Turkey Creek Township board of trustees Monday unanimously approved Fire Chief Mickey Scott’s recommended slate of officers for 2016.

“We’ve placed them in the positions for which they are best suited,” said Scott.

The approved officers are Scott, fire chief; Brian Richcreek, deputy chief; Anthony Meek, EMS captain; and Quinn Hunter, Robert Tinkey and Howard Birkel as A, B and C shift captains, respectively.

As Richcreek filled his recently created position from within the ranks, the department’s hiring committee recommended the board “provide a conditional offer of employment to Gregory Scott to begin in 2016 pending completion of the 77 PERF requirements.”

Township attorney Andrew Grossnickle assured the board there are no violations of the township’s anti-nepotism policy and the board unanimously approved the recommendation.

Upon Gregory Scott’s hire, the department will staff 14 full-time and 25 volunteer personnel.

Township Trustee Barb Griffith presented her final monthly budget report for the calendar year. “Things were pretty quiet last month,” she said. “Those people who normally come in for help are down from past years.”

Her November poor relief report indicated her office paid out $675 for rent, $2,093.89 for utilities (down from $2,616.97 in October) and $69.52 in medical and dental benefits. No money was expended for funerals or food.

Griffith said she has “been in contact with the accountant and everything is in order” to prepare and issue tax statements and other year-end documents. Griffith also visited the township’s bank to facilitate fund transfers and contacted PERF for instructions to update processing after the first of the year.

“We’re pretty well set until January,” she said.

In other business:

• The board unanimously approved the recommendation of James Boone to fill an upcoming vacancy on the sewer board. Current board member James Evans is resigning.

• Griffith accompanied contractor Larry Weaver to Cable Cemetery to assess the need for tree trimming and debris removal. “It is very overgrown,” she said. Weaver will begin work there after he finishes Union Cemetery, and then he will work on Mock Cemetery.

• The chassis for the new ambulance should be “arriving soon,” according to Scott. A trade in of the department’s 2002 ambulance will be discussed at an upcoming meeting with Penn Care, who will construct the new ambulance.

• Grossnickle notified the board members they needed to sign new certifications of the township’s anti-nepotism policy for 2016.

• The board unanimously appointed Steve Snyder to serve as the at-large member of the fire board for 2016-17.

Scott ended his report with a public admonition:

“Our department urges everyone to have an operational carbon monoxide detector and smoke detector in their home at all times, especially during the winter months when heating appliances are utilized the most.

“A working carbon monoxide detector is just as important as having a working smoke detector.

“Remember, you cannot see or smell carbon monoxide, which is a by-product of the combustion process that silently replaces the oxygen in your blood stream.

“If anyone does not have a working smoke detector and/or carbon monoxide detector and cannot afford one, please come to either of our fire stations and we will make sure you receive one.”

The board next meets at 7:15 p.m. Monday, Jan. 11, at Syracuse Town Hall.