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Council committees advance multiple finance and procurement measures, including truck purchases and Main Street funding
Summary
Finance and personnel advanced a package of requests Nov. 17 including contracts and lease financing for heavy equipment (three Kenworth snow trucks and three dump trucks), small appropriations for police and fire, selection of an independent auditor and a three-year Main Street Barberton funding allocation.
Finance and Personnel Chair Mrs. Thompson presented and the committee called for several pieces of legislation Thursday evening, moving them forward for council consideration.
The committee approved requests to reappropriate $6,375.18 to the Barberton Fire Department’s operating budget as reimbursement from an Assistance to Firefighters grant; to appropriate $7,500 for police resiliency, health and wellness training; and to appropriate $24,000 for outfitting a K-9 vehicle and a detective-bureau vehicle. The chair said each request carried emergency wording and was called for passage by voice vote in committee.
The committee also moved forward two vehicle procurement items tied to service…
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