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Trustees allow cemetery purchase exception, streamline deed signatures and restrict door-to-door vendors; appoint trustee to 911 planning committee
Summary
On May 7 the Norwich Township trustees allowed an exception permitting Becky Parsons to buy up to four graves at the resident rate, updated cemetery deed signature rules to require two trustee signatures, adopted a solicitation-restriction resolution under ORC 505.94, and appointed Jessica Jessberger to the Franklin County 911 Planning Committee.
The Norwich Township Board of Trustees on May 7 approved multiple administrative and policy items affecting cemetery operations, solicitation rules and county-level representation.
Trustees voted to allow an exception permitting Becky Parsons to purchase up to four graves at Wesley Chapel Cemetery at the resident rate, citing the family's involvement with the cemetery; the motion was moved by Rick Tidd and seconded by Greg Young (motion #250507.12). Trustees also voted to change the cemetery-deed signature process so that deeds require the signatures of only two trustees (motion #250507.13).
Separately, trustees approved a resolution placing restrictions on door-to-door solicitation by transient vendors pursuant to Ohio Revised Code Section 505.94 (motion #250507.14). The minutes record the action as a township resolution to regulate solicitation; the minutes do not include the text of the resolution or the specific restrictions adopted.
Finally, the board approved a resolution appointing Jessica Jessberger, identified in the minutes as a Franklin County at-large township trustee, to the Franklin County 911 Planning Committee (motion #250507.15). The minutes do not record debate on any of these items nor specify implementation steps or timelines beyond the recorded approvals.
