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Norwich Township trustees approve roughly $1.56 million in 2025 capital purchases for fire and EMS
Summary
On Jan. 7 the Norwich Township Board of Trustees unanimously approved a slate of 2025 capital budget purchases — including vehicles, a fire training tower and medical equipment — and adopted an amended 2025 appropriations resolution. Most items were approved on unanimous motions recorded in the minutes.
Chairman Greg Young and the Norwich Township Board of Trustees on Jan. 7 approved a series of 2025 capital-budget purchases for the township’s fire and emergency medical services, including vehicles, medical devices and a $799,600 fire training tower. The trustees also voted to adopt an amended 2025 permanent appropriations resolution.
The board unanimously approved purchase motions for vehicles from Byers Ford totaling $176,790; light packages and installation from Parr Public Safety Equipment for $14,253.26; Knox Box key boxes for $2,200; vehicle striping from Visionary for $10,004.64; a Horton F550 from Horton Emergency Vehicles for $348,847.00 (the minutes contain a formatting error for this amount that is reported here as $348,847.00); and a fire training tower from Forge Fire & Company for $799,600.00. Those approvals were recorded as motions by trustees and passed by recorded 3-0 votes.
The board also approved purchases for EMS access control devices from All Secured ($9,030.00); radio equipment and installation from B&C Communications ($5,159.78); EMS supplies from Boundtree Medical ($11,258.05); a Power Cot and load system, a Lifepak 15 and a Lucas Device from Stryker ($138,391.13); computer equipment for EMS vehicles from Brite ($7,066.00); and a replacement inflatable boat and RIT craft from Municipal Emergency Services ($21,467.00). Smaller items approved included water-rescue equipment ($800.00) and replacement gutters with guards at Station 83 ($12,985.25). The trustees recorded each of these as capital-budget motions and approved them unanimously.
Trustee Charles Wm. Buck also moved to purchase two 9-inch solar-powered radar speed signs from Tree Top Products for $6,362.35 for Cemetery and Roads; that motion passed 3-0. During the Cemetery and Roads portion of the minutes Trustee Buck noted that roundabout speedbumps are "too high particularly near the new community center," a concern recorded in the minutes but with no formal action attached.
Fiscal Officer Omar Tarazi presented the amended 2025 permanent appropriations resolution and inter-fund transfers; Trustee Buck moved for approval, Trustee Tidd seconded and the trustees adopted the amended appropriations by unanimous vote. The minutes do not provide line-item detail in the text of the summary; the resolution and inter-fund transfer records are described as approved but specific ledger entries are not printed in the minutes.
Taken together, the individual items recorded in the minutes sum to $1,564,214.46 in approved capital purchases and related items for 2025. The minutes show each purchase as a 2025 capital budget item and record motion text, mover, seconder and a unanimous (Buck-Yes, Tidd-Yes, Young-Yes) vote for each listed motion.
The meeting was adjourned at 6:33 p.m.; the final page of the distributed minutes (SEG 004) contains scanned signature material and some garbled text.
