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Votes at a glance: West Chester Township trustees approve personnel moves, contracts, grants and zoning updates
Summary
At the April 8 meeting trustees approved a promotion to director of administrative services, multiple contracts and requisitions, a lease for fire apparatus, grant applications, and three land‑use resolutions (zoning text amendment, comprehensive plan update and property‑maintenance code).
Summary of actions taken April 8 by the West Chester Township Board of Trustees. This roundup lists formal motions and recorded roll‑call outcomes reflected in the meeting transcript.
Key approvals and votes
- Personnel: Approved promotion of Tanya Pointer to Director of Administrative Services (item 4). Roll call: Missus Becker — Yes; Mister Wong — Yes; Mister Welch — Yes.
- Minutes and routine matters: Approved trustee meeting minutes for 03/25/2025 and payment of bills (March 14–28, 2025). Roll calls recorded as Yes votes on each item.
- Requisitions (> $7,500): Trustees approved several requisitions including: • $90,232.74 to Frost Brown Todd for legal services (through 02/28/2020) (item 7). • $17,515.85 to Clark Power Services Inc. for a transmission replacement on a 2009 fire engine (item 8). • $11,982.58 for vehicle maintenance/repair (item 9). • $1xx,xxx to ASI Signage Innovations to purchase replacement signage at Beckett Park West (item 10 — signage/dedication to Aaron Wigand). • $10,255 to Drill A Shack Inc. for gas masks and replacement filters for police PPE (item 11). • $75,503 to Kings Ford Inc. for a 2025 Ford Transit replacement van (item 13), with 12.5% allocated to TIF and remainder from Road funds; $16,150 for upfit equipment (item 14). (The board approved items 7–14 on roll call.)
- Procurement and contracts: Approved the contract award to Kelchner, Inc. for the USS Cincinnati parking lot and drive construction not to exceed $1,195,667 (item 21). Trustees noted the project is largely covered by state funding and under the project budget.
- Public safety and equipment: Approved an apparatus lease agreement with Fairfield Township for a reserve engine while Engine 74 is repaired (contract through March 2027, approximately $100,000; item 18). Approved application for the U.S. Dept. of Justice bulletproof vest grant (item 19). Approved purchase of replacement signage and PPE as noted above.
- Administration and finance: Authorized staff to submit a capital budget request to the State of Ohio for public‑safety funding related to the VOA Country Music Festival and authorized acceptance of funds if awarded (item 15). Approved a not‑to‑exceed $12,500 contract with Clark Schaeffer Hackett & Company for accounting and advisory services (item 16). Adopted revisions to the township credit‑card policy (item 17).
- Equipment disposition: Adopted statutory resolution finding certain township equipment unneeded and authorizing sale/trade to Zimmer Tractor with sale proceeds credited toward new equipment (item 22).
- Liquor permit: Approved an objection withdrawal/transfer on a D‑5/D‑6 liquor permit transfer reflected on the agenda (item 20) — motion passed by roll call.
- Land‑use and codes: Trustees adopted three resolutions after public hearings: • Resolution O‑5‑2025 — Zoning Text Amendment (ZTA‑05‑2025) prohibiting short‑term rentals in R‑1 districts (vote: Welch — Yes; Becker — Yes; Wall — Yes). • Resolution O‑6‑2025 — Amendments to the Comprehensive Land Use Plan (vote: Welch — Yes; Becker — Yes; Wall — Yes). • Resolution O‑7‑2025 — Adoption of the 2025 Property Maintenance Code and rescission of an earlier resolution (vote: Walt — Yes; Welch — Yes; Becker — Yes).
All motions noted on the transcript were seconded and approved as recorded by roll call unless the transcript indicates otherwise. Where the transcript recorded specific roll‑call names, those are listed above; other routine motions were approved by roll call with trustees answering yes as recorded.
