Catawba Island Township Board of Township Trustees
Meeting Minutes
December 9, 2025
The regular business meeting of the Catawba Island Board of Township Trustees was called to order by Chairman William Rofkar on Tuesday, December 9, 2025 at 9:00 a.m. in the conference room of the administration building.
In attendance were: Diane Belden, William Rofkar, Matt Montowski, Shelly Garcia, Kevin Johnson, John Gangway, Chris Cellier, Dan Barlow, Robert Garcia, Randy Riedmaier, William Baker, Quintin Smith, Carl Sorgen, Flint Heidlebaugh, Barb Osterling, Scott Hinds, Mary Jane Porozynski, Debi Barlow, Ann Rumpf, David Belden and Louie Wargo.
The Pledge of Allegiance was recited by all.
Matt Montowski made a motion to approve the November 25, 2025 Board of Trustees regular meeting minutes as presented. Diane Belden seconded the motion. All voted aye. Motion carried.
Diane Belden made a motion to approve and pay the bills, including payroll, in the amount of $124,289.56. Matt Montowski seconded the motion. All voted aye. Motion carried.
Correspondence
Ohio811.org provided a letter outlining their annual assessment fees for the 2026 calendar year for all members of OUPS. The assessment amount for CIT will be $586.71. All trustees agreed to this assessment.
Ohio Edison sent a confirmation letter that DYNEGY will become the township electric supplier as discussed in previous meetings.
Bruce Buckingham gave the stats on his Saw-Whet Owl banding for 2025. He stated that he was out for 11 nights and banded a total of 8 owls. He caught two owls that were already banded in the fall, 1 that was banded at Pelee Island 6 days before and 1 screech owl that was banded in 2022. He thanked the trustees for the opportunity to go out and do this research once again.
An application was received to transfer a D-5 liquor permit from Calimira LLC to West Harbor Developers LLC who already have a D-4 liquor permit. They are wanting to change permit classes from a D-4 to a D-5 for their patio and north buildings located at 2313 NE Catawba Road. The TREX application was received. The trustees asked Chief Gangway if he had any issues with this request. He did not.
Matt Montowski made a motion to approve the liquor permit transfer as presented. Diane Belden seconded the motion. All voted aye. Motion carried.
Fiscal Officer, Shelly Garcia will complete the paperwork acknowledging the transfer approval and return to them.
A letter of resignation was received from Bryan Baugh. He stated that effective December 11, 2025 he will resign from his position with the Township Board of Zoning Appeals. He stated that it has been an honor to serve and support the township for more than 25 years. Matt Montowski stated that Bryan has been a great asset to the township and they wish him well.
Matt Montowski made a motion to accept this letter of resignation. Diane Belden seconded the motion. All voted aye. Motion carried.
Fiscal
Fiscal Officer Shelly Garcia provided the November 2025 financial reports and bank reconciliations. There were no questions or concerns.
Maintenance
Supervisor Kevin Johnson stated that they are pretty much done with leaf pick up until the snow stops or it warms up. He stated the equipment freezes up when too cold.
Kevin stated he received a quote from Seacom LLC for updated equipment for the maintenance department that will work properly with the new wiring upgrades that are currently being installed in the admin. buildings. The quote was for $2,242.98 and would be for the maintenance dept. for an upgraded printer/copier, Smart TV with upgraded network connections, and multi outlet purge protectors. William asked if this was critical to approve today. It was not. William asked if this was a duplicate on what was already submitted. They will check with Karl at Seacom and bring the quote back at the next meeting.
Kevin stated that he got a quote for new tires for the 1-ton truck from Ohio Diesel in the amount of $1,486.84. He stated one of the tires exploded over the weekend, one is flat and the rest are bald.
William Rofkar made a motion to approve the purchase of new tires of the maintenance truck as quoted by Ohio Diesel in the amount of $1,486.84. Matt Montowski seconded the motion. All voted aye. Motion carried.
Police
Chief Gangway stated they started installing the internet cable in the administration building already and it is going very well.
He also stated that there were a few glitches with uploading the videos to the cloud in the new patrol car. Karl (Seacom LLC) spent time with Motorola yesterday to fix the issue.
Chief Gangway reached out to Travis, at Hylant, regarding the Cyber-Security resolution that is required to be in place by June. He stated that Travis is working on a template for small townships, but it’s not completed yet. He will continue to monitor this.
William Rofkar stated that Skip Sorgen is in the audience and has something for the police department. Skip stated that he has a gift for the PD that was made by a Vietnam Veteran. It was a beautiful painted, wooden American flag. Skip asked Chief Gangway if he would accept this gift. Chief gladly accepted on behalf of the department.
Fire
Louie Wargo gave the run totals for the Fire Department and EMS. There were 4 Fire calls and 16 EMS.
Diane Beldan stated that she was working with James Van Eerten from the prosecutor’s office on a resolution authorizing the purchase of Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) and related equipment, and directing the competitive bidding process in accordance with ORC 505.37 & 9.17 for the Fire Department. She read aloud and submitted Resolution #2025-1209 along with all specifications. She will work on a Notice to Bidders to which the Fiscal Officer will publish as required. The Notice to Bidders will advise of date, time and place where bids will be received and opened.
Diane Belden made a motion to approve the resolution as presented. Matt Montowski seconded the motion. All voted aye.
Fiscal Officer Shelly Garcia conducted a roll call vote:
William Rofkar Yes
Matt Montowksi Yes
Diane Belden Yes
Motion carried and the resolution was adopted this 9th day of December, 2025.
New Business
Diane Belden stated that Wreaths Across America will be held this Saturday December 13, 2025 at 11:00 a.m. and the public is invited to attend.
Matt Montowski gave the zoning report for November 2025. There were 12 permits issued and zero variances for a total of $1,177.78 received.
Matt Montowski made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Diane Belden seconded the motion. All voted aye. Motion carried. The meeting was adjourned at 9:27 a.m.
The next meeting will be Tuesday December 23, 2025 at 9:00 a.m
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Willaim Rofkar, Chairman Shelly Garcia, Fiscal Officer