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Pleasantville council approves lease for four smart AEDs after state law change
Summary
Council voted unanimously to fund a five-year lease for four Aive smart AED units (one per park/community site), citing a new state requirement for AEDs at recreation sites; Fairfield Medical Center will also provide one public-access AED via a neighborhood grant.
Pleasantville's Village Council voted unanimously Dec. 12 to lease four Aive smart automated external defibrillators and to fund the leases from the village parks budget. The devices would be leased at $349 per unit per year under a five-year service package that includes inspections, cloud connectivity and replacements.
The action follows a recent state change (House Bill 47) that council members and staff said effectively requires municipalities to make AEDs available at recreational facilities, including pools, community centers and ball fields. Council members heard a demonstration-style briefing on the Aive unit's features, including 24/7 cloud connectivity, GPS tracking and the ability for dispatch centers to page trained volunteers and provide on-screen instructions.
Council and staff framed the lease as a cost-effective alternative to purchasing devices outright. Staff said Fairfield Medical Center (FMC) had reserved one free, grant-funded public-access AED for the village under a separate neighborhood-AED program; that unit cannot be placed inside a park facility and must remain in an always-accessible public location. The village will lease four units for village-owned properties (one for each park, the community center and the pool; park units can be secured inside concession stands or shelter houses during off-season storage).
Officials emphasized response-time gaps that motivated the purchase: staff noted that parts of the township are several minutes from ambulance response and that an early shock by an AED can materially improve survival odds. Council also emphasized that the leased program includes routine inspections, replacement pads and battery maintenance, and cloud-stored ECG data that emergency departments may use in follow-up care.
The motion to proceed with ordering the four leased AEDs passed by roll-call vote. The lease payments are expected to be billed next year and will be included in the 2025 budget. Staff said FMC will help complete the grant paperwork for the free neighborhood unit and will coordinate volunteer CPR/AED training events funded by grant resources.
What happens next: staff will work with FMC on paperwork for the neighborhood grant, coordinate ordering and confirm volunteer training schedules after the new year.
