Mayor· 2024-01-01–2027-12-31 (elected Nov 2023 per Fairfield County official canvass (read); Ohio Revised Code § 733.02 (text read): four-year term commencing January 1 next after election, so the term starts January 1, 2024 and ends December 31, 2027)
Don McDaniel
Lancaster
No biography on file yet.
Voice
- Meetings spoken in
- 11
- Total speaking time
- 25:55
- Avg per meeting
- 2:21
- Segments
- 306
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Top issues during term (17)(Public Safety)
Job and Family Services concerns raised by resident
Registered sex offenders at family-friendly events
St. Mary School resource officer
Not stated in the meeting.
Police funding for obligations and retirements
About $221,550 total from the general fund and police levy fund.
Flock license-plate camera system
Residents estimate the system costs about $200,000 a year.
Prosecution service contracts
About $257,000 a year flowing into the general fund, with a ~3% rate increase coming.
Fire Department mutual aid modernization
Fire department overtime funding
Moves $75,000 within the general fund; no new taxes.
Lucas chest compression device for fire department
Grant funding is being sought; amounts not stated.
police chief departure
Recruiting and vetting a new police chief could cost taxpayers some extra cash for search firms and relocation packages.
Accessible pedestrian signals at 12 intersections
$70,000 grant-funded equipment; ongoing maintenance by city crews.
Emergency Vehicle Traffic Signal Preemption
$800,000 fully federally funded with no local match.
Sheridan Drive apartment fire
Fatal East Side fire under investigation
National opioid settlement recovery
Settlement dollar amounts were not disclosed; funds would come to the city.
Violence Against Women Act Grant
Grant funds offset the cost of a city prosecutor; no local match details were stated.
Police response speeding
Decisions during term (0)
Recorded while McDaniel was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
No decisions found matching Public Safety.