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Darke
County Commissioners
Commissioners address signs, award
Community
Development Block grants
By Bob Robinson
GREENVILLE
– “There is talk that the
commissioners used county General Fund dollars to purchase those signs
in front
of the Courthouse and your Commissioners building,” said Greenville
citizen
Fred Dean during the question and comment part of the June 10 public
meeting.
“No,
that is not correct,” responded the
Commissioners. They told Dean that the signs were made from recycled
materials
out of Solid Waste District funds that are generated by the fees paid
for trash
pickup.
“We
advise that you go back and advise citizens
about the funds that were used to purchase those signs,” they said.
Commissioner
Mike Rhoades said some people
actually walk through the door here asking where the courthouse is.
Commissioner
Mike Stegall noted after the meeting
was adjourned that he saw a well-dressed man in an expensive suit climb
out of
his Mercedes and look first at the Courthouse, then at the
Commissioners
building. He came into their building.
“He
said he was an attorney from Dayton and
needed to know where the courthouse was.”
Someone
said, “I don’t want him for an attorney.”
In
official business the commissioners
re-appointed Fred Winner of New Weston to the Darke County Board of
Zoning
Appeals and Marilyn Erwin of Ansonia to the Darke County Zoning
Commission.
At
the June 12 public meeting, Commissioners
awarded Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) to Greenville,
Arcanum, Union
City and Ansonia.
Greenville
was awarded $29,500 for street
rehabilitation, Union City $25,000 for storm water work, Arcanum
$40,000 for
work on South Main Street and Ansonia $9,500 for a composite testing
system.
In
addition two $300,000 proposals were approved
for CDBG Neighborhood Revitalization program; one for Greenville and
one for
Union City. A $300,000 proposal was also approved for Pitsburg for the
CDBG
Critical Infrastructure program.
According
to Rhoades, it is tough deciding what
to submit as the projects are typically needed. Eight had been
submitted for
Neighborhood Revitalization and four for Critical Infrastructure.
“Darke
County can submit up to three,” he said.
“These are competitive set-aside grants. If we score high enough, we
could
possibly get all three.”
Transportation
services were renewed between
Darke County Job & Family Services (DCJFS) and Community Action
Partnership
(CAP) through June 2014. DCJFS will pay $8 per person each way within
the City
of Greenville, plus $1 per mile outside of Greenville for qualified
individuals.
Published
courtesy of The Early Bird
Get
the minutes of the Darke County Commissioners
public meetings here
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