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HUBBARD -- Township and city officials are reviewing ideas for getting a contingency plan in place for when there is severe weather and power outages last for long periods of time.
Mayor Ben Kyle said the city is working with the Trumbull County Emergency Management Agency, which is making an application for grants for multiple entities throughout the county to secure generators for public buildings when there is power outages.
He said the generators could be used for heating and cooling in any type of natural disaster to provide power to locations where people may need to go.
Hubbard Trustee Chairman William Coletta said because of the power outages in March and April that left many residents without power for long periods of time, discussions have been held to get a plan put together.
He said trustees want to get a plan in place for what steps need to be taken when there is a major power outage. We have looked at setting up a warming station, a cooling station, providing bottled water or a place where people can shower,'' he said.
Brookfield township officials recently opened the township administration building as a location where people who had no power could go to charge computers and cellphones.
City council and township trustees met jointly this week to approve setting the millage at 0.2-mills for the Hubbard Union Cemetery.
The millage is set annually by both governmental bodies.
"Even though we are Hubbard City and Hubbard Township, we try to do a lot together and it does work out well," Council President Bill Williams said.
The city and township have worked together to get grants for joint tire and appliance collections for residents of both communities as well as ambulance service for both communities.
"We were able to get the ambulance service done in a short amount of time thanks to both communities. What we have been able to do together has been good for both communities," Williams said.
DIGGING SAFETY
Also, Kyle reported there was an officials dedication as part of an Ohio 811 Safe Digging ceremony in conjunction with the Eastern Ohio Damage Prevention Council and Ohio811 at the "Welcome to Hubbard" sign at Drummond Avenue and Main Street.
He said the landscape renovation project was done in conjunction with a state effort to promote safe digging.
Kevin Lyden, service superintendent for the city, had said the event was held to bring public awareness to safe digging practices.
Kyle said if there was ever an emergency people would call 811 which sponsors multiple damage prevention councils utility coordinating committees throughout the state that are conducting safe digging projects.
In other business at the meeting, Fourth Ward Councilwiman Cathy Cummings said residents have complained of people not following the "No Dogs" in the city parks rules.
She said she believes signs are posted and people are not following the rules.
Williams asked who to contact if there are issues with dogs in the park.
Kyle said he has not heard complaints about dogs being in the parks but told residents that if there is a problem contact the mayor's office.
"Call our office, and we will get immediate results," Kyle said.
Cummings said there have been dogs at the park that have left messes and they shouldn't be there in the first place.
Kyle said the matter needs to be looked into further beyond just dogs in the park such as someone walking their dogs and they get loose and people needing to clean up after the dog. He said he also was checking to see if signs are posted.
Kyle said there has been an incident where a dog running loose bit someone.
Also, Kyle reported two long pews from the original Hubbard First Presbyterian Church that later became the First Assembly of God Church have been placed in the lobby area of the Hubbard administration building.
He said there were efforts to restore the church and a plaque with historical information on it will be made to be placed at the location
Kyle said the land was part of the founding area of the city.