The board holds regular meetings every first and third Monday of the month. Martin was very deliberate in the wording of his trust giving the trustees the ultimate leeway on how the money would be spent,” Tilford said. Sugarcreek Township Director of Planning and Zoning Cara Tilford said Martin left specific instructions to sell the land if it was not going to be used. “When someone wills you something or gives you something, you don’t have to accept it,” another resident said.
>PHOTOS: “Pee Wee” Martin’s Jumpfest returns to celebrate WWII vet’s 101st birthday Some said the board of trustees shouldn’t have accepted the land in the first place. “I think you want to look at what he would want and what the family would want.should be up to the family,” one resident said. use a couple of different data points when you’re trying to make an important decision,” Puterbaugh said.Īfter the board got through the meeting agenda, they opened the floor to the public. “I’m just asking you guys to take a step back and reflect. Puterbaugh was at the meeting along with other members of the Martin family, and she said despite what was put in the will her grandfather did not want the land to be sold. > RELATED: World War II veteran Jim ‘Pee Wee’ Martin dies at 101Ĭurrently, Martin’s land is set to be sold to his granddaughter Jodi Puterbaugh for around $400,000.
Monday night, those in attendance each had five minutes to let the township board of trustees know where they stand with the sale of Martin’s land. Greene County native and World War II veteran Jim “Pee Wee” Martin owned the property.Īfter he died last year, his will said the land would go to the township. Sugarcreek Township has plans to sell a property that a trust willed to them and some in the community are not happy about it.
Controversy surrounds the future of land connected to a Greene County war hero.
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