amount of the bid, including add alternates, as submitted by the bidder and as prescribed by Ohio Revised Code Section 153.54;

OR

 2. A bid bond of one hundred percent (100%) of the total amount of the bid, including add alternates, as submitted by the bidder and drawn in favor of the Board of Education of the West Geauga Local School District in accordance with Ohio Revised Code Sections 153.54 and 153.571.

 Each bid shall be filed on forms and envelope furnished with the bid documents and shall be delivered in an opaque sealed envelope, the outside properly marked with the Project Title, Date, and Time of Bid Opening. The cashier’s check, certified check, or bid bond submitted, shall be held as a guarantee that if the Bid is accepted, a contract will be entered into and the performance thereof properly secured in accordance with O.R.C. 153.54. Prices shall exclude excise and sales tax.

 No bidder may withdraw a bid for a period of sixty (60) days after the opening of the bids. The Board of Education of West Geauga Local Schools reserves the right to waive irregularities in bids, to accept or reject any and all bids, in whole or in part or any combination thereof, to conduct an investigation as necessary to determine the responsibility of the winning bidder, or to award a contract to other than the low bidder. The successful bidder shall produce an affidavit certifying that there are no delinquent taxes owed.

 By order of the Board of Education of the West Geauga Local School District, Geauga County, Ohio.

Karen Pavlat, Treasurer/CFO

Feb8, 2024

NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING

TROY TOWNSHIP 

ZONING COMMISSION

 Notice is hereby given that the Troy Township Zoning Commission Board will conduct a special meeting on the 19th day of February, 2024 at 7:00 p.m. at the Troy Community Center, 13950 Main Market Road to motion to initiate text only amendments to Article VI Parking, Driveways, and Loading/Unloading Spaces in the Troy Township Zoning Resolution and motion to set the public hearing date.

Lisa Murphy, Secretary

Feb8, 2024

LEGAL NOTICE

IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

GEAUGA COUNTY, OHIO

23-F-000402—Harvey R. Miller, et al. vs. H.P. McIntosh, His Heirs, Devises and Assigns, et al.

 H.P. McIntosh, His Heirs, Devises and Assigns, whose last known address is 2323 Coventry Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 44112, otherwise whose address is unknown, will take notice that on July 5, 2023, the undersigned, Harvey R. Miller and Lydia R. Miller, filed a complaint in the Court of Common Pleas, 100 Short Court Street, Suite 300, Chardon, OH 44024, of Geauga County, Ohio, alleging that Plaintiffs are the record title owners of real property as evidenced by a Deed recorded on August 5, 2008, in Volume 1847, Page 2017 of the Official Records of Geauga County; that the previously described real property acquired by Plaintiffs includes a strip of real property, consisting of approximately 0.4631 acres, as further described as follows:

 Situated in the Township of Burton, County of Geauga; and State of Ohio, and known as being part of Original Lot No. 97, and further being known as all of a parcel of land conveyed to The Chagrin Falls and Eastern Electric Railroad Company by deed recorded in Volume 111, Page 596 of Geauga County Deed Records, further bounded and described as follows; 

 Beginning at a 5/8 inch iron pin found at the Southwesterly corner of land conveyed to Matthew M. and Katheryn Kurtz (PPN 04-062960) by deed recorded in Volume 2000, Page 1843 of Geauga County Deed Records, also being on the Northerly line of parcel two of lands conveyed to Harvey R. and Lydia R. Miller (PPN 32-029900) by deed recorded in Volume 1847, Page 2017 of Geauga County Deed Records, said pin being at the shared corner of Lot Nos. 97 and 98 (Burton Township) also being on the Northerly line of Section 10 (Troy Township), said pin lying North 86° 46’ 12” West, along the Southerly line of land so conveyed to Matthew M. and Katheryn Kurtz, a distance of 347.95 feet from a monument box with a 1 inch iron pin found at the intersection of the centerline of Jug Street, 60 feet wide, and the shared line between Lot 98 (Burton Twp) and Section 10 (Troy Twp);

 COURSE I: Thence North 86° 46’ 12” West, along said Northerly line of land so conveyed to Harvey R. and Lydia R. Miller, and along the Northerly line of land conveyed to John H. Jr. and Edna D. Mullet and Nelson L. and Nancy J. Yoder (PPN 32-057600) by deed recorded in Volume 2134, Page 1691 of Geauga County Deed Records, also being the shared line between Lot 97 (Burton Twp) and Section 10 (Troy Twp), a distance of 806.92 feet to a 5/8 inch iron pin found (I.D. Kasie) at the Southeasterly corner of land conveyed to Robert D. and Erma J. Yoder (PPN 04- 150982) of Geauga County Deed Records; 

 COURSE II: Thence North 3° 05’ 14” East, along the Easterly line of land so conveyed to Robert D. and Erma J. Yoder, a distance of 25.00 feet to a point at the Southwesterly Corner of parcel one of lands conveyed to Harvey R. and Lydia R. Miller (PPN 04-066800) by deed recorded in Volume 1847, Page 2017 of Geauga County Deed Records (witness a 1 inch iron pipe found 1.49 feet South and 0.39 feet East); 

 COURSE III: Thence South 86° 46’ 12” East, along the Southerly line of said parcel one of lands so conveyed to Harvey R. and Lydia R. Miller, a distance of 806.92 feet to a point on the Westerly line of land so conveyed to Matthew M. and Katheryn Kurtz, also being the shared line between Lot Nos. 97 and 98 (Burton Township (witness a 1 inch iron pipe found 1.17 feet South and 0.30 feet West); 

 COURSE IV: Thence South 3° 04’ 39’’ West, along said Westerly line of land so conveyed to Matthew M. and Katheryn Kurtz, also being said shared line between Lot Nos. 97 and 98, a distance of 25.00 feet to the Principal Place of Beginning and containing 0.4631 acres of land as surveyed, calculated and described, on January 27, 2023 by Rudy E. Schwartz, P.S. 7193 be the same more or less but subject to all other legal highways and easements of record. Bearings used herein refer to an assumed meridian and are intended to indicate angles only. All 5/8 inch by 30 inch iron pins set are I.D. Schwartz 7193. 

 Plaintiffs further say that the Miller Property Strip which is the subject of this action, was not and has not otherwise been conveyed or transferred by the Defendants, H.P. McIntosh, his heirs, devises or assigns; that as a result, the Miller Property Strip remains titled in the name of H.P. McIntosh; and that the existence of the name “H.P. McIntosh” upon the records of the County Recorder as being the last known owner of record of the Miller Property Strip constitutes a cloud upon the title of the Plaintiffs.

 Plaintiffs pray that (1) The Court determine and adjudge that Defendants’ claims in and to the said real property be quieted against all Defendants and be held void and for naught; (2) The Court confirm valid title in the names of Plaintiffs to and for the said real property; (3) The Court order copies of its Judgment Entry quiet title to the subject real property to be certified to the Recorder of Geauga County for transfer of ownership upon the County tax rolls, and for recording in the deed books; (4) The Court order that all Defendants be required to set up their claims, liens or other interest in and to the subject property, or be barred therefrom; (5) The Court order the Defendant heirs, devises and assigns of said Defendant H.P. McIntosh be barred from asserting any past, present or future interest in the subject real property, and that said Defendants’ interests, if any, in and to the subject real property be extinguished and forever discharged, and (6) The Court award such other legal and equitable relief to which the Plaintiffs may be entitled.

 The defendant named above is required to answer on or before the 11th day of April, 2024.

HARVEY R. MILLER AND 

LYDIA R. MILLER

By Joseph H. Weiss, Jr., 8228 Mayfield Road, Suite 6B, Chesterland, OH 44026; joe@joejrlaw.com; Phone: (440) 729-7278 and Robert S. Ohly, PO Box 1236, Middlefield, OH 44062; bohly@westernreservetitle.com; Phone: (440) 632-9090; Attorneys for Plaintiffs.

Feb8-15-22-29 Mar7-14, 2024

LEGAL NOTICE

2023 FINANCIAL REPORT 

RUSSELL TOWNSHIP

GEAUGA COUNTY, OHIO

 Notice is hereby given that the Annual Financial Report for Russell Township Board of Trustees Geauga County for the year ended December 31, 2023, is completed and is available for public inspection in the Township Fiscal Officer’s office located at 8501 Kinsman Road, Russell Township between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. A copy of the report can be provided upon request. The year-end reports can also be viewed at http://twp.russell.oh.us/departments/administration/fiscal-office.

Karen F Walder, Fiscal Officer 

Feb8, 2024