This 13th day of March, 2019, the Board of County Commissioners met in regular session with the following members present: Roy Klopfenstein, Mark Holtsberry and Cindy Peters, Clerk absent: Tony Zartman
ALLOWANCE OF CLAIMS:
Warrants documented as 249846 through 249936 for County Bills were approved and certified to the County Auditor for payment.
IN THE MATTER OF APPROVING ‘THEN AND NOW’ PURCHASE ORDERS AND PAYMENTS:
WHEREAS, the Paulding County Auditor has certified the following “Then and Now” purchase order number and payment included in the Allowance of Claims on March 11, 2019, Warrants numbered 249729 through 249845 in the amount of $154,663.26; and
WHEREAS, it is certified that both at the time that the contract or order was made (“then”), and at the time that the County Auditor is completing the certification (“now”), that sufficient funds were available or in the process of collection, to the credit of a proper fund, properly appropriated and free from any previous encumbrance; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Ohio Revised Code §5705.41(D)(1), these purchases must be approved by resolution of the Board of County Commissioners; now, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paulding County Commissioners approve the Then and Now Purchase Orders as submitted by the Auditor; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that it is found and determined that all formal actions of this Board of County Commissioners, County of Paulding, State of Ohio concerning the adoption of this resolution were adopted in an open meeting of this Board of County Commissioners, and that all deliberations of this Board of County Commissioners and of any of its committees that resulted in such formal action, were in meetings open to the public in compliance with all legal requirements including Section §121.22 of the Ohio Revised Code.
TRAVEL REQUEST:
• Claudia Fickel, District Meeting, Lima, OH – March 22, 2019
IN THE MATTER OF APPROVING THE DITCH ASSESSMENTS FOR THE MELODY ACRES DITCH IMPROVEMENT PROJECT:
WHEREAS, the Melody Acres Ditch Drainage Improvement Project was petitioned through the Paulding County Soil and Water Conservation District; and
WHEREAS, Daniel Foust of the Paulding County Soil and Water Conservation District presented the ditch assessments to the landowners for the Melody Acres Ditch Improvement Project; now, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of County Commissioners of Paulding does hereby approve the ditch assessments to the landowners for the Melody Acres Ditch Improvement Project as prepared and presented by the Paulding County Soil and Water Conservation District, a copy of same provided to the Paulding County Auditor.
IN THE MATTER OF AMENDING THE 2019 ANNUAL APPROPRIATION (FUND 010)
BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of County Commissioners does hereby direct the County Auditor to amend the 2019 Annual Appropriation by appropriating the following in the Soil Conservation Fund (Fund 010), to-wit; 010-001-00015/SWCD/Equipment Grant AMOUNT: $ 500.00
Meeting Notes of Appointments
• Joe Burkard, County Prosecutor – The Commissioners presented the CCAO Group Rating Agreement to Mr. Burkard for his approval.
• The Commissioners then attended the Land Bank meeting in the conference room.
• Jason Landers, Sheriff – Sheriff Landers –Sheriff Landers presented his 2019 projections and monthly Jail report for the month ending February 28, 2019. There were 74 male inmates serving 626 days and 20 female inmates serving 230 days in the month of February for a total of 856 days served. Total inmates held were 94. The average inmates held per day was 30.5 with 22.3 being male and 8.2 female. The average inmates stay per day was 11.5 with 8.4 being male and 11.5 female. Total meals served for the month of February totaled 2,338 meals. Sheriff Landers and the Commissioners also discussed the IT needs at the Sheriff’s office.
• Mr. Zielke presented the PCED Director report. LaFarge Holcim/One Energy Wind Project – construction has started on the wind turbine project at Lafarge by One Energy. He spoke with them today and plan on being completed by mid-summer. Uncle Fudd’s work is continuing on her new restaurant north of Grover Hill on SR 637. EDPR Timber Road IV Wind Farm – EDPR is developing and designing an additional wind turbine project east of SR 49 in Benton, Harrison, Paulding and Crane townships. Plan is for 125 MW farm with 31 turbines. Construction time line is now 2nd quarter 2019 with completion by the end of 2019. They signed a power purchase agreement last week with Microsoft. Paulding County Land Bank work continues on acquiring properties and removing blighted houses and buildings within the County. Liberty Fuel Stop has been transferred from the state into the Paulding County Land Bank. A grant has been applied for to clean up the property. New American Reel in Antwerp is working on leasing additional space in the facility and is doing additional projects to the building. A builder is currently using an area of the building to construct small and large utility buildings. The Harvest Company in Paulding – Banks, investors, USDA and Jobs Ohio are working on new funding proposal for the project. Jobs Ohio is providing a $150,000 redevelopment & revitalization grant for the project. Loans package is just about complete looking at starting construction in the spring. Ryan has been meeting with local contractors to get things ready for construction. Paulding Industrial Park – Mr. Zielke is working for spec building for the CIC property. Mr. Zielke is meeting with two additional companies interested in possible building on the property in the future. Mr. Zielke is also working with Attorney Matthew Miller on getting information for the west 9 acre CIC & Todd Schweller properties annexed to the Village, so we can apply for EDA grant funding for water and sewer extension from Alex Products. Napoleon, Defiance and Western Railroad improvements continuing along all sections of the railroad. Mr. Zielke has been working with NSWR on a Tiger rant for additional funding for 2019. Workforce Development & Training – We have scheduled the 2019 Career Opportunity Showcase for High School students for Tuesday, April 2, 2019 at the OSU Extension. We our planning a school administrator and guidance counselor tour of local manufacturing businesses. Northwest State Community College is now using the SBIC conference room for training class for local employers. The first training went well. Mr. Zielke continues to search for additional funding opportunities for a number of local projects and continues to work on an EDA funding grant and USDA Rural Development grant as time allows. Paulding Downtown Revitalization group is moving forward with a possible historical districts and Community reinvestment area for downtown Paulding. The pre-application for the downtown district has been approved to the Ohio Historical Connection. Mr. Zielke noted that work continues on the upstairs for the innovative center.
• Dan Foust, SWCD – Mr. Foust presented preliminary ditch reports for the Melody Acres and the John Russell ditches that the SWCD boards have signed off on. The Commissioners passed a resolution to approve the ditch assessments for the Melody Acres Ditch. (See resolution above.) Advertisement will follow. The Commissioners will need to pass a resolution for the construction of the John Russell Ditch and to place on maintenance after it has been constructed to Soil & Water specifications. Maintenance assessment only collection likely in 2020. Mr. Foust also questioned staff members using personal vehicles for county work and liability in doing so. The Commissioners will discuss further with the County Prosecutor.
• Claudia Fickel, County Auditor – Ms. Fickel presented reports for the Commissioners to review and sign off on based on the State Auditors request. Sales tax isn’t in yet for the month. Receipts are up by 1.6%; Expenses are up 11.8%. General Fund balance $2,232,000.00 the end of February. Included is the Auditor/Treasurer report that balances each other. Budget vs Actual report for General Fund only. Total appropriations and year to date expenses. Settlements are done; windfarms are done. Collected more than five hundred (500+) AG District Forms; with more coming. Conservation – AG valuation will go down and the soil rates will go down for next year.
