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 52 miles of roads. In addition to snow plowing, you will see the road department doing the culvert and ditching work.
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.
He has been a single parent of a daughter for 17 years now. She is currently contemplating a military career. 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 in 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.
