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Moorefield Township Road Department |
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| This facility
offers garage space for all the road department vehicles and equipment,
a workshop and an office area. Also on site are storage bins for
the road salt and grits used during the winter months. |
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Mark
Haerr is the Road Department Superintendent; he is assisted by
Bryan Hiles. The department staff consists of two additional full
time employees and a varying number of part time employees who
work during the spring, summer and fall seasons. |
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| Mark
Haerr, Road Superintendent |
From
left to right: Ryan Perkins, Jim Olderham, and
Assistant Road Superintendent Bryan Hiles |
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The
Road Department is responsible for the repair and maintenance
of 60 miles of public streets and roads within Moorefield Township.
A major portion of the Township budget is allocated to road maintenance
and services. The need for repaving and patching is ongoing. Summer
of 2007 saw nearly five miles of road surface repaved at a cost
of over $370,000.00. In addition, patching is done year round,
as needed. As a street is scheduled to be re-surfaced, residents
will be notified several months in advance. This will provide
an opportunity to arrange desired curb repairs and replacement,
at the homeowner’s expense. |
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The
department is also charged with the maintenance of three cemeteries
located within the Township and provides grave services at Pleasant
Hill Cemetery as needed. The Township also has an additional part
time employee who performs road side mowing during the season. |
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Snow
and ice removal are a priority on Moorefield Township roads and
streets. Frequently the township snowplows, equipped with salt
spreaders, will be on the road as early as four A.M. to insure
that the morning commute is safe for township residents. While
the trustees and the road crew understand that everyone would
prefer that his or her street be the first one plowed, the department
works through the Township on a systematic schedule. Please be
aware that the greater the accumulation of snow, the longer it
takes for the crew to work through the entire township. The department
is also aware that it is discouraging to find the plowed snow
blocking your drive; this is regrettable but unavoidable. |
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| Moorefield
Township Trustees are pleased to offer a variety of services to
area residents. These are services that are not mandated by law,
but are provided as a convenience to township residents along
public streets and roads. |
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Brush
removal begins the first week of April and continues until the
last week of September. To ensure that your brush will be collected,
it must be curbside by the last Monday of September. No brush
will be removed after the final scheduled pickup. Brush removal
is an optional service provided at considerable cost and man hours.
Therefore, no refuse created by professional tree services will
be collected. |
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Township
employees collecting brush. |
Please
place brush by the curb as shown above. |
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Leaf
pickup begins in mid-October and continues until Thanksgiving.
All leaves must be at the curb by the Monday before Thanksgiving
to guarantee removal. This service is available to remove leaves
only. If there are twigs, brush or other items mixed with the
leaves, the entire pile will be left for the resident to remove.
This service is also very labor intensive. During the 2004 leaf
season, the two township leaf trucks collected and disposed of
five hundred forty tons of leaves. |
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Moorefield
Township also provides Christmas tree removal. Trees will be collected
during the first two weeks of January. This service is of short
duration, so please have your tree at the curb within the first
few days of January. |
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If
you have questions or concerns about roads or any of the related
services, please contact the Road Department at (937) 399-6842.
Mark Haerr may contacted by e-mail at moorefieldroad@sbcglobal.net.
The Township welcomes your comments and suggestions; any member
of Road Department will be happy to assist you. |
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A
well deserved break! |
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