Grants saving Boardman money this year

BOARDMAN

Township officials highlighted grant money as one way that Boardman is saving money this year.

Police Chief Jack Nichols said during Monday’s trustees meeting that police received federal funding for two unmarked cars through the U.S. Marshals’ service as well as Drug Enforcement Agency’s seized money. One has already been delivered and Nichols expects the second car in about a month.

Nichols explained that the township has two officers assigned to the U.S. Marshals, DEA, and FBI. Boardman still pays their salaries even though they work with a different agency.

The grant for vehicles is “one of the ways they give back to us,” he said.

The agency the department works with pays for overtime fees.

Although the township had to pay between $6,000 and $7,000 for its share of the funding from its road and bridge fund, Nichols noted: “We won’t have to buy any more vehicles this year.”

Read more about the township's finances in Wednesday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.