CANFIELD TOWNSHIP — Chief Deputy Jeff Allen from the Mahoning County Sheriff’s Office gave trustees an update at their Tuesday meeting, saying accidents are up, but car break-ins are down.

With the break-ins down, Allen’s deputies can focus more on speeding in the township.

“We are trying to keep up on speed complaints,” Allen said. “(Recently) we’ve spent time on McCarty.”

Trustee Marie Cartwright asked about watching the speed on Summit Drive. Allen said the early morning is when the complaints seem to be heaviest regarding speeding vehicles. He said he has deputies set up on the street and will continue to do so.

Cartwright said Langston Run is going to be the next street with speeding issues. Allen told trustees to just email the streets that are problems and he would check into it.

Trustee Joe Paloski asked Allen if he could use a drone to monitor traffic, but he said not to do speed radar.

While on the subject of drones, Allen said there is a grant he heard about that will provide for drones or Flock cameras. He said the Flock cameras have an annual fee per camera of more than $2,500. Four cameras would cost more than $10,000 a year to use.

“I would go for the drone,” Allen said. “They can be very useful.”

He said more information on the grant will be known Nov. 1.

In other business:

l    Trustees voted unanimously to accept change orders of balances left over from the keyless entry system project and the generator installation project. Both projects were from a Mahoning County Commissioners grant. The keyless entry balance was $6,119 and the generator excess was $58,928. The township previously received permission to use the excess of $65,047 to be reallocated for the proposed pickleball court project at Township Community Park.

l    Trustees approved the purchase of a 2025 Sewer Truck from Brown Equipment Co. of Evansville, Indiana, at a list price of $533,850, minus the trade-in value of the 2006 Vactor truck at $35,000. The approval came with the condition that ABC Water District funds help cover between $100,000 and $200,000 of the cost.

l    Trustees approved Larry’s Truck and Auto of Canfield to replace the exhaust emission components of the 2018 plow truck at a cost not to exceed $12,902.42.

l    Trustees approved hiring Lattanzio Construction to remove and replace a steel door at Fire Station 3 at a cost not to exceed $2,400.