This 30th day of March, 2016, the Board of County Commissioners met in regular session with the following members present: Tony Zartman, Roy Klopfenstein, Mark Holtsberry, and Cindy Peters, Clerk
EXECUTIVE SESSION:
A motion was made by Mr. Mark Holtsberry to go into executive session at 8:06 a.m. with the Paulding County Prosecutor to discuss legal matters. The motion was seconded by Mr. Roy Klopfenstein. All members voting yea.
At 8:49 a.m. all members present agreed to adjourn the executive session and go into regular session.
TRAVEL REQUEST:
• Sandee Buffington, Toledo District Meeting, Findlay, OH – April 1, 2016
• Emily Keeley, Toledo District Spearhead Training, Findlay, OH – April 20, 2016
EXECUTIVE SESSION:
A motion was made by Mr. Mark Holtsberry to go into executive session at 9:40 a.m. with the Paulding County Court Judge to discuss personnel matters. The motion was seconded by Mr. Roy Klopfenstein. All members voting yea.
At 9:46 a.m. all members present agreed to adjourn the executive session and go into regular session.
Meeting Notes of Appointments:
• Suzanne Rister – County Court Judge updated the Commissioners on the sentencing of the previous probation officer. Ms. Rister indicated that the present part time employee is doing a great job filling in for that position and they are hopeful to be able to add additional staff. Ms. Rister also noted that they are gearing up for the new grant year from DORC. The Commissioners were in agreement with Ms. Rister that the fraud training held at the county annex building last week was a success. Judge Rister also briefly discussed their evacuation plan and security measures taken at County Court. She was also impressed with how well the e ticket process was working in their office.
• Ed Bohn, EMA Director, Claudia Fickel, Ann Pease, Carol Temple, Lou Wannemacher, Judge DeMuth, Lynn Vance, Katie Sunday met with the Commissioners to review and discuss the evacuation plan for Courthouse employees. Mr. Bohn presented a draft plan and locations to meet in the event of a disaster. He is also currently working on a memorandum of understanding with a local entity if employees need to be evacuated. Once the draft is approved and put into place, Mr. Bohn will set up evacuation drills on a quarterly basis. The next meeting will take place on April 6th in the Commissioners’ chambers for finalization of the plan.
Jerry Zielke – Paulding County Economic Development Director met briefly with the Commissioners to discuss the proposal from Tetra Tech to conduct a Phase I environmental site assessment and engineering services for the former truck stop along 18176 US 127 in Cecil. Mr. Zielke is looking at Economic Development funding the project to make the property more marketable to be reimbursed by grant dollars.
