LaCROFT Liverpool Township trustees met briefly Monday night despite the absence of Keith Burke.
Burke was not in attendance due to a recent death in the family, but Dennis Giambroni and Mike Bahen as well as Fiscal Officer Shirley Flati and Road Supervisor Chris Bosworth were on the virtual 15-minute session.
In addition to approving Feb. 6 meeting minutes, trustees paid bills as requested by Flati, who told trustees she still was in the process of instituting direct deposit for employee checks.
No representatives from the police or fire departments were in attendance; however, according to an update from Fire Chief Dave Ward relayed by the trustees, the washers and dryers for both fire stations were ordered from the township’s COVID money. The ones for LaCroft are in, but they are still waiting for the appliances for Dixonville.
LACROFT Liverpool Township trustees hired a new cemetery caretaker at Thursday’s special meeting.
During the 15-minute public meeting that preceded an executive session to discuss compensation of a public official, Trustees Dennis Giambroni and Mike Bahen hired Rick Rudibaugh to take over the care of the township’s share of Spring Grove Cemetery. Keith Burke was excused absent.
Rudibaugh is East Liverpool’s former deputy safety-service director, serving when Ryan Stovall was mayor. He now operates his own excavating and landscaping business.
No firm compensation package was discussed, as trustees said that they would have to look at the books to estimate what they were paying.
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Carl Pearson holds his helmet which his colleagues at Liverpool Township Volunteer Fire Department gifted to him, after he announced his retirement.
EAST LIVERPOOL More than three decades after fulfilling a childhood dream, Carl Pearson is stepping away from his duties as a firefighter.
Pearson’s last official day is today.
A fire captain for Liverpool Township Volunteer Fire Department, serving out of the Dixonville station, it wasn’t that he just woke up one day and decided he got sick of the community service.
In a nutshell, Pearson, who joined the department in April 1990, said his health caught up to him. “I’ve gone blind in one eye (from insulin-dependent diabetes), and I’m uncertain of what will happen in my other eye. Otherwise, I wouldn’t retire. I just love to do this so much.”
Staff Report
EAST LIVERPOOL The CARES Act remains a tremendous undertaking for communities like Liverpool Township, where they are doing their best to spend the money by year’s end on behalf of their citizenry.
Money not spent has to be returned, so municipalities are doing their best to utilize it as best they can.
During Monday night’s meeting via Zoom, Fiscal Officer Shirley Flati confirmed the township still has around $21,900 left without counting around $1,400 for consultant services and payroll still to be paid.
However, during their action, trustees did approve payments totaling $187,128,98, which included a large reimbursement to Trustee Mike Bahen.