Delhi Township trustees approve personnel moves, hear public-safety and parks updates

Delhi Township’s Board of Trustees on Feb. 25 approved personnel actions and heard reports from fiscal, police, fire, parks and administration staff.

The board accepted the voluntary resignation of career firefighter-paramedic Benjamin E. Pritchard, effective March 3, 2026, and approved hiring Noah Sammons as a career firefighter-paramedic "upon successful completion of a preemployment pension physical," the transcript records (the hiring motion lists an effective date of 03/18/2025 in the record). Trustees also approved two parks-and-recreation custodial hires, Corey F. Daria and Lori A. Garcia, at $16 per hour pending background checks and drug screening.

The session opened with a fiscal update from the township’s fiscal officer, introduced in the meeting as "Mister Lugi," who reported that the township "cut a check to the state of Ohio for $260,000. This is our 20% match for the Clemey Avenue Road project." He also gave recent payroll figures (payrolls of $441,000 on Jan. 29 and $391,000 on Feb. 12) and listed receipts including $35,000 in cable-franchise fees, $64,000 in combined local-government and gasoline-excise-tax receipts, and $18,000 in motor-vehicle-license tax. He said the township submitted its 2025 financials to the state and will post them on the township website.

Fire Chief Campbell told trustees the department recorded 369 total runs in the reporting period, with 327 classified as EMS, and noted response and clinical benchmarks: an average fire response time of 5 minutes 46 seconds, a 65% goal rate for placing a 12-lead within 10 minutes on chest-pain patients, and a 30% survival rate from cardiac-arrest cases compared with a typical nationwide rate of about 20 percent. "We started the year just like we finished it. Continue to see more of an increase, year to date 2% increase," Chief Campbell said. He described plans for a remounted ambulance approved under a 2023 board action (contract signed January 2024) for the Greenwell station and said remounting has saved the township “just over a quarter million dollars.” He also noted crews involved in a safe-surrender baby-box incident were recognized.

The police department report described awards given to several staff and a reported drop in crime in January: total reported crimes down 24% from January 2025, person crimes down 55% and property crimes down 3% over the same comparison period. A police representative described a recent street-robbery response in which officers used a drone and a K-9 team to locate two suspects; police said a firearm was recovered and that the two suspects are juveniles. The speaker said some details cannot be released while the case proceeds to court.

Parks and Recreation Director Soupy said the department is preparing for spring and summer programming, continuing hires for seasonal and custodial positions, and working on concert sponsorships and youth arts workshops. Marketing and events staff previewed the spring schedule for the Delhi Events Center, including guest-chef classes starting March 9, a summer concert series beginning in June and community events such as a Holi Festival on March 8.

Administrator Miller said he and Director Dansupi will present the township’s application to the Hamilton County capital budget committee seeking a $160,000 state capital funding recommendation to replace tennis courts at Delhi Park; he described the committee’s role in forwarding recommendations to legislators.

All motions recorded in the meeting—overtime payment, bills for payment, the firefighter resignation and hiring, and the parks hires—were approved by voice vote. With no remaining business, Trustee Seavey moved to adjourn; the board set its next meeting for March 11.