BOARDMAN 2 police officers plan to retire

Trustees also approved purchases for the fire and police departments.
BOARDMAN -- Township police are saying goodbye to longtime officers and will soon welcome in new patrolmen.
Trustees accepted the retirement/resignation Monday night of Lt. Jefferson D. Heaver and Sgt. Kenneth J. Madeline. With the retirement of the two officers, the department will be losing more than five decades of police experience.
Madeline and Heaver have been placed on reserve commission status.
Trustees also promoted Sgt. Donald P. Lamping to lieutenant. Patrolmen Paul L. Grimes and Richard J. Balog have been promoted to sergeant.
Trustees will hire eight incoming patrolmen later this month.
"I hope this will be it in the changing of our ranking officers for a while," Chief Jeffrey Patterson told trustees. "There have been about 12 out of 18 in the last several years because of large amount of hiring in the '70s."
Also on agenda
The trustees also handled these matters:
UAccepted the resignation of James E. Bailing from the road department.
UBought a gasoline-powered hose testing system from Fire-Safety Services of Huntsville, Ohio, for the fire department for $2,695.
UBought a fire rescue saw from All American Fire Equipment, Inc. of West Virginia for the fire department for $1,675.
UBought two replacement computers from Dell Government Direct of Austin, Texas, for the fire department for $3,135.
UApproved modification of communications console for the fire department for $1,794.
UBought four Nextel phones from Nextel Communications of Solon for the police department for a total annual service cost of $2,399.
UBought crime analysis mapping program from the RD-GIS Group of Parma for the police department for $6,720.
UBought six firearms from Vance's Law Enforcement of Columbus for the police department for $3,032.
UBought two rifles and trunk mounts from Vance's Law Enforcement for the police department for $3,097.