The Lakengren forced main pipeline project is moving ahead with discussion on the agreement with the company that will do the work. The agreement was sent back with changes requested over liability and a betterment clause.
The Pork Festival Lawsuit against the PREBLE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS and the Ag Society will be headed toward mediation. Commissioner Wesler will represent the Commission’s interests.
File 6 Members of the Preble County Farming community had best pay attention to this exchange. There is extended discussion on having a 4H program in the county without OSU Extension. Commissioner David Wesler brought up the idea. He mentioned having read an article in the Sunday paper on Carroll County, Ohio doing so. I could not find an article that agreed with his version of the issue. It read like there would be a 4H at the Fair in that county this year but that would be it pending a source of funding after a levy was turned down.
The meeting closed with discussion on the Preble County Development Partnership Foundation. Bob and Chris were having trouble remembering how many Board members on the Executive Board. My memory is there will be eleven.
Preble County, Ohio
County Commissioners
June 16, 2010
Meeting audio and review
All three County Commissioners in attendance.
Chris Day 30 second mark Mentions getting water and sewer at Goose Creek.
3 minute mark Bob Stonecash Meeting called to order.
I. OPEN MEETING
II. CALL OF ROLL
III. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
IV. PRAYER
V. PUBLIC COMMENTS
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9:00 A.M. – PUBLIC HEARING – CAIL DITCH #808 SIX-YEAR REVIEW
6 minute mark Katie Worthington on repercussions to prior decisions
7 minute mark Connie – resignation of Jewell
8 minute mark FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS (NOT ON AGENDA)
Amendment to the 2010 appropriations. Transferring of funds from the landfill.
Connie – asks to hold off on that and go into Executive Session at a later time.
9 minute mark APPROVAL OF MINUTES (Also not on the Agenda)
NOTE RECEIPT OF & CONSIDER APPROVAL BY SIGNING THE JOURNALIZATION & NOTE RECEIPT OF THE CD RECORDATION BOTH AS THE OFFICIAL MINUTES FOR THE JUNE 14 REGULAR SESSION MEETING
9.5 minute mark Bob Stonecash – letter/memo from Jewel Good of JFS. Effective June 25 she resigns. Children Service Administrator.
11 minute mark Chris Day moves to exit EXECUTIVE SESSION (NEVER MOTIONED TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION)
NO ACTION TAKEN
11.5 minute mark Bob Stonecash motion to accept Resolution – Amendment to the 2010 appropriations. Transferring of funds from the landfill. $5,044
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7.32 minutes – 1.72 MB
LEACHATE FORCE MAIN ISSUE – LAKENGREN
12.75 minute mark Katie Worthington – mentions engineering agreement for the Landfill leachate force main. Also mention Pork Fest lawsuit.
13.5 minute mark Leachate agreement issue. CHOICE ONE
21 minute mark Chris Day – has problem with limitation of liability.
22 minute mark Betterment clause.
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11.25 minutes – 2.61 MB
9:30 A.M. – KATIE WORTHINGTON (PORK FESTIVAL LAWSUIT)
23.2 minute mark EXECUTIVE SESSION
NO ACTION TAKEN
Bob Stonecash makes motion to enter into mediation over lawsuit. Authorize Commissioner Wesler to represent the Commission concerning the five issues in question.
25.75 minute mark on cd
3 minutes – 704KB
26.5 minute mark Connie – letter – Air Pollution Control at Landfill.
31 minute mark Connie – on timeline for building inspection. Commercial fee schedule that NIC provided that is used in Shelby County.
32 minute mark Compare to Eaton and Miami County.
34 minute mark End of year timeline and need to get Villages to go along.
34.75 minute mark Advertisement for Economic Development Director. Contacted John Abrams – Ohio Job Network, www.ohiomeansjobs.com ODOD & DDC.
Search limited to Ohio
36.5 minute mark Dave Wesler has issue with cost of some of the websites being up to $300.
37.5 minute mark End of July deadline.
38.5 minute mark Bob Stonecash Newspapers are a waste. click link >> Bob Stonecash
40 minute mark Bob Stonecash We could knock it off,
Dave Wesler I'm not saying knock it off I just don't know what you're
Bob Stonecash Well, I think all offices and officials should have a positive attitude towards the officials in the court house. And maybe that is not appropriate to be on there. Just something come across.
Chris Day – laughs
Bob Stonecash we'll take that off, if that is going to be a .
40.75 minute mark Chris Day – I don't even know what you are talking about.
43.5 minute mark Bob Stonecash It should be noted that this person does work for this Board. It is not an independent person. So in fact when a request is made by you as our representative SHE should address it immediately.
44.75 minute mark Chris Day – File 5A and Lakengren is still in Gasper Township. I believe this references a letter of "No Confidence" from the Gasper Township Trustees.
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Dave Wesler On one of those newspapers you were talking about… in Carroll County, Ohio because of the failure of an OSU Extension levy is shutting down the OSU Extension office although they are still working with somebody to put on the 4H program and they're going to be hoping that levy comes through in November again. So, I think I go that paper back on my desk. I'll get you that.
Chris Day You said that they're shutting down OSU office but they're still working with 4H?
Dave Wesler Yes, I can't I'll have to look at that article again but there is still going to be a 4H program.
Chris Day I thought we were adamantly told that if you don't have OSU Extension office presence in your county you have no 4H. Weren't we told that? In this room?
Bob Stonecash Yes, we were.
Chris Day I mean I just I'd be curious on that because I thought that was made very clear to us that ahhhm if we did not have a presence of Extension office that 4H would go away.
Dave Wesler That is what we were told.
Bob Stonecash That would be a good situation to keep up on. See what happened.
Chris Day David ahm ahh on the 4H side of it I know you have been working with some of those people. Have they, have they got anybody that is working with Extension office for 4H or wasn't there movement to try and get somebody to do that?
Dave Wesler Yeah and there still is. There is a meeting tonight and ahh their going to start the ahh they have worked with Grey Bennet at this committee to to ahh get the Friends of Preble County 4H going and ahh there will be a fee for a cost of a voting member of $20. Ahh there will be a Board a Board of Trustees that will ahh be elected tonight 7 ahh and after that they will start a fund raising campaign in hopes of ahh getting somebody in the county to work for 4H and the agricultural aspect. And they more or less talked to ahh with OSU Extension to to get all of this done. Ahh but right now for this year’s 4H
Chris Day This isn't going to happen this year.
Dave Wesler No not anybody hired before this year's Fair no. There is not enough time. They had to wait on Grey to get the ahh the ahh 501c3 started and that took several months. So to get it down to where they could sign it.
Chris Day So they have started a non-for profit?
Dave Wesler Right
Chris Day For 4H?
Dave Wesler For agricultural in general.
Chris Day There wasn't an organization already out there?
Dave Wesler No, what organization?
Chris Day Ahh there is no agricultural organization in the county that they couldn’t have worked with? Non for profit?
Dave Wesler Not that I know of.
Chris Day Hmm
Dave Wesler They formed their own called the Preble County Friends of 4H. And their desire is to get somebody back in the county like back when we used to have an Agricultural Extension agent that worked for agricultural. Ahmm you know that I have been told that pretty much Pat has the Family Consumers council and she wants to continue that. And ahh as much as she can get somebody else to do the 4H that's fine with her. I think camp was this past week I think it ceased yeah Sunday was the last day. Saturday or Sunday, I can't remember which day it was. And ahh I guess you know Pat didn't go up there for from what I heard or had very little to do with it so. So that I hope she is getting everything done with 4H, what she needs to get done for this year.
Bob Stonecash You'd have thought she might have made an appearance or two just to ahh
Chris Day I guess I guess ahhm the question is? How much of the services that are being provided are used by Preble Countians over there currently?
Dave Wesler You mean outside the agricultural and 4H?
Chris Day What ever services are being provided. Through the Extension Office right now. How many people in Preble County in Preble County benefit from that? Because if we can't get, if the balk of the the calling is for Agricultural person. If we can't get that in the county then DO WE NEED EM? If we can get 4H without having Extension office DO YOU NEED EM? Don't know.
Bob Stonecash What time is this?
Chris Day Noon you lookin at the function? Oh I know the holes at the Expo building; What is the status?
Bob Stonecash ….Charlie Biggs.. there's no schedule yet right? Is it supposed to be done err.
Dave Wesler I made one phone call or two phone calls and I thought it was going to be worked out between them but ahh so I don't know I haven't heard. I just knew that it was stated to me that it was going to take quite some undertaking getting the pens back in the Expo Center. And that ahh that it needed you know to be set up in by pen and the holes drilled once the pens were put in place. And after that I have not heard anything. I think I heard Rodney Mann was going to be working.
Bob Stonecash Oh is that right?
Dave Wesler Yeah but I think the one err no was Roy. So I'll call and try an getta an update here shortly.
Bob Stonecash It sounds to me like there is non-cooperation. We had a PCD pep meeting last night. P Department Development (Preble Chamber Foundation) PCDP. There you go. And they nominated a committee to review the bylaws, to write the bylaws basically.
54 minute mark They had me and Dave Daily, Jeff Sievert sp?? Chris volunteered to be on that committee along with Steve Cobb and Ron Cutter then Matt jumped in. So that is the committee of six. They'll do a good job. I do appreciate you volunteering that was pretty nice of you.
Chris Day haha
Bob Stonecash and other things discussed, the feeling of a lot of people is that the Board should be formed. Kurt and Matt are..say running the show at this time
Chris Day Yes they are.
Bob Stonecash and they are reluctant to change that but by the time we hire a Director the Board will be in place. So that should be a long the timeline for the first of September.
Dave Wesler Did you talk about how the interview structure would be held with the?
Bob Stonecash No. Other than the fact that I just kind of mentioned that we look at it first and narrow em down. Then we can sit down. Who is on that Board? JoAnn Beinke,
Chris Day What's that?
Bob Stonecash That ahh well you were there. Do you remember who was on there besides the three of us and JoAnn. I think it was JoAnn
Chris Day JoAnn, Mike Snell and a
Bob Stonecash Mike Snell anyway we go from there.
Dave Wesler When is that next meeting?
Chris Day Two weeks from yesterday.
Dave Wesler Bob you will probably be gone by then.
Bob Stonecash 28th 29th I'll probably be in pregame thoughts.
4:00
Dave Wesler Sinclair? How many did they say were going to be on this Board?
Bob Stonecash Twenty one I believe. With 10 on the Executive Board? (I heard 11)
Chris Day Eleven 
Bob Stonecash I thought it was 10?
Chris Day It was an odd number. Eleven? I thought it was an odd number.
Bob Stonecash It might be eleven. Anyway.
Chris Day Ooook, What else Connie?
Bob Stonecash I think we are done. Are we still on tape Yes
Connie – yes
Bob Stonecash Are we? I'll accept a motion to adjourn.
Motion made and seconded
Bob Stonecash We will be going to lunch with the Preble County Farm Bureau today. Connie call the roll please.
58 minute mark ADJOURN
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