The Commissioners of Highland County, Brad Roades, Terry Britton and David Daniels, elected a contractor for the new multimillion dollar truck barn for the County Engineer's Office office during their meeting on Wednesday, September 24th.
The commissioners awarded the bid of the truck barn for the construction of Jay-Car in the amount of $ 5,029,738, both by an application and a resolution.
According to Chris Fauner Chris Fauner from Highland County, the WDC group recommends accepting Jay-Car's offer, which was not the lowest, but was determined as the best due to some “discrepancies” with the low offer. Jay-Car's offer was “25 percent below her estimate,” said Fauner.
As already reported, the Commissioners voted 3-0 on February 26 for a purchase contract for the former Pike gas property in the 144 Bowers Avenue in Hillsboro at a price of $ 390,000. The property comprises two packages for a total of 0.3742 tomorrow.
The Senator of the State of Shankin (R-Hillsboro) announced the investment of $ 1 million from the one-time Strategic Community Investment Fund (OTSCIF) to support the project, which was placed over 20 trucks in June 2024.
In November, the commissioners voted for the director of 2 million US dollars of their American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). The amount committed exceeded the first application when the commissioners checked potential ARPA projects in 2022. At this point, Faunuber submitted a proposal of $ 1.4 million to build a new truck/device storage system of 115'x160 '', which replaced an approximately 50-year-old structure.
In December, the commissioners also determined another 500,000 US dollar of ARPA financial funds for engineering services and contract management by the WDC Group for the project.
The commissioners also voted to grant the granting of bonds of 4.6 million US dollars in June and closure documents for the financing in July.
In an update that was not related, the director of Highland County Job & Family Services, Jeremy Ratcliff, how the “Big Beautiful Bill” of the federal government affects the local JFS office. The most important change is “the change compared to the administrative financing of the SNAP program.
“It is currently 50/50 Split, which means that it means 50% federal cost reimbursement and 50% state/locally,” said Ratcliff. “Our is always a state. We are not in local means for the administration of the SNAP program. This effectively on October 1 of the next year will go to a 75/25 split, which means that 75% state/local, 25% state.
“We only spent just under 227,000 US dollars for the 2005 financial year, and so we appreciate a potential decline in the federal government of $ 120 [thousand] to $ 140,000 per federal year. “
Ratcliff said that the Ohio Association of Job- und Family Services Directors works with state legislators to see what kind of state funds can be used to compensate for this difference.
“We just have a few places, positions that we didn't expect,” said Ratcliff.
According to the district commissioners' association of Ohio, the Obbba (One Big Beautiful Bill Act) will reduce the federal share of the SNAP administration costs from 50% to 25%, which leads to a greater cost burden for the governments of the state and the district.
“In addition, Obbba requires that the states will contribute to the service costs of the SNAP program for the first time in the history of the program. The state's proportion is determined by the state's error rate in the SNAP payments. This change is effective on October 1, 2027 in the next state Biennium and the next Gouvernator Administration.”
“I am looking forward to the fact that the greater effects, as we talked about, would be a potential benefit parts at the state level,” said Ratcliff.
However, Britton warned that these financing problems are often “pushed onto the counties.
“If that happened, there would be some things that we really had to look at,” said Britton. “It's a pretty big cut.”
In other discussions:
•. Roades checked the monthly report on the permissible sales tax, as the district inspector Alex Butler was presented, who could not visit the meeting on Wednesday.
According to the streets, the district collected $ 813,782.46 in September 2025.
“For the monthly difference, we have dropped by 6.46 percent compared to the last month, but as a plus until today we are still in a positive value of 0.35 percent,” said Roades.
• Ted McReynolds from the friends of the Highland County Dog Pound Group informed the commissioners that their non -profit organization donated 901.44 US dollars to a local veterinary clinic, the reimbursement of which the district asks for $ 390.64.
McReynolds said that the friends of the Highland County Dog Pounds covered the costs for spay/neutrum operations for dogs, while the other part he asks the district of covering “euthanasia, vaccines and things of this kind”.
• Before their regular 9 o'clock meeting, the Commissioners held an executive meeting to discuss the remuneration of the employees. As a result, they voted 3-0 for the approval of an application for the election campaign for an additional fund of unquestionable fund within the district's general fund of $ 12,957.
• Deferred but not approved, quotes for a new truck for environmental technology.
“We run close to the Rocky Fork Lake Sealer Fund,” said Daniels. “I think that a few things can be endured when we continue with the expenses, what I think we have to at some point.
“We probably have to look to see which resources we either cross to the channel fund or can pay from another place from another place. We have had some discussions with you. We have recently gone through a whole series of trucks in the past. They have made some suggestions that could extend the useful lifespan of them.”
The commissioners also made the following permits, each 3-0 vote:
• A contract between the Commissioners and the Highland County Department of Job & Family Services that approved the two-year prevention, retention and emergency plan from JFS (PRC).
• A purchased service contract between Commissioners, Highland County JFS and FRS Transportation for Medical Transport Transport Transport.
• A change in the company contract contract among the commissioners, Aramark Correctional Services, LLC and the Sheriff's Office for Food Service in prison.
• The evaluation of the evaluation in the office of the auditor for Lakeside and Rocky Fork Lake Canalization carrier.
• A change order that reflects a saving of $ 14,667.89 for the district of the district 2024 of the district.
• An application for an opioid implementation administrator for a new national opioid settlement.
• A $ 3,450 quote from BNM Painting for external work in the newly purchased building of the district for maintenance at Hofart Drive.
• The commissioners received a petition submitted by the trustees Clay Township to clear a trace in Clay Township, about 0.429 miles long, north of State Route 138 and the property of Claudete Cribbett (05-23-457.00). The advertisement will take place on Wednesday, October 15th at 10 a.m. at the Gasse location, and on Wednesday, October 15th at 11 a.m. in your office.
• A request from the DD Board of Directors after a change of household within the 2100 board of DD Fund of $ 480,000.
• An application by the district court for a change of budget within the 1000 district of general funds in the amount
$ 750.
• A decision to submit a submission to the Court of Justice for the 3130 SCORJDC debt fund so that these funds for representing money that have been transferred by the General Fund of Highland County represent the debt for the transfer for transfer to debt. Daniels said that the resolution “undertakes for the upgrades made 20 years ago for the youth penalty” and “finally to retirement of these debts”.
• A decision to submit a submission of the court for the joint indictment for the 3200 debt so that these funds for representing money, which were transferred by the General Fund of Highland County, as a payment for debts, since no falling fund is to be acted for transfer the transfer, represented as a payment for the debt.
• A change in the budget within the 1000 district of general funds of USD 10,000.
• A budget change within the 5030 Rocky Fork Sewer Fund in the amount of $ 10,000.
You can find more information about the meeting on Wednesday at: https://highlandcountypress.com/news/nextera-energy-rezes-outlines-….
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