Permission for seismic testing sought from commissioners

By Tay­lor Kaser -

A rep­re­sen­ta­tive from Pre­ci­sion Geo­phys­i­cal, a seis­mic study com­pany that wants to con­duct tests on a site near the Johnsville Sewer sta­tion, attended the the com­mis­sion­ers reg­u­lar meet­ing on Decem­ber 12.

The com­pany wants to lay a cable on the ground to mea­sure vibra­tions and seis­mic activ­ity for two weeks. They aim to con­duct the test­ing in mid January.

Pre­ci­sion Geo­phys­i­cal, Inc. was approved at the Decem­ber 17 meet­ing to con­duct a geo­phys­i­cal seis­mic sur­vey in Perry Town­ship. Located on St. Rt. 83 south, the tests are in search of petro­leum and nat­ural gas. The 8.2 acres in ques­tion are owned by the county.

Because the Johnsville Sewer Plant is located on the land, the study is not allowed to drill any holes.

Cit­i­zen Darin Seiber also attended the meet­ing and dis­cussed his con­cerns over the han­dling of a case with the Board of Zon­ing Appeals. He intends to appeal the approval of a con­di­tional use per­mit from the BZA to a busi­ness located near his home.

Seiber says the busi­ness, a recy­cling cen­ter, was oper­at­ing while they were to remain closed while the BZA deliberated.

He also pointed out that the sys­tem used to con­sider per­mit appli­ca­tions needs improve­ment. He sug­gested that busi­ness back­ground checks be manda­tory. Had one been con­ducted on the busi­ness in ques­tion, he doesn’t think they would have been approved.

Seiber said he has been in con­tact with numer­ous county offices regard­ing the issue.

A mul­ti­tude of trans­fers of funds and appro­pri­a­tions were approved. Com­mis­sioner Olen Jack­son com­mented that this is com­mon around the end of the year. He noted that even though a lot of money is being moved around, “we didn’t spend any­thing we didn’t have.”

The com­mis­sion­ers also approved rolling the debt bank notes con­nected with the $2,000,000 loan used for the cour­t­house renovation.

Audi­tor Mary Holtrey will have esti­mates pre­pared the 2013 bud­get next week.

Two road cross­ing appli­ca­tions were approved in Perry Twp.

An amend­ment to the County Recorder’s spe­cial rev­enue account was approved. For all doc­u­ments filed at the Recorder’s office, four dol­lars from each fil­ing was used for sup­plies and equip­ment for the Recorder’s office. Half of the funds col­lected were sent to the Ohio Hous­ing Commission.

Because of the office’s lim­ited fund­ing, Whis­ton noted that the Recorder does not receive any fund­ing for sup­plies from the gen­eral fund, the Recorder will now receive seven dol­lars per document.

There will be no change in the cur­rent price of fees for filling.

Trans­fers of funds were approved for the Engi­neer and Job & Fam­ily Services.

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