Legal Notices 9-25-25
LEGAL NOTICE
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
GEAUGA COUNTY, OHIO
Case No. 25-F-000254 – Christopher P. Hitchcock, Treasurer of Geauga County, Ohio, Plaintiff, vs. Bonnie L. Dixon, et al., Defendants
Bonnie L. Dixon, Trustee to a Trust created pursuant to the last will and testament of Charles A. Peine, Charlene H. Butcher, Trustee to a Trust created pursuant to the last will and testament of Charles A. Peine, Unknown Successor Trustees, if any, of the Trust created pursuant to the last will and testament of Charles A. Peine, and Unknown Heirs, Spouse, if any, of Lois L. Peine, whose last known address was 13017 Taylor Wells Road, Chardon, OH 44024, otherwise whose address is unknown, and cannot, with reasonable diligence, be ascertained shall take notice; and, if deceased, their unknown heirs, devises, legatees, administrators, executors, and assigns will take notice that on the 16th day of September 2025, the Treasurer of Geauga County filed an Amended Complaint in the Court of Common Pleas, Geauga County, 100 Short Court Street, Chardon, Ohio 44024, entitled Christopher P. Hitchcock, Treasurer of Geauga County vs. Bonnie L. Dixon, Trustee et al., Case No: 25-F-000154, against the above-named parties, praying that the premises hereinafter described be sold for the collection of delinquent real estate taxes, owed and unpaid, is $12,228.72 together with accruing taxes, assessments, penalties, interest, and charges; as well as court costs. Said premises is described as permanent parcel number(s) 12-054400. A complete legal description of the parcel(s) can be obtained from the Geauga County Recorder’s Office. The volume and page number for the parcel(s) can be obtained from the Geauga County Auditor’s Office.
The object of the action is to obtain from the Court a judgment foreclosing the tax liens against such real estate and ordering the sale of such real estate for the satisfaction of delinquent taxes.
Such action is brought against the real property only and no personal judgment shall be entered in it. However, if pursuant to the action, the property is sold for an amount that is less than the amount of the delinquent taxes, assessments, charges, penalties and interest against it, the Court, in a separate order, may enter a deficiency judgment against the owner of record of a parcel for the amount of the difference; if that owner of record is a corporation, the Court may enter the deficiency judgment against the stockholder holding a majority of the corporation’s stock.
The above-named parties are required to answer on or before 28 days after the last date of publication. Such answer must be filed with the Clerk of Courts, and a copy must be served on the Prosecuting Attorney.
By Kristen Rine, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Attorney for Plaintiff.
Sep18-25 Oct2, 2025
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
GEAUGA COUNTY, OHIO
Case No. 25-F-000163 – Government Loan Securitization Trust 2011-FV1, U.S. Bank Trust National Association, not in its individual capacity but solely as Delaware trustee and U.S. Bank National Association, not in its individual capacity but solely as Co-Trustee, Plaintiff, vs. Todd A. Wright aka Todd Wright, et al., Defendants.
Unknown Spouse, if any, of Todd A. Wright aka Todd Wright, whose last known addresses are unknown and all of whose residences are unknown, will hereby take notice that on March 6th, 2025, Plaintiff filed its Complaint in the Common Pleas Court of Geauga County, Ohio, 100 Short Court Street, Suite 300, Chardon, OH 44024, being Case No. 25-F-000163 in said Court against TODD A. WRIGHT AKA TODD WRIGHT, et al. praying for Judgment of $88,218.46 with interest at the rate of 4.00000% per annum from March 1, 2024, until paid and for foreclosure of a mortgage on the following described real estate, to wit:
PARCEL NO. 16-070800 and 16-070900
STREET ADDRESS: 17802 Mayfield Road, Huntsburg, OH 44065
A COMPLETE LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF THE PARCEL MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE COUNTY AUDITOR.
and that Defendants be required to set up any interest they may have in said premises or be forever barred, that upon failure of said Defendants to pay or cause to be paid said Judgment within three days from its rendition that an Order of Sale be issued to the Sheriff of Geauga County, Ohio, to appraise, advertise, and sell said real estate, that the premises be sold free and clear of all claims, liens and interest of any parties herein, that the proceeds from the sale of said premises be applied to Plaintiff’s Judgment and for such other relief to which Plaintiff is entitled.
Said Defendant(s) will take notice that they will be required to answer said Complaint on or before twenty-eight (28) days from the final publication run date or judgment will be rendered accordingly.
By Ellen L. Fornash, Attorney for Plaintiff; Padgett Law Group; 8087 Washington Village Drive, Ste. 220; Dayton, Ohio 45458; Phone:(850)422-2520; Fax:(850)422-2567; OHAttorney@padgettlawgroup.com
Sep11-18-25, 2025
NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING
GEAUGA COUNTY BUDGET COMMISSION
The Geauga County Budget Commission will hold a special meeting on Monday, September 29, 2025 beginning at 10:00 am in the Auditor’s Appraisal Conference Room, 231 Main Street, Chardon, Ohio 44024. The meeting is to consider the Geauga County Park District’s 2022 Tax Budget, on remand from the BTA and confirm receipt of Rate Resolutions TY25CY26 and regular business.
Charles E. Walder, Auditor
Secretary/Budget Commission
Sep25, 2025
NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING
ON APPLICATION
PROPOSING TO AMEND THE
TROY TOWNSHIP
ZONING RESOLUTION
O.R.C. SECTION 519.12(G)
Notice is hereby given that the Troy Township Board of Township Trustees will conduct a public hearing on a motion which is amendment, identified as ZC2025-1II to the Troy Township Zoning Resolution at the Troy Township Community House, 13950 Main Market Road, Troy Township at 6:00 o’clock p.m. on October 7, 2025.
The motion proposing to amend the zoning resolution will be available for examination at the Troy Township Fire Department, 14019 Nash Road from 7:00 o’clock a.m. to 6:00 o’clock p.m. (it is recommended to make an appointment), at the Troy Township Community House, 13950 Main Market Road when open, and on the Troy Township website from September 25, 2025 to October 7, 2025. To locate the information, visit https://www.troytwpgeauga.com navigate to the Departments section, select Zoning Department, and then click on the Amendments button.
The ZC2025-1II proposed amendment motion is requesting to amend the text in Article II as proposed by the Zoning Commission in the Troy Township Zoning Resolution.
Jane Grudowski, Fiscal Officer
Sep25, 2025
CHARLES E. WALDER
GEAUGA COUNTY AUDITOR
FORFEITED LAND SALE
The land, lots, and parts of lots in the County of Geauga, forfeited to the state for the nonpayment of taxes, together with the taxes, assessments, charges, penalties, interest and costs charged on them, agreeably to law, and the dates on which the lands, lots, and parts of lots will be offered for sale, are contained and described in the following list. (In accordance with ORC 5723.01, all properties listed have been transferred to the State of Ohio. The name(s) listed in parenthesis indicates the prior owner, as it appeared on the Auditor’s tax list).
Parcel[s] are to be sold on Thursday, October 2, 2025. Sales begin promptly at 9:30 a.m. at the Geauga County Courthouse. The Auditor’s Office will be following County and Courthouse guidelines. There is also the opportunity to pre-register for the sale, and we strongly suggest you do so by visiting the Auditors website at: https://auditor.geauga.oh.gov/real-estate/forfeited-land-sale/. Please search Forfeited Land Sale for the forms.
Notice is hereby given to all concerned, that if the taxes, assessments, charges, penalties, interest, and costs charged on the list are not paid into the County Treasury, and the County Treasurer’s receipt produced for the payment, before the respective dates mentioned in this notice for the sale, each tract, lot, and part of lot, so forfeited, on which the taxes, assessments, charges, penalties, interest, and costs remain unpaid, will be offered for sale on the respective dates mentioned in this notice for the sale, at the Courthouse in Geauga County, in Judge Rambo’s Courtroom, in order to satisfy such taxes, assessments, charges, penalties, interest, and costs, and that the sale will be adjourned from day to day until each tract, lot and part of lot specified in the list and manufactured home specified in the list has been disposed of, or offered for sale.
If the tract, lot, and part of lot, so forfeited, is sold for an amount that is less than the amount of the delinquent taxes, assessments, charges, penalties, and interest against it, the court, in a separate order, may enter a deficiency judgment against the last owner of record of the tract, lot, or part of lot, before its forfeiture to the state, for the amount of the difference; if that owner of record is a corporation, the court may enter the deficiency judgment against the stockholder holding a majority of the corporation’s stock.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO ALL CONCERNED, THAT THE FORFEITED TRACTS, LOTS, AND PARTS OF LOTS THAT ARE OFFERED FOR SALE PURSUANT TO THIS NOTICE MAY BE SUBJECT TO A FEDERAL TAX LIEN THAT MAY NOT BE EXTINGUISHED BY THE SALE OR SUBJECT TO THE RIGHT OF THE UNITED STATES TO REDEEM ANY TRACT, LOT, OR PART OF A LOT THAT IS SUBJECT TO A FEDERAL TAX LIEN, AND PURCHASERS OF ANY OF THE FORFEITED TRACTS, LOTS, OR PARTS OF LOT ARE URGED TO SEARCH THE FEDERAL TAX LIEN INDEX THAT IS KEPT BY THE COUNTY RECORDER TO DETERMINE IF NOTICE OF A FEDERAL TAX LIEN HAS BEEN FILED WITH RESPECT TO ANY OF THE FORFEITED TRACTS, LOTS, OR PART OF LOTS.
The following parcels will be offered for sale on Thursday, October 2, 2025:
Parcel 13-084400 State of Ohio (forfeited from Mary A. Briggs) Part S/L 4H Lake Aquilla Estates Company’s Subdivision #1, Aquilla Blvd., 0.02-acre, Claridon Twp.
CHARLES E. WALDER
GEAUGA COUNTY AUDITOR
Sep18-25, 2025
REQUEST FOR BIDS
Berkshire Local School District
Berkshire Local Schools is seeking snow plow services for the 2025/2026 school year. Specifications of work can be found at www.berkshireschools.org/departments/facilities or by contacting Al Vontorcik at al.vontorcik@berkshireschools.org. Bids due to Beth McCaffrey, beth.mccaffrey@berkshireschools.org by October 6, 2025 at 10:00 am.
Beth McCaffrey, Treasurer
Sep25, 2025
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
APPEAL FOR VARIANCE TO
CLARIDON TOWNSHIP
ZONING RESOLUTION
Notice is hereby given that the Claridon Township Board of Zoning Appeals will conduct a public hearing on an application, identified as number V25-3, on an appeal for a variance to the Claridon Township Zoning Resolution on the 9th day of October, 2025 at 6:30 p.m. at the Claridon Administration Building.
This application, submitted by Rebecca Brindo, requests that a lot split with non-conforming frontage, which fails to meet the required minimum lot frontage and width be granted for the lot located on Aquilla Road (PPN 13-007300).
Kellie Andre, Secretary
Sep25, 2025
PUBLIC NOTICE
Village of Middlefield
Notice is hereby given that during the Council Meeting Public Hearing held on September 11, 2025, The Village of Middlefield passed the following legislation:
RESOLUTION 25-15 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE VILLAGE ENGINEER TO PREPARE PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE VILLAGE’S CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR THE 2026 CALENDAR YEAR, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
RESOLUTION 25-16 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF A US BANK MASTERCARD AND A BANK OF MIDDLEFIELD VISA, EACH WITH A MAXIMUM CREDIT LIMIT OF $2,000, IN THE NAME OF LIEUTENANT AARON GRALEY FOR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND/OR VILLAGE EXPENDITURES, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
RESOLUTION 25-17 A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE AMOUNTS AND RATES AS DETERMINED BY THE BUDGET COMMISSION AND AUTHORIZING THE NECESSARY TAX LEVIES AND CERTIFYING THEM TO THE COUNTY AUDITOR, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
RESOLUTION 25-18 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER OF FUNDS AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
ORDINANCE 25-134 AN ORDINANCE ENACTING CODIFIED ORDINANCE SECTION 521.18 ENTITLED “CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE WORK RESTRICTED” AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
ORDINANCE 25-135 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE A PAY RAISE FOR FULL TIME WATER AND WASTEWATER PLANT OPERATOR/LABORER JERRY ROSE III, AND AMENDING ORDINANCE 25-103 ESTABLISHING PAY RATES FOR NON-POLICE EMPLOYEES OF THE VILLAGE, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
ORDINANCE 25-136 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND FISCAL OFFICER TO ENTER INTO CERTAIN FINANCING DOCUMENT WITH THE MIDDLEFIELD BANKING COMPANY TO FINANCE THE PURCHASE OF REAL PROPERTY AT 14500 KINSMAN ROAD IN BURTON TOWNSHIP, RATIFYING PAST ACTIONS, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
ORDINANCE 25-140 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING VARIOUS ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE 7th ANNUAL GEAUGA VETERAN’S SPORTS FEST, WAIVING THE PROHIBITION OF THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES REGARDING SAME, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
The Complete Text Of These Resolutions And Ordinances May Be Viewed Or Obtained At The Office Of The Fiscal Officer, 14860 N. State Ave., Middlefield, Ohio During Regular Business Hours.
Cindy Naftzger,
Administrative Asst. /Billing Clerk
Sep25, 2025
LEGAL NOTICE
Case No. 2025-CVG-00744 – Jacques MHP, LLC v. Justice Colon, et al.
NOTICE OF A PETITION FOR
WRIT OF EXECUTION
Notice is hereby given that the Plaintiff, Jacques MHP, LLC, a manufactured home park owned and operated by Gemstone Communities, intends to petition the Chardon Municipal Court to issue a Writ of Execution to obtain title to that certain manufactured home titled in Defendant’s name. The manufactured home is located at 12860 Mayfield Road, Lot 25, Chardon, Ohio 44024.
By Tyler M. Berry, Attorney for Plaintiff, MansourGavin, LPA, 1001 Lakeshore Avenue, Suite 1400, Cleveland, OH 44114. 216-523-1500.
Sep25 Oct2, 2025
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
APPEAL FOR AN AREA VARIANCE
CHESTER TOWNSHIP
ZONING RESOLUTION
Notice is hereby given that the Chester Township Board of Zoning Appeals will conduct a public hearing on an application identified as ZA-2025-10, on the 13th day of October 2025 at 7:00 p.m. at Chester Town Hall.
The applicant, Shawn Thomas is requesting an Area Variance allowing a pool cover in lieu of a fence as required by Section 5.01.13 (E) (5) for the property located at 11329 Caves Rd. Additionally, the proposed pool is not located in the rear yard as required by Section 5.01.13 (E) (3)(a) of the Chester Township Zoning Resolution.
Kathleen McCarthy
Administrative Assistant
Sep25, 2025
