Preble County, Ohio
County Commissioners
March 29, 2010
Meeting audio and review
All three County Commissioners in attendance.
I. OPEN MEETING
II. CALL OF ROLL
III. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
IV. PRAYER
V. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
NOTE RECEIPT OF & CONSIDER APPROVAL BY SIGNING THE JOURNALIZATION & CONSIDER
APPROVAL OF THE CD RECORDATION BOTH AS THE OFFICIAL MINUTES FOR THE MARCH 24TH
REGULAR SESSION MEETING
VI. PUBLIC COMMENTS
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. #190-10-144
RE: AUTH. PAYMENT – VARIOUS DEPTS.
B. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF RES. #191-10-144
RE: TRANSFER OF FUNDS – VARIOUS DEPTS.
C. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF RES. #198-10-144
RE: AUTH. EXPEND. – $3,150.00 FOR DEBT COLLECTION SOFTWARE TRAINING – CT. COMPUTERIZATION-CLERK OF CTS.
IX. CORRESPONDENCE & REPORTS
A. NOTE RECEIPT OF & CONSIDER APPROVAL BY SIGNING A COURTHOUSE PLAZA USE APPLICATION
RE: MUSIC ON MAIN – VARIOUS DATES – DOWNTOWN EATON, INC.
B. NOTE RECEIPT & CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A HELP WANTED AD
RE: BUILDING & GROUNDS MAINTENANCE WORKER III
C. NOTE RECEIPT OF & CONSIDER APPROVAL BY SIGNING A LETTER TO THE PAYROLL CLERK
RE: PERSONNEL ACTION – BOB BROWER AS BUILDING & GROUNDS MAINT. SUPERVISOR
D. NOTE RECEIPT & CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AN INTERNAL JOB POSTING
RE: EQUIPMENT MECHANIC – LANDFILL
E. NOTE RECEIPT OF A COURT ORDER FROM JUVENILE COURT
RE: TRANSFER OF FUNDS FROM PROBATE CT.-SPECIAL PROJECTS TO JUVENILE CT.- MAGISTRATE SPECIAL PROJECTS FOR COSTS COLLECTED BY PROBATE CT.
F. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF RES. #199-10-144
RE: PROCLAIMING APRIL 2010 AS CHILD ABUSE AWARENESS MONTH
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9:15 A.M. – MINDY ROBBINS (GENERAL FUND FINANCIAL UPDATES)
18.3 minute mark March 26, 2010 Cash Balance $2.187,349.71 — Real Estate tax came in.
Sales Tax $425,526 (Reflects January total)
Charges for Services $213,928
Local Government $41,415
Conveyance Fee (for economic development) – $14,863 for first three months
24 minute mark April – 3 pay periods
Sales tax normally down in April as it reflects February. (short month and bad weather)
26 minute mark February unemployment 14%, last year a little over 13%.
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9:30 A.M. – INVESTMENT ADVISORY BOARD
31.6 minute mark Meeting begins with Preble County Treasurer Brenda K. White
31.5 minute mark Brenda – "I don't really don't have anything to say".
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X. AGREEMENTS & CONTRACTS
A. NOTE RECEIPT OF & CONSIDER APPROVAL BY SIGNING AN AGREEMENT
RE: 2010 SUBSURFACE INVESTIGATION SERVICES AGREEMENT W/ MALCOLM PIRNIE – $14,000.00 – LANDFILL CONSTRUCTION
B. NOTE RECEIPT OF & CONSIDER APPROVAL BY SIGNING AN AGREEMENT
RE: 2010 SOILS PREQUALIFICATION SERVICES AGREEMENT W/ MALCOLM PIRNIE – $20,000.00 – LANDFILL CONSTRUCTION
C. NOTE RECEIPT OF & CONSIDER APPROVAL BY SIGNING AN AMENDMENT
RE: AMENDMENT #8 TO INMATE MEAL SERVICE AGREEMENT W/ ARAMARK CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, LLC – EXTEND ONE YEAR & INCREASE PRICE PER MEAL – $92,000.00 – SHERIFF * Put off pending more information on price increase
D. NOTE RECEIPT OF & CONSIDER APPROVAL BY SIGNING AN AGREEMENT
RE: SAFE SERVICES AGREEMENT W/ DANIEL WICK – $4,200.00 – FCFC
XI. TRAVEL REQUESTS
NOTE RECEIPT & CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE FOLLOWING TRAVEL REQUEST:
A. RES. #192-10-144 – JEWELL GOOD – JFS no reimbursement requested
B. RES. #193-10-144 – LINDA HALE, DANIELLE PIERATT, LESLIE THOMAS – JFS estimated cost not to exceed $30
C. RES. #194-10-144 – JUDGE DUES & MAGISTRATE OVERMYER – PROBATE CT. Estimated cost not to exceed $200
D. RES. #195-10-144 – PENNY McGUIRE, RHONDA HAINES & KRISTA WHEELER – PROBATE CT. Estimated cost not to exceed $200
E. RES. #196-10-144 – JEWELL GOOD & NANCY GRASSMAN – JFS estimated cost not to exceed $20
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49.25 minute mark Aramark contract mentioned earlier and put off pending more information.
51 minute mark 10:00 A.M. – STEVE SIMMONS & RANDY BOWSER (COMBINING COUNTY DITCHES)
A. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF RES. #197-10-144
RE: COMBINING QUINN #760, GORDAN #791, & CAIL #808 DITCHES INTO A SINGLE DRAINAGE MAINT. DISTRICT
1hr. 11.5 minute mark Aramark contract passed
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1hr. 15 minute mark Discussion about "Cindy" in Zoning's role and duties.
1hr. 18 minute mark Dave – on her role as he has knows it and has seen over the years. Question on if it is a full time job in the current economy.
1hr. 21 minute mark Chris – on need for Commercial and Residential being under the same roof. He says he has spoken with contractors but does not name anyone.
1hr. 23.5 minute mark Dave – agrees and says "Amen"
1hr. 25.5 minute mark Bob – says he has had a couple phone calls at home highly recommending "NIC" (they were in last week).
1hr. 28.5 minute mark Village of Camden does not have "County" zoning.
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10:30 A.M. – MARTY BRESHER (ZONING DEPARTMENT)
1hr. 30 minute mark Bob – "Explain to me what all your office does?"
Marty – "Well we handle all the zoning for the county all the unincorporated territories and some of the small villages are under our jurisdiction. We handle the flood plain; we handle finding addresses, complaints. The Appeals Board, the Zoning Commission, the Planning Commission, we get the packets ready for all those board hearings. Kind of a jack of all trades I am down there."
1hr. 31.3 minute mark Bob – And Cindy, you kind of share her with the..
Marty – Right, she is the Building Clerk plus she is the Zoning Clerk.
Dave – When Miami County comes in, Cindy has pretty much done all the preparation for it?
Marty – Correct.
1hr. 33 minute mark Marty – I've already got 20 some pages of correction to be made to the book already has 20 pages (to the zoning resolution..
1hr. 35 minute mark Zoning Resolution is online. Available off of county website prebco.org or at this link: Planning & Zoning Marty hopes to have all maps up in two years, waiting on Sean in GIS to get them done.
1hr. 37.5 minute mark Chris – But… I guess how long is it going to take for him to get … if you would give him a map an area.
Marty – he first needs to give me a map so I know how the parcels are, how many splits there are, this that and whatever.
1hr. 38.5 minute mark no new maps since 1995 and there have been a lot of splits since 1995.
1hr. 40 minute mark Marty plans to stay for 2 1/2 more years and retire at 44 years of service. At 44 years she retires at 100% pay.
1hr. 42.3 minute mark Goose Creek overlay.
1hr. 44.5 minute mark Wind turbines mentioned
1hr. 47.3 minute mark Chris – question on Cindy's time.
1hr. 51 minute mark Marty would like to have someone new hired to train for two years and take over when she retires.
1hr. 55 minute mark Dave – Tough to pay someone for two years at full time. (County hired someone a couple years ago who lasted only a couple months).
Marty – then a year, but six months at the least.
1 hr. 57 minute mark Inspection fees need raised from $25, it cost the county $35.
2 hr. 2 minute mark Chris – need for redundancy in office.
2 hr. 6.1 minute mark Someone comes into room and whispers – "Excuse me this is for you, nobody else, call me. Bless you my children." File 7A (9 seconds – 37.8 kb)
Dave – "OK."
Bob – "Father Taylor"
2 hr. 9 minute mark Deer Run – guy has three unlicensed vehicles.
2 hr. 13 minute mark Marty – "Gasper Township is another township that works good with me."
2 hr. 14.9 minute mark Chris – suggests having Cindy in.
Bob – schedule her in.
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2 hr. 15.9 minute mark Dave – Don at Soil & Water has concerns over confidentiality if a JFS person is hired part time. He wants to bring in a laid off person. They would like assurances on the $12,600 and a part time employee. They want someone in there with some knowledge. At some point they may put $26,000 a side. Right now they can't pull $26,000 out of their budget.
2 hr. 18.5 minute mark Chris – are we just postponing the inevitable or?
2 hr. 22 minute mark Dave leaves but will be back at 1:00
2 hr. 23 minute mark Soil & Water funding conversation. They have lost three people since last year.
2 hr. 25 minute mark Chris having trouble with numbers if they have lost those peoples.
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RECESS UNTIL 2:00
Back in Session at 2:10 p.m.
2 hr. 34 minute mark Dave – on some lady losing her immune system (Mrs. Mann?). Her neighbor burns green wood and the smoke gets in her house.
Neighbor's chimney is ok, EPA can't do anything.
2 hr. 39.9 minute mark Bob – on commercial zoning and the city of Eaton
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2:30 P.M. – DAYTON DEVELOPMENT COALITION & KLEINGERS & ASSOCIATES (GOOSE CREEK CROSSING UPDATE)
Marty Hohenberger of Dayton Development Coalition, Preble County Engineer Steve Simmons, Marty Bresher, Katie Worthington.
2 hr. 50.5 minute mark Bob – It is approximately 2:30
2 hr. 51 minute mark Chris Day – on bringing DDC up to date.
Dave from Kleingers on their views and plans for Goose Creek.
2 hr. 55 minute mark Planning for big box type development. Area to have fitness trails – West Coast type development.
2 hr. 57.5 minute mark Talk of Miami University involvement for R&D, no response back.
2 hr. 58.5 minute mark DDC – what the impact study (economic)
Dave (Kleingers) – …you don't need to do that per say..
DDC – I mean in terms of job creation?
Dave (Kleingers) – what we did as a part of this project, we did a pro forma and it's in draft form.
2 hr. 59 minute mark Dave (Kleingers) – we got a line in here for TIF revenue. We haven't taken quite frankly that next step in terms of economic impact. I know what you are talking about in terms of "hey what are we, how many jobs per building per square foot"
DDC – That was a part of the JRS.. they didn't ask for that?
Dave (Kleingers) indicates no
DDC – Really?
Dave (Kleingers) – They want work force availability, basic demographic type of stuff but no.
DDC – Because in terms, I mean, I was on one of the JRS review panels in Cleveland….. How many jobs will this project create over time?
3 hr. 2.5 minute mark overlay of district.
3 hr. 3 minute mark DDC – not a lot going on right now, people are not building green field manufacturing, they are looking for existing space, we've seen those kid of projects.
3 hr. 4 minute mark DDC – there is going to be a need for shovel ready sites for manufacturing. … Not a lot of Greenfield right on expressway…. If you can get a JRS grant that gets you to the point where you can start to market it.
3 hr. 4.7 minute mark Dave (Kleingers) – Are best case scenario plan of attack all along has been a variety of names, funding and leveraging some local money, more than likely and we have a little bit to play with here with some permissive taxes as well and some other things.
3 hr. 12 minute mark possible renaming.
3 hr. 13.5 minute mark DDC – any interest anywhere on this?
3 hr. 14.7 minute mark DDC – what is the total build out? What is the investment for the complete infrastructure?"
Chris Day – $15 million
DDC – who has control of the land?
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3 hr. 15 minute mark DDC – how many owners?
3 hr. 15.9 minute mark Chris – we put some ideas on funding in place.
3 hr. 17.5 minute mark Dave (Kleingers) all speculative at this point.
3 hr. 18.3 minute mark JRS grant application (low intensity) is for $750,000
3 hr. 18.6 minute mark DDC – where did the $250,000 go?
Dave (Kleingers) explains all that they have done.
3 hr. 21 minute mark All about the first one in.
3 hr. 23 minute mark DDC – asks what Kevin Carver had to say about it.
3 hr. 24 minute mark Chris Day – first well produces 150,000 gallons a day. Thinks they can get it to 750,000.
3 hr. 26 minute mark DDC – likes the flexibility.
3 hr. 26.5 minute mark TIF district
3 hr. 28.75 minute mark DDC – where the funding for the marketing coming from?
3 hr. 33 minute mark hoping for Federal Stimulus for water & sewer.
3 hr. 34.5 minute mark DDC – asks about county website and building site inventory.
Chris Day – we have nothing, realistically we have nothing.
DDC – asks how many facilities, big facilities do you have available right now in Preble County?
Chris Day – and ahh and ahh there's somebody working trying to get an inventory. We don't have anything listed on there.
DDC – You got to start with an inventory of existing building and sites that are out there.
3 hr. 43.5 minute mark To be owned by Commissioners and turned over to CIC when needed.
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3 hr. 46.5 minute mark DDC – I think it is great.
3 hr. 48.5 minute mark DDC – likes Goose Creek name.
3 hr. 50 minute mark Chris Day on "re-careering people"
3 hr. 51 minute mark Katie – all this was done in two months.
3 hr. 52.5 minute mark data center – 25,000 – 30,000 square ft.
3 hr. 54.5 minute mark Acreage pricing. DDC thought Brookville was around $20,000 – $25,000
3 hr. 56 minute mark Dave leaves has a meeting at 4:00.
3 hr. 59 minute mark Marty Hohenberger of Dayton Development Corporation begins leaves, meeting winding down.
4 hr. 00 minute mark Resolution 200-10-144 supporting JRS application.
ADJOURN
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