summer 2016 - Plain Township

SUMMER 2016
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Fiscal Officer
Tom W. Wolf, CPA
[email protected]
(330) 493-1366
Scott M. Haws
John A. Sabo
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(330) 904-9100
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(330) 244-8478
Albert P. Leno II
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(330) 244-8442
A Letter From Your Board of Trustees
Spring is in full bloom and it is time to get out and enjoy your
Plain Township Parks!
Our sports and ball fields are open and available for booking. The restrooms at
Alpine and Veteran’s Parks are also open for the season. Shelters and the
Diamond Indoor Sports Complex’s Community Room are filling up fast with
reservations. We have an article inside about how you can make use of our
website to look up park reservations and available dates. The Board has
continued to look forward and assess short term and long term needs for all of
our departments and the Parks Department is no exception. All three parks are
receiving renovations and some incredible new additions.
The Indoor Sports Complex at Diamond Park has received a much needed
facelift in the past few months. The indoor turf was replaced at the end of
October. Safer, softer, more durable turf, designed specifically for indoor sports
has been installed. At the turn of the new year, new acrylic glass was installed to
replace the original that was 35 years old. Also, new netting encompassing the
entire field to protect from an errant ball. Finally, a new swing set was installed
on the southeast end of the facility, directly behind the indoor sports complex.
The bocce courts were removed and placed at Alpine Park and sets of bocce
balls are available for rent at Township Hall. Also, you’ll notice the absence of
the playground equipment. Unfortunately, the equipment was well over 20 years
old and had become unsafe to use. We have applied for the 2016 Ohio
Department of Natural Resources Nature Works grant, through the Office of Real
Estate, to replace that equipment with an updated playground for all ages and
abilities. Another improvement, is the newly redone tennis courts for our
residents to enjoy. Finally, in May, we installed new high definition security
cameras to help stop vandalism at Alpine Park.
Speaking of cameras, the same high definition cameras were installed at
Veteran’s Park for the same reasons. The Disc Golf Course will be moving some
holes to accommodate for the new Veteran’s Memorial Monument and the Blue
Star Mothers Marker, as the year unfolds. Also, at Veteran’s Park, growth
blankets were laid down this Spring to rejuvenate the turf to be ready for the
season, with amazing results!
Take time to enjoy your Plain Township Parks and all the amenities that
come with them. And, make your Summer a great one, right here at home!
Board of Trustees
(330) 492-4689
Meet Plain Township’s New Fiscal Officer
Tom Wolf, CPA, has called Plain Township his home for over 30 years. Tom is
married to Stephanie and they have three children; Olivia, Grace and Tommy. Tom is
a Certified Public Accountant, with over 20 years’ experience in accounting and
finance. He has spent most of his professional career with Slagle Wolf Group, LLC
serving as a partner in the accounting firm. Tom has extensive experience working
with budgets, protecting assets and performing audits.
Tom’s educational background includes being a graduate of Stark State College
(Associates Degrees in Accounting and Business Management) and Franklin University (Bachelors
of Science in Accounting, Summa Cum Laude and a Masters of Science in Accounting). Tom is
licensed by the Ohio Accountancy Board and completes over 40 hours of continuing education per
calendar year. Doing so, allows Tom to stay up-to-date with changes in the accounting
regulations. In preparation for his Fiscal Officer duties, Tom completed the Governmental
Accounting Certificate Program through the University of Georgia.
Tom is a member of the Plain Township Rotary, Plain Township Historical Society, The GlenOak
Kick Off Club, The Ohio Society of CPA’s, North Canton Jaycees, Jackson/Belden Chamber of
Commerce and a member of St. Paul Catholic Church. “I will work diligently to serve the needs
of the township and the township residents. If you have any questions or concerns, please
feel free to email me at [email protected]”
E-Waste Recycling
Due to ongoing technological advancements, many electronic products become obsolete within a
very short period of time, creating a large surplus of unwanted electronic products or “E-waste.”
Disposing of E-waste in landfills has the potential to cause severe human and environmental
health impacts. Plain Township will be accepting E-waste on Saturday, July 16th and Saturday
October 29th from 8:00am-4:00pm at the Plain Township Hall, located at 2600 Easton St NE.
Canton, Ohio. This event is being hosted by Plain Township and Ecycle Solutions of Ohio is
providing the recycling solutions!
Below is a partial list of some items that will be accepted:
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Cell phones/mobile devices/ telephones
Florescent light bulbs (4 ft=$1.00, 8 ft=$2.00)
Computers/laptops/I-pads/misc. parts
Disk drives, hard drives, floppy drives
Software CDs
Monitors & television flat screens (All types)
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Monitors w/glass tube ($10.00 each)
Movies, DVDs and DVD players
Household batteries (Alkaline=50 cents/1 gallon zip lock bag)
Televisions above 20” ($20.00 each)
Televisions 20” and smaller ($10.00 each)
Household electronics & appliances
Please visit our website at www.plaintownship.com for a complete list of accepted items.
Summer Feeding
Plain Local Schools will provide no cost meals to children of the community ages 1-18,
Monday-Friday, May 31st until August 19th from 11:30am-12:45pm at the following locations:
*Ellisdale MHA Apartments (Community Building)
*GlenOak High School (Main Commons)
*Linwood MHA Apartments (Community Building)
*Salvation Army (Market Avenue South)
*Jackson-Sherrick MHA Apartments (Community Building)
Closed enrolled sites, only school-age children attending summer programs, still at no cost.
*Shipley School & YMCA Myers Lake
Plain Local is sponsoring these programs at each location and will be reimbursed by the USDA.
Board of Trustees
(330) 492-4689
Gardening Workshops
Retirees Make & Take Garden:
A educational and
hands on gardening workshop for retirees is being offered on
June 29th from 9:00-10:00am at the Diamond Community
Room. The fee is $16 per person and includes coffee and a
take home container garden.
It Starts With a Seed: A sensory and educational
gardening workshop for children ages 5-8 is being offered on
July 13th from 4:30-5:30pm at Alpine Park. The fee is $5 per
child and includes snacks and a take home plant.
Getting Dirty Date Night: A fun couples based
gardening workshop for adults is being offered on August
12th from 7:00–8:30pm at Veteran’s Park. The fee is $30 per
couple and includes dinner and a take home herb garden.
To register, contact the Parks Department at 330-492-4689.
Memorial Day 8:00am-11:00am
CLOSED: Independence Day & Labor Day
Join Us at the Farmers’ Market!
The 1st Annual Farmers’ Market at Veteran’s Park has kicked off with a great start thanks to the
support of the community and our diverse group of vendors. All vendors locally produce the goods
they bring to the market each week, some of which include;

locally grown produce
 cookies & specialty
 local honey
deserts
free-range eggs &
 all natural body &
chicken
 mustards
home care products
 pastured pork
 flavored oils
 goat milk soap & body
care products
 grass fed beef
 herb blends
 homemade bread,
 heirloom plants
 home décor
 vinegars
 honey based products  dog treats & cat toys
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CSA memberships
 jams & jellies
 microgreens
 maple syrup
 garden & cooking
demonstrations
 and much more!
We encourage you to make shopping at the Plain Township Farmers’ Market a part of your weekly
routine. Doing so, will enable you to enjoy produce with flavor, that hasn’t traveled across the
globe to reach you and fresh meat that has been raised naturally. We know that we are what we
eat (and apply to our bodies), so why not eat from a food system that is not genetically modified,
highly processed and grown utilizing pesticides.
Join us every Monday from 4:00-7:00pm for this wonderful community event!
Interested in becoming a vendor? Email [email protected] for further information.
Business Card - $150.00
Half Page - $500.00
Quarter Page - $250.00
Full Page - $1,000.00
In an effort to defray the tax dollar expenses of providing
this newsletter and to help promote local business, we
are offering the opportunity to purchase retail only ad
space, in the Fall 2016 Newsletter.
For more details, contact the Administration Office
at (330)492-4689.
Parks Department
(330) 492-4689
Outdoor Field Reservations
Outdoor baseball field reservations for Diamond Community Park begin June 1st at 9:00am
for Fall baseball and July 11th for Fall soccer and lacrosse. All reservations will be taken on a
first come, first served basis.
To reserve call 330-492-4689 or email [email protected].
Indoor Field Reservations
Indoor field reservations for the Diamond Park Indoor Sports Complex will begin September
1st, 2016 at 9:00am. Priority will be given to Plain Township Parks Leagues and programming,
before taking reservations for outside leagues and practice. Plain Township Parks are a user,
programming, tournament, event, and grant funded park system. With no parks levy, the
Township must be able to book programming in order to meet its budget. The Plain Township
Parks Department will do its best to accommodate as many people as we can. Our leagues focus
on ages 4+ and are focused on recreational health and wellness.
Quickstart Tennis
Quickstart Tennis will return to Alpine Community Park this summer. It will be held
Tuesdays and Thursdays from July 12th-August 14th. Ages 5-8 will be from
6:00-7:00pm and ages 9-12 will be from 7:00-8:00pm. All registered will receive a
Junior Wilson Tennis Racket, a Junior tennis t-shirt and three practice Wilson tennis balls.
Registration is open until July 6th. Classes fill fast and there is a class capacity of 14 total for each
age bracket. The program is $60.00 per person. Lessons cancelled due to weather will be made up
on Fridays. For more information, call 330-492-4689. Mail or drop off registrations at Plain
Township Hall located at 2600 Easton Street NE, Canton, Ohio 44721.
Park Shelter Reservations
Hey! It’s time to start planning your party! Our park shelters are an awesome way to have your
family reunions and birthday & graduation parties. We have made it even easier for you to make
that happen. Here is an easy, step-by-step, process to make your park reservation today!
1. Log onto www.plaintownship.com and scroll down to the bottom of the Plain Township Home
page, to click on the Parks & Recreation Reservation Schedule.
2. Next, click the drop down box beside Select a Resource and choose the park shelter of your
choice to view its availability.
3. Once you have chosen a park shelter and/or the Diamond Community Room, look to see if your
desired time and date are available.
If so, call the Administration office at 330-492-4689 to book your reservation.
4. A week prior to your event, we ask that you come into the Administration office at 2600 Easton
St. NE, Canton, Ohio 44721 to pay the non-refundable fee and pick up your permit (and key
if you have rented the Diamond Community Room). We will call to remind you a week prior.
5. Please keep this permit with you at the time of your event and remember your key if you rented
the Diamond Community Room.
NOTE: If renting the Diamond Community Room, at the end of your time, please clean the room with
the cleaning supplies provided and empty trash. Also, lock the French doors from the inside and
place the key in the black box across the room by the thermostat. Then, exit the building out of the
main entrance doors, in the front of the building and the doors will lock behind you.
Fire Department
(330) 492-4089
Recreational Camp Fires
With nice weather approaching, here are a few guidelines to open burning in the
township: Recreational/camp fires are defined as a fire for the purpose of cooking
food for human consumption, pleasure, warmth, recreational or similar purposes.
A recreational/camp fire can be no more than 3 feet in diameter and no more than
2 feet in height. Only clean, dry wood shall be used. Open burning shall not be
utilized for waste disposal purposes. The fire shall be at least 25 feet from any
building or structure. If you are having a fire that is bigger in size for a ceremony,
cultural event or a bonfire then a permit issued by the Fire Department will be needed. No open
burning of any kind is permitted between 6:00am and 6:00pm, during the months of March, April,
May, October and November. Fires must be registered with the fire department 24 hours in
advance and can be done online at www.plaintownship.com or by calling the Fire
Department. Please feel free to contact the Fire Department, Monday thru Friday between the
hours of 8:00am-4:30pm if you have any questions.
Safety City
Safety City will be held again this Summer at Wartsler Elementary School located at
2500 Schneider Street NE. It will be the week of June 13th -17th from
9:00am-11:15am. Safety City registration is open to children entering
Kindergarten in the Fall. Safety City covers several safety topics, such as fire safety,
pedestrian safety, bicycle safety, pet safety, playground safety and much more.
Safety City registration is available online at www.plaintownship.com or a
registration form can be picked up at the Central Fire Station located at 1742
Schneider Street NE, Monday thru Friday between the hours of 8:00am-4:30pm.
Water Rescue
Plain Township Fire Online
The Plain Township Fire
Department training for water
and ice rescues. The Fire
Department has a rescue boat
and cold
water rescue
suits to
respond to
all types of
water and
ice
emergencies.
We have been in the process of updating our website to make it
interactive. Updates include, pictures and biographies of our Fire
Administrative staff and an online form to get your child’s car
seat inspected by one of our technicians. In addition, you can
obtain information on CPR and a registration form if you’d like to
take a CPR course. More changes are coming!
We have also started a Facebook page. We can be found at
Plain Township Fire & Rescue-Stark County, Ohio. We are
using Facebook as a way to get safety messages out, as well as
keeping the public informed about what
the Plain Township Fire Department
does. We will try and keep the public
informed if there are road closures or
fire incidents happening around the
township so you can avoid those areas.
There are several Plain Township Fire
Departments on Facebook and to make
sure that you are liking the right page,
our profile picture is the Fire
Department patch that looks like this:
Zoning Department
(330) 492-4686
New Venues to Open in Plain Township
A new look is coming to the northeast corner of Everhard Road and Whipple Avenue in Plain
Township! The redevelopment of an existing shopping center has taken underway and will be
known as “The Venue at Belden Village- Retail Center Development”
This will be a new upscale, architecturally designed shopping center. Some of the stores
include: EARTH FARE, HOMEGOODS, STEIN MART and HH Gregg. There will also be
10,000 square feet of restaurant space, a patio and a small shop retail space. This will be very
exciting for our residents and will bring in jobs and more income to our Township. The opening
date is not set yet, but plans are for the stores to start opening this Fall.
Be a Good Neighbor
The Zoning Department receives numerous complaints each year regarding residential,
commercial and industrial properties. The most frequent residential zoning violates involve high
grass and weeds, the parking of junk motor vehicles and the storage of trash and
debris on a property.
Maintain the integrity of your neighborhood by keeping the following in mind:
 Mow your grass on a regular basis.
 Do not park wrecked, dismantled and/or unlicensed vehicles on your
property, unless stored within a garage.
 Keep your exterior property clean of trash and debris.
 Do not park commercial vehicles on your property.
Complaint Procedure
The Zoning Department has the following policy
regarding the filing and investigation of
complaints for zoning violations or nuisance
conditions which affect public health and/or
safety;

Complaints will be taken in person, in writing
or by telephone.
 Complaints that are filed with an identifiable
complainant will be immediately prioritized
and dealt with in a timely manner.
 Anonymous complaints, will only be
investigated when all regular scheduled work
has been completed and there is additional
time within the department.
 To file a complaint, the grass/weeds must be
over 8 inches tall and cover 50% or more of the
land.
Road Department
(330) 492-3423
2016 Paving & Road Repair Project
At the time of print, the list of this year’s roads to be paved is not complete, due to
the bidding process. The list will be posted on Plain Township’s website. as
soon as possible.
Reminder: When the roads are posted, ‘Temporary No Parking’ for the paving
process, please do not park on them.
It slows down the paving process and it is possible that your vehicle will be
towed at your expense.
Culvert Repair & Installation
If there is any culvert repair, replacement or new installation done in the right-of-way on your
property, the Plain Township Road Crew will complete the grading and landscaping,
including, seed, fertilizer and straw. We ask, when possible, for the resident to water the area
for the first 2 weeks, as we are not able to. Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.
Portable Basketball Hoops
Portable basketball hoops have been very popular throughout the
Township over the last couple of years. Those put in the right-of-way, can
and already have caused problems. According to O.R.C. Section 3767.15,
no obstruction can be placed in the right-of-way. As a result, the
Trustees are asking that residents be mindful of where they place their
portable basketball hoops.
Required Permits
Permits can be obtained at the Road Department: 6300 Heminger Ave.
Monday– Friday from 7:00am-3:30pm
Road Opening Permits
A permit is required for any excavation in
the township’s right-of-way. The Plain
Township Project Inspector and or Plain
Township Highway Foreman need to be
notified before ANY excavation takes place.
The fee for this permit is $50.00
Driveway Permits
A permit is required for new construction or
any other improvements you make to your
existing driveway. This permit gives you
instructions for paving and apron
requirements.
The fee for this permit is $10.00.
Prevent Drainage Problems
Please remember not to rake leaves, grass clippings or other debris into storm sewers, ditches and
streets. Keeping storm sewers and ditches clean, will help reduce drainage problems. Your
cooperation with such is truly appreciated.
Also, note that it is illegal to dump oil, antifreeze, herbicides, pesticides or other hazardous
products into ditches, culverts or catch basins. All violators will be prosecuted.
If you see dumping taking place, please report it to the Stark County Health Department
at 330-493-9904.
Contact List
Administration
(330) 492-4689
info@plaintow nship.com
El ected Official s
Trustees (330)492-4689
Fiscal Officer/Finance (330)493-1366
County Commissioners (330)451-7371
Fire & Rescue
Fire Administration (330)492-4089
Emergency Cal l s 911
History
Historical Society
pre s e rvingpla intwp@gm a il.c o m
(330)494-6187
Parks
Park Programming (330)492-4689
Park Reservations (330)492-4689
Pl ain Local Sports
Hol l y Hil l s Basebal l
www.ho llyhills ba s e ba ll.c o m
(330)495-6333
Community Soccer Cl ub
www.c o m m unitys o c c e rc lub.c o m
Pl ain Local Softbal l
www.P LB S A.c o m
Pl ain M idget Footbal l
www.pla inlo c a lfo o tba ll.c o m
Big Dog Lacrosse
www.bigdo gla c ro s s e .c o m
(330)605-6841
(330)966-2475
(330)685-6199
Pol ice
Stark County Sheriff (330)430-3800
Emergency Cal l s 911
Real Estate Records
Stark County Auditor (330)451-7334
Recycl ing
Sol id W aste District (800)678-9839
Road Department/Storm Sew er
Stark County Roads (330)477-6781
Stark County Sew er (330)451-2303
State of Ohio Roads (330)452-0365
Pl ain Tow nship Roads (330)492-3423
School s
Canton City (330)438-2500
North Canton (330)497-5600
Pl ain School Admin. (330)492-3500
Pl ain Bus Garage (330)492-1918
Septic Systems
Stark Co.Heal th Dept. (330)493-9904
Voter Registration
Board of El ections (330)451-8683
W ater Service
Canton City W ater (330)489-3315
North Canton W ater (330)499-4801
Aqua W ater (877)987-2782
Zoning Permits
Pl ain Tow nship Zoning (330)492-4686
Yard Waste Recycling
Leaves, branches, small tree limbs and other yard
waste is accepted at both unassisted drop locations,
in loose form or paper bags.
2855 Easton St NE
Hours: 8:00am-6:00pm
Mondays, Thursdays & Saturdays
CLOSED: ALL Holidays
Warstler Brothers Landscaping
4125 Salway Ave NW
Hours: 8:00am-5:30pm Monday - Friday
8:00am-5:00pm Saturdays
CLOSED: ALL Holidays