County commissioners look to maintain county-owned buildings with help from Palmer Energy.
County Commissioners Association of Ohio hired Palmer Energy to help any county that wanted it at no cost to the county, Commissioner Jeff Wagner said.
"Once we received (results of a county study), we hired Palmer to manage the project," Wagner said. "It's approximately a $1 million worth of improvements, that will be a loan. But it's stuff we couldn't put off. The (heat, ventilation and air conditioning system) on the Board of Elections building is on its last leg."
Wagner said close to $200,000 of that $1 million is to come from 2012 Community Development Block Grant funding.
The company inspected the roofs on county-owned buildings and found ways to get five more years of use from them, said Earl Reid, of Palmer Energy.
He said the company also looked at HVAC, doors and windows of county-owned buildings.
Commissioner Ben Nutter said this project is to prevent county buildings from becoming unusable. He said money from energy savings is to be used to pay for the improvements.
"Obviously, here in Seneca County we have some good examples of when we didn't do that very well," he said. "So we wanted to make sure, moving forward, we didn't find ourselves in that situation again."
Nutter said commissioners also dedicate money every year to a fund specifically for building maintenance.
The commissioners also signed a proclamation honoring and thanking sheriff's Deputy William Herrig for his 31 years of service. Herrig died earlier this month.
In new business, the board approved:
An annual appropriation of $455,905.06 for the EMS Fund for 2013, beginning Jan. 1, 2013, and ending Dec. 31, 2013.
Bill vouchers
A decrease of $155,596.42 to permanent appropriations for the Workforce Investment Act Fund.
A supplemental decrease of $106,926.87 to the permanent appropriation for the Public Assistance Fund.
An appropriation adjustment of $53.79 within the Seneca County Employees Health Insurance Fund.
A supplemental appropriation of $1,049.35 for the VOCA Expansion Project Fund.
An appropriation adjustment of $1,000 within the General Fund.
A supplemental appropriation of $1,250 for the County Revolving Loan Fund.
An appropriation adjustment of $5,100 within the General Fund.
A supplemental appropriation of $34,800 for the Bascom/New Riegel Bond Service Fund.
A supplemental appropriation of $3,390.72 for the Bascom/New Riegel Bond Reserve Fund.
A fund transfer of $250,000 to be made to the Children Services Fund.
A supplemental appropriation of $20,000 for the Flex Spending Fund.
A fund transfer of $50,000 to be made to the Public Assistance Fund.
An appropriation adjustment of $122.60 for the Public Assistance Fund.
An appropriation adjustment of $251.68 within the General Fund.
An appropriation adjustment of $4,124.36 within the General Fund.
An appropriation adjustment of $404.12 within the Allen Eiry Fund.
A supplemental appropriation of $300 for the Indigent Guardian Fund.
A supplemental appropriation of $2,000 for the Delinquent Care and Custody Fund.
A resolution approving the bonding company and the bond for Mark Akers, elected as Seneca County Coroner, term expiring Jan. 2, 2017.
A resolution approving the bonding company and the bond for Mark Zimmerman, elected as Seneca County Engineer, term expiring Jan. 2, 2017.
A resolution approving the bonding company and the bond for Mike Dell, elected as Seneca County Recorder, term expiring Jan. 2, 2017.
A resolution approving the bonding company and the bond for Mary Ward, elected as Seneca County Clerk of Courts, term expiring Jan. 2, 2017.
A resolution authorizing Seneca County commissioners to enter into an agreement/contract with the Lucas County Board of Commissioners for the Lucas County Coroner to perform certain necessary autopsies and toxicology reports for the calendar year of 2013.
A resolution authorizing Seneca County commissioners to enter into the Access-Visitation Grant, SYF 2013 with Patchworks House on behalf of the Seneca County Department of Job and Family Services.
A resolution reappointing Richard Ellinger to the Tiffin-Seneca Public Library Board of Trustees.
A resolution authorizing Seneca County commissioners to enter into an agreement/contract with Clouse Electric for the Seneca County ADA Door Project to be paid with CDBG FY 2010 Revolving Loan (RLF) Fund.
