Commissioners approve tax levy amounts and rates, airport rehabilitation funding approved

By Tay­lor Kaser

The pro­jected rev­enue to be raised from tax levies this year to be cer­ti­fied by the Audi­tor was approved by the com­mis­sion­ers at their Sep­tem­ber 5 reg­u­lar meeting.

Amounts and rates, which are fig­ured by the Bud­get Com­mis­sion, esti­mate the amount of money that county enti­ties, like the hos­pi­tal and Health Depart­ment, will receive from levies.

A grant offer from the Fed­eral Avi­a­tion Admin­is­tra­tion (FFA) was accepted for the Air­port Improve­ment Project, specif­i­cally reha­bil­i­ta­tion of the apron. This will include repaving of the apron and the instal­la­tion of a pre­ci­sion approach path indicator.

The grant, $226,372.96, has a fed­eral share of $203,735 (90%) and a required 10% local match of $22,637.96 for only the Apron A Sec­tion A.

A bid sub­mit­ted by Kokos­ing Con­struc­tion Com­pany, Inc. for the paving of Apron A Sec­tion A of the air­port was accepted by the com­mis­sion­ers at their Sep­tem­ber 10 meet­ing. The con­tract is in the amount of $205,368.96.

Rich­land Engi­neer­ing Limited’s pro­posal for engi­neer­ing ser­vices was accepted. The total cost, $17,004 is funded from the FY2012 FFA grant.

Unap­pro­pri­ated funds of $30,000 in the Rural Hard­ship Grant Fund were approved for appro­pri­a­tion to projects.

Trans­fers of funds were approved for the Court of Com­mon Pleas, the Devel­op­ment Office, and the Sheriff’s Office ICE Program.

At their Sep­tem­ber 10 reg­u­lar meet­ing, the com­mis­sion­ers put approval of the imple­men­ta­tion of web fil­ter soft­ware on cour­t­house employee com­put­ers on hold for dis­cus­sion with elected offi­cials at their monthly meet­ing later in the day.

Com­mis­sioner Olen Jack­son explained that the soft­ware, Bar­racuda Web Fil­ter, has been avail­able to the county since the com­puter server was last updated, and if approved will be begin usage on Sep­tem­ber 17.

“It effects every­one,” explained Com­mis­sioner Tom Whis­ton, “the biggest thing, is this will actu­ally restrict some of the stuff get­ting through, and reduces the pos­si­bil­ity that some of the viruses are sent through.”

“This will be a step for­ward in Cyber Secu­rity also.” noted Jackson.

Also, appro­pri­a­tions for EMA and the Sheriff’s Office were approved. A trans­fer of funds was approved for the Board of Devel­op­men­tal Disabilities.

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