TRUMBULL COUNTY Village to pay more for siren maintenance

The councilman said the truck needed to be off the road in case of a fire.
LORDSTOWN -- Village officials are willing to pay a little more rather than use village equipment to have tornado sirens serviced.
Council gave first reading Monday to legislation approving a contract between Lordstown and Hi-Tech Wireless Inc. of Lisbon for a three-year period.
According to the contract, Hi-Tech will service and maintain the village's tornado siren system at a cost not to exceed $9,000 each of those three years.
Councilman D. James London said the village currently contracts with Hi-Tech -- at a cost of about $7,800 per year -- for the same services.
The increase, London noted, is because the village will no longer use a ladder truck from its fire department for employees of Hi-Tech to work on the sirens.
"We think it's just better to have that truck off the road for work like this and available in case of a fire," he said.
London also explained that the new agreement will make it easier for crews from Hi-Tech to perform the work. Since Hi-Tech could only use the truck when members of the village's volunteer fire department were available to man it, their work schedule was dependent upon the village department.
"Now, they can set their own schedule as needed," London said.
If approved, the contract will run from Jan. 1, 2005, through Dec. 31, 2007.
Paving project
Also at the meeting, council gave first reading to legislation reducing the amount of a contract between the village and The Shelly Co. in regard to the Lordstown 2004 paving project.
Councilman William Dray said the reduction in pay was necessary, since workers from the company were unable to pave the parking lot at the administration building on Salt Springs Road, as was included in the original agreement.
The payment will be reduced by a total of $101,065.84, bringing the new total to $206,489.66.
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