CANFIELD TOWNSHIP — Residents of Abbey Road topped the agenda for public presentation at Tuesday’s meeting as several concerned residents were hoping for a solution to the problem of excessive water buildup and ponding after rainstorms.

“Since April, we have been pumping thousands of gallons of water from our home,” said resident Ronald Lepore. “This past week, we stopped pumping and the water is still there.”

He said the standing water on their property has only lowered about an inch, and is barely draining, if at all.

“We didn’t know about all of this when we built our homes,” he said. “We’ve also been worried about mosquitos and have sprayed around our home. We just want to sit outside and enjoy our homes and property.”

Resident Shelly Courtney said pumping wateroff the property has become very time consuming. She said the excess water is also turning the new curbs brown and it has to be power washed.

“The water is undermining the road,” said Dave Courtney. “It is getting under the blacktop.”

Canfield Township Administrator Keith Rogers said there is an engineer working to come up with a solution. He said the engineer has to consider the wetland area bordering the Abbey Road properties.

In other business, Zoning Inspector Traci DeCapua said she would have a noise policy ready for a vote next month. She said the noise ordinance would cover any construction, repair or maintenance of a property between the hours of 11 p.m. through 7 a.m.

“Audible noise at 100 feet would be a violation,” she said.

One exemption to the noise ordinance would be garbage pickup. DeCapua said both refuse companies that work the township were contacted about the early morning noise.

“They are coming as early as 4:15 a.m.,” she said. “They also said they are down men for pickup and have to adjust schedules to make all the rounds. They said if they are suddenly regulated, they would stop picking up the garbage in the township.”

DeCapua said the penalty would be similar to the nuisance dog ordinance and would carry a $150 fine. She said the final draft will be ready for the next meeting for trustees to approve.

In other business:

• DeCapua said she sent out 40 high grass violation letters, but is giving some slack because of the extreme rain and wet grounds.

• Trustees agreed to purchase seven laptops for elected officials and township employees at a cost not to exceed $25,000.

• Trustees rescinded motion 2026-65 accepting NOPEC street lighting rates of $0.06026 that was passed earlier this year because those rates were no longer available when the motion was finally passed. The replacement motion was passed with the line “best available electric rate.”

• A motion was passed to request financial assistance from ABC Water and Stormwater District for the 2026 Logan Farms Basin Repair Project with total reimbursement set at $2,991.20.

• A motion was passed to approve Austintown Fence Company LLC of Youngstown for the installation of hand-railing along the steps at Township Park at a cost not to exceed $1,500.

• A motion was passed to advertise for the Public Works garage addition in print media at a cost of $676.46.