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LIVERPOOL TOWNSHIP -- Liverpool Township Police Chief Jared Kinemond said the new body cameras for the officers were in and the company is sending a representative to deliver the clips for the cameras and go over with the officers.
Liverpool Township police officers are working on finishing their CPT (state required training) hours. Kinemand said he anticipates the officers to be done with the training within the next month.
Kinemond also reported he found out the state is reimbursing for hours and he is looking into that more and hopes to get some money through that. The patrolman's association spent approximately $1,800 to purchase shotguns for the two new cruisers, along with two ARs at approximately $1,500 and $3,500 for a light bar.
"They are willing to give some money out of the association to get these cruisers equipped," Kinemond said. "They also approved to give money for the basketball court once we figured what's going on with that."
Trustee Dennis Giambroni gave the report for the fire department and said that Fire Chief Dave Ward has submitted a grant application through the Bureau of Workers' Compensation for a grant in which the department could receive up to $15,000 for firefighting safety gear. The township would have to contribute $2,600 toward the gear if the grant is approved.
Road Department Supervisor Chris Bosworth said that Valley Avenue was done and looks good.
"I would like to thank the Columbiana County Engineer's Office for all the help they gave us," Bosworth said. "If it wasn't for them, we couldn't have done something like that. That was a pretty good undertaking."
The road department crew will start cutting trees back for next year's chip and seal program.
Bosworth requested Fiscal Officer Shirley Flati to look into the department's finances to see if they have $2,000 available to purchase a load of cold patch which they are out of and a load of hot patch at a price of $1,000 to patch the road going into LaCroft Elementary and some spots on Forest Hill which Bosworth said is bad.
Flati will look into it and get back to Bosworth.
Flati told the trustees in her report that she was working on the July bank reconciliations.
Flati also told the trustees of a communication she received from the Auditor of State requesting a questionnaire be completed and returned regarding an independent accounting firm conducting the township's next audit due to the state not being able to conduct it and that she had received a recall notice on the police department's 2020 police interceptor, which she passed on to Kinemond.
Flati requested the trustees approve the payment of bills and warrants totaling $54,150.11. Payment was approved with all-in-favor vote.
The litter crew has picked up 42 bags of litter so far. The adult probation department will be sending someone to pick up litter today and on Aug. 19 the juvenile probation department will be sending four to six juveniles to help pick up litter. The next street they plan on working is Parkway from Derry Lane to the American Legion.
Trustee Keith Burke will have a meeting today regarding the contract on down payment for the backhoe the township plans to sell.
Trustee Mike Bahen said the health department looked at the property on Fifth Avenue that was discussed at the last meeting, and they will be filing paperwork and forwarding it to the prosecutor.
"That's how bad it is," Bahen said.
Bahen and Kinemond made contact with the owner of the property located on Seventh Avenue and told him the property needed to be cleaned up. Bahen said the health department is working with him on trying to get somebody in there to tear down the property.
Giambroni said he submitted a grant application for the cemetery.
During the public portion Cathy Scanlon presented the trustees with a printout of a section of the Ohio Revised Code (ORC) dealing with streetlights and requested the trustees to look into the township assuming maintenance over the streetlights on Forsyth. Residents in the neighborhood are currently paying for the lights and she would like the township to maintain the lights and the residents can pay for it with their taxes. Each resident who pays into the fund for maintenance and the electricity pays about $50 annually.
Giambroni said they would look into it.
The East Liverpool Trustees meet every other Tuesday at 3 p.m. in the township administration building. The next meeting is scheduled for Aug. 22.