I know it has been a couple weeks but this project is dependent on audio CDs of County Commission meetings being made available.  On Friday afternoon, I picked up 4 CDs of the last two weeks of meetings and this is the first one.

There are also some changes on the website with more of a free membership requirement to access the whole site.

File 2 shows the Preble DD Board has had four members leave over the last couple months.

File 3  Has Mindy Robbins in and the report that as of October 22, the County cash balance was $2,772,256.01. For comparison the October 16, 2009 balance was $1,617,934.48

File 4  Has discussion on the appointment of Mark Ulrich of West Alexandria to fill the last Commission seat on the Preble Development Board. By all accounts he will make a fine addition from the farm community which lacks representation. I will add once again that the Preble Development Board continues to lack representation from the western part of the county and Camden. While the new economic development director claims to represent the whole county the fact remains the Preble Development Board does not. The longer that continues the more people from those areas will become aware of the issue and it will rightly fully grow.

File 5 With the approach of the annual budget hearings, GIS funding is discussed in this meeting. Ultimately it appears to come down to who will have control of GIS. Right now it appears the Commissioners may go for $70,000 and then bill departments for use but that is not a decided issue yet. There was mention of ballot language in File 5. I am not sure if that reflects intent to put the issue up or how to take money from an already passed issue. One view is combining GIS, Tax Map and Zoning. The impression left from previous meetings is that there is more cost in employee hours than needed and there should be savings by combining offices.

File7 The Children’s Service monthly meeting revealed 83 children in custody.

File 9 has the ongoing debate on a previously cover ditch issue. It appears that with the department still having $60,000 in their accounts that they will be expected to cover the $4,550 that was spent. There had been an effort to combine three ditches that was later abandoned.

File 11

Had an Executive Session to discuss the ongoing mediation of the PorkFest lawsuit against the Ag Society and County Commissioners.

File 12  had the guys in from Soil & Water. They had last been in Chambers in March and expected a 50% match from the state.  They ended up getting a 93% match, the payments of which will stretch into the first six months of 2011. They requested a new vehicle & 9 – 10% raises. The raises were rated more important than the vehicle that has 75,000 + miles. I don’t think the raises will sell with so many n the courthouse not getting them.

Preble County, Ohio

County Commissioners

October 25,  2010

Meeting audio and review

Three Commissioners in attendance

File 1

I. OPEN MEETING

II. CALL OF ROLL

III. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

IV. PRAYER

V. PUBLIC COMMENTS

VI. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

NOTE RECEIPT & CONSIDER APPROVAL BY SIGNING THE JOURNALIZATION & NOTE RECEIPT OF THE CD RECORDATION BOTH AS THE OFFICIAL MINUTES FOR THE OCTOBER 20TH REGULAR SESSION MEETING

End 2.54 minute mark on CD – 638 KB

File 2

VII. APPROVAL OF VOUCHERS

NOTE RECEIPT & CONSIDER APPROVAL BY SIGNING THE VOUCHERS AS SUBMITTED BY THE COUNTY AUDITOR

VIII. FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS

A. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF RES. #552-10-147

RE: AUTH. PAYMENT – JUVENILE CT. ($4,481.00) & CHILDREN SVS. ($5,073.35)

B. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF RES. #553-10-1470

RE: TRANSFER OF FUNDS – VARIOUS DEPTS.

C. NOTE RECEIPT OF AN AMENDED CERTIFICATE

RE: IMMUNIZATION ACTION PLAN – $3,518.00

D. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF RES. #555-10-147

RE: SUPPLE. APPROP. – IMMUNIZATION ACTION PLAN – $4,481.00

6.75 minute mark     IX. CORRESPONDENCE & REPORTS

A. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF RES. #554-10-147

RE: RECOGNIZING PREBLE DD BOARD MEMBERS

Paul Schaeffer

Mary Louis Howard

Carol Showalter sp?

Stan Spenser

B. NOTE RECEIPT OF A LETTER FROM VETERAN SERVICES

RE: RESIGNATION OF SHARON BROWN

C. NOTE RECEIPT OF & CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A PERSONNEL ACTION BY SIGNING A NOTICE OF RESIGNATION

RE: RESIGNATION OF DEBRA BROCK – COMMISSION

D. NOTE RECEIPT OF & CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A PERSONNEL ACTION BY SIGNING A NOTICE OF RESIGNATION

RE: RESIGNATION OF TRISHA STROZIER – JFS

11.6 minute mark on cd  

8.43 minutes –  2.00 MB

File 3

9:15 A.M. – MINDY ROBBINS (GENERAL FUND FINANCIAL UPDATES)

13.75 minute mark     Cash Balance on October 22, 2010 – $2,772,256.01

Sales tax – $22,693 over estimate

Charges for services $72,082

Local Government $64,467.50

Interest $8,168.28

17.5 minute mark     Commissioner Stonecash "the fact that you do provide us every single week with the total of the 1 mill conveyance fee (transfer tax) that was established last year. Certainly appreciate that. The fact that it is kept up weekly with a running total and we do know how much is in that fund and that is what it was designed for economic development. I think it is very important to know that we or you keep very good track of that. For those people that don't think that we do, it is tracked every single week.

19 minute mark on cd  

7.27 minutes –  1.7 MB

File 4

X. TRAVEL REQUESTS

NOTE RECEIPT & CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE FOLLOWING TRAVEL REQUESTS:

A. RES. #556-10-147 – MICHELLE SHAFER, JIMMY WILLIAMS & HEATHER MORTON – JUV. CT.  Cost not to exceed $ 000

B. RES. #557-10-147 – DEPUTY JOSH WING – FOJ  Cost not to exceed $50

C. RES. #558-10-147 – BECKY SORRELL & LORI PUCKETT – JFS  Cost not to exceed $615

21.75 minute mark     Commissioner Stonecash – Connie what else do you have at this time?

Connie – asks if they have come up with a name for the Partnership (Development Group) I heard it was announced at the Farm Bureau meeting as Mark Ulrich of West Alexandria.

Commissioner Stonecash – on needing someone from or represents the farm community. Mentions Mark Ulrich.

Commissioner Day – mentions that he is on the Park Board.

25 minute mark     Connie – on working on this with Katie.

Followed by quite and pages turning. Bob eventually mentions meeting and a neighbor of Mr. Bickley sp?. Sewer District over by Lewisburg.

Discussion on the local resident's qualifications.

Chris Day explains that John Jones is the one qualified and this gentleman would refer to him. May make him a part time employee with his assessment paid by his work, he would qualify for PERS. This would be cheaper than having John running up there to do. Dave refers to Mr. Brickle as the person doing this work.

32.5 minute mark     Connie – mentions Steve Simmons. Report on field fire.

Quite as the report is apparently being read…

35 minute mark     Bob – on a couple damaged fire trucks that drove into the field.

36.5 minute mark on cd  

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17.5 minutes –  4MB

File 5

GIS Funding

36.6  minute mark     Connie –On legal opinion for possible small funding stream for GIS.

38 minute mark     Connie – about GIS – 911 and ballot language, resolution and something about real property owners of Preble County. (Commissioners reading opinion).

Bob and using a small portion of it. Will be discussed next Monday,

40.25 minute mark     Connie – Auditor has given notice that she does not think she can fund 911 for 2011.

41 minute mark     Chris Day on tax map and GIS funding clarification. GIS has no dedicated funding stream. Talk of putting building and zoning, tax map and GIS all in one office. Annual GIS budget is $118,000. Tax Map is $43,000 (under County Engineer) something about a bill from Engineer also.

47 minute mark     Commissioner Stonecash on Mindy thinking she could still do $70,000. (No one else recalls that)

49 minute mark     Commissioner Wesler – On control and who funds the $70,000.

50 minute mark     Commissioner Stonecash – On study group that had been put together to study funding. For him it is history he does not want to talk about it.

51 minute mark     Commissioner Wesler on General Fund paying for it and other counties using the Engineer and REA for funding. Dave mentions Maximus.

Commissioner Day asks who Maximus is.

Connie on it being their cost allocation consultant.

56.4  minute mark     Decision to invite Health Department, Sheriff, Auditor and the Engineer to meet with Commissioners.

57.5 minute mark on cd  

21.15 minutes –  4.86 MB

File 6

Commissioner Stonecash – What do you think about that November 16; we are invited t o a luncheon for discussion for the need for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development approved community consolidation plan. Wayne Morrison is the Board's President for Preble County Metropolitan Housing Authority. Mary Bullen Board President of the HIT Foundation and Rita Daily the Executive Director of Community Action Partnership. November 16 at noon – Country Club. Question on date as it says Thursday.

Chris Day – we need to have Kim and Connie both there.

Chamber of Commerce meeting on Thursday at YMCA.

1 hr.  2.5 minute mark on cd  

4.57 minutes –  1.13 MB

File7

10:00 A.M. – CHILDREN SERVICES MONTHLY MEETING

1 hr.  3 minute mark     Currently 83 kids in custody.

1 hr.  11.5 minute mark     Commissioner Day – So the Budget Hearings are the week of the 15th?

1 hr. 11.75 minute mark on cd  

9.18 minutes –  2.12 MB

AUDIO REMOVED FROM 1 HR. 11.75 TO 1 HR. 18.75 (JUST BACK GROUND NOISE)

File 8

Commissioner Stonecash – Confirmed reservations and it is Tuesday. 12:00 – 1:30.

Commissioner Day – They will just have to get it done in an hour. (Budget Hearings week)

1 hr.  20.75 minute mark     Commissioner Stonecash – I was interested in what Mary's contribution was. To the Partnership. garbled

Commissioner Day – No, I haven't Bob. I have not of course I haven't been to the meetings.

Someone writing

1 hr.  24.75 minute mark    Commissioner Stonecash – You know if you take this a here. What we are creating is a poorer ?? community over there and here and down there and us there. I'm not sure we are doing anyone any favors.

more writing

1 hr.  29.5 minute mark    Commissioner Stonecash – On Dayton Development Coalition meeting he went with Shawnda. Also mentioned Miller Beer also does Coors and Pabst.

1 hr. 30.8 minute mark on cd  

12.19 minutes –  2.78 MB

File 9

1 hr.  31 minute mark    Connie – On Katie's opinion on the $4550 plus spent on combining three ditches that in the end were not combined.

1 hr.  35.25 minute mark    Katie Worthington comes in.

Extended discussion of ditch issue.

1 hr.  50.50 minute mark     A cat meowing?? lol

1 hr.  56 minute mark     No real reason to combine the ditches.

1 hr.  59 minute mark    Connie reports they still have $60,000

2 hr. 2.1 minute mark on cd  

31.11 minutes –  7.13 MB

File 10

John Jones in chamber over Brickle Subdivision issue mentioned earlier.

Gentleman performs service in exchange for free sewage assessment, currently estimated at $55 a month. County worried about liability.

2 hr. 10.25 minute mark on cd  

8.07 minutes –  1.86 MB

File 11

Connie – Do you want discus the education specialist. (Solid Waste)

Commissioner Stonecash – Could you get Katie down to tell us about the mediation.

Katie comes in and move to go into Executive Session over Pork Fest litigation.

EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS PORK FEST LITIGATION

Exit session.

2 hr. 14.8 minute mark on cd  

4.43 minutes –  1.08 MB

File 12

11:30 A.M. – SOIL & WATER (FY11 BUDGET)

2 hr.  15 minute mark    We were in here on March 8 of this year…. state match ended up being about 93% instead of 50%. Makes budgeting difficult.

They have been told 54% match next year for state match. Monthly payments started in July and stretch into the first six months of next year.

2 hr.  18 minute mark    Down to one vehicle, would like to get a new one and possibly transfer the old one to county (old one has over 70,000 mile).

Anticipated doing 30 – 35 water ways in March and they actually did 32, valued at $644,000 (checks given to Preble County Farmers).

2 hr.  21 minute mark    Running about a year behind on projects.

2 hr.  26.5 minute mark    Would like raises of 9 – 10%.

2 hr.  34.5 minute mark    Salaries first, truck secondary. (truck about 10 years old) used to have two vehicles.

2 hr.  36.10 minute mark    Commissioners asked about foreclosures – Chris Day – They are still about 10%

2 hr. 41 minute mark on cd  

26.07 minutes –  5.97 MB

File 13

OSU Training on Friday cancelled

Adjourn

2 hr. 42 minute mark on cd  

.46 minutes –  182kb