Crestline council announces alert system, buys equipment

By Bob Strohm
bstrohm@wbcowqel.com

Crestline Village Council announced that the village has put in place a new public notification system during their meeting Monday night.

Councilman Clayton Harold announced that the Crawford County Alerts system was in place in Crestline and available to businesses and individuals during the meeting. The service is free, and can send out weather alerts, power outages, interruption in water services, a break-in at a business, as well as other notifications.

Mayor David Sharrock noted that the system was already used when counterfeit bills had been used at businesses in Crestline.

To sign up log on to http://entry.inspironlogistics.com/CRAWFORD_CO_OH/WENS.CFM?eo_id=

For any questions contact Crestline Village Hall at 419-683-3800.

The Village of Crestline will be making an update on sanitation equipment with the Village Council unanimously approving a contract with the Best Equipment Company for the purchase of a Vac-Con Combination Sewer/Cleaner for the sum of $329,000. The contract was passed with emergency to avoid a third reading.

Also passed was to continue the employment of Renwick, Welsh, and Burton LLC as Village Legal Counsel. With the unanimous approval, Renwick, Welsh, and Burton will be employed by the village from Aug. 25 to Dec. 31, at the cost of $125 per hour.

During Police Chief Joseph Butler’s report he announced that the Crestline Police Department now has a prescription drug drop-off. Butler stated that the police department would accept prescription and over the counter medications with the exception of liquids and syringes.

Harold updated council on the Harvest Festival Monday night. In Harold’s report he noted that the village has received over $10,000 in donations for this year’s festival, which begins Sept. 18.

Harold also unfurled the Kid’s Ride Day Special ticket for the festival. For the price of $10 per ticket, kids will be able to redeem the ticket for a wristband for unlimited rides at the festival from 1 to 10 p.m. on Sept. 18, and from 5 to 10 p.m. on Sept. 19.