By WENDY WOLFGANG

Staff writer

NORTH JACKSON — A zoning change for Everbrite, Inc. from business to industrial was turned down by Jackson Township trustees Tuesday after several people at the meeting expressed concern about the new designation.

Judy McCorkle, said she opposed the zone change because she lives directly across from the power sweeping and paving company at 12546 Mahoning Ave. McCorkle said if the property was rezoned industrial, any type of business could locate there.

“It’s too close to the school and would be inconvient to the neighbors,” she said. “It should not be changed to an industrial area. We are sleeping across the street, and people would be coming in and out at all times of the day.”

Trustees Tom Frost, Alan Hemphill and John P. Jakubec agreed, and the vote against changing the zoning was unanimous.

Trustees did approve a zoning change from single-family residential to general business for Stanley and Margaret Leonard Family LLC.

Also Tuesday, the township fire department grew by two and the police department grew by one as fiscal officer Judy Patton swore in Jeremy Hartman and Megan Goehring as probationary firefighters for a 12-month period, and Tyler J. Vasko as a reserve police officer.

Patton and fire Chief Dave Graham discussed missing the deadline to advertise a fire truck that’s for sale in the Ohio Township Association magazine.

“We’ll meet the next deadline at the end of September for the November/December issue,” said Patton, noting the magazine also will advertise it on its website at OTA.org. The fire department is selling the truck for $3,000.

“The money will be put in the fire fund,” Graham said.

“I’m also investigating the possibility of advertising on a .gov website that I heard about,” Patton said, noting a fire department in Trumbull County sold a truck on that site.

They also discussed selling the truck through a live auction.

“Kiko Auctioneers is holding an auction the first Saturday in November,” Patton said.

After some discussion, both Patton and Graham decided an auction may not be the best place to sell the truck.

“I don’t think the truck would get the same exposure as it would in the magazine,” Graham said.

He also said that they might not get the price they want for the truck at the auction, estimating that it would be sold for $2,000 or less. Additionally, Kiko charges a $100 advertising fee and a 10 percent commission.

Bids for the fire truck will be opened at the December trustee meeting, Patton said.

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