Brimfield Town Hall

Kent-Brimfield JEDD doesn’t want funds used for dispatch services

- Wendy DiAlesandro

It’s up to the state auditor’s office now. Brimfield Township, which manages the Kent-Brimfield Maintenance and Improvement fund for the mutually beneficial Joint Economic Development District, may be in for some more bad news.

The Kent-Brimfield JEDD is south, east and west of Kent, but north of a separate JEDD the township has with Tallmadge. The M&I Fund is to be used for maintenance and permanent improvements anticipated to last five years or more, Kent Community Development Director Bridget Susel said at a May 19 JEDD board meeting.

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