Mahoning Township Lions Club's Tail Twister David Hontz opened the township supervisors meeting by updating the council of the state of the veterans' memorial at the club's Chapel Grove Pavilion. Hontz said when the memorial was originally moved, part of the structure began to crumble.

"That put us in bind," he said.The club contacted a Summit Hill contracting company to design a new monument."It's already 85 percent complete. We invested $30,000 from our savings. That left us not where we are used to standing," he said of the cost."We were hoping the township could make a one-time donation to help us complete the monument."Chairman John Wieczorek told Hontz the board "would certainly look into it."Road workFollowing Hontz, road crew supervisor Ron Reeser questioned the unofficial minutes of last month's board meeting."Frank Ruch, you asked why supervisor Bruce Steigerwalt was doing work for the road crew supervisor," he said."It was about roadmaster," Ruch said."No it wasn't," Reeser said."They (the minutes) were corrected. I said the work Bruce, Shawn and I were doing, a roadmaster should do it," Ruch said."Why are they doing the work?" Reeser asked. "I haven't been invited or included for the last two years for road inspection. We went through May not knowing what we were going to do because no one conveyed it to us."The road crew supervisor said he wanted the public to know, "I have not been informed as to what's going on. I haven't been included at all.""How many years have you been involved with the township?" Ruch asked."Sixteen years," he said.Reeser has worked as the crew's supervisor for eight years.Wieczorek quieted the disagreement, saying, "We're not going to discuss this for an indefinite amount of time. We could argue back and forth. If I'd known it was going to be an issue as to who called who and when I would've kept notes.""I'd love to do my job but I haven't even been taken on a road inspection since 2014. I don't know how to answer residents' complaints. I'm no longer in charge of making those decisions. They are doing this work. The residents have always been happy with my work. But this year there's a lot of unhappy residents and I don't know what to tell them," Reeser said at the close of the meeting.TasersThe board voted in favor of the police force ordering seven new Tasers at a cost of $2,604 spread out annually over the course of five years. According to Chief Audie Mertz the department has stayed well below its yearly budget."Someone would have to take an instructor's class. The instructor's certification are for two years while the officer's training lasts for one year," Mertz said."The officers asked. Everyone wants to carry one," he said.The department will also receive a new tablet computer with keyboard for one of its cruisers."The current one doesn't meet security requirements and needs to be replaced," he told the board.A motion to purchase the new equipment was passed unanimously.