LISBON — The Valley View gas station in Lisbon will not be able to sell food after the county health department board voted Wednesday to suspend the food service license of the North Market Street store.

Environmental Director Lori Barnes said the store has had multiple violations and currently has about 12 violations.

The health violation concerns at the store reportedly began in 2018 according to Barnes, who said at that time there were about 10 violations. Those have grown in 2019 and 2020 and Barnes said the owner of the store Ashraf Issac of Warren has “quit doing anything” to remedy the health inspector’s concerns and ignoring the reports.

Prior to the unanimous vote by the board of health, Barnes showed them multiple photographs of the violations in back of the store. Those included rodent droppings, food storage concerns with items piled on the floor, cross contamination issues with water entering and draining from sinks, a lack of proper pest control and at least one time when ceiling tile was collapsing on a customer.

The board orders were issued suspended the food service license for the business, which Barnes said will remain suspended until the violations are fixed. The health violations were being delivered to the business following the meeting.

This is the second time this year the business has been forced to close operations. The other came in the early morning hours of Jan. 30, when a driver, Sean Dailey of Donora, Pa., allegedly crashed into a support pole holding up the canopy above the pumps. Dailey has been cited into county Municipal Court on charges of OVI first offense and reasonable control.

In other matters:

— The board approved an internal job change for Division Coordinator Laura Fauss, who will now serve as the new environmental health program manager. Health Commissioner Wes Vins said the department had one internal applicant and three external applicants for the new position, but usually try to promote from within. Fauss said in her new role she will continue to supervise the sewage program, officially take on the soil inspections the health department offers for those building new homes regarding suitability for septic, handle accreditation requirements and officially serve as the health department’s public information officer, a role she began handling during the COVID-19 pandemic.

— Additionally, the board approved continuing education reimbursement through grant money for Fauss and Carrie Huff, who is in the nursing division.

— The board approved four variances — Zelma Clark, state Route 45, Lisbon, a for a sewage treatment system that does not meet the requirements for distance from a driveway or property line; Tim Armbruster, Hanselmen Road, Homeworth, for a home septic system with two dwellings using it provided the septic system continues to pass annual inspections; and Sam Courtney of Wind Turbines of Ohio LLC and Zachary Sell of Sell and Sons Excavating LLC, two businesses which obtained the continuing education requirements after the deadline.

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