Preble County, Ohio, County Commissioners
September 21, 2009
Meeting audio and review
Opening
16.35 minutes – 3.79MB
MINDY ROBBINS (GENERAL FUND FINANCIAL UPDATE)
Cash balance in General Fund on September 1, **$1,591,132.82
Cash balance in General Fund on September 18, **$1,821,033.61
Expected to make $800,000 minimum for year balance.
Sales tax up $11,000 over estimate. Cash for clunkers made difference.
Deputy Snowden's unmarked car rear ended in Pork Fest parade.
15.29 minutes – 3.54MB
Connie Crowell informed Commissioners that Katie Worthington's opinion is that niether a Commissioner or Connie may serve on the new Law Library Resource Board. Sited a Commissioner voting funding for a board he sat on as conflict of interest.
27.04 minutes – 6.19MB
CORSA, STEVE UNGER & DUANE GRIMME & FAIR BOARD (FAIRGROUND LEASE AGREEMENT)
39 minutes – 9.07MB
Winter Conferences in Columbus at the Hyatt Regency December 6 – 9. Cost of $700 – $800 per commissioner, all three probably will attend. Connie will go but stay with her brother to cut cost.
20.30 minutes – 4.69MB
SOIL & WATER BOARD OF SUPERVISORS (SOIL & WATER FINANCES)
James Couch resigned, now down to two employees and they will go to 40 hrs. to try and keep up.
They have spent $21,000 on payouts and one person is still eligible for unemployment.
State match would be in the area of 47% for 2010, 2009 was around 75%. (They need something to match)
Preliminary estimate on maintaining 3 full time employees would take $133,000 from county.
Recess
30.13 minutes – 6.91MB
BRAD NEAVIN (OFFICE SPACE) on renting old schools for office space. Eaton building new middle and elementary schools.
8.15 minutes – 1.89MB
Kim gives briefing for upcoming (Wednesday) meeting with HIT
12.30 – 2.86
Issue 2 discussion.
Executive Session for interviews of JFS Director candidates.
21 minutes – 4.80MB
Discussion of candidates. To start of October 3.
Bob – Rebecca Sorrell – Work Force Director
Dave – Becky
Chris – Becky, most rounded qualifications, downside on financial side.
120 days at $24.60? per hr.
Bob made motion
Dave seconded
Motion passed 3 – 0.
Connie to present offer and schedule her in if favorable response on Wednesday.
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Discussion of Township meeting where it was suggested a push to buy local to help increase sales tax. May use Commissioners Corner and talk of having Eddie Mowen come in for article in the Register Herald.
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Executive Session to discuss possible employment of a public employee. No action taken
(Most likely Building Inspector) Mel Sandlin recently retired, see previous week.
11.59 minutes – 2.74MB
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