Commissioners approve agreement with Habitat for Humanity; authorize repairs

By Tay­lor Kaser
The 2012 Com­mu­nity Hous­ing Improve­ment Pro­gram appli­ca­tion that is sub­mit­ted to the state for the county will include a request of up to $20,000 to sup­port Habi­tat for Human­ity of Mor­row County.
On the rec­om­men­da­tion of the Devel­op­ment Office, the Board of Com­mis­sion­ers signed a Joint Let­ter of Agree­ment with Habi­tat for Human­ity at their March 7 meet­ing. The let­ter details the roles and respon­si­bil­i­ties of Habi­tat con­nected with the project.
New sewer loans were approved for home­own­ers in Har­mony Town­ship. Loans came from the Water and Sewer Revolv­ing Loan Fund and the Rural Sep­tic Loan Fund.
Trans­fer of funds from the Court of Com­mon Pleas were accepted.
A pub­lic hear­ing for is sched­uled for April 2 at 10 a.m regard­ing a re-zone appli­ca­tion for a par­cel of land in Ben­ning­ton Twp.
A request to draw down funds from the CDBG funds by Direc­tor of Oper­a­tions Pat Davies was approved. Funds will be used for pri­vate home reha­bil­i­ta­tion and gen­eral admin­is­tra­tion costs.
A quote for the repair of the sub floor in the Auditor’s office stor­age room was accepted by the com­mis­sion­ers at their March 12 meet­ing. Burge Con­struc­tion from Card­ing­ton was selected for the job; their sub­mit­ted quote was $3,586 for the repairs.
Util­ity poles will replaced on County Roads 24 and 25 in Lin­coln Town­ship at the rec­om­men­da­tion of County Engi­neer Randy Bush.
Pend­ing approval from Ohio EPA, a con­struc­tion con­tract was autho­rized for repair to a pri­vate sewer sys­tem. Funds come from the Water Pol­lu­tion Con­trol Loan Fund Home Sewage Treat­ment Sys­tem.
Financ­ing for repair or replace­ment of exist­ing on-site sewer sys­tems are avail­able for eli­gi­ble prop­erty own­ers. The ten­ta­tive con­tract for the job is with Jozak Exca­va­tion Co., Inc. for $8,100.
Com­mis­sioner Olen Jack­son passed out a copy of an infor­ma­tion doc­u­ment com­piled by com­mis­sion­ers from Lycoming, Penn­syl­va­nia he received while at a con­fer­ence in Wash­ing­ton, D.C. It lists five ques­tions that county com­mis­sion­ers should ask or be aware of regard­ing hor­i­zon­tal hydraulic frac­tur­ing.
It states that com­mis­sion­ers should be famil­iar with what com­pa­nies are inter­ested in drilling, how munic­i­pal­i­ties will work together to pro­tect roads, water man­age­ment, and edu­cat­ing the com­mu­nity. It also asks com­mis­sion­ers to strive to bet­ter edu­cate them­selves and their com­mu­ni­ties on the impact of frack­ing.
The appoint­ment of Bradley Wood to the Mor­row County Hos­pi­tal Board of Trustees was tabled for a future date. Wood would occupy the posi­tion vacated by Robert Willeke when his term ends.

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