BOARDMAN — Despite Sunday’s heavy snow and Monday’s frigid temperatures, the business of Boardman Township went on regularly Monday evening.

As trustees gathered to discuss and vote on a brief agenda and hear from the public, a theme emerged, as virtually everyone who spoke offered their praise and appreciation for Roads Superintendent Kim Blasco and the employees of her department. It was that department, after all, that ensured the Boardman Township Government Center was accessible and most of Boardman’s roads were passable.

But Blasco said there is still more work to be done.

“This is an unusual snow event, so I really appreciate everyone’s patience and understanding while we’re working to clear everything,” she said. “We do still have cul-de-sacs that we have not yet opened up and the goal (Tuesday) is to get those opened because we have people who still cannot get out, unfortunately.”

Blasco said her crews began work about 5 a.m. Sunday and worked 19 hours straight, until about midnight. Today, crews will begin at 7:30 a.m. and she said she expects they will continue until the bulk of the heavy work is done, which should take until about 3:30 p.m.

The township did not start salting roads until Monday but Blasco said everything that was plowed Monday also was salted. She could not say exactly how much salt the township has used thus far.

As for the remaining cul-de-sacs, Blasco said that — and other leftover work — is the result of six of the township’s seven or eight smaller trucks being down for repairs. Boardman’s larger vehicles, seven of which were out on the roads Sunday and Monday, cannot be used for cul-de-sacs.

“We have some older vehicles, over 20 years old, and those tend to break down, especially in heavier snows, so that limited our access to most of the cul-de-sacs,” she said.

Blasco said today’s work will ensure most everything in the township is open and accessible, and Wednesday’s efforts will clear up any questionable areas remaining, like intersections.

In other business, trustees approved Zoning Inspector TJ Keiran’s request to renew the five-year terms of three of the township’s zoning officials.

At the Jan. 13 reorganizational meeting, after trustees initially approved the motion to renew the terms of members of the Zoning Commission (Frank Centofanti), Zoning Board of Appeals (30-year veteran and chair John Schultz) and Architectural Review Board (chair Mike Fagan), Trustee Larry Moliterno asked the board to return to the agenda item and suggested that the township should first discuss the renewals with those members and approve the motion at Monday’s meeting. The question was whether five years might be too long any one of the three might not wish to commit or want a shorter term.

The board also approved motions again to place renewal levies on the ballot in May. These include the 0.7-mill general fund levy, the 3-mill current expenses levy and the 3.85-mill police levy. The motions require three votes to pass and make it onto the ballot.