The Township relies on the resident's eyes to help maintain our road infrastructure. If a problem exists or develops, please do not hesitate to contact the Road Department or Service Garage, located at 17666 Auburn Road.
The office phone number is 543-8366.
Auburn Township maintains 54 miles of roads. In addition to snow plowing, you will see the road department doing the culvert, ditching and asphalt patching.
The Township Equipment List includes five plowing trucks, two tractor/mowers - one mows roadsides and the other helps maintain township grounds, two backhoes, and a road grader in addition to chainsaws, trimmers, a generator, torches, saws, welders, assorted hand and mechanical tools. Equipment for maintaining asphalt includes a roller, compactor, saw and related tools. Auburn does a great deal of its own maintenance thanks to a dedicated and efficient road department crew.
Your residential property legally extends from the centerline of the road in front of your house or property. An easement exists generally from the centerline of the road or street back to the telephone pole line. The Township maintains the drainage ditches along the roadside in that easement. The purpose of the ditch is to drain the bottom of the roadbed in order to maintain the road. Therefore, residents are encouraged to keep the ditch area free of large stones, fences, trees, and other obstructions. Obstructions in this road right of way may need to be removed for road maintenance or safety issues.
Jim Hewis
Mr. Hewis is a valuable member of our Road Department. He is originally from Geauga County but graduated from high school in Florida. He has run construction equipment his whole life.
Most of his family lives close by. He likes to ride motorcycles and he loves to fish and camp.
Emerick Gordon
Mr. Gordon joined the Road Department in 1997. He moved to Auburn in 1992. A graduate of Bedford High School, he then attended Cuyahoga Community College. He worked in machine trades as a CNC programmer for 20 years.
Mr. Gordon is involved in motocross racing and is the front man for the band Stab-o-matic.
Mark Sturm
Moved to Auburn in 1984, graduated from Kenston in 1985 and has resided in the area ever since. Mark had been self-employed for the last 15yrs but is happy to be a part of the Auburn Township Road Team now. In his spare time he enjoys working around the house, fishing, hunting and going to auctions.
Michael Ludwig
Michael has lived in Geauga County all of his life. He graduated from Chardon High School and has a background in equipment operation and landscaping. He enjoys camping and just keeping busy. He and his wife are members of the Middlefield United Methodist Church.
John Szoka
John Szoka was born and raised in Auburn Township. When he and his wife, Dorothy, married in 1977 they built their first and “forever” home in Auburn where they raised their three children, Abraham, Ruth and Jacob. Dorothy owns and operates New Century Hair Design on State Route 44 in Auburn Township.
John brings to Auburn Township his years of excavating and heavy equipment experience acquired from working at his father’s company, Szoka Excavating, since the age of 13. He took over the business when his father passed away in 2000. John retired the company in 2009 and came to work for Auburn Township full-time.
Both John and Dorothy stay active in the community but most enjoy spending their free time spoiling their 4 grandchildren.
