The Village of Ada Council held a meeting lasting approximately 30 minutes on Tuesday, December 17 with this attached packet and agenda.
During the approval of bills to be paid, there was a brief discussion of the unusually large grand total of $1,014,649.02 for the first claims register, which included loan and water meter payments.
LEGISLATION
Council approved resolutions for the employment of legal counsel, an agreement to share the cost of indigent defendant representation in municipal court, a farm lease agreement with Christopher James and authorizing the mayor to submit applications to the Ohio Public Works Commission State Capital Improvement and/or Local Transportation Improvement Program(s).
Council also approved two ordinances for Fiscal Year 2025 annual appropriations.
The Ada-Liberty EMS has taken measures to help cover the expense of some calls for service that do not result in transport to a medical facility. In these cases, insurance cannot be billed.
The board of trustees has also responded to Washington Township declining a service proposal. Orange Township has such an agreement with compensation for services provided by Ada-Liberty EMS.
The Board of Trustees for Liberty Township held a regular meeting on Monday, December 16. Discussions included the fire department, cemetery and roadside maintenance, and followup on a condemned property.
ACTION ITEMS
The trustees approved minutes from the November meeting and approved a preliminary budget for 2025.
Raises of $13/month for trustees and 1.75% for fiscal officer Patty Griffith were approved.
REPORTS
Ada-Liberty Fire Department
Fire Chief Jay Epley reported on anticipated grants and how they might be used to cover the cost of new radios. MARCS radios will be obsolete in July 2025; the department will be using VHF radios and will be purchasing a combination of portable and mobile (vehicle-based) radios.
The Trustees of Liberty Township, Ada, Ohio will be accepting bids for the mowing and trimming of the 5 outside cemeteries for 2025 (does not include Woodlawn).
The Ada-Liberty Ambulance board held a regular meeting on Monday, December 16 which included discussion regarding the new three-bay ambulance building that is nearing completion at 530 N. Gilbert St. A portion of the board will also meet at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, December 19 with representatives from the Ada Council regarding the new traffic pattern created by ambulances exiting onto Gilbert St. This meeting will take place at the EMS station.
Some neighboring residents expressed surprise when the ambulance bay was constructed. They expected the new building to be sleeping quarters for EMS staff.
In November 2022, Ada voters approved a 2 mill levy to generate $213K annually. The brochure provided to voters said it would fund “a potential building addition to accommodate sleeping quarters.” The funding was also needed to establish paid on-station staffing and to cover increased operating costs.
