The Board of Hocking County Commissioners met in regular session this 5th day of July 2017 with the following members present: Jeffrey Dickerson, Gary Waugh, Sandra Ogle.

MEETING: The meeting was called to order by President Dickerson.

MINUTES: Motion by Gary Waugh and seconded by Jeffrey Dickerson to approve June 22, 2017 minutes.

Vote: Ogle, abstained, Waugh, yea, Dickerson, yea.

Motion by Sandra Ogle and seconded by Gary Waugh to approve July 3, 2017 minutes.

Vote: Ogle, yea, Waugh, yea, Dickerson, abstained.

AGENDA: Motion by Gary Waugh and seconded by Sandra Ogle to approve agenda.

Vote: Ogle, yea, Waugh, yea, Dickerson, yea.

WAYNE NATIONAL FOREST:

Tony Scardina discussed the Federal Land Payment to State and Local Governments. He stated they will do a lease sell every quarter until 18,000 acres are leased out. Under the new State Legislator, it requires the counties to split the money 50/50. Fifty percent will go to township roads and fifty percent will go to public schools.

Commissioner Ogle asked why they State Legislator made this change. Tony Scardina said he thinks they are weighing the options of going back to the 25% fund.

Gary Chancey stated that what people don’t realize is every county gets something based on their acreage.

Commissioner Waugh asked if they are oil leases. Tony Scardina said yes.

Commissioner Waugh asked where they were at on the trails. Jason Reed said it’s out for public comment until Friday and they are in the process of fuel surveys.

Bill Kaeppner asked if there would be another opportunity, if our state puts up $20,000-$30,000 in grants, to put in single-track trails. Tony Scardina said they are opened minded with meeting any group if they wanted to sit down and have that conversation.

Beth Lanning asked why they lease the forest. Tony Scardina said they lease the minerals underneath the land to support domestic energy production.

Beth Lanning asked how many acres are in Hocking County. Tony said 26,000.

PROSECUTOR:

Ben Fickle discussed the ceiling located in the Prosecutor’s Office potentially caving in on his employees. He requested the files from the attic be removed and the water damage be repaired. The Prosecutor said they are in the process of digitalizing their files. The commissioners assured him the issue would be addressed following the meeting.

GENERAL BUSINESS:

Motion by Gary Waugh and seconded by Sandra Ogle to meet July 12, 2017 at 10:30 A.M. to review the Elick Road Relocation request.

Vote: Ogle, yea, Waugh, yea, Dickerson, yea.

Motion by Gary Waugh and seconded by Sandra Ogle to accept the Certificate of Estimated Tax Revenue.

Roll Call: Ogle, yea, Waugh, yea, Dickerson, yea.

APPROPRIATION TRANSFER:

Hocking DD	-	$5,000.00 from S19.05 cont. repairs to S19.02 supplies

Common Pleas	-	$940.00 from A02B09 transcripts to A02B10 travel

Motion by Gary Waugh and seconded by Sandra Ogle to approve transfers.

Vote: Ogle, yea, Waugh, yea, Dickerson, yea.

REQUEST FOR TRAVEL:

Motion by Gary Waugh and seconded by Sandra Ogle to approve Auditor’s request for travel.

Vote: Ogle, yea, Waugh, yea, Dickerson, yea.

MONTHLY REPORTS:

Motion by Gary Waugh and seconded by Sandra Ogle to approve Prosecutor’s monthly report of June 2017.

Vote: Ogle, yea, Waugh, yea, Dickerson, yea.

PUBLIC COMMENT:

Beth Lanning asked if they were making a decision on HAPCAP today. Commissioner Ogle said no.

Jim Kalklosch asked what date the evening meeting was scheduled to be. President Dickerson said it was July 17, 2017.

Chuck Paulsen asked when he would meet with Commissioner Waugh and the Mayor. Commissioner Waugh said he would give him a call regarding West Street.

EXECUTIVE SESSION: Motion by Jeffrey Dickerson and seconded by Gary Waugh under personnel matters compensation of a public employee.

Roll Call: Ogle, yea, Waugh, yea, Dickerson, yea.

EXIT EXECUTIVE SESSION: With no action taken 9:58 A.M.

BILLS: The following bills were presented for examination and approval:

Name	No.	Purpose	Amount
RVC Architects	2517	Services building – 911	2126.25
Office Mart	2518	Supplies – Commissioners Courthouse	1021.32
Hocking Township Association	2519	Membership – Regional Planning	15.00
Office City	2520	Supplies – Common Pleas	30.87
GM Supplies Ltd.	2521	Toner cartridge – Common Pleas	85.00
Modern Leasing	2522	Copier lease – BOE	181.67
Columbia Gas	2523	Service – Commissioners	554.80
Valtech	2524	Service – Commissioners	149.14
City of Logan	2525	Water/Sewer – Commissioners	974.31
Citizens Bank of Logan	2526	Deposit slips – Recorder	34.00
Gordon Flesch	2527	Maintenance/service contract – Recorder	107.00
Ohio State University Extension	2528	Extension 2017 – Commissioners	35,750.00
Peebles	2529	Clothes voucher – Veterans	100.00
William Henderson	2530	Public Defender – Auditor	350.00
Dorian Baum	2531	Public Defender – Auditor	1259.00
J Matthew Dawson	2532	Public Defender – Auditor	237.00
Jason Despetorich	2533	Public Defender – Auditor	900.00
Alisa Turner	2534	Public Defender – Auditor	186.00
Jason Despetorich	2535	Public Defender – Auditor	196.00
William Moore	2536	Public Defender – Auditor	312.00
Ryan Sheplar	2537	Public Defender – Auditor	40.00
Tim Gleeson	2538	Public Defender – Auditor	1482.00
Office City	2539	Supplies – Lodging Tax	15.96
Premier Biotech	2540	Drug testing supplies – Common Pleas	704.13
ACS/Xerox nka Conduent	2541	Indexing for the month of May – Recorder	1275.30
Frontier #84	2542	Telephone Bills	60.54
Valtech Communications #710	2543	Long distance telephone – Soil and Water	15.90
USA Bluebook	2544	Supplies – Sewer	447.64
MASI	2545	Testing – Sewer	102.27
DPL Energy	2546	Service – Commissioners	104.69
AEP	2547	Service – Commissioners	296.22
AEP	2548	Service – Commissioners	1180.77
City of Logan	2549	Service – Commissioners	187.00
Double A Construction #459	2550	Painting Hall of Justice – Municipal	19,900.00
Stantec	2551	Murray City – Sewer	8001.48
Com Doc	2552	Copier – 911	1497.00
Ed Green Electric	2553	Service – 911	1450.00
Office City	2554	Supplies – SHSC	62.96
Logan Post Master	2555	Stamps – SHSC	83.00
American Electric Power	2556	Monthly electric service – SHSC	707.20
Columbia Gas of Ohio	2557	Monthly gas use – SHSC	52.15
South Central Power	2558	Monthly electric – SHSC	46.00
Barnes Advertising	2559	Advertising 2017 – SHSC	432.00
Tina Koska	2560	Mileage reimbursement – SHSC	110.70
Carla Smyers	2561	Mileage reimbursement – SHSC	91.80
Bev Hemsworth	2562	Mileage reimbursement – SHSC	41.58
HAP Community Action	2563	Soft cost	1.00
Hopewell Health Centers	2564	Reimbursement for group and family activities – FCFC	101.89
Emily Bernasco	2565	Reimbursement for art group – FCFC	58.17
Victoria Hilliard	2566	Travel expenses – FCFC	203.81
Staples #1761	2567	Supplies	55.98
Hamilton Soil Investigation	2568	Soil testing – Commissioners	1200.00

Motion by Gary Waugh and seconded by Sandra Ogle to pay the bills.

Vote: Ogle, yea, Waugh, yea, Dickerson, yea.

OHIO PUBLIC WORKS:

Motion by Sandra Ogle and seconded by Gary Waugh for president of the board to sign Project document CR03U.

Vote: Ogle, yea, Waugh, yea, Dickerson, yea.

Motion by Gary Waugh and seconded by Sandra Ogle for President to sign Project Grant/Loan Agreement CR14U and CR15U.

Vote: Ogle, yea, Waugh, yea, Dickerson, yea.

Motion by Sandra Ogle and seconded by Gary Waugh for President of the Board to sign Project Grant Agreement CR03U.

Vote: Ogle, yea, Waugh, yea, Dickerson, yea.

Motion by Sandra Ogle and seconded by Gary Waugh to have Prosecutor review documents.

Vote: Ogle, yea, Waugh, yea, Dickerson, yea.

SEWER:

Motion by Gary Waugh and seconded by Sandra Ogle to hire Mark Auxier for Part-time Assistant to the Sewer Superintendent after drug test.

Vote: Ogle, yea, Waugh, yea, Dickerson, abstained.

Motion by Sandra Ogle and seconded by Gary Waugh to start Mark Auxier on Monday.

Vote: Ogle, yea, Waugh, yea, Dickerson, yea.

ADJOURNMENT Motion by Sandra Ogle and seconded by Gary Waugh.

Vote: Ogle, yea, Waugh, yea, Dickerson, yea. Motion Carried.

Rose Marshall, Clerk
Board of Hocking County Commissioners
This is to certify that the above is the true action taken by this Board of Hocking County Commissioners at a regular meeting of the Board held on July 5, 2017.
Rose Marshall, Clerk	Jeff Dickerson, President