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By Bob Downing
Beacon Journal staff writer
POSTED: 01:08 p.m. EDT, May 15, 2008
A judge today killed a plan to expand the Barberton-Norton Mosquito Abatement District across southern Summit County.
Judge R. Patrick Kelly, who is retired the from Cuyahoga County courts, dismissed the petition that sought to expand the district into Green, New Franklin, Lakemore and Clinton and Copley, Springfield and Coventry townships.
The expansion is unnecessary and unneeded, Kelly said in his 12-page decision in Summit County Common Pleas Court.
''That's wonderful. That's awesome,'' said Clinton Mayor Phyllis Mayberry, who was opposed to the expansion.
The Summit County Health Department also was pleased with the news.
The county takes mosquito control seriously and is ''very proud'' of its program and how it has developed over the last 30 years, said Bob Hasenyager, the department's director of environmental health.
Joseph Harrison, director of the Barberton-Norton district who had pushed for the expansion, said he had not yet seen Kelly's decision and declined comment.
Supporters said the expansion was needed to increase spraying for adult mosquitoes.
If it had been permitted, the expansion could have raised more than $651,000 a year in assessments from property owners in the seven communities. The assessment rate would have been about $10 per $100,000 in valuation.
Supporters of the expansion filed petitions with 1,107 signatures from residents of the seven communities. Under state law, 500 signatures can lead to the expansion of such a district.
But the proposed expansion was fought by the seven communities and the Summit County Health Department, which provides mosquito-fighting services to them for $54,430 annually.
Kelly held a hearing on the proposal on March 31 and April 1.
Bob Downing can be reached at 330-996-3745 or bdowning@thebeaconjournal.com.
A judge today killed a plan to expand the Barberton-Norton Mosquito Abatement District across southern Summit County.
Judge R. Patrick Kelly, who is retired the from Cuyahoga County courts, dismissed the petition that sought to expand the district into Green, New Franklin, Lakemore and Clinton and Copley, Springfield and Coventry townships.
The expansion is unnecessary and unneeded, Kelly said in his 12-page decision in Summit County Common Pleas Court.
''That's wonderful. That's awesome,'' said Clinton Mayor Phyllis Mayberry, who was opposed to the expansion.
The Summit County Health Department also was pleased with the news.
The county takes mosquito control seriously and is ''very proud'' of its program and how it has developed over the last 30 years, said Bob Hasenyager, the department's director of environmental health.
Joseph Harrison, director of the Barberton-Norton district who had pushed for the expansion, said he had not yet seen Kelly's decision and declined comment.
Supporters said the expansion was needed to increase spraying for adult mosquitoes.
If it had been permitted, the expansion could have raised more than $651,000 a year in assessments from property owners in the seven communities. The assessment rate would have been about $10 per $100,000 in valuation.
Supporters of the expansion filed petitions with 1,107 signatures from residents of the seven communities. Under state law, 500 signatures can lead to the expansion of such a district.
But the proposed expansion was fought by the seven communities and the Summit County Health Department, which provides mosquito-fighting services to them for $54,430 annually.
Kelly held a hearing on the proposal on March 31 and April 1.
Bob Downing can be reached at 330-996-3745 or bdowning@thebeaconjournal.com.
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