By: Rebecca Miller
Prior to the regular Thursday morning sessions of the Williams County Commissioners on January 21, 2021, the monthly report from Hillside Country Living was given by the new Director Darrell Moore.
Also present on the Zoom meeting were Business office manager Steve Rinell and Former Director/Transition Consultant Donna Sprow. Moore was welcomed by the Commissioners and gave his report, which included the news that two of the wings are in the yellow zone and there are no active covid residents at this point in the COVID Wing.
Since the pandemic began, Hillside has had 24 employees and 11 residents who have tested positive for COVID, but no one in the facility has it at present. Moore also informed the commissioners that they are starting admissions again. The new fiber optics are in and should be up and running for better internet connection right away.
During the Regular Session Commissioner Rummel reported that he had shared at the Mayor’s meeting held on January 20, 2021 concerning the PPE Applications for Small Businesses”
“They are available again and I would encourage all Small businesses that didn’t choose to go last time to get that money, to look at that and do that if they have employees. If their payroll is $1000 then in a restaurant situation they could get $3500 to $4000.”
“I don’t know that for a $1000 worth of payroll that it is really worth it so that might leave some smaller businesses out. But some of the mid-sized I would call them, restaurants if their payroll is going to be in that $4000 a month type thing, they could literally get $15 – $18,000.”
“It is well worth the effort to fill out the paperwork for that federal PPE money,” he said, adding, “As a small business owner I would like to extend the invitation to anybody who has questions, comments or concerns on that. We can reach out and help.”
The commissioners voted to approve:
•Resolution 42 accepting and approving an Annexation for the Village of West Unity
•Resolution 37 Supplemental appropriations on behalf of WC Common Pleas Court; Hillside Country Living; and Sanitary Engineer
•Resolution 38 Order fixing time of view and first hearing for Single County Ditch #741 petitioned by John Altman
•Resolution 39 entering into a Purchase and Service agreement with Perry Pro Tech for a Pinter/scanner/copier
•Resolution 40 Authorizing Fred Lord, Director of WC JFS to act as the WC Commissioners Designee for approving inter-county adjustments of allocated funds for CY 2021
•Resolution 41 Accepting and awarding bid to Kyle J. Sherman Excavatin, LLC in regards to the MVPO Project – PY 2019 CBG RLF – Village of Edon – Railroad Street Water Line
•Also Signed were Designation or Representative Terry rumble to Executive Council of MVPO; Notice of Award to Fenson Contracting for Project #1-2021; Dog Warden Report fo the weeks of Jan. 4 – 10, 2021 and Jan. 11—17, 2021; Common Pleas Probate/Juvenilce Inventory to be destroyed; Check List for Tile/Ditch Repair for Dargitz and Regina Siegel Trustee; Special hauling Permit #21-003 and #21-004; Application for Tile Ditch Repair App #2020-04 and 2020-09; Credit card appropriations for February on behalf of Sheriff’s office and Engineer for January 2021
•Minutes for January 14, 2021 and the payment of Bills
•At 10am the Commissioners suspended their meeting and turned the time over to County Treasurer, Kellie Gray for the Quarterly Investment Meeting, who informed them concerning specific investments and interest rates on the county investments.
Rebecca can be reached at publisher@thevillagereporter.com