Paulding County Commissioners Meeting Minutes 7/30/14

This 30th day of July, 2014, the Board of County Commissioners met in regular session with the following members present:
Tony Zartman, Roy Klopfenstein, Fred Pieper, and Nola Ginter, Clerk
ALLOWANCE OF CLAIMS:
Warrants documented as 209462 through 209538 for County Bills were approved and certified to the County Auditor for payment.
EXECUTIVE SESSION:
A motion was made by Mr. Roy Klopfenstein to go into executive session at 8:04 a.m. with the Paulding County Prosecutor to discuss legal matters. The motion was seconded by Mr. Tony Zartman. All members voting yea.
At 8:26 a.m. all members present agreed to adjourn the executive session and go into regular session.
RESOLUTION DECLARING IT NECESSARY TO LEVY A TAX IN EXCESS OF THE TEN MILL LIMITATION:
The board of county commissioners of Paulding County, Ohio, met in regular session on the 30th day of July, 2014, at office of the Board of County Commissioners, with the following members present: Fred Pieper, Tony Zartman and Roy Klopfenstein
The amount of taxes which may be raised within the ten mill limitation will be insufficient to provide an adequate amount for the necessary requirements of said Paulding County, Ohio; therefore the Board of County Commissioners of Paulding County, Ohio, two-thirds of all members elected thereto concurring, that is necessary to levy a tax in excess of the ten mill limitation for the benefit of Paulding County for the purpose of providing programs and services through OSU extension including 4-H youth development and other OSU extension services, in accordance to revised code section 5705.19 (WW) at a rate not exceeding .15 mills for each dollar of valuation, which amounts to $.015 for each one hundred dollars of valuation for an additional new levy, commencing tax year 2014, first due in calendar year 2015 and for five (5) years.
The question of levying additional taxes be submitted to the electors of said Paulding County at the General Election to be held at the usual voting places within said Paulding County on the 4th day of November, 2014; and said levy be placed upon the tax list of the current year after the February settlement next succeeding the election, if a majority of the electors voting thereon vote in favor thereof; and the Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners be and is hereby directed to certify a copy of this Resolution to the Board of Elections, Paulding County, Ohio, this resolution is to be passed and certified to the Board of Elections 90 days prior to the election upon which it will be voted and notify said Board of Elections to cause notice of election on the question of levying said tax to be given as required by law.
Adopted the 30th day of July 2014.
The State Of Ohio, Paulding County, SS:
I, Nola Ginter, Clerk of Board of County Commissioners, Paulding County, Ohio do hereby certify that the foregoing is taken and copied from the Record of the Proceedings of said Board; that the same has been compared by me with the Resolution on said Record and that it is true and correct copy thereof.
Certificate of Estimated Property Tax Revenue:
The county auditor of Paulding County, Ohio, does hereby certify the following:
1. On July 21, 2014, the taxing authority of the OSU Extension Paulding County certified a copy of it’s resolution or ordinance adopted July 19, 2014, requesting the county auditor to certify the current fax valuation of the subdivision and the amount of revenue that would be produced by zero arid fifteen hundreths (.15) mills, to levy a tax outside the ten-mill limitation for the purpose of providing programs arid services through OSU Extension including 4-1-1 Youth Development and other OSU Extension services, pursuant to Revised Code §5705.19(WW), to be placed on the ballot at the November 4,2014 election. “The levy type is an additional five (5) year levy, commencing tax year 2014, first due in calendar year 2015.
2. The estimated property tax gross revenue that will he produced by the stated millage, assuming the tax valuation of the subdivision remains constant throughout the life of the levy, is calculated to be $66,318.*
3. The total tax valuation of the subdivision used in calculating the estimated property tax revenue is $442,122,980.
* NOTE: This is ONLY an estimate and is based on gross tax dollars collected.
Meeting Notes of Appointments:
Carol Temple, County Recorder – Ms. Temple reported the digitization of her office records is now completed. She also explained the Ohio Housing Trust and how it relates to the fees she collects in her office. County Recorders retain a small percentage of their fees to use at their discretion. The last time she used her special funds was to re-bind some of her books.
Lou Ann Wannemacher, County Treasurer – Ms. Wannemacher noted that Baird (investment company) is now Redtree. The Commissioners signed paperwork to transfer our contract with Baird to Redtree.
Marsha Yeutter, PC Senior Center – Ms. Yeutter met with the Commissioners to discuss transportation services her agency provides to Paulding County residents. She noted the Senior Center is a Passport provider. This service keeps her staff members busy.
Eric Baughman, Baughman Tile – Mr. Baughman met with the Commissioners to re-visit the tile project at the Jacob Farm. He had a list of the tile the project would need and how it would be divided between Baughman Tile and Haviland Drainage. The Commissioners advised Mr. Baughman to communicate with the farmer regarding delivery of the tile rolls.