Commissioners appropriate additional funds

By Tay­lor Kaser

The appro­pri­a­tion of an addi­tional $300,000 was approved by the com­mis­sion­ers at their Octo­ber 24 reg­u­lar meet­ing. Due to the County sales tax and local gov­ern­ment tax rev­enue reach­ing cer­ti­fi­ca­tion, the addi­tional monies were made avail­able. Funds were divided between cour­t­house offices, social ser­vices, juve­nile hous­ing, and cour­t­house renovations.

A procla­ma­tion in recog­ni­tion of Dis­abil­ity Employ­ment Aware­ness month was adopted by the commissioners.

Com­mis­sioner Tom Harden also pointed out that Mor­row County is ranked in the top five in the state for least num­ber of dogs euth­a­nized. Harden high­lighted that this is a credit to the efforts of our Dog War­den. Only 5% of all the dogs brought in (in 2011) were put down.

Monies from the County Pro­ba­tion Felony Grant, $22,475.22, were appro­pri­ated to the Court of Com­mon Pleas to cover Medicare, salaries, PERS, offender expense, and PSI Writer salary.

Kathy Nicolosi was approved for reap­point­ment to the West Cen­tral Com­mu­nity Cor­rec­tions Facil­ity Gov­ern­ing Board. She will serve a three year term end­ing in Novem­ber 2015.

Trans­fer of funds were approved for Job and Fam­ily Ser­vices and within the gen­eral fund. In the gen­eral fund, trans­fers were made to cover salaries, Medicare, and PERS. Trans­fers from Pub­lic Rehab– Sheriff’s Office park­ing lot to street improve­ments were approved. A trans­fer to cover pay­roll expenses was also approved for the Sewer Dis­trict Administration.

An amend­ment to a con­tract between the Child Sup­port Enforce­ment Agency and the Court of Com­mon Pleas was approved. A con­tract between the Child Sup­port Agency and the County Pros­e­cu­tor was also approved.

$5,016.56 was appro­pri­ated in the gen­eral fund to cover juve­nile hous­ing expenses.

Pro­ba­tion fees were appro­pri­ated to the Court of Com­mon Pleas, $8,000.

A new health­care plan for county employ­ees was approved at the com­mis­sion­ers’ Octo­ber 29 meeting.

Harden explained that the com­mis­sion­ers have been research­ing this topic for some time and have con­sulted with other coun­ties, too.

The new CEBCO plan will cover health, RX, den­tal, and vision. Employ­ees will have choices as to whether they wish to join the insur­ance and what type of cov­er­age they’re inter­ested in.

A pub­lic hear­ing regard­ing an appli­ca­tion to apply brine on ice grits from Chester­ville Sand & Gravel Co. has been changed to Novem­ber 17 at 10 a.m. The brine would be applied to ice grit stock piles owned by the com­pany, the pur­pose of which is to keep the grit mail­able despite low temperatures.

Addi­tion­ally, grant money was approved for appro­pri­a­tion for the Sheriff’s Office to cover salaries. Trans­fers of funds were also approved for the Dog & Ken­nel fund and for Coroner’s expenses.

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