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LIVERPOOL TOWNSHIP -- The Liverpool Township Board of Trustees unanimously approved Police Chief Jared Kinemond's request to send officers for training during Tuesday's meeting.
Kinemond said that one officer would be the attending a firearms instructor course, to be certified as an instructor, and reminded the trustees they had previously approved that and requested approval to send an officer to evidence room technician training at a cost of $150 plus one-night hotel and another to first line supervision training at a cost of $500 plus four nights hotel.
Kinemond noted that the funds to cover the cost of the trainings were coming from funds set aside for training from the sale of the police cruisers.
The chief also told the trustees that the state was ending their breathalyzer at the end of the year and that they could purchase their own for approximately $15,000 plus $5,000 for the tests. Kinemond spoke with East Liverpool Police Chief John Lane who said East Liverpool Police Department's breathalyzer was good for another five years and Liverpool Township officers could use theirs. Kinemond will be sending his officers to Boardman to be trained at no cost on the breathalyzer used by East Liverpool.
He also said he talked to Lane and plans to talk to another police chief to see if they might be interested in dividing the cost of a breathalyzer, to be used by all three departments, three ways.
In his report to the trustees Fire Chief Dave Ward provided each of the trustees with three estimates of what it would cost to fix the door on fire engine 22. Ward said anything over $5,000 the insurance company would have to send an adjuster to look at, and that the department would have to pay $500 toward repairs. There was a couple thousand dollars difference in the estimates which left the trustees with a few questions, so the matter was tabled until after they discuss it further and get answers to their questions.
Ward also said that engine 24 was going out Thursday for an alignment because it pulls to the side.
The East Liverpool Volunteer Fire Department responded to eight calls in January.
Road Department Supervisor Chris Bosworth gave the trustees the list of roads for the 2024 Chip and Seal program to approve. It was noted that not all the roads on the list may get done, depending on funding, but they were put on because roads are allowed to be taken off the list but not added onto it after the county gives its approval.
Roads submitted for approval include Annesley Road, Hoffman Court, Homer Street, Faulk Avenue, Croft Avenue (both north and south), Westfield Road, Duncan Avenue, Warren Avenue, Cordell Avenue, Carter Street, Martin Avenue, 9th Avenue and 9th East, Liden Avenue, Densmore Avenue, Digmans Alley and School House Alley.
Bosworth also said that everything was going good in the road department and all the trucks were running.
Fiscal Officer Shirley Flati said in her report that she completed and posted the December and January bank reconciliations, completed the year-end report and submitted it to the Auditor of the State with financial notes, filed the 2023-year end and put notification the newspaper to let residents know that the 2023-year-end was completed.
The trustees approved payment of bills totaling $59,562.87 and a resolution to supplement appropriations for the Police District Fund of $100 for contracted services.
The trustees voted trustees Mike Bahen and Dennis Giambroni, Fire Chief Dave Ward, Firefighter Jake Russell and Liverpool Township resident Ray Talbott to the Fire Dependency Board.
Resident Jim Herring was approved as an alternate for the township's Zoning Board of Appeals and Zoning Commission.
Bahen requested an executive session for personnel issues to discuss a discipline matter with no action taken.
The Liverpool Township Board of Trustees meets every other Tuesday at 3 p.m. at the Township Administration Building. The next regular meeting is scheduled for March 5.