By Randa Wagner — Morrow County Commissioners have been whittling away at fund requests from area agencies for weeks to conform to monies certified for the 2013 general fund. Today at 11 a.m., public officials will receive their 2013 budgets versus what they requested at a public hearing in the commissioners’ meeting room. The task to shave […]
By Randa Wagner — The new year always brings discussion of budgets and change in the county. Morrow County Commissioners discussed road work estimates and County Treasurer Dan Green’s retirement in the fall. Commissioner Dick Miller asked Green if he has a ‘transition plan’ in place (for the new treasurer) before his term ends the first […]
By Randa Wagner — The commissioners approved a request Jan. 9 from the Morrow County Board of Developmental Disabilities to request a current tax valuation for the MCDD from the County Auditor. The board of DD is seeking placement of a 1.0 mill, 5-year new tax levy on the May 7, 2013 Primary Election ballot. […]
By Randa Wagner — Road work will begin soon in Cardington and Canaan Twps. to allow Salamanca Energy to install gas line pipes to perform stream extraction on existing vertical oil wells. At Monday’s regular meeting, commissioners approved an application for road crossing from Ramsay Barrett, Salamanca Energy, LLC to bore and install plastic pipe […]
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 […]
By Taylor Kaser — Morrow County commissioners stayed busy dealing with appropriations and fund transfers at their November 11 regular meeting. Recently, the commissioners received an inquiry about an inactive oil well in the Morrow County Fairgrounds — someone expressed interest in leasing the well. County Prosecutor Charles Howland researched whose responsibility the parcels that the […]
By Taylor Kaser Part of the commissioners’ September 12 regular meeting was spent listening to concerns from citizens about a junk yard on Tidewater Road off Co. Rd. 61. Resident Darren Seiben expressed his dissatisfaction with how the matter of permitting a junkyard to function was handled. He alleged that it had been in operation before they […]
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 […]