Volunteer opportunity

The Community Development Department is looking for applicants who want to serve our community as a volunteer on either the Miami Township Zoning Commission or the Miami Township Board of Zoning Appeals.

The Board of Zoning Appeals is currently looking for one regular member and one alternate member. Board members hear all requests for variances, conditional uses, substitutions of nonconforming uses, and administrative appeals. It is a trustee-appointed position. The board meets on the first Monday of every month beginning at 6 p.m.

The Zoning Commission oversees the zoning map and zoning resolution of the township. The commission hears cases pertaining to map amendments, planned developments and architectural review. It is currently looking for a citizen to serve as an alternate member. It is a trustee-appointed position. The commission meets on the third Tuesday of each month starting at 6 p.m.

To serve on a board or commission, you must live in unincorporated Miami Township. To apply, please send a letter of interest and resume to: Miami Twp. Community Development Department, Attn: Kyle Hinkelman, 2700 Lyons Road, Miamisburg, OH 45342.

For more information: Call 937433-3426 or email khinkelman@ miamitownship.com. MARCS (Multi-Agency Radio Communication System), was installed last month at each of the district’s five school buildings by P&R Radio Communications of Dayton.

After the Chardon High School incident, and in the wake of the events at Sandy Hook and other security-related incidents in schools, MARCS and state officials saw the need to provide a rapid response mechanism that would more immediately connect schools to their local law enforcement agencies. This radio, called MARCS-In-Schools, is placed in designated areas of each school building. It will allow a school administrator or designee to immediately and silently notify local law enforcement needing help. This type of technology is already being used in other school districts in Montgomery County and also throughout the state of Ohio.

The system is designed to prevent confusion over emergency needs and reduce response time by immediately identifying an incident as an emergency. School administrators and school safety officers throughout the district can activate the MARCS system from any given location via their portable radios, resulting in faster response time from law enforcement agencies.

TY GREENLEES / STAFF The removal of the Tait Station low dam on the Great Miami River has been completed, according to the Miami Conservancy District. Workers from Cardno Environmental Management were completing reconstruction of the banks Wednesday with a native seed mix and blanketing to hold the seeds in place.