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Walters said the city began a 24-hour staffing trial in February and has modified scheduling to support overnight coverage without additional software costs. \"So far, it's been very successful,\" Walters said, adding the new scheduling approach lets firefighters choose shifts and has freed approximately three full workdays for Assistant Chief Mark Hormley, who also serves as the city's full-time fire marshal.

Walters reported two major structure fires during midnight-to-8 a.m. shifts since the trial began, including a recent West Liberty fire that produced one civilian casualty and two near misses among first responders. He said the department's response time for the West Liberty incident was eight minutes, versus a prior typical range of 16 to 20 minutes before the 24-hour model. \"That specific fire...prior to the 24 hour staffing model, that number would have been somewhere between 16 and 20 minutes,\" Walters said.

To sustain the staffing model through the summer, Walters said the department plans to hire two to four additional firefighters (five at most) and recently tested applicants: 27 applicants were tested, 21 passed and those candidates will move to panel interviews. He cautioned that using part-time firefighters creates scheduling tradeoffs during summer vacation months and that hiring numbers remain a practical estimate.

Walters also said the department needs new turnout (protective) gear for new hires and to replace aging sets for existing firefighters. He estimated the cost per set at $4,000 to $5,000 and described an evaluation committee now preparing wear trials and specifications to present to finance and council.

Finally, Walters said the department plans to repeat a cancer-screening program this fall, funded from remaining Park Foundation money used in the prior year; the participation rate from the prior screening was described as a \"big success,\" but the percentage participation number was not specified in the record.

Ending: The council thanked the chief and noted the early results of the 24-hour staffing trial; Walters said staffing, gear and screening plans will return as budget and procurement items for council consideration.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Health Safety and Sanitation Meeting - 4/14/25","oneSentenceSummary","Fire Chief Walters reported the department's 24-hour staffing trial has reduced response times, cited two recent midnight structure fires including the West Liberty fire with a civilian casualty, and briefed council on hiring needs, turnout-gear replacement costs and planned cancer-screening follow-up.","taxTitle","Medina City Council, Medina City, Medina, Medina County, Ohio","taxId",70524,"location","Ohio","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6274425,"Sanitation director flags vehicle maintenance, CPF questions and recycling limits",473,763000,1236000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2990544-9c9d4fde7b060526ed9bd7512d3a0608&start=763&end=1236","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2990544-9c9d4fde7b060526ed9bd7512d3a0608/thumbnail_763000.jpg","/articles/6274425/Ohio/Sanitation-director-flags-vehicle-maintenance-CPF-questions-and-recycling-limits","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6274425-b91ab4186f5f434fbd46f8d577452985/orig.mp4?Expires=1770985103&Signature=dIeObOZDmf5MkcXawWX~vk383bTPQ9SzoYI2H0D8xQCzFnJLCzztjin6OfU5Z0VBq-Vt7lGgt4lnK0JlIzr5FUIHTqNtztZvjS39ldprrowahKnOv6lTIfzZoInk2626Rq6XNVbSaEPIhNvUxTewveYWK33R0ZveWoVgFfqWmX6Zdom288Uqghr~Sd7wI986w83ORmtha94ELbS8QQLLzAjo4JwZpWlDKNQLqdG2F96cMNffTCLncmUpOw3GbBpzwriGeY1AigP~7GccO6p4hUIVM-hK-sLDM91HBTo5UZTDpsppNfUq8jfz2X9peLwlz3NUUoai~H5TxHDsUnYMmg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Nino Piccoli, service director for the City of Medina, updated the council on sanitation operations for 2025 and flagged several equipment and policy uncertainties that could affect future costs and service.

Piccoli said the city had about 7,570 residential curbside customers in 2024 and reported a total of 25,067 tons of municipal solid waste collected in 2024, split roughly evenly between residential and commercial sources. He said yard-waste pickup runs from mid-April to mid-November and that 2024 yard-waste totals were nearly unchanged from 2023 (about 315 tons in 2023 and 318 tons in 2024).

Piccoli reported the city's current CPF (compost processing facility) fee is $55 per ton and that the fee had not risen; it had been slated to go to $58 and be capped by 2028. He said county technical advisory discussions are considering whether to keep or remove flow control (designation that organics must go to the CPF) and that county officials had discussed selling roughly 52 acres including the CPF, a development Piccoli said could remove a fee ceiling if a private operator won a sale. \"If it went to a private contractor, there would be no ceiling, with respect to the, CPF fees,\" Piccoli said.

Piccoli described progress on workforce shortages: the council-added positions and a city-run CDL program provide low-cost commercial-driver licensing; the city enrolls employees for about $400 rather than the roughly $5,000 private-class cost for a Class B license, he said.

Vehicle maintenance and aging hopper mechanisms remain Sanitation's biggest operational challenge, Piccoli said; the department will discuss vehicle-maintenance costs in the budget hearing later this week. He said staff are considering smaller single-axle trucks (20‑ or 13‑yarders) as replacement options.

On recycling, Piccoli said cardboard collection continues on a dedicated route (about 300 tons per year) because it is reliably clean, but that plastics and mixed-paper recycling remain unsettled because of market and contract reliability. He said a River Valley contract (vendor based in Summit County) suffered setbacks and the city is cautious about placing public containers at remote sites because contamination can taint loads.

Piccoli also said the county's anaerobic-digester program accepted roughly 989 tons of diverted industrial food waste but has had operational challenges; Sanitation identified alternate processing in Canton for some material.

Ending: Piccoli said the department will continue curbside yard-waste pickup as long as it is financially feasible and expected to discuss CPF and vehicle needs in upcoming budget deliberations.","Service Director Nino Piccoli reported on curbside service, vehicle maintenance needs, Compost Processing Facility (CPF) fees and uncertain county-level flow-control discussions; recycling markets remain a barrier to expanding local recycling pickup.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6274429,"Medina police detail technology upgrades, PSAP routing and new Square cameras",560,123000,683000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2990544-9c9d4fde7b060526ed9bd7512d3a0608&start=123&end=683","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2990544-9c9d4fde7b060526ed9bd7512d3a0608/thumbnail_123000.jpg","/articles/6274429/Ohio/Medina-police-detail-technology-upgrades-PSAP-routing-and-new-Square-cameras","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6274429-59e8a2285ba783cd593eeeb028fc5ff0/orig.mp4?Expires=1770985103&Signature=E0kTvo1umQ~-sfFoOqCDtJeVmf4GXdWKDSXWeSFmGQSnO6PrU7C~LYneGJDdn1Q51DKwLs0jJKWVcoDH3Tx238Ki-KB9HG4cHG4xHpPKSIquW3AIa~GAiaarmh~Gje8vCDgGG3bUx81opwDFKUwk0oNswws0563Xf50GKOhm2pMBpsivvz5ZO4QWCVKHwU5ScsofZRQoTWChUbKs7HrxacAICljloq~SpDylC3SK6tN8N7Wo8a9oNb5VxZJPk5t55ssuJP2y~CT~wV0ECGb3mvpF9CzZmEM0jkEPK4qNhPa0ET~gyEP5HrnznYfJA~vYUjTgOpr8WhaUZWqq5YL5rw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Chief Kenny, chief of the Medina Police Department, told the Medina City Council the department completed several technology and training upgrades and has a handful of projects it plans to present for budget approval.

Those upgrades include an electronic timekeeping and scheduling system called PowerTime, a background-check platform called PowerVetted and a field-training recording tool called PowerReady. \"So at the end of their 12 week training period, we can hit print and it'll give everything that they've been trained on, all the policies they've signed off on,\" Chief Kenny said, describing PowerReady as a \"far more organized way\" than the department's prior paper and Word-document practice.

The department also replaced an older breathalyzer device, moved from ink fingerprint cards to an electronic fingerprint system that submits prints to the state and NCIC, and upgraded dispatch radios to P25-compatible \"symphony\" consoles that connect dispatchers into the radio core and permit use of headsets that handle radio and 911 caller audio simultaneously.

Chief Kenny said the department completed a PSAP direct-call project so Verizon and AT&T cell-phone 911 calls placed inside the city route directly to Medina dispatchers rather than first to the county sheriff's office. \"There is no delay. There's no interruption,\" Chief Kenny said. He added the city is still working with T‑Mobile to bring that carrier online.

To improve event monitoring and crash reconstruction on the Square, the department deployed a four-corner camera system. Each camera bundle includes two fixed cameras and one pan-tilt-zoom camera; Chief Kenny said the PTZ units are zoomed to capture mid-block crosswalks. He also said current camera signals are using cellular backhaul and that the department hopes to move them to fiber if local traffic-signal fiber becomes available.

Training remained a focus. Chief Kenny said officers continue to complete mandatory continuing professional training through the Ohio Peace Officer Training Academy (OPOTA) and other in-state seminars; the department also holds annual active-shooter exercises that include Medina Township and Montville Township as mutual-aid partners. Two officers are enrolled in multi-month leadership academies, including the Ohio State University Public Safety Leadership Academy and an Ohio Association of Chiefs of Police leadership program.

On equipment, Chief Kenny said the department is evaluating a switch from .40-caliber service pistols to 9mm platforms and considering red-dot optics to improve accuracy and manageability for some officers. He said the department plans to narrow choices and present a purchase request to council later this year.

The chief answered questions about routing of out-of-area calls and tower-based routing logic, and he said the technology and training advances were among the items that will be reviewed during the council's upcoming budget process.

Ending: Chief Kenny said the department will bring specific purchase and budget requests to council for consideration; the council thanked him for the update.","Police Chief Kenny updated the Medina City Council on digital timekeeping, background-check and training software, new breath and fingerprint equipment, P25 radio console upgrades, direct 911 routing for some carriers and four-corner camera coverage of the Square.","actionData","errors"]

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