Norwich trustees approve depository resolution and set budget priorities for 1984

At a regular meeting, the Norwich Township Board of Trustees adopted a depository resolution that set the estimated interim maximum for public funds at $1,200,000 and the probable maximum of active deposits at $2,000,000. The roll call on adoption recorded Trustee James H. Rice and Trustee Webster D. Junk voting ‘Aye’; Trustee Durland L. Workman was noted absent at the recorded roll call on adoption.

The board conducted budget hearings for 1984 across several meetings and assigned amounts to multiple funds: a cemetery budget (minutes record $103,500.00), a road program ($37,500.00), and a proposed Fire Levy budget with listed estimated expenditures. Trustees also directed that General Revenue Sharing funds set aside earlier be used for public safety; a motion to allocate those revenues to public safety was carried unanimously.

The minutes show trustees reviewing fleet insurance, depository bids, and procurement timelines (fleet and Life‑Pack orders). The clerk was directed to advertise fleet insurance and to publish notices related to the depository. Bids for the inspector’s car were opened and referred to the chief for specification review before the board made a final award.

Why it matters: The depository resolution establishes the board’s administrative thresholds for depositing township funds and frames procurement and budget execution for the coming fiscal year. The minutes record specific dollar figures and the board’s allocation priorities for 1984 budget items.

Follow up: The clerk is to advertise fleet insurance and publish the depository notice; trustees scheduled the opening of bids and a final budget hearing in July for formal adoption.