Service Safety Director

The Safety Service Director (SSD) is committed to ensuring quality City Services and providing a safe and pleasing environment for the community by focusing on high ethical standards, efficiency and effectiveness, civility, teamwork, and pursuit of excellence.

The Safety Service Director is appointed by the Mayor. The SSD functions to preserve and improve the quality of City Services and Safety by effectively managing operations of City departments including Building, Cemetery, Code Enforcement, Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Fire, Human Resources, IT/Telecom, Municipal Gas, Police, Sanitation, Storm Water, Transit, Transportation, Utilities Collection, Water, and Water Pollution Control. 
Additional services executed through the SSD office include:
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Pictured above: The bell within the tower located at City Hall that does actively ring

Contact Us


  1. Paul Martin

    Paul D. Martin 
    Service Safety Director

    servicedirector@ci.lancaster.oh.us


    Katie Wheeling
    Executive Assistant

    kwheeling@ci.lancaster.oh.us


    104 E. Main St.

    Room 102

    Lancaster, Ohio 43130


    Phone: 740-687-6608

    Fax: 740-687-6698



    Hours


    Monday - Friday


    8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.