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Trustees approve radio purchase, accept firefighter resignation and record several grant actions
Summary
Trustees approved use of a $50,000 grant fund for radio purchases, authorized payment to Motorola Solutions for $49,040, accepted a firefighter's resignation effective Feb. 28 and recorded several smaller grant awards and submissions.
The Morgan Township Board of Trustees approved a series of fire-department financial actions and personnel changes during its Feb. 10 meeting, including authorizing payment to Motorola Solutions for new radios and accepting the resignation of a firefighter-paramedic.
Tina (Township fiscal officer) told trustees that the township received $50,000 from the Ohio Department of Commerce as part of a grant obtained by the fire department for radio purchases and moved to add Fund 2913 to the revenue and appropriation budgets for 2025. The board approved that resolution by roll call.
Fire Department personnel said they were beginning to receive radio equipment from the grant (referred to as the "Marks Grant"). The department requested authorization to pay Motorola Solutions $49,040 from Fund 2913 for the radios as orders come in; trustees approved the payment by roll call. The fiscal officer noted the full grant award was $50,000 but that a portion of the grant will cover an annual sheriff's office radio fee, so the full $50,000 would not be applied to radios.
Separately, the fire department reported several grant activities: acceptance of a $300 Harbor Freight tool chest grant (the department said the gift cards arrived quickly), submission of three additional grants (one for station tools, an Ohio Priority 1 EMS supplies grant to be awarded in July, and an Ohio Fire Marshal turnout gear grant), and an earlier $5,000 Metro Parks reimbursement for park bench purchases that had been added to appropriations (covered under fiscal officer business).
On personnel, the board accepted the resignation of firefighter-paramedic Kylie Garland, effective Feb. 28, 2025. Trustees discussed conducting an exit interview; the board requested an executive session to address personnel matters and completed that process during the meeting. After returning from executive session, trustees voted to accept Garland's resignation by roll call.
Trustees were told January run numbers were up from the prior year (52 responses in January 2025 versus 37 in January 2024) and that EMS responses made up most calls; the department reported meeting the 90th-percentile response-time target. Officials also noted ongoing maintenance and planned purchases under awarded or pending grants.
