Overtime costs close one Boardman fire station, starting Saturday

BOARDMAN — Last November, all three township fire stations reopened after voters approved a police and fire levy, but one of those stations is closed again because of money woes.

The closure will alternate between the South Avenue station and the one on Shields Road at Lockwood Boulevard, said Administrator Jason Loree, and it may not be every day. It will depend on the number of people working per day.

It begins Saturday with closure of the South Avenue station.

“Overtime is over what we appropriated for the year” in the fire department, Loree said. “To stop the overruns in the department, we had to close a station.”