(PHOTO BY RENEA KESSLER / THE VILLAGE REPORTER)
BIDS … EMA Director Apryl McClaine opens bids before the Wil-liams County Commissioners for the hazardous material detector.
By: Renea Kessler
THE VILLAGE REPORTER
renea@thevillagereporter.com
The Williams County Commissioners held their meetings on Tuesday, October 1st and Thursday, October 3rd. The following resolutions were approved during the meetings.
Resolution 24-0320: This resolution approves the Williams County Auditor to create new lines and make supplemental appropriations from the funds as follows:
-Williams County Clerk of Courts: $60.00 from Workers Comp to Other Expense for invoice to Williams County Sheriff for fingerprint service.
-Williams County Commissioners: $3,690.21 from Unappropriated to Non-Capital Equipment for EA Door Security.
-Williams County EMA: $14,000 from Unappropriated to Contract Services to pay for 2024 EMA/LEPC Contract.
-Williams County Engineer’s Office: $100.00 from Administrative to Supplies for Janitorial Supplies.
-$10,000 from Contract Projects to Contract Services for Brown Dr & Scott Drive Improvements.
-$500.00 from Unappropriated to Rental Equipment for rental of portable toilets at county parks.
-$10,000 from Contract Projects to Rental for Equipment Rental Costs.
-Williams County Hillside Country Living: $18,778.30 from Unappropriated to Utilities, Repairs, and Supplies to fund electricity purchases, refrigerators and slings, and housekeeping supplies
-$5.00 from Dues/Subscriptions/Member/License to Seminars/Training Expense to fund training.
-$110.00 from Seminars/Training Expense to Advertising to fund advertising.
-$300.00 from Capital Assets to Supplies to fund housekeeping supplies.
-$12,260.00 from Unappropriated to Capital Assets Machine and Equipment to fund fence installation.
-$2,525.51 from Unappropriated and $2,000.00 from Capital Assets Machine and Equipment to Repairs to fund pump rebuild.
-$700.00 from Unappropriated to Hill-DLP Medicare and Hill-IH Medicare to fund Medicare.
-$200.00 from Unappropriated to Hill-Vill Medicare to fund Medicare.
-Williams County Sheriff: $5,000.00 from Workers Comp to Fuel for replenishment line for the remainder of 2024.
-Williams County SWCD: $10,000.00 from Soil & Water Conservation Funds to SWCD Contract Service to amend budget for contract-service for shortfall.
-Williams County Treasurers Office: $150.00 from Non-Capital Equipment to Office Supplies for Office Supplies.
Resolution 24-0321: This resolution approves a Contract between Williams County Auditor and Vision Government Solutions Inc. for the annual maintenance agreement for 2025-2027 new construction at a cost not to exceed $30,000 annually (estimate); (2031-40-122-506000 Real Estate Contract Services). Term: Annual Maintenance Agreement – billed as services are completed.
Resolution 24-0322: This resolution approves the Williams County Auditor to create new lines and make supplemental appropriations from the funds as follows:
-Williams County Auditor: $2,055.32 from Unappropriated to Seminars & Training and Travel-Lodging-Meals for Software Solution Inc Fall Conference 2024.
-Williams County Courthouse: $20,000.00 From Unappropriated to Postage & Shipping for Postage for courthouse meter remainder of 2024.
-Williams County Engineer’s Office: $82,500.00 from Contract Projects to Contract Services for Bridge Rehab.
-$2,370.00 from Administrative to Seminars & Training and Supplies for OTCO Training and No reason provided.
-Williams County Hillside Country Living: $70,000.00 from Unappropriated to Contract Services-Nursing, Contract Services, and Contract Service to transfer funds to Contracted Nursing, Contracted Services and no reason provided.
Resolution 24-0323: This resolution approves that Vond T. Hall, County Administrator is authorized to execute for and on behalf of the Board of Williams County Commissioners and Williams County EMA, a public entity established under the Laws of the State of Ohio this application and to file it in the appropriate State office for the purpose of obtaining certain Federal financial assistance under the Disaster Relief Act (Public Law 288, 23rd Congress) or otherwise available from the President’s Disaster Relief Fund.
Resolution 24-0324: the Board of Williams County Commissioners that we will encourage the employees of Williams County to give to the United Way by offering the following incentives:
FOR A GIFT EMPLOYEE WOULD RECEIVE:
-$2.50 per pay – Right to wear jeans once per month
-$3.50 per pay – 1/2 Day off (PAID)
-$5.50 per pay – 1 Day off (PAID) + Jeans Incentive
Also, employees giving at the $5.00 level will qualify for the United Way Caring Club card, which is good for discounts at businesses in Defiance, Fulton, and Williams Counties.
Elected Official/Department Head will be responsible for tracking time off and determining the date said employee can wear jeans.
After the resolutions were passed, Apryl McClaine, the Director of the Williams County Emergency Management Agency (EMA), opened bids in front of the Williams County Commissioners on Thursday.
The bids were for equipment designed to detect hazardous materials that would be used by the county’s hazardous materials team.
The EMA received a grant of $95,000 for the purchase of equipment. The lowest bid received was $40,450, with the other bid being $64,166. McClaine and other county staff will review the bids before making a recommendation to the commissioners.
This is especially important due to the significant difference in the quotes, as well as both bids being well below the grant amount.
Commissioner Terry Rummel mentioned, “This device is used to read hazardous materials. When the hazmat team enters a building, they can use it to read through plastic containers and swipe it on a desk to check for any harmful substances that could make people sick.”
He also mentioned that the Multi-Area Narcotics (M.A.N.) Unit used a similar detection device during an incident at the juvenile detention center. Rummel expressed that it would be beneficial for the team to have such a unit on their truck to respond to these types of events.
With nothing further to discuss, the Commissioners adjourned.