Lighted Stop Signs at 528 and 86 Discussed by Trustees
Considering we've had fatalities there, $6,000 dollars doesn't seem like that much to me. Jim Marsic
Montville Township Trustee Jim Marsic addressed the possibility of solar-powered stop signs at the intersection of state routes 86 and 528 at last Tuesday’s meeting.
Marsic said he spoke with Howard Heubner of the Ohio Department of Transportation District 12, who gave an estimate of $6,000 a piece for two signs on Route 86.
“Considering we’ve had fatalities there, $6,000 dollars (each) doesn’t seem like that much to me,” Marsic said.
Marsic said Heubner told him he hadn’t heard about the most recent traffic fatality and getting the very visible stop signs at the intersection shouldn’t be a problem.
Fiscal Officer Sarah McDonald said the last fatality at the intersection was April 19.
Work is in progress at Montville Community Park. One hundred tons of sand will be used for the volleyball court, with 50 tons of coarse sand on the bottom layer and finer, softer silica sand on top.
Plans are in the works for permanent lighting in the township park pavilion as well. Estimates are currently being taken.
ODOT has closed its garage in Montville on state Route 6, Road Superintendent Tom Robison said.
Salt will still be stored at the garage and one building will be kept warm for loading vehicles, but state snow plows will come from the ODOT garage in Munson, he said.
In other business, Montville resident Mario DeFranco of DeFranco Construction, Inc. offered to re-landscape the area around the Montville Fire Station flagpole.
DeFranco said he will donate his time and labor if Montville would buy the materials.
The project will involve removing the existing shrubs, leveling the area between the flagpole and parking area and replanting around the pole, he said, adding the decision on what to plant has yet to be made, but construction could start in the spring.
Also, a pathway would be laid for access to the flagpole, DeFranco said.
He said he and his father, Mario DeFranco Sr., have been involved as volunteer firemen for some time. His father was a firefighter for 30 years, and Mario currently serves on two departments.
DeFranco told trustees he strongly feels volunteerism is the best way one can serve his or her community.
Trustee Alexa Holbert said she received a quote for cleaning, resetting and restoring of monuments and headstones at Thompson Cemetery from Stone Huggers. The estimate was $100,000 and the work would take place over a number of years.
The oldest parts of the cemetery, including the Civil War era monuments, would probably be repaired first, Holbert said after the meeting.
They are heavily encrusted with moss and lichen and, if properly restored, would display the history of Montville’s founding families, she said.
Some of the larger monuments have subsided and need foundation work, Holbert said.
More quotes should be sought before a decision is made, she added.
