Paulding County Commissioners Meeting Minutes 10/14/15

This 14th day of October, 2015, the Board of County Commissioners met in regular session with the following members present:

Roy Klopfenstein, Tony Zartman, Mark Holtsberry, and Cindy Peters, Clerk

ALLOWANCE OF CLAIMS:

Warrants documented as 219749 through 219824 for County Bills were approved and certified to the County Auditor for payment.

TRAVEL REQUEST:

Carol Temple, Winter Conference, Columbus, OH  – November 9-11, 2015

EXECUTIVE SESSION:

A motion was made by Mr. Tony Zartman to go into executive session at 8:05 a.m. with the Paulding County Prosecutor to discuss legal matters. The motion was seconded by Mr. Mark Holtsberry. All members voting yea.

At 8:12 a.m. all members present agreed to adjourn the executive session and go into regular session.

IN THE MATTER OF APPROVING ‘THEN AND NOW’ PURCHASE ORDERS AND PAYMENTS:

The Paulding County Auditor has certified the following “Then and Now” purchase order numbers and payments included in the Allowance of Claim on October 5, 2015, Warrant numbered 219707 in the amount of $17,143.33; and it is certified that both at the time that the contract or order was made (“then”), and at the time that the County Auditor is completing the certification (“now”), that sufficient funds were available or in the process of collection, to the credit of a proper fund, properly appropriated and free from any previous encumbrance; and pursuant to the Ohio Revised Code §5705.41(D)(1), these purchases must be approved by resolution of the Board of County Commissioners. Now, therefore the Paulding County Commissioners approve the Then and Now Purchase Orders as submitted by the Auditor; and it is found and determined that all formal actions of this Board of County Commissioners, County of Paulding, State of Ohio concerning the adoption of this resolution were adopted in an open meeting of this Board of County Commissioners, and that all deliberations of this Board of County Commissioners and of any of its committees that resulted in such formal action, were in meetings open to the public in compliance with all legal requirements including Section §121.22 of the Ohio Revised Code.

IN THE MATTER OF MODIFYING THE 2015 ANNUAL APPROPRIATION (FUND 062):

The Board of County Commissioners does hereby modify the 2015 Annual Appropriation and hereby directs the Paulding County Auditor to transfer funds:

FROM: 062-001-00013/E911/Health Insurance

TO: 062-001-00001/E911/Salaries

AMOUNT: $6,500.00

IN THE MATTER OF MODIFYING THE 2015 ANNUAL APPROPRIATION (FUND 003):

The Board of County Commissioners does hereby modify the 2015 Annual Appropriation and hereby directs the Paulding County Auditor to transfer funds:

FROM: 003-001-00003/Health Dept/New Bldg Loan payment

TO: 003-001-00002/Health Dept/Supplies

AMOUNT: $6,108.88

IN THE MATTER OF MODIFYING THE 2015 ANNUAL APPROPRIATION (FUND 041):

The Board of County Commissioners does hereby modify the 2015 Annual Appropriation and hereby directs the Paulding County Auditor to transfer funds:

FROM: 041-001-20153/WIC/Travel

TO: 041-001-20155/WIC/Supplies

AMOUNT: $2,531.73

IN THE MATTER OF MODIFYING THE 2015 ANNUAL APPROPRIATION (FUND 041):

The Board of County Commissioners does hereby modify the 2015 Annual Appropriation and hereby directs the Paulding County Auditor to transfer funds:

FROM: 041-001-20156/WIC/Phone

TO: 041-001-20155/WIC/Supplies

AMOUNT: $206.47

IN THE MATTER OF MODIFYING THE 2015 ANNUAL APPROPRIATION (FUND 001-003)

The Board of County Commissioners does hereby modify the 2015 Annual Appropriation and hereby directs the Paulding County Auditor to transfer funds:

FROM: 001-003-00010/General Fund/Treasurer/Workers’ Comp

TO: 001-003-00003/General Fund/Treasurer/Supplies

AMOUNT: $150.00

IN THE MATTER OF MODIFYING THE 2015 ANNUAL APPROPRIATION (FUND 001-003):

The Board of County Commissioners does hereby modify the 2015 Annual Appropriation and hereby directs the Paulding County Auditor to transfer funds:

FROM: 001-003-00010/General Fund/Treasurer/Workers’ Comp

TO: 001-003-00006/General Fund/Treasurer/Travel

AMOUNT: $314.00

IN THE MATTER OF MODIFYING THE 2015 ANNUAL APPROPRIATION (FUND 001-003):

The Board of County Commissioners does hereby modify the 2015 Annual Appropriation and hereby directs the Paulding County Auditor to transfer funds:

FROM: 001-003-00010/General Fund/Treasurer/Workers’ Comp

TO: 001-003-00005/General Fund/Treasurer/Contracts

AMOUNT: $318.43

IN THE MATTER OF MODIFYING THE 2015 ANNUAL APPROPRIATION (FUND 001-003):

The Board of County Commissioners does hereby modify the 2015 Annual Appropriation and hereby directs the Paulding County Auditor to transfer funds:

FROM: 001-003-00002/General Fund/Treasurer/Salaries

TO: 001-003-00005/General Fund/Treasurer/Contracts

AMOUNT: $2,744.23

IN THE MATTER OF MODIFYING THE 2015 ANNUAL APPROPRIATION (FUND 001-003):

The Board of County Commissioners does hereby modify the 2015 Annual Appropriation and hereby directs the Paulding County Auditor to transfer funds:

FROM: 001-003-00014/General Fund/Treasurer/Bank Fees

TO: 001-003-00005/General Fund/Treasurer/Contracts

AMOUNT: $1,140.00

IN THE MATTER OF AMENDING THE 2015 ANNUAL APPROPRIATION (FUND 192)

The Board of County Commissioners does hereby direct the County Auditor to amend the 2015 Annual Appropriation by appropriating the following in the County Health Insurance (Fund 192):

192-001-00003/County Health Insurance/Premiums

AMOUNT: $75,000.00

Meeting Notes of Appointments:

Damien Morales and Linda Hodges, Paulding County Park District Board Members recently met with the Commissioners to update them on the goals and desires of the Park District within Paulding County. Mr. Morales discussed the main goal is to build a pipeline. They had met with Senator Cliff Hite last week. The Park board is working with Senator Hite’s office to grow the district. They are excitedly looking at developing Rochester Park and are working on a 50 year lease to be able to develop the property for people to enjoy.  Mr. Morales is also working on being able to direct traffic to the beauty that Paulding County offers, with the scenic view of the Maumee River and utilizing our county’s natural resources. They would like to work with ODOT utilizing their equipment, maintaining the existing parking lot, and the ODNR to build boat docks. Ms. Hodges would like to see scenic byway signs put along the old US 24 highway since it is now a county road. The Park District is trying to brand Paulding County in a positive way.

• Aaron Timm, County Garage – Mr. Timm met briefly with the Commissioners to discuss possible storage locations for generators currently stored at the County Garage.

• Phil Maag, Metalink, CEO/President met briefly with the Commissioners to help resolve any issues with the new phone system within the County.

• Claudia Fickel, County Auditor – Ms. Fickel presented the general fund revenue figures to the Commissioners. The revenue is up $200,000 from last year