Next Monthly Meeting November 10th, 2025 - 6:30pm, at the Morral Firehouse in the Meeting Room
May God Have Mercy On Us All
“Four people on council are voting against animals” ~ Council Member Last Meeting
First off I’d like to apologize for this being a month late, there has been a lot of things going on at home, that I was unable to get to this as quickly as I had hoped to.
The Morral Fireman’s Festival was a success! The Fire Department raised over $600 in vendor donations not to mention a few hundred from Raffles and Bingo.
Vendors said they had a great time and would love to have booths there again next year, or for any other events.
Townspeople said they loved the parade and would love to have a parade every year (Volunteers are welcome to reach out to Amber Belcher or Ron Spicer to make this happen, the earlier the better, as it takes volunteers to make the dream work).
Morral Companies ended up paying for the band that played and was heavily enjoyed by many people both from the village and outside of it.
As for the recent meeting here are the updates:
The town meeting started out as a huge fiasco with lots of screaming at the mayor from a council member, interestingly this council member always raises a fuss that people should be kicked out if they raise their voices, but I guess it's okay if that member is the person who is screaming. Goes to show that certain members of counsel believe rules don't apply to them, which is a scary thought considering that people have alleged this person is planning to run for mayor in two years when the next voting takes place.
Ron Spicer gave us an update regarding board of public affairs that Salt Rock township was given $6million dollars to take care of the sewer, that there are some people who still have not paid any of their sewer bills and that those people will not be allowed to use the sewer once it is put in, and will have literal shit coming up their tubs and showers as they will be cut off from All Access to flushing and everything else. He said it was $60 per lot to do a survey, that people are taking out survey flags from their yards which is causing more chaos and causing more money to be spent to redo the surveys to replace the flags. There was talk that any leftover money from the $40 bi-monthly payments by every villager can go into grants for hookups, and once everything is done you have 120 days to pay the sewer bills or you have no access to it. It is allegedly ODNR and the Health Department who make the rules.
Mrs. Millhouser's dad’s small corner lot is as of last meeting still for sale less than $1,000, with the village council talking about purchasing the lot.
Security lights in town are going out and you are requested to make as many AEP site submissions regarding the lights as possible so that they might fix the lights for everyone.
There is discussion about tearing down the Quonset Hut, which is the metal building at the council garage lot.
Also there's discussion about starting a village official website so that any events can also be put there along with access to all village ordinances that are currently only held by the village Fiscal Officer Phyllis Burns with no other copies even submitted to the county of Marion, which is also being discussed to have those submitted to Marion County so that they are officially on record, as currently everything is paper only and so placing them on a website and submitting them to Marion County seems like the next great step to ensuring no loss/damages/etc of ordinance papers or anything else important.
Another discussion regarding technology is that the village workers should have their own work tablets for when they are on village time, and that there will now be waivers that have to be signed by home owners due to the liability on people's property and how certain events have recently played out with some townsfolk regarding ruts from hauling away brush or anything else.
There was discussion about Harry Miller, someone who has donated years of time to the village and people calling to complain about him. With no one seeming to understand that he is not paid for all the work he does for the town, he has no bad bone against the town or any of its people. And humbly myself and others request that he be left alone from The Bullying, whether or not you like other people that he helps, he is a good man and does not deserve the hate. One of the things people complained is that he is playing around on the town ATV which is not true, Harry has a sick wife who he takes care of and sometimes while working will drive it to his home to take care of her before going back out and doing more Free Labor for the town, there were also complaints that he is messing around and using it during yard sale day, although he may have stopped and provided financial services to people selling items, he also is looking around for anything he needs to take care of and picking up trash doing our community a great service.
Regarding the village cemetery, village laborer Derek Weber had planned to cut up a tree blocking the access to the cemetery and placing the wood down at the park for first come first serve . With any leftover wood being potentially placed into the raised garden beds at the community garden at the park.
A couple council members are requesting that the town take on zoning. I presume more will be discussed at the next meeting in regards to the issue. And until the community is zoned the village can't force building permits, AKA if anybody would like to build any barns, sheds, garages, or anything else now's the time to do it before you have to pay the village permits and have them okay anything you would like to build just in case zoning pulls through.
Although this was a strictly no livestock issue meeting the topic still did come up thanks to a member of council who found themselves unable to stop themselves before going off on a tangent about feeling emotionally hurt by another villager, completely taking over another council members pleads that the townsfolk stop fighting so much, that all of the hate brings dread to coming to meetings, and how she’d like this community to be a loving friendly one instead.
During the animal rights discussion a member running for council insisted that many people refuse to sign their petition, stating that the people feared other people would attack them for their beliefs with another villager suggesting that maybe the people on the other side of the issue feel the same way with how they’re constantly treated.
Check with The Marion City Engineer Office for a map on the closed alleyways, as lots of people are caring for unused alleys that were thought to be closed in yards or driveways. Many people have been taking care of the alleys as if they were yards for over 40 years not knowing they didn't own them. The town solicitor says he needs more time to look into things since last month's (September’s) meeting.
Trick or Treat was planned for October 31st from 5:30 - 7:00pm, with Trunk or Treat across from the Fire Department. As someone who was there that night, it went well, although myself and many others walking with children do wish and had expressed to one another that even an extra 30 minutes would be very nice as not everyone was able to walk everywhere as wished with such small legs following them.
The village has contacted CSX regarding the tracks and is hoping that things regarding the gates will be fixed soon, although going off of the last couple of months hopes are not so high.
The village is also trying to determine how to get rid of things that are not needed in their possession, as giving them away, taking them home, or selling them is stealing from the village.
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Voting was Tuesday, November 4th, 2025 for the General Election. The people running for Village Council were: Barb Forry, Amber Belcher, Darla Hicks, Deb Thibaut, and Karen Hughes.
Best of Luck to those who face the outcome. May God have Mercy on us All.
Winners:
Barb Forry
Amber Belcher
Darla Hicks
Karen Hughes
Making the New Town council:
Mayor - Marjorie Moyer
Fiscal Officer - Phyllis Burns
Council Member Barb Forry
Council Member Amber Belcher
Council Member Deb Thomas
Council Member Darla Hicks
Council Member Scott Hughes
Council Member Karen Hughes
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The next Nuisance Ordinance Meeting is November 12th, 2025, 6:30pm at the Firehouse. The last meeting had 10 attendees, and lot’s of push back still regarding animals, along with loud town gossip unfortunately. Anyone interested in taking part seriously to the committee is welcome to come.
Don’t forget that if you want to decorate the poles around town, you’re more than welcome to do so. Let’s plant beautiful flowers all around our beautiful farming community for our wonderful visitors and of course, ourselves to enjoy. As it’s coming towards the cold season of the year, this may be your last chance until spring comes next year.
Reminder that the next Village Monthly Meeting is Monday, November 10th, 2025, 6:30pm at the Firehouse. I hope to see you all there :)
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Thank You for reading. If they’re any updates I will post them, until then, I will likely see you next month. Keep Praying, and be Safe y’all!
~GF.r
