MIAMI TOWNSHIP, Ohio — Miami Township Police Department swore in two new officers, Nathan Hermes and Ashley Valco, during trustees’ July business meeting Tuesday, the department announced.
“Please join us in welcoming the two newest officers,” the department said in a Facebook post following the swearing-in. “We wish them long, safe, and fulfilling careers with our police department.”
The meeting was held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 21, in the Trustee Meeting Room at the township’s Civic Center, 6101 Meijer Drive in Milford, according to the meeting agenda posted by the township.
Hermes and Valco join the department under trustees Ken Tracy, Mark Schulte and Mary Makley Wolff, who oversee the township, with Tracy serving as board chairperson, Eric Ferry as fiscal officer and Steve Kelly as township administrator.
The meeting’s agenda also called for a presentation on the concept for the Funbury Music Festival from Bill Donabedian. The multi-day music festival is planned for June 2027, according to the event’s website.
The board’s new-business agenda included 17 items spanning several township departments. Service department items included repairs to a culvert at Happy Hollow, the purchase of road sensors, a small salt truck and the bid award for the second phase of the Miamiville sidewalk project, according to the agenda.
Fire and EMS agenda items included an ambulance wrap, an Opticom traffic-preemption system, a network upgrade at Station 26 and new station mattresses, the agenda shows. Police department items included a job description update for an administrative assistant position, garage door work and approval for out-of-township travel.
Administrative items on the agenda included a health insurance renewal, a resolution to dispose of surplus township property, payment of bills and a review of credit card fees, according to the agenda.
Trustees were also scheduled to hear department reports from community development, finance, fire and EMS, police, recreation, service and administration before turning to the new-business items, the agenda shows.
The information contained in this story was obtained from Miami Township and the Miami Township Police Department.