After voting to disband from the former Sheridan Community Fire Department, the Sidney Township Board is now signing on for one year, “so we can maybe work some stuff out,” according to Supervisor Terry Peterman. However, confusion remains. The township board signed the contract under the impression that they would have a seat on the Fire Authority Board, but new Fire Authority President Andy Ross told the Daily News that the township will not have a seat on the board.
The Sidney Township Board voted to reappoint four members to its Planning Commission on Monday evening and will hold a public hearing to begin the process of removing the Planning Commission chairman from office. “I got about 25 calls this week about what was put in the paper,” Supervisor Terry Peterman told residents during Monday’s meeting, referring to a March 28 article in the Daily News.
An addition is being built onto the front of Sidney Township Hall using some of the township’s share of federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) money. John Horn of Horn Construction in Sidney was the lone bidder for the project, submitting a bid of $162,500 to construct a 12-foot by 40-foot addition at the township hall at 3019 S. Grow Road, just off Sidney Road. The township board approved the bid in February and work began in March.
More drama between the Sidney Township Planning Commission and the township board led to the Daily News discovering that the township isn’t following portions of its own Planning Commission ordinance. Planning Commission Chairman Jeff Lodholtz recently reported Sidney Township Supervisor Terry Peterman to the state of Michigan after Peterman forgot to unlock the township hall door.