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Trustees raise fire and EMS budget lines, earmark equipment funds and discuss ambulance accounting
Summary
Trustees proposed pay increases, raised pension and insurance figures for the fire district, allocated funds for equipment including a Lifepak monitor, and debated how ambulance purchase costs are split between fire and EMT funds.
Trustees reviewed detailed fire and EMS budgets and made multiple provisional changes to salaries, benefits and capital-outlay items. Board members proposed 3%–5% pay increases, raised the Ohio Police and Fire Pension Fund allocations and increased insurance-benefit and workers’-compensation estimates for the department.
The township set machinery and equipment at $100,000 to cover a new Lifepak heart monitor and other EMS gear. Trustees discussed a previously purchased ambulance and recorded a $100,000 entry to reflect the township’s share, noting the overall vehicle cost had been split between fire and EMT funds.
Discussion also covered EMS staffing and the EMT fund: trustees adjusted a single-EMT salary projection to $75,000 to ensure coverage and asked fire leadership to provide peer benchmarks (staffing levels, pay scales and response times) from surrounding townships. Trustees said they will re-key the adjusted figures into the system and consider a transfer from the general fund if necessary to balance shortfalls in the fire fund.
No final appropriation was adopted at the meeting; trustees requested staff follow up with detailed payroll and pension paperwork to ensure the proposed figures reflect actual liabilities and to feed into the final budget.
