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Eagle and Watertown joint boards ask LGRFA to seek accounting bids, consider naming a treasurer
Summary
At a Sept. 30 special joint meeting, Eagle Township and Watertown Charter Township passed motions asking the Looking Glass Regional Fire Authority board to solicit bids for 2025 accounting services and to consider naming one of its members as treasurer. The boards also approved the agenda and adjourned at 7:03 p.m.
Eagle Township and Watertown Charter Township held a special joint meeting Sept. 30, 2024, at Watertown Charter Township Hall and passed motions asking the Looking Glass Regional Fire Authority (LGRFA) board to solicit bids for accounting services for 2025 and beyond and to consider naming a board member as treasurer.
Supervisor Troy Stroud moved to approve the agenda as presented; Trustee Michelle Hoppes supported the motion and the board voted to carry it. Later in the meeting, Supervisor Stroud moved, with Clerk Laurie Briggs-Dudley supporting, “to request the Looking Glass Regional Fire Authority (LGRFA) Board bid accounting services for 2025 and beyond.” That motion carried. Trustee Michelle Hoppes then moved, supported by Supervisor Stroud, “to request the LGRFA Board to consider naming a member of the Board as a Treasurer.” That motion also carried.
No public comments were recorded. The meeting was called to order at 5:30 p.m. and adjourned at 7:03 p.m.; Clerk Laurie Briggs-Dudley signed the minutes. Present on the Eagle Township side were Supervisor Troy Stroud, Clerk Laurie Briggs-Dudley and Trustee Michelle Hoppes (Treasurer Chelsea Hoppes and Trustee Dennis Strahle were listed as absent). Watertown Charter Township attendees listed were Trustee/Chair Pro Tempore Ronald Overton, Clerk Carolyn Brokob, Treasurer Sue Biergans, Trustee Chad Cooley and Trustee Todd Hufnagel (Supervisor John Maahs and Trustee Holly Madill were listed as absent). Jennifer Tubbs was recorded as Watertown Charter Township manager; citizens listed in attendance were Brian Hurtekant and Janine Dyer.
The motions recorded in the minutes direct no specific contractual award; they request that the LGRFA board pursue bids and consider a governance change. The minutes do not state a timetable, dollar amounts, or a formal appointment; those details were not specified in the record. The meeting adjourned at 7:03 p.m.
