Liberty Twp. hires code enforcement officer

LIBERTY TWP.

Trustees here this week enacted two changes aimed at accomodating township zonings increased workload.

Liberty approved the hire of Amanda Cramer, of Oxford, as full-time code enforcement officer at $17 per hour effective May 27 and contingent upon successful completion of a background check, physical and drug testing.

Cramer, who was one of 19 to apply for the position, earned a bachelors degree of urban planning from University of Cincinnati.

Under supervision of the director of planning and zoning and the senior planner, the code enforcement officer conducts field inspections of new and existing construction and properties to ensure compliance with the townships zoning resolution and property maintenance code.

Liberty Twp. employed a code enforcement officer from December 2009 to November 2010, but that employee left to become the director of planning and zoning for a city in northeast Ohio, according to township officials.

The township decided not to replace him immediately and redistributed his workload to both Jonathan West, Liberty Twp.s director of planning and zoning, and Andrew Meyer, its senior planner, according to Caroline McKinney, the townships spokeswoman.

With the economy picking back up and our permit activity increasing along with the significant projects in Liberty Township requiring more staff resources, the workload is such that we need a third full-time person in the planning and zoning department to assist us, McKinney said.

Township trustees also voted May 20 to make earlier the submittal deadline for Liberty Twp. Zoning Commission cases for the remainder of the year. For each zoning case, the township had required submittal three Fridays before each commission meeting to allow for public notice two Thursdays in advance of each meeting. That now moves to four Fridays in advance.

We requested the change because of the number of cases and the cases always coming in on the Friday deadline, said Jonathan West, the townships director of planning and zoning. We wanted the extra week to review, receive revisions and coordinate with other agencies as needed.

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