Paulding County Commissioners meeting minutes 3/23/16

This 23rd day of March, 2016, the Board of County Commissioners met in regular session with the following members present: Roy Klopfenstein, Mark Holtsberry, and Nola Ginter, Clerk; Absent:  Tony Zartman

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 Claims on March 23, 2016, Warrant numbered 223448 in the amount of $843.44; 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.

EXECUTIVE SESSION:

A motion was made by Mr. Mark Holtsberry to go into executive session at 8:09 a.m. with the Paulding County Prosecutor to discuss legal matters.  The motion was seconded by Mr. Roy Klopfenstein.  All members voting yea.

IN THE MATTER OF AMENDING THE 2016 ANNUAL APPROPRIATION (FUND 034):

The Board of County Commissioners does hereby direct the County Auditor to amend the 2016 Annual Appropriation by appropriating the following in the DARE Fund (Fund 034), to-wit; 034-001-00003/DARE/Training, AMOUNT:  $1,000.00

IN THE MATTER OF AWARDING THE BID FOR THE FY 2015 VILLAGE OF OAKWOOD WELL PROJECT (CDBG) :

Two (2) proposals were received for the FY 2015 Village of Oakwood Well Project; and

after review of the aforementioned proposal, Maumee Valley Planning Organization and the Village of Oakwood have recommended that the project be awarded to Watson Well Drilling, Inc., 13580 County Road C, Bryan  OH  43506; now, therefore

The Board of County Commissioners does hereby award the FY 2015 Village of Oakwood Well Project to Watson Well Drilling, Inc.. in the amount of $23,920.00, with CDBG funds in the amount of $20,000.00 allocated to the project.  The Village of Oakwood will be responsible for the balance in the cost of the project; and be it

The Board of County Commissioners does hereby authorize the Chairman of said Board, Mr. Tony Zartman, to sign all paperwork related to the project on behalf of the Board of County Commissioners.

Meeting Notes of Appointments 

• Jim States, State Bank & Trust; Beau Piasecki, BancCard; Lou Ann Wannemacher, County Treasurer – Mr. Piasecki explained BancCard rates for debit and credit cards.  The Commissioners’ Office receive payments for the Auglaize River Sewer, for the rental of the OSU Extension building, and for sub-division fees.  They have made the decision to go ‘cash’ free and are looking at  having the capability of processing payments by debit or credit card.  Mr. Piasecki provided a proposal from BancCard, on behalf of State Bank.  He  noted transactions up to $70.00 have a flat fee of $2.50 and those over $70.00 have a fee of 2.95% of the total amount of the transaction.  Mr. Piasecki explained it would take 6-8 weeks to set up and test the program.  Ms. Wannemacher noted the Treasurer and the Sheriff’s offices utilize Lexis Nexus for their credit/debit cards needs.

• Lou Ann Wannemacher, County Treasurer – Ms. Wannemacher and the Commissioners discussed the cyber security policy.