By Carol McIntire
Editor
November 10, 2009
Plans for the new Carroll County Transit building are taking shape.
Patti Manfull, Transit director, visited Carroll County Commissioners Monday with news the plan is moving forward. She said Carroll County Transit is the first of seven in Ohio to receive a contract and be permitted to move forward with the project.
Commissioners approved the hiring of Harris Day Architects of Canton at a cost of $140,000 to proceed with architectural and engineering services for the project.
Manfull said the $1.6 million dollar building projects is scheduled to begin in Feb. 2010, and should be completed by Dec. 31, 2010.
Transit was awarded a federal stimulus grant to construct a new facility. It will be located in the Carroll County Commerce Park on SR. 9 north of Carrollton, across from the Golden Age Retreat.
In other business, commissioners:
WERE visited by Economic Development Director Wayne Chunat who emphatically stated the rumors circulating that Atwood Lake Resort and Conference is closing are not true.
“I spoke with John Hoopingarner of the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District (MWCD) (which owns the resort) and he said there are no plans to close it,” Chunat said. He noted the MWCD has put out requests for proposals for the sale of the resort, but do not plan to close it.
-DISCUSSED quotes for snow and ice removal on county-owned property for 30 minutes before making a split decision on which firm to hire. After comparing the quotes and adding up the cost for the individual buildings and parking lots, Commissioner Tom Wheaton made a motion the county go with Total Lawn Care of Carrollton.
Commissioner President Larry Garner disagreed, stating, “I don’t like a contract that is open-ended,” he said.
Both Wheaton and Commissioner Doyle Hawk voted for the motion. Garner voted against it.
-TABLED a decision on establishing winter hours at the county dog pound. Garner said he wanted to begin winter hours (8 a.m. until 4 p.m.) beginning Dec. 1. Summer hours were 7 a.m. until 5 p.m. with the two full-time employees working split shifts. Wheaton asked if the county was paying for lunch for the two employees. Garner responded, “yes.”
Wheaton then asked why they were being paid lunch. “Are they considered law enforcement, as we pay them because they are on duty their entire shift,” he said.
“It’s been that way since before me,” Garner noted.
Wheaton said he believes the commissioners have an opinion from Prosecutor Donald Burns relating to paid lunch hours. The clerk agreed locate the paperwork.
-RECEIVED the dog pound report for the week of Nov. 2-7 showing 35 dogs impounded, 34 tagged and two pit bulls put to sleep. Another dog that was shot with an arrow, was also put to sleep.
-APPROVED 10 daycare provider contracts for the Department of Job and Family Services. Nine of the 10 are located in Carroll County.
-WERE visited by Sheila Borntarger who asked for proof the people in the Malwayne Acres area are being mitigated because of health issues. Commissioners referred her to the township trustees.
- TABLED a decision on who was responsible for the maintenance fee for the recently installed MARCS radio system. Sheriff Dale Williams said the issue was discussed, but no decision made. He has received the first three-month bill for $1,860.
-WERE advised of a new HARCATUS program by Clerk Sonja Leggett. She said HARCATUS is offering a Housing and Urban Development (HUD) certified housing counseling program to Carroll County residents through the Save The Dream program.
The program is available with no income guideline restrictions to anyone who is having trouble meeting monthly mortgage payments, those with adjustable rate mortgages and anyone behind in tax payments. For additional information, call 740-922-6692. |
