Lakemore Council approves hires, grants, lease and multiple budget and policy measures

The Village of Lakemore council on May 13 adopted multiple resolutions and ordinances covering personnel hires, insurance and appropriations, grants, a lease agreement for park fields and policy changes for police body-worn and dash-camera records.

The action: council approved resolutions to hire Dorian Wolf and Jason Mazzaro as part-time patrol officers for the Lakemore Police Department (each to serve a one-year probationary period), accepted a $6,442.50 Ohio law enforcement body armor grant (with the village responsible for $2,147.50), accepted a $3,000 Ohio Commission on Fatherhood grant, approved an audit engagement with Charles E. Harrison & Associates Inc. (estimate $14,000), and approved a lease of park fields to the Friends of Lakemore Waterworks Park. Council also accepted a second amendment to a master meter agreement with the City of Akron and passed an ordinance amending the village employee policies to implement changes tied to House Bill 315 governing fees for body-worn and dash-camera public-records requests.

Why it matters: the…