Boardman Trustees Tom Costello, Larry Moliterno and Brad Calhoun swore-in a new police officer, and also hired a new zoning inspector on Monday night.
      Added to the ranks of the police department was David Jones. He is a graduate of Boardman High School and attended Youngstown State University, where he earned an associate degree. He is currently attending Kent State University and earned his Ohio Police Officer Training Academy certification this month. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 2008 to 2014 and received an honorable discharge.
      Approved as Boardman Township’s new Zoning Inspector was Krista Beniston, of Glenmere Dr., Youngstown, She is currently serving employed the city of Akron as a planning coordinator/transportation planner.
      Her official staring date with Boardman Township has yet to be announced.
      Beniston replaces Acting Zoning Inspector Marilyn Kenner, who will assume the post of Superintendent of the Boardman Township Road Department on July 1, replacing Larry Wilson, who retired.
      Beniston earned a bachelor of arts degree in geography/urban and regional planning from Miami University in 2006. In 2008, she earned a masters degree in city and regional planning from The Ohio State University,
      Beniston served on the City of Youngstown Property Maintenance Appeals Board from Feb., 2012 to Apr., 2014.
      In other matters, trustees approved $18,469 for the purchase of furniture for the newly-redesigned 9-1-1 Call Center at the Boardman Police Department; and the purchase of a 2017 Ford Utility Interceptor at a cost of $31,195. The new vehicle will replace a 2003 Ford Expedition.
      Trustees entered into a contract not to exceed $14,170 with the Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corp. to complete a township wide vacant structure survey.
      Also approved was $4,885 for sealcoating the front and back parking lots at the Government Center.