LIME CITY — Trustees gave thanks at their regular meeting on Wednesday to the many township departments that helped behind the scenes at the bicentennial celebration on Saturday.

“I think the bicentennial went great. Kudos to everyone that was involved. There were nice crowds, considering the weather and everything seemed to run pretty smoothly. I hope everyone had a good time,” Trustee Joe Schaller said.

Trustee Gary Britten echoed Schaller’s opinion.

“I was a little worried with the way the weather started out in the morning, but we had a pretty good crowd and it went very well,” Britten said, with reference to the light morning rain. “It was a real success.”

Trustee Bob Mack followed with his own praises.

“The speaker (Douglas Brinkley) was phenomenal, I thought. It was great seeing all of our team there. It was a pretty special weekend. I’d like to thank everyone who participated,” Mack said.

Wednesday’s meeting was shorter than usual, as Sundday’s bicentennial celebration also featured a special trustees meeting, during which the departments gave brief descriptions of what they do and brief reports. The bulk of the special meeting was made up of special proclamation presentations.

In other business, the trustees also congratulated Police Chief Mark Hetrick and the officers at the meeting on the department’s 50th anniversary.

As part of their celebration, the officers wore their new 50th anniversary uniforms to the bicentennial. The uniforms are replicas of the original ones worn on the formation of the department.

Hetrick thanked the Rossford Eagles for a $1,000 donation.

Hetrick also presented department and detective statistics for April. Of note was the number of traffic crashes, which were lower than average, with year-to-date at 201 and 34 for April. Also down from the year’s average were alarms, counting 31 for a year-to-date of 211.

The detective report shows that catalytic converter thefts continue in the township, with six cases in April. The detectives also participated in a 4-day Forensic Interview Class.

New-hire officers Alexa Miller and Andrew Watson were approved by trustees. They will each start on May 28, at $34.38 per hour pay.

Three purchase orders were approved for the police department:

• for purchase and installation of equipment for the new cruiser from Buckeye Emergency Equipment for $15,499

• for annual renewal of the policy manual and daily training bulletins from Lexipol services for $7,941

• for new-hire weapons from Vance’s Law Enforcement for $9,173, including three Tasers, two rifles, two Streamlight key and battery sets, three 9mm Glocks with night sights, magazines, backstraps, hard cases and locks.

Also approved was the disposition of Officer Robert Grooms’ Glock 17, 9mm service weapon, for fair market value of $100. Grooms is retiring.

“He’s been a great employee and I’m sad to see him go,” Hetrick said.

In other business, Maintenance Department Director Marvin Conner participated in a pre-construction meeting for the roads project with Gerken, which will start milling on Thompson Road on May 30.

Britten also brought up the recent reunification drill at Hull Prairie Intermediate.

“For future reference, I think we need to reach out to the school districts, both Perrysburg and Rossford. …They had the Perrysburg fire department and police department there. I don’t know if you guys heard anything about it (referring to the fire and police chiefs), it didn’t have anything to do with law enforcement training, but moving forward, if they’re starting the process, I’m pretty sure they’re going to get a little more in depth than this.

“Especially with Hull Prairie, it’s township on two sides and sheriff’s department on one side and the city on the other,” Britten added. “I guarantee, if they end up with a shooting at one of these schools, their ambulance and fire department aren’t going to be the only ones that are going to be there.”

He said that he felt all the jurisdictions need to be involved in future safety exercises.

Trustees noted that there are still some bicentennial T-shirts available for purchase.