Recommendations on ESD2 fire truck updates expected

At right, ESD1 Chief Clint Cooke addresses the ESD2 board during a called meeting Thursday on fire truck repairs. ESD1 Battalion Chief David Powers, left, is in direct charge managing ESD2 fire operations. (Photo by Anton Riecher)

By Anton Riecher
Board members with Medina County Emergency Service District No. 2 took no action during a special meeting Thursday on a proposal to increase the maximum expenditure limit the board president may authorize in vehicle repairs.
ESD1 Chief Clint Cooke told the board he has never had a need for the kind of “acute authorization” under discussion.
“When it comes to repairs, you’re either going to repair it or get rid of it, right?’” Cooke said.
The proposal came up with regard to nearly $10,000 in repairs required for two ESD2 fire engines. However, the board did not authorize additional funds because the repairs fell within the $23,000 budgeted for maintenance in the present fiscal year.
ESD2 bookkeeper Nancy Pepper noted that the board president is already authorized to approve up to $2,000 in additional funds to cover an unexpected expenditure.
Cooke said that ESD1 has plans in place to ensure that apparatus are available in case of maintenance issues. That planning has already been utilized to cover for ESD2 apparatus temporarily out of service.
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