NEWS RELEASE
The Board of
8:30 a.m. General Session – Commissioners approved and signed various resolutions, contracts and documents, approved several travel requests, reviewed the agenda items and the calendar of events, discussed upcoming meetings and updated information for the calendar of events.
Commissioners
received word that the county received an increase in the FY03 Emergency
Management Performance Grant. The
original award was in the amount of $19,400; the new award amount is $27,629. The EMP Grant is the 50% reimbursement grant
that is used for day-to-day emergency management activities.
The Board discussed
other avenues of funding for log jam removal.
A letter will be generated to
Jim Volkert, from
the Fair Board, stopped in and dropped off a check in the amount of $9,354.36
as partial payment toward the Fairgrounds Beef Barn project.
9:50 a.m.
EXECUTIVE SESSION
ended at
Tim has several
upcoming seminars:
July 21
August 14 Ohio Solid Waste District Work Group, Columbus
Various work orders
are ongoing at the Landfill – final cover, air permit, explosive gas, borrow
area, soil samples and the wetlands permitting, just to name a few. The woods removal project is completed; his
office is just waiting for the bill. Also,
the farm contract with Andy Shininger is completed.
Tim informed the
Board that the air compressor at the Landfill has died. He had been renting one from Bil-Jax for
$1,000 per month, but the rental contract is due to expire. He submitted quotes for a new compressor from
the following:
Bil-Jax Airman Compressor $11,000.00
Southeastern Equipment Sullair
Compressor $11,495.00
GS Compressors Grimmer Schmidt $ 9,950.00
Moriarty Company Ingersoll Rand $ 9,995.00
The Board took the
information under advisement and will further discuss the quotes.
Road collection is
behind by about 13 miles.
The Solid Waste
District Annual Report has been completed and was submitted
Today’s meeting adjourned at
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