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Council moves to empower city marshal, approves in‑car video systems and amends vehicle financing; false‑alarm ordinance language under revision
Summary
Council discussed creating a city marshal27s office under the police chief to give code enforcement officers authority to issue citations and approved five in‑car video systems; a vehicle financing amendment and a revision to the false‑alarm ordinance were also discussed.
The Hiram City Council heard a package of public safety items that included a plan to place code enforcement under the chief of police as a city marshal’s office, approval to purchase five in‑car video camera systems, and an administrative amendment to include financing costs for a police vehicle.
Chief of Police (name not specified in the transcript) told the council the organizational change is intended to make the code‑enforcement function more self‑sufficient and reduce the need to call marked units to issue citations. The chief said the current code enforcement officer is able and willing to pursue state certification: “What we—re trying to do now is get him into a position so and get that position, to a place where…
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