Resident Tom Anglin tells commissioners contractor cut trees near Oxford Middletown/Milltown Road, cites county cease-order

Tom Anglin, a Butler County resident, told the board he lives at 5983 West Elkton Road, adjacent to a portion of what the record calls Oxford Middletown Road (the transcript also refers to "Oxford Milltown Road"). He said he has lived there for four years and described the roadway area as resembling "a waterway" rather than a usable road.

Anglin said contractor Mr. Veerhoff cut at least 13 trees near his building and left a 45-foot buckeye tree notched and leaning toward his home. "Thank god this tree never fell on 1 of my kids or any of my property damaging it due to his negligence," Anglin said. He told the board the cutting left him fearing for his family's safety and the security of his property.

Anglin said he contacted township officials and the sheriff's office to stop the work but was told they could not help because the site was not on a public right-of-way. He said he received a letter from the Butler County Engineer's Office directing the contractor to cease operations and urged the board to take action. The transcript does not record an immediate formal response from the board.

Anglin provided specific details about his address (5983 West Elkton Road), his property's proximity to the road segment between State Route 503 and Wayne's Trace Road, and the scale of tree removal he said occurred. He asked the commissioners to address the safety and property concerns raised by the contractor's work and the jurisdictional questions about enforcement.

The record available ends with Anglin presenting his concerns and the cease-operations letter; no vote or staff direction on the matter is recorded in the supplied transcript segments.