Government

Local gov­ern­ments and schools in Ohio could see almost $113 mil­lion in rebates from the state insur­ance fund for injured work­ers under a pro­posal from the gov­er­nor. The Governor’s office on Mon­day released a break­down of the schools, town­ships, cities and other pub­lic employ­ers who could see a pay­out from …

The Mont­pe­lier Vil­lage Coun­cil on Mon­day evening, heard a short pre­sen­ta­tion by Con­rad Beck, of Beck Insur­ance, after which coun­cil mem­bers approved renewal of the village’s prop­erty and lia­bil­ity insur­ance. Accord­ing to an arti­cle in the Bryan Times, Mont­pe­lier has been with Beck Insur­ance since 1991. It is cov­ered under …

The Ohio Depart­ment of Agri­cul­ture is set to begin aer­ial treat­ments to con­trol the gypsy moth pop­u­la­tion in the state. 51 acres in Defi­ance County is tar­geted as larva and leaf devel­op­ment now is peak­ing. The depart­ment uses foray, a nat­u­rally occur­ring bac­terium found in the soil that inter­feres with …

The Ney Vil­lage Coun­cil met on Wednes­day to dis­cuss what to do with the village’s old main­te­nance build­ing and whether to put it up for bids. The meet­ing, as far as that deci­sion is con­cerned, accom­plished noth­ing, as noth­ing what­so­ever was decided. In other busi­ness, Coun­cil also learned the vil­lage …

It’s entirely con­sti­tu­tional… That’s how Defi­ance Law Direc­tor David Williams por­trayed Defiance’s side­walk ordi­nance at Tues­day night’s Defi­ance City Coun­cil Meet­ing. Williams told coun­cil that the city’s ordi­nance pro­hibit­ing “paint­ing” on side­walks is “entirely con­sti­tu­tional,” and indi­cated that the word “paint­ing” is a verb refer­ring to the act of inscrib­ing …

Edger­ton Vil­lage Coun­cil hired a new fis­cal offi­cer and made changes per­tain­ing to trash pick-up at Monday’s meet­ing. The Bryan Times reports that Coun­cil approved the hire of William Blakely as fis­cal offi­cer for the vil­lage. Blakely grad­u­ated from Edger­ton High School in 2000, received his degree from DeVry Uni­ver­sity, …

A change in the way Pauld­ing County han­dles ani­mal issues… The Pauld­ing County com­mis­sion­ers on Wednes­day made the deci­sion to trans­fer the author­ity and juris­dic­tion of the Pauld­ing County Dog War­den and ken­nel oper­a­tions to the sheriff’s office effec­tive July 1. The com­mis­sion­ers say the change will make the depart­ment …

Pauld­ing County Com­mis­sioner Fred Pieper was appointed by the Gov­er­nor last week to the Ohio Advi­sory Coun­cil for the Aging. The board includes 12 mem­bers who are appointed along with four other indi­vid­u­als from leg­is­la­ture and state depart­ments of men­tal health, devel­op­men­tal dis­abil­i­ties, health and job and fam­ily ser­vice. Respon­si­bilites …

West Unity appar­ently will not be get­ting an on/off ramp to the Ohio Turn­pike. At Thursday’s vil­lage coun­cil meet­ing, a rejec­tion let­ter from the Ohio Turn­pike Com­mis­sion was read in which the com­mis­sion responded to a requested inter­change. The Bryan Times reports that an engi­neer indi­cated that the dis­tance between …

Williams County Com­mis­sion­ers on Thurs­day opened bids for 2013 road-repair sup­plies, tak­ing all bids under advise­ment. The com­mis­sion­ers also on Thurs­day, autho­rized a $499 pur­chase request from the county dog war­den for a new printer, and met with a res­i­dent of Bona Vista who requested an imme­di­ate, county-wide bark­ing dog …