Reily Twp. trustee resigns following health issues

Replacement to be selected by end of August.
At a July 17 meeting, Ronald Tilford, Fiscal Officer (far left); Dennis H. Conrad Jr., Chair (middle left); C. Nicholas Schwab, Vice Chair (middle right) and Jeremy Sears, road superintendent (far right) discussed the agenda and previous meeting minutes. TAYLOR STUMBAUGH/OXFORD FREE PRESS

At a July 17 meeting, Ronald Tilford, Fiscal Officer (far left); Dennis H. Conrad Jr., Chair (middle left); C. Nicholas Schwab, Vice Chair (middle right) and Jeremy Sears, road superintendent (far right) discussed the agenda and previous meeting minutes. TAYLOR STUMBAUGH/OXFORD FREE PRESS

After more than 14 years serving as a Reily Twp. trustee, Tim Miller announced his resignation from the board in a letter July 17.

In the statement, Miller wrote that he is stepping down for due to health reasons, but the decision wasn’t easy. The resignation takes effect Aug. 1.

“I’d like to take this opportunity to thank you for your mentorship and support that you’ve provided me,” Miller wrote. “I’m proud to be a part of Reily Township’s Trustee team.”

Trustee Dennis Conrad said it’s up to himself and Trustee Nick Schwab to choose Miller’s replacement by Aug. 31, and if they can’t agree then the courts decide.

Later in the meeting, the trustees discussed the township’s application for $150,000 in American Rescue Plan Act funding. Schwab said the submission date is closing in, and the Board of Commissioners needs justification for how the township would spend the money.

Schwab voiced his concerns about having enough justification in the application to receive the funding and how Reily is one of the last townships to receive it.

“I don’t want to be the trustees that say we lost $150,000 because we didn’t have our application in,” Schwab said.

The next Reily Twp. trustees meeting has been changed to 7 p.m. Aug. 6.

This article was originally published by the Oxford Free Press, a content partner of the Journal-News. See it online at oxfreepress.com.

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