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Boston trustees hear fire district news



The Boston Township Board of Trustees heard the latest updates on the Valley Fire District (VFD) at the Oct. 28 meeting.
Trustee Amy Anderson, the township’s representative on the VFD Board, said the district’s new fire engine should be in service this week after employee training on the engine was finished.
The board also is looking at a proposed three-year contract with Richfield Village for dispatch services that includes a 3.3 percent increase each year.
Anderson said VFD added EMT Vince Roman and paramedic/firefighter Brian Leising as employees.
She said the board would meet at Boston Township Hall beginning with the next VFD Board meeting, with fire district officials participating via the Zoom videoconference application from Station No. 1. According to the VFD website, the board meets the third Monday of each month, with the next meeting set for Nov. 16 at 5:30 p.m.
In other news, trustees unanimously approved purchasing an account on Zoom to conduct meetings.
Fiscal Officer Pam Schneider said the township needed to establish an account to set up meetings and invite and let in attendees.
Trustee Randy Bergdorf said the cost of an account could be paid using COVID-19 funds given to the township.
Anderson also proposed sharing some of the township’s COVID-19 grant money with the Peninsula Quarry and Woodridge Recreation Association to help cover some of their costs.
In other business:
• Anderson offered condolences to the family of Dean Johnson, who died recently.
• Peninsula Police Chief Joe Varga announced officers Andrew Watson and Leanne Harvan are leaving the police department.
Trustees also presented to Varga certificates of gratitude to Watson and Sgt. Daniel Renz for their help in successfully de-escalating two suicide attempts.
• Trustee Bill Clifton said the township received $6,573 in October from the Boston-Cuyahoga Falls Joint Economic Development District (JEDD), taking the year-to-date total to $57,712. Clifton said the number was down from last year’s total of $65,125.
The Boston-Peninsula JEDD collected $6,999 for the township in October, bringing its year-to-date total to $89,161. According to Clifton, the year-to-date number is down from last year’s $95,739.
Trustees also approved the following:
√ contacting Bay Pointe Technology to assess the township’s technological situation;
√ purchasing a landline phone with answering machine and caller ID for Zoning Inspector John Schneider; and
√ reallocations and purchase orders.
The next trustees’ meeting is set for Nov. 11 at 6 p.m. at Boston Township Hall, located at 1775 Main St. in Peninsula.