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Eagle Township Board adopts code of ordinances, expands LEAP grant and approves budget corrections
Summary
At its July 17 meeting the Eagle Township Board adopted Ordinance 04-2025 to codify township ordinances, approved an expanded LEAP grant with a $40,000 township match, adopted the 2025 L-4029 tax rate request, and approved several budget amendments; the treasurer reported a $1,680 bank fraud and the board authorized follow-up.
Eagle Township Supervisor Troy Stroud presided over a July 17, 2025, meeting at Eagle Township Hall where the board adopted a code of ordinances, expanded a LEAP facility grant and approved multiple routine financial and personnel actions.
The board voted unanimously to adopt Ordinance 04-2025, described in the agenda as "An Ordinance Adopting and Enacting a Code of Ordinances for the Township of Eagle." Clerk Laurie Briggs-Dudley and Treasurer Chelsea Hoppes recorded the roll call votes in favor; the ordinance was adopted.
The board also approved expanding a LEAP grant for township hall work from $40,000 (with a $20,000 local match) to an $80,000 grant requiring $40,000 in matching funds over two years. Supervisor Stroud moved the measure and the roll call recorded yes votes from Trustee Rob Currie, Trustee Michelle Hoppes, Clerk Briggs-Dudley, Treasurer C. Hoppes and Supervisor Stroud, after which the motion carried.
On routine fiscal items, the board adopted the 2025 L-4029 Tax Rate Request as presented and authorized the Supervisor and Clerk to sign and file it with Clinton County. Separately, the board approved budget amendments to correct May 2025 line items (including moving $1,000 from Zoning Professional Services to Zoning Meeting Fees), increases to bank-fee and software purchase lines, and an offsetting decrease to accounting so the fund balance remained unchanged.
Treasurer Chelsea Hoppes told the board the township experienced bank fraud totaling $1,680 on two checks. The treasurer and clerk enrolled both the regular and tax checking accounts in Positive Pay to prevent future unauthorized checks, and the treasurer will follow up with Huntington Bank about reimbursement.
The board approved several other items: a one-year $2,500 recreation services agreement with the City of Portland; authorization for hall maintenance person Pat O’Neill to remove trash and perform a detailed basement cleaning; and up to $600 to print and mail postcards to Eagle Township residents promoting a Niles Cemetery Open House. Chuck Byam Jr, speaking during the cemetery item, said the open house "will highlight the beauty and historical importance of the cemetery." The board also reappointed Brad Rich and Courina Feldpausch to the Planning Commission and reappointed Julie Hubbard to the Niles Cemetery Board, all for three-year terms expiring July 31, 2028.
On planning and zoning, Planning Commission Chair Brad Rich reported the commission will submit Interim Zoning Ordinance (IZO) changes en masse and that he and Trustee Currie had met with McKenna consultant Chris Khorey; the board directed Trustee Currie to inform McKenna in writing to follow the IZO as written for administrative interpretation, with appeals available to applicants.
Regarding the proposed ITC Oneida–Sabine Lake transmission line, Clinton County Commissioner Zach Rudat noted that "ITC Holdings will be at the Clinton County Ways and Means meeting on July 24," and Treasurer Chelsea Hoppes moved that she and Trustee Currie draft a response letter to Burns & McDonnell reflecting community desires and submit comments by the August 8 deadline, copied to the Clinton County Board of Commissioners; that motion carried.
Other operational notes: Looking Glass Regional Fire Authority projects remain on budget and the agency is pursuing a fire truck grant; the Delta Fire Chief has resigned; and John Clark asked to be replaced on the LGRFA board. Clerk Briggs-Dudley said the township auditor will be on-site August 11 and that the clerk and treasurer are reviewing Rehmann recommendations on separation of duties. The USDA grant item listed on the agenda received no action.
The meeting concluded with approval of accounts payable (with instruction to reissue a Consumers Concrete check for a lesser amount if a credit is received before the August meeting) and adjournment at 9:23 p.m.
Votes at a glance: Consent agenda — motion carried (mover: Treasurer Chelsea Hoppes; second: Trustee Rob Currie). Portland recreation contract — approved (mover: Clerk Laurie Briggs-Dudley; second: Treasurer Chelsea Hoppes). LEAP grant expansion — approved (roll call yes: Trustee Rob Currie, Trustee Michelle Hoppes, Clerk Briggs-Dudley, Treasurer Chelsea Hoppes, Supervisor Troy Stroud). L-4029 Tax Rate Request — adopted (mover: Clerk Briggs-Dudley). Ordinance 04-2025 — adopted (roll call yes: Trustee Michelle Hoppes, Clerk Briggs-Dudley, Treasurer Chelsea Hoppes, Trustee Rob Currie, Supervisor Troy Stroud). Budget amendments — approved (mover: Clerk Briggs-Dudley; second: Treasurer Chelsea Hoppes). Adjournment — approved (mover: Treasurer Chelsea Hoppes; second: Trustee Michelle Hoppes).
The board recorded no public comments at the public-comment periods and listed the meeting adjourned at 9:23 p.m.; next procedural steps include treasurer follow-up with Huntington Bank on reimbursement and clerical/lawyer follow-up with McKenna and Foster Swift on enforcement and IZO interpretation.
