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Bluebag Media
Commissioners
look back on 2015; ahead to 2016
GREENVILLE – Darke County Commissioners looked back on their
‘positives’ from 2015, and ahead to the challenges in 2016.
At the top of the positives, according to Commissioners Diane Delaplane
and Mike Stegall, were job retention and expansion and the overall
economic outlook. Also high on the list was confirmation last year that
Darke County is going to get the World Plowing Contest in 2019.
According to Commissioner Mike Rhoades that will bring in from 250 to
500,000 people over a two and a half week period.
The biggest challenges according to all three revolve around technology
and drugs. Delaplane noted communications and 911. Rhoades expanded…
“We have to upgrade radio systems to MARCS (Multi-Agency Radio
Communication System) in order to communicate better with the agencies
around us. What we are using now is done.” All emergency agencies –
fire, EMS, law enforcement and others – will need the upgrade.
Delplane noted a huge problem to address is drugs in the county. “I
don’t have exact numbers but I know it’s been increasing each year. We
have to try to get people off drugs.” Stegall added there are plenty of
programs out there to help them...
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