SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP Trustees OK purchase of cardiac monitor

Trustees also agreed to buy a salt spreader and announced a tire collection.
By MARY GRZEBIENIAK
VINDICATOR CORRESPONDENT
NEW SPRINGFIELD -- Springfield Township Emergency Medical Services has come up to standards required by the American Heart Association with the purchase of a biphasic cardiac monitor.
Township trustees approved buying the $23,582 piece of equipment from Zoll Monitor in Columbus when they met Wednesday.
The mobile monitor is capable of doing electrocardiograms and contains an automatic external defibrillator.
EMS director Karen Philibin said the monitor delivers a more effective shock than the older defibrillators because it delivers it to both sides of the heart and adjusts for body size.
Although grant money was sought for the purchase, none was received, so the township will pay the entire cost.
Other business
Trustees agreed to buy a salt spreader for $2,788 from Myers Equipment of Canfield.
Trustee Shirley Heck announced that old car, light-truck and tractor tires can be dropped off for disposal from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 20 at Fire Station 3 on state Route 165.
There will be a charge of $2 per car tire and $8 per truck or tractor tire.
The disposal is a joint effort of the township, Rolling Scrap Tires Inc. of Struthers and the Mahoning County Solid Waste Management District.
Trustees entered a contract with Connor Construction of New Springfield to seal the administration building parking lot for $1,482.