PRESENTATION … Fulton County Chief Deputy Engineer Rod Creager speaks to everyone present at the Thursday, March 16 commissioner session regarding options and cost for Ditch Petition 2150 for County Road 6-3. (PHOTO BY JACOB KESSLER, STAFF)
By: Jacob Kessler
The Fulton County Commissioners held their first and only meeting of the week on Thursday, March 16th.
The meeting began at 9:00 a.m. with a bid opening for the EF6-3.1 Bridge Rehabilitation Project. Bids received were $290,525.82 from US Bridge, $308,949.77 from Miller Brothers Construction, and $291,863.37 from RG Zachrich. The bids were then sent off for review by the engineer’s office.
A prayer and Pledge of Allegiance took place next along with the approval of minutes from the March 9th meeting and current agenda.
Payment of the bills as presented was approved next along with several reviews.
These reviews included a the RLF loan approval notice for OperationOne27 from the Ohio Department of Development, a review of the release of environmental conditions for Skye Cinema from the Ohio Department of Development, and a review of the weekly Dog Warden reports for periods ending February 18th and February 25th.
The following agenda items were then approved by commissioners.
– Resolution 2023-215 for the increase and transfer of appropriations for various departments.
– Resolution 2023-216 to approve FAA Reimbursement Request #3 for the FAA Grant Rehabilitation Runway 9/27 Lighting & SRE- 3-39-0087-017-2021.
– Resolution 2023-217 to approve Draw #1 for the Brownfield Remediation Grant Agreement 2022-130 – Jackson Cleaners – 192233.
– Resolution 2023-218 to approve Draw #3 for the Brownfield Remediation Grant Agreement 2022-54 – Bunting Bearing – 190688.
– Resolution 2023-219 to approve Draw #3 for the Brownfield Remediation Grant Agreement 2022-53 – Britsch Property – 190686.
– Resolution 2023-220 to approve the Housing Semi-Annual Program Income Report and authorize the board president to execute.
– Resolution 2023-221 to transfer funds for internal services.
– Resolution 2023-222 to approve legal and authorize an ad for the Fulton County Health Department Project.
– Resolution 2023-223 to enter into Contract 2023-64 with Action Contractors for the New Fulton County Senior Center Project.
– Resolution 2023-224 to enter into Contract 2023-65 with B&M Excavating LLC for Demolition Project – 23363 US HWY 20A Archbold, OH.
– Resolution 2023-225 to enter into Contract 2023-66 with Gerken Paving for the resurfacing of Road 5-2, Road 24 and Road S on behalf of the Engineer.
– Resolution 2023-226 to enter into Grant Agreement 2023-67 with the Ohio Department of Development for Skye Cinema Project – Grant # B-E-22-1AX-1.
– Resolution 2023-227 to accept the recommendation of the Loss Control Coordinator for a Workers Compensation Claim.
– Resolution 2023-228 to execute a letter of support for a Fulton County Sheriff’s Office grant opportunity.
– Resolution 2023-229 to execute a letter of support for a Fulton County Public Utilities grant opportunity.
– Resolution 2023-230 to appoint a Maintenance I Employee.
– Resolution 2023-231 to approve purchase orders and travel requests.
The meeting then entered recess at 9:12 a.m. and returned at 9:17 a.m.
Following the return, Rod Creager from the engineer’s office spoke to everyone present regarding Ditch Petition 2150 for County Road 6-3.
The issue was petitioned for by the Swancreek Township Trustees back on October 25th of 2022.
Mr. Creager explained that he was unable to find any record of existing improvements at the site in question.
A list of problems were addressed along with possible fixes. Some of the problems stated by Mr. Creager were erosions, tile break downs and standing water following a rainfall.
Swancreek Township Trustee Rick Kazmierczak also stated that, after a rainfall, the water sometimes gets as high as the knees.
A price estimate for construction alone was given at $58,747.61 with a total estimated cost being $63,953.68.
Following a presentation of all the issues, photographs, and possible fixes, the commissioners moved to discuss the project.
Commissioner Joe Short stated that it was obvious the landowners had already tried to mitigate the issues, and that he supports the plan.
Commissioner Jon Rupp agreed and with that they each voted to move forward with the project. The meeting was then adjourned at 10:07 a.m.
Jacob can be reached at jacob@thevillagereporter.com
