Brookfield school board hires new treasurer

BROOKFIELD — Brookfield school directors approved hiring a board member from another Trumbull County district Wednesday as the new treasurer.

David Drawl, of Mosquito Lake, was hired to replace former treasurer Samantha L. Foy at $48,000. Drawl said he has a financial background and also serves as board president in Maplewood Local School District.

Ms. Foy resigned in May after only nine months as Brookfield’s treasurer to take another job, she said.

Drawl becomes Brookfield’s third treasurer in as many years. His salary is the lowest among those at his position in the county, Superintendent Steve Stohla said.

Cities’ fire departments to help each other

SHARON — Sharon council Thursday authorized entering a joint automatic fire response agreement with the city of Farrell.

The agreement means that each city’s fire department will send two people and a truck to structure fires in the other city automatically. The departments currently operate under a mutual aid pact, which means they help each other if called.

Sharon Fire Chief Terence Whalen said it’s a safety issue and provides two extra people for the initial response to a fire.

He said that there will be contact when a structure fire call comes in to tell the other department whether to continue in, return to the station or stage where they are depending on what the department finds when they arrive.

Whalen said it was hard to determine what impact the agreement might have on overtime pay, as it depends on how many calls come in. When men on duty go out to a fire, he said two more are called in to work at the station.

Council member Frank Connelly commended the two departments for working together to help both communties in emergencies.

This was a first reading of the agreement. It will be final after a second reading next month.