CHIPPEWA TOWNSHIP
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COVID-19 Updates & Other Relevant Information
KIMBLE Letter COVID-19 Response Plan LEVEL ONE Effective, Monday April 13, 2020
NOTE: BULK Items: Please temporarily hold bulk items that require hand loading, such as sofas, mattresses, appliances, toilets and other bulky items. Items that can be broken or disassembled and placed in the Kimble waste cart, will be collected.
The Coronavirus/COVID 19 Situation and the Chippewa Township Fire Department:
CTFD is providing the exceptional quality of care the community has come to expect and has always received.
Here is some important information about how the Chippewa Township Fire Department is managing response during the Coronavirus/COVID-19 situation, and impacts to some of the department’s non-emergency services:
If you are experiencing an emergency, please dial 911.
▪️The Chippewa Township Fire Department is operating 24/7, as it always has. There have not been any interruptions in service.
▪️The department’s first responders are taking additional precautions to protect themselves on calls, including the use of Personal Protection Equipment (PPE).
▪️911 Dispatchers are asking screening questions when calls are received to identify possible viral alerts. This information is being relayed to first responders, so that they can take additional steps in protecting themselves when assisting patients.
▪️The department’s first responders are taking every precaution to ensure that fire station is sanitized and kept clean.
▪️The department is working closely with our medical director at Summa to update and distribute medical response protocols to all of CTFD’s emergency responders.
▪️The department’s Prevention Division will not be performing routine fire inspections during this time to limit exposures to the facilities occupants and fire department personnel.
▪️Out of caution and as a preventative measure, the Chippewa Township Fire Department has cancelled all public education programs, events, and station tours. No new programs will be scheduled for the foreseeable future, as the department continues to take steps to avoid further risk of transmission.
▪️In an effort to protect our citizens, our employees, and to reduce exposure and the possible spread of the COVID-19 virus, Chippewa Township Fire Department will be closed to all visitors until further notice. Although our building is closed, our department will continue to provide emergency services at full strength.
We appreciate your understanding and assistance as we all deal with the evolving Coronavirus situation.
To protect yourself from COVID-19
• Wash your hands often with soap and clean, running water for at least 20 seconds.
• If you don’t have access to soap and water, use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer often. Make sure it has at least 60% alcohol.
• Don’t touch your eyes, nose, or mouth unless you have clean hands.
• Don’t have contact with people who are sick.
• Stay informed about COVID-19 in your area. Follow this LINK to Wayne County Ohio Joint Information Center website.
• You may be advised to not attend public gatherings and to stay about 6 feet from others, if possible. This is called “social distancing.”
• Don’t share eating or drinking tools.
• Don’t kiss someone who is sick.
• Clean surfaces often with disinfectant.
UTILITY DISCONNECTIONS
Last week the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) took action to ask utilities to suspend disconnection and waive any requirements for reconnections for all types of customers (residential and business). All of the utilities are doing so, however, the PUCO has informed the OTA that there are some utilities that have not been able to edit their automated billing systems to stop sending disconnection notices; however, those utilities are not following through with the disconnections.
To read the PUCO’s utility reconnect order, please click here. Additionally, the PUCO directed utility companies to review disconnection and social contact policies and you can read that order here. Please share this information with your residents and encourage utility customers to contact the PUCO online with any questions or concerns.
FirstEnergy Response Letter to COVID-19
ZONING DEPT
FIRE DEPT
SHERIFF DEPT
ROAD DEPT
Want to know about road construction schedules or ask questions?
STORM WATER MGMT
CHIPPEWA TWP NATURE PRESERVE
The pavilion & the picnic area are closed due to COVID-19. Chippewa Township Nature Preserve and Pavilion at 17500 Galehouse Road, Doylestown
CEMETERIES
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Township Office Hours
Chippewa Township Trustees Office, 14228 Galehouse Road, P.O. Box 265, Doylestown, Ohio 44230
During these uncertain times,Township Office will continue to operate during normal business hours: Monday – Thursday from 7:00 am – 3:00 pm, please use inside window. For the safety of the public and our employees the office suspends public access.
No Zoning hours on Wednesdays, until further notice.
If you have a preliminary Zoning Application and plot plan to submit, please use drop box. Please contact the Zoning Inspector, Craig Thoricht at 330-351-1050 or you may call the township office at 330-658-2112, if you have any zoning questions.
Trustees Meeting Dates
Trustees meetings are every second Wednesday of each month at 7:00 pm at the township office, 14228 Galehouse Road, Doylestown.
NOTE: Chippewa Township Public Meetings: Chippewa Township Trustees authorizes public bodies to meet and be in attendance by electronic means (teleconference, video conference, or other electronic means) for the duration of the COVID-19 crisis. Ten (10) people may be present and chairs will be set up six (6) feet apart. A reporter is a representative of the public and will have a seat. Starting at the Chippewa Township Trustees regular meeting on April 8, 2020.
Please complete the agenda form, to address the Board, written specific matter must be on file at the township office prior to Monday Noon preceding the meeting to be placed on the agenda.
Common Zoning Forms
Please find below a list of common zoning forms.
Zoning Application
Sample Plot Plan
Zoning Fees
Variance Application – The Board of Zoning Appeals meeting for April 20 is canceled.
Table of Contents
2019 Zoning Resolution
Comprehensive Plan 2010
Recycling Center
14065 Galehouse Rd is the home of the recycling center for Chippewa Twp residents.
This facility is open 24/7.
The organization will not be participating at the recycling center on weekends at this time due to COVID-19.
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle!
West Virginia Hill (Chidester Hill)
West Virginia Hill (Chidester Hill) is closed for the winter.
Chippewa Township Merchandise - Great gifts
The history/cookbooks and the township plates will make great gifts!
Bicentennial Items For Sale at the township office, 14228 Galehouse Rd, Monday – Thursday from 7:00 am – 3:00 pm
Cash or Check
Make Checks payable to: Chippewa Twp.
PRICES ARE REDUCED
History/Cookbooks – $8.00
Plates – $3.00
Back of plates
Community Housing Impact and Preservation (CHIP) Program
Helping Homeowners, Landlords, and First-Time Homebuyers throughout Wayne County Repair their Homes and Neighborhoods.
Community Housing Impact and Preservation (CHIP)
Trash Hauler for Chippewa Township
KIMBLE Letter – COVID-19 Response Plan LEVEL ONE – Effective, Monday April 13, 2020
For trash service, please contact Kimble Co. at 1800-201-0005.
New price effective October 1, 2019 to September 30, 2020 will be as follows:
Full service with a 96-gallon cart furnished by contractor: $15.23 per mo.
Limited service (96-gallon container or equivalent) with a 96- gallon cart furnished by contractor: $12.79 per mo.
Low volume users/seniors Bag Service: $2.13 per bag/$21.30 roll of 10.
Bulk tags are for limited service and bag service customers, the cost is $7.00 a tag per item
Backdoor service with cart furnished by contractor: $17.46 monthly cost added to trash service fee, limited to 150 feet, beyond 150 feet price negotiable between hauler and resident.
Back door service with cart for handicapped or seniors: no added cost for seniors, or handicapped, with documented physical impairment.
96-Gallon cart is not mandatory.
You may purchase Kimble trash bags and bulk tags at the township office, Monday – Thursday from 7:00 am – 3:00 pm.
Also, you can purchase the bags at the twp. office on Wednesday evenings from 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm to purchase bags and bulk tags.
Please pay by cash or check and make checks payable to: Kimble Recycling & Disposal Inc.
Chippewa Twp Natural Gas Aggregation Program - NEW RATE
The new rate for the Natural Gas Aggregation Program with IGS Energy is $3.39 per MCF, starting November 1, 2018 – October 31, 2020.
There is no cancel fee for exiting the program.
If you are not in the Natural Gas Aggregation Program and you want to enroll in the program, please contact IGS Energy at 1-877-353-0162.
Chippewa Twp Electric Aggregation
Township residents will be receiving the Electric Aggregation Enrollment Notification.
To stay in the Chippewa Township Electric Aggregation program, you do nothing to join, you will be enrolled automatically.
To Opt-Out, sign the form letter that you received by the Opt-Out deadline June 12, 2019.
Chippewa Township has selected FirstEnergy Solutions to handle questions regarding the electric aggregation program.
If you have any questions, please call FirstEnergy Solutions toll-free at 1-866-636-3749, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Information on Utility Scams
Board of Zoning Appeals Meetings
Chippewa Township Board of Zoning Appeals meeting are canceled until further notice, due to COVID-19.
Zoning Commission
As advertised. No meeting scheduled.
Nexus Pipelines Meetings & Maps
FERC/Draft Environmental Impact Statement – NEXUS Gas Transmission Project
• NEXUS DEIS Volume I
• NEXUS DEIS Volume II 1 of 4
• NEXUS DEIS Volume II 2 of 4
• NEXUS DEIS Volume II 3 of 4
• NEXUS DEIS Volume II 4 of 4
• Chippewa Township Map UPDATED for the proposed Nexus pipeline
Chippewa Twp. Precincts
Open Burning Precautions
Ohio DNR and Ohio EPA Restrict Open Burns
Ohio Revised Code 1503.18 Ohio DNR Forestry prohibits outdoor open burning and prescribed fires in the months of March, April, May, October, and November between 6am and 6pm. This ban includes burning of yard waste, trash, and debris, even in a proper burn barrel.
Even outside the time and date restrictions, any person conducting a burn must obtain landowner permission, remain with the fire while it is burning, and take all reasonable precautions to prevent the fire from escaping.
Contact Ohio Division of Forestry 1-877-247-8733.
Ohio Administrative Code 3745.19 is enforced by the Ohio EPA.
Notification is required for many types of open burns in Ohio.
NEVER to be burned at any time or any place in Ohio:
Food waste
Dead animals
Materials containing rubber, grease, asphalt, or made from petroleum
Other Restrictions:
Fires must be more than 1000 feet from neighbor’s inhabited building No burning when air pollution alert, warning, or emergency is in effect Fire/smoke cannot obscure visibility on roadway, railways, or airfields
No waste generated off the premises may be burned
No burning within village or city limits or restricted areas
Contact Ohio EPA: (614) 644-2270 or Ohio EPA Open Burning.
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) and the Ohio Department of Commerce Division of State Fire Marshal are urging Ohioans to be aware of the state’s outdoor burning regulations and to take necessary precautions to avoid unwanted fires this fall.
Chippewa Township Nature Preserve
The pavilion and the picnic area are closed due to COVID-19. The trails will remain open to the public.
If you have any questions, please contact Darlene Smith at the township office at 330-658-2112.
SR585/Eastern Rd Intersection: Safety Improvement Project
SR585/Eastern Road Intersection: Safety Improvement Project
The improvement includes closing the median at this location and constructing U-turns north and south of the intersection, converting it to what is known as an RCUT intersection: Restricted Crossing U-Turn intersection.
SR585/Eastern Rd Intersection Information
• Chippewa Township SR585/Eastern Rd Information
SR58/Eastern Road Intersection: Safety Improvement Project overview
• SR585/Eastern Rd Map
U.S. CENSUS BUREAU IS NOW HIRING
U.S. Census Bureau is now hiring. APPLY ONLINE! 2020census.gov/jobs
OFFICE & IN-FIELD POSITIONS
For more information or help applying, please call 1-855-JOB-2020
State Route 21 Corridor Improvements
Ohio Department of Transportation Information
SR21/Eastern Road, SR21/Grill Road, SR 21/Edwards Road, SR21/Clinton Road Intersection Maps
State Route 21 Corridor Improvements Comment Sheet
NOTICE: TRUSTEES MARCH MEETING LOCATION HAS BEEN CHANGED CHIPPEWA TOWNSHIP BOARD OF TRUSTEES REGULAR MEETING WILL BE HELD ON MARCH 11, 2020 AT 7:00 PM AT THE JR./SR. HIGH SCHOOL CAFETERIA AT 466 S. PORTAGE STREET, DOYLESTOWN. THE TRUSTEES WILL HAVE MAPS AND COMMENT SHEETS FOR STATE ROUTE 21 CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENTS AVAILABLE.
Wayne County Agricultural Security Area Public Hearing
The Board of Commissioners, Wayne County, Ohio and Baughman Township Trustees and Chippewa Township Trustees will hold a joint Public hearing on Wednesday, March 18, 2020 at 2:00 pm at the Wayne County Administration Building, 2nd Floor Meeting Room, 428 W. Liberty Street, Wooster, OH 44691.
If you have questions, please direct them to Heather ARnold at the Wayne County Planning Department at 330-287-5420.
Public Hearing Notice and Baughman Chippewa Agricultural Security Area Maps
Agricultural Security Areas Tax Benefits
Trustee Meeting Minutes
CHIPPEWA TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES REGULAR AND YEAR END MEETING DECEMBER 11, 2019
CHIPPEWA TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES REGULAR AND YEAR END AT TOWNSHIP HALL 7:00 PM DECEMBER 11, 19 MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 7:00PM WITH PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL: DOMINIC OLIVERIO-PRESENT, LENNY BROOME-PRESENT, AND STEPHEN JUNG-PRESENT. APPROVAL OF MINUTES A MOTION TO...
CHIPPEWA TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES REGULAR MEETING NOVEMBER 13, 2019
CHIPPEWA TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES REGULAR AT TOWNSHIP HALL 7:00 PM NOVEMBER 13, 19 MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 7:00PM WITH PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL: DOMINIC OLIVERIO-PRESENT, LENNY BROOME-PRESENT, AND STEPHEN JUNG-PRESENT. APPROVAL OF MINUTES A MOTION TO APPROVE THE...
CHIPPEWA TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES REGULAR MEETING OCTOBER 9, 2019
CHIPPEWA TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES REGULAR AT TOWNSHIP HALL 7:00 PM OCTOBER 9, 19 MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 7:00PM WITH PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL: DOMINIC OLIVERIO-PRESENT, LENNY BROOME-PRESENT, AND STEPHEN JUNG-PRESENT. APPROVAL OF MINUTES A MOTION TO APPROVE THE...
CHIPPEWA TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES SPECIAL MEETING OCTOBER 9, 2019
CHIPPEWA TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES SPECIAL AT TOWNSHIP HALL 5:00 PM OCTOBER 9, 19 MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 5:00PM WITH PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL: DOMINIC OLIVERIO-PRESENT, LENNY BROOME-PRESENT, AND STEPHEN JUNG-PRESENT. MOTION TO SUSPEND THE REGULAR AGENDA A MOTION TO...
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