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Batavia Township trustees approve cemetery funding, grant application match and contracts; OK payments totaling $609,887
Summary
Trustees voted Feb. 3 to request $34,000 for Batavia-Union Cemetery operations, authorize a 25% match for a park grant application, set April community clean-up dates, approve membership and payments, and direct staff to rebid the township’s trash contract.
At their Feb. 3 meeting the Batavia Township Board of Trustees approved a series of administrative measures and payments, including a $34,000 funding request for Batavia-Union Cemetery, a park-grant application match, and authorization to begin rebidding waste services.
Trustee Perry moved, and Trustee Wessel seconded, Resolution 02-01-2026 authorizing an application for a Clermont County park grant with a required 25% match ($2,612). The board approved the resolution by roll call.
The board also adopted Resolution 02-02-2026 declaring a specified motor vehicle at 3463 Virginia Drive to be a junk vehicle under R.C. 505.173 and ordering removal under R.C. 505.871. Trustees Perry and Wessel and Chairman Parsons voted yes on the resolution.
Trustees voted to waive a $300 additional BZA hearing fee for Garin and Tony Smith due to an omission on a prior application; to accept the Ohio Department of Transportation Township Highway System Mileage Certification report (79.922 miles); and to schedule Community Clean Up Days (Junk Days) April 23–25, 2026, for township and Village of Batavia residents with proof of residency required.
The board approved membership in the Southwest Ohio Purchasers for Government (SWOP4G) for $35 and joined the Clermont County Historical Society for $500. Trustees authorized a $34,000 funding request to the Batavia-Union Cemetery Board (an increase of $6,000 from 2025) to help cemetery operations.
On finances, trustees approved payments totaling $609,887.38, including a pending $564,025.69 first-half payment to the Clermont County Sheriff’s Office, $10,541.10 for snow-plow blades and edges, and other vendor invoices. The roll-call votes for payments were unanimous.
Personnel and contracts: After an executive session on personnel, trustees approved a promotion and pay increase for Brianna Ramsey to a newly created Executive Assistant position effective Feb. 23, 2026, and authorized advertising for a full-time Administrative Assistant at $25 per hour. The board also authorized Administrator Karen Swartz to proceed with bidding documents for the township’s waste-services contract, which expires Oct. 31, 2026, through the Adams Clermont Solid Waste District.
Provenance: Motions and votes recorded across SEG 004–SEG 008.
