Tate Township, Ohio
Bethel Museum Historic Dress Display
The Bethel Museum, located at 235 W. Plane Street in the Grant Memorial building, recently installed the new display case for their historical period dresses. The beautiful, large wall cabinet was custom built with lighting and full sliding glass panels. Members of the Bethel Historical Society refreshed the dresses by cleaning, steaming, and arranging them on newly donated dress forms.
If you haven’t been to the Bethel Museum lately, treat yourself to a visit on Saturday, May 6th or May 20th from 1:00 to 4:00pm. Members are there to answer questions and the cost is free. On May 20th, which is during the Bethel-Tate Alumni weekend, the Bethel-Tate Jazz Band is scheduled to perform in front of the building from 1 to 4. Inside, there will be a special “decades” display of Bethel Journals.
If you are wondering about the scaffolding in front of the Grant Memorial building, the Bethel Historical Society is having the brickwork repaired. Visit their website Bethel Historical Society
Asian Longhorned Beetle Update
An excerpt about Ohio’s infestation in a recent newsletter from USDA is copied below:
ALB in the United States
ALB is in 4 states: Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, and South Carolina. Eradication efforts eliminated infestations in Illinois and New Jersey. If you live in a quarantine area, please keep this tree-killing pest from spreading. Follow state and federal laws, that restrict the movement of woody material and untreated firewood.
OHIO – First detection: June 2011
Regulated Area: 49 sq. miles* in Clermont County
Tate and Williamsburg Townships
Infested Trees: 21,722
34 East Fork Recreational Area, 48 Monroe Township, 21,722 Tate Township, 3 Stonelick/Batavia Township
Removals: 116,216
21,547 Infested, 94,669 High-Risk Hosts
Surveys: 4,318,627
The wood disposal yard located at 2896 State Route 232 in Bethel is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Wood chips are available for residents from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. on the first Saturday of every month. For more information, please call 513-381-7180 or click Ohio.
* Monroe Township eradicated in September 2018, resulting in a reduction of the regulated area by .5 sq. miles. Stonelick and Batavia Townships eradicated in March 2018, resulting in a reduction of the regulated area by 5 sq. miles.
Reminders
If you live in a quarantine area, you can help by allowing program officials access to your property to perform tree surveys and remove infested and, in some cases, high-risk host trees. Hire companies that have compliance agreements with the eradication program for working on host trees. And never move wood out of regulated areas, because it can spread the beetle and other tree pests and diseases.
Report ALB
If you think you’ve found ALB or signs of infestation, record the area where the specimen was found, capture the insect and take digital pictures of the insect and/or the tree damage. Then contact the eradication program operating in your state, or call the ALB hotline at 866-702-9938, or report online.
Contacts
ALB National Policy Manager
Kathryn Bronsky, 301-851-2147
ALB National Operations Manager
Josie Ryan, 631-229-3287
Our Veterans
Are you a veteran residing in Tate Township now or in the past? We would love to add your service information to Our Veterans page. Fill out the form on Our Veterans page and submit it to have your information or a family member’s information added to the page.
Thank you for your service!
Bethel Hygiene Road Closure 3/16-3/24/23
The Clermont County Engineer’s office announced a temporary road closure for Bethel Hygiene Road in Tate Township. There are 5 culverts being repaired or replaced during this closure. Warning and detour signs will be in place for this project. The road will be closed to through traffic from 7PM to 5PM Thursday, March 16, 2023 through Friday, March 24, 2023.
Any questions, please contact Mark Schlosser at the Clermont County Engineer’s Office (513) 732-8888.
Tate Residents Share Concerns About Solar Farms
There was a packed house at the last Tate Township Trustee meeting on 2/14/2023. Over 100 residents of Tate Township and surrounding townships attended to voice their concerns about solar farms and to learn more about SB52 (Senate Bill 52) as it relates to solar planning and zoning in Clermont County. The trustees invited parties from the Clermont County Planning Department to speak at the meeting.
Taylor Corbett, Clermont County Planning & Zoning Department and Scott Gafvert, Economic Development Specialist gave information to the residents starting with a brief overview on the 4 types of solar projects:
- Major scale- 50 megawatts and above.
- Minor scale- Under 50 megawatts.
- Commercial – For business facilities.
- Residential – For local single family homes.
All types of solar use must be considered when the Township Planning Commission designs a plan for the community. Careful attention to the current and future needs of Tate Township should be reviewed in order to find spots to put/allow solar use and not allow solar use. Clermont County is encouraging the Tate Township Planning Commission to design a functional plan that stands alone on each of the 4 types of solar projects. Once finalize, the trustees will pass a resolution to adopt the solar zoning plan and present it to be used by Clermont County Planning Department when accepting or rejecting any future solar projects within Tate Township. Corbett stressed to the residents that Clermont County wants all the townships within the county to create good, well thought out, evidence-based plans. He suggested having at least 3 public meetings to get resident input.
Gafvert explained the new rules as a result of Senate Bill 52:
- Creates county restricted areas to all or part of unincorporated areas for wind and solar projects.
- Requires all solar or wind projects to hold a public meeting at least 90 days but not more than 300 days PRIOR to filing to the OPSB for a certificate.
- Local officials serve as ad hoc OPSB voting members; S.B. 52 creates two new voting ad hoc members of the OPSB: the chairperson of the township board of trustees and the president of the county board of commissioners, or their designees.
- Any project must present a decommissioning plan and bond.
Applicability to pending projects: SB 52, includes grandfathering provisions to address certain projects currently under development. This includes the Nestlewood project (solar), which has 110 acres in Tate Township along the Brown County line.
Representatives from Nestlewood were invited to attend the February 14, 2023 meeting. They declined to attend.
Comments about the Nestlewood facility project can be emailed to: contactOPSB@puco.ohio.gov
Additional information can be found on the Clermont County Planning webpage
Going forward, the trustees will work with the zoning committee and residents to develop a solar plan for Tate Township. If you want to be notified about any meetings or committees pertaining to the Tate Township Solar Plan, please enter your email information below. If you want to leave a comment for the trustees and planning committee, please use this same form.
Special Tate Township Trustees Meeting
The Tate Township Trustees will meet at the vacant Tate Township land adjoining the cemetery between S. East Street and Spring Street to discuss future plans for the Cemetery and Maintenance Departments on Thursday, February 9, 2023 at 8:00 am.
End Of Year 2022 Reports
The 2022 Year-End reports were presented to the trustees at the January 2023 Tate Township meeting. They can be accessed individually below or found with other previous years HERE.
Bethel-Tate Fire Department Accepting Applications
Accepting Applications for Firefighter Paramedic
The Bethel-Tate Fire Department document about the job posting for Firefighter Paramedics can be found in the following link:
SAFER_FF_Paramedic_Job_Posting
POSTPONED /Special Trustee Meeting
Meeting will be rescheduled at a later date due to the weather.
Previously scheduled for 1/12/23 at 10:30am. The meeting is cancelled until further notice.
Bethel-Batavia Pipeline Project
You may have noticed the preparation of construction yards by Duke Energy for a pipeline in the Bethel-Batavia area of Clermont County. This release was sent from Duke Energy:
Duke Energy is in the pre-construction phase of the Bethel-Batavia Pipeline Project. The laydown yards will be loacted on Old St Rt 32, behind the city of Batavia’s maintenance facility at the northern end of the project area, and on Bethel-New Richmond Road near Moore Road, at the southern end of the project area.
The laydown yards will be used to house office trailers for the construction team and inspectora, as well as storage for the pipe, materials and other equipment needed for the project. Construction personnel, heavy trucks and equipment will be coming in and out of these two laydown areas regularly. Please remember to slow down and use caution in all construction areas and work zones.
Pipeline construction is scheduled to begin in late Spring 2023 and be complete in Fall 2023.
Restoration activities will follow construction. More information will be provided to the public as that time approaches.
If you have any questions about this work, please reach out via our project hotline at 513.287.2130 or by email at BBPipeline@duke-energy.com. 022022-BethelBataviaBrochure
