Lakemore council approves multiple public-safety hires, lease with Blue Technologies, SRO MOU and 2025 appropriation amendment

The Village of Lakemore council approved a group of personnel resolutions, a commercial lease, intergovernmental and service agreements, and an amendment to the 2025 appropriations during a regularly scheduled meeting.

The council moved quickly through the items with motions to dispense with additional readings and roll-call votes recorded as "yes" by attending council members. The actions include hiring decisions for the police and fire departments, acceptance of a lease from Blue Technologies, a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Springfield Local Schools covering school resource officer (SRO) services, a service agreement for an attendance coordinator for the Springfield Local Schools for the 2025–26 school year, and an ordinance increasing 2025 appropriations tied to several grant funds.

Why it matters: the hires increase the village’s public-safety staffing; the SRO MOU and attendance-coordinator agreement formalize how police services will be provided in local schools; the appropriation ordinance moves grant and donation dollars through the village budget.

Votes at a glance - Resolution 7485-2025 — Approve hire of Brandon Lennick as a full-time patrol officer (pay $23.00/hr; health insurance after 60 days). Outcome: approved (roll call: yes). Authority cited in resolution: Section 121.22, Ohio Revised Code (open meetings compliance). Provenance: transcript lines where the resolution is read (resolution listing) and the later motion and roll call when council adopted the resolution.

- Resolution 7486-2025 — Approve hire of Brandon Charles as a full-time firefighter (pay $20.00/hr; health insurance after 60 days). Outcome: approved (roll call:…