The Chillicothe Safety Service Committee reported July 14 that the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections awarded the Chillicothe Municipal Court a grant of $142,590. The committee approved accepting the funds for the period beginning July 1, 2025; the committee also reported that the grant does not require matching funds.

Committee Chair Preston presented the report during the council's reports of committees. She said the grant funds are paid in quarterly installments to the city and that the acceptance was approved by the Safety Service Committee.

The committee reported the grant period as beginning 07/01/2025 and ending in a year date recorded in the transcript that appears garbled; the committee statement did not provide a clear end date in the public record. Committee members explicitly stated the grant does not require matching funding.

The council did not take a separate full-council vote on the acceptance during the July 14 session; the report was informational to the full council. The Safety Service Committee did not provide detailed programmatic conditions, reporting requirements or expected city-level budgeting impacts during the report.