Officer sworn in; council OKs notes for new building
The St. Marys City Council met up on Monday, with another officer being added to the St. Marys Police Department.
Officer Lance A. Brunswick was officially sworn in Monday by Mayor Patrick McGowan and other members of the city council.
Coming in after graduating from Marion Local High School, receiving a criminal justice degree from the University of Toledo and Owens Community College Police Academy, Brunswick is uniquely suited for the position.
“He is our newest hire,” said Chief Jake Sutton about how Brunswick came into the employment of the SMPD. “He is replacing an officer who retired just a couple months ago.”
Brunswick came into the position through his own hard work and will be filling a void due to the previous officers retirement. This comes in as another piece of good news for him, with his current engagement working for him. His brother, parents, and grandparents were able to make
it to the ceremony to be sworn in.
“He has previously worked in the village of New Bremen and also with the Auglaize County Sheriff’s Office and their auxiliary,” Sutton said about his experience, which will be invaluable to his career ahead. “Currently he is a sergeant in the Army National guard.”
Like other officers before him, he will be faithfully uphold the state and federal Constitution’s
in his time as a police officer, as his duty for the City of St. Marys.
Other business that was conducted at the council meeting focused macoinly on the second and first readings. No third readings were conducted at the meeting.
Ordinances 2021-21 and 2021-22 focused mainly on amending sections 561.01 and 1343.06 respectively of the Codified Ordinances. This is mostly to amend some things that need to be addressed at the time. A third reading will be conducted at the next meeting several weeks from now.
The first readings, however, ended up being a little more eventful.
Ordinance 2021-27, which focused on the authorization of issuing notes involving the issuance of bonds that will occur for the 2021 Street Program. With the project coming up soon, this will result in many property owners needing to be paid. The ordinance had the rules suspended for it and was approved, which means a note in the amount of $40,000 will be made in anticipation for future bonds.
Ordinance 2021-28 was introduced soon after, with a fairly similar premise. This one wanted to approve the issuance and sale of notes in the maximum amount of $1,200,000 when it comes to the installation of a municipal building in the near future. This ordinance came along with an official Fiscal Officers Certificate to help support the ordinance. It was approved after suspension of the rules, with votes being unanimous.
The council ended with no further plans or future meetings having been discussed.