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doing. Not only are existing businesses choosing to stay, invest and expand here, new companies are wanting to come in and make Clermont their home. These projects go a long way to support the access needs for their people and for their products.” These projects are among the local roadway network improvements being implemented as part of the Eastern Corridor Program’s broaderscale, multi-modal transportation improvement plan. Another portion of the Eastern Corridor Program, the Oasis Rail Tran-
sit project, was also awarded $200,000 to help secure right-of-way for the rail line’s track extension into downtown Cincinnati. CCTID was established in June 2006 and works with local communities, regional, state and federal agencies to stimulate economic development through transportation improvements. Projects advanced by the CCTID aim to ease congestion, expand access to business, shopping and new development while at the same time, establish the infrastructure needed to maintain the existing job base and facilitate future growth. For more information, visit http://tid.clermont countyohio.gov/.
Comments sought for police MIAMI TWP. — The Miami Township Police Department is scheduled for an on-site assessment as part of a program to achieve accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) by verifying that it meets the professional standards of CALEA. The Commission on Accreditation of Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. administers the accreditation program. To be accredited, agencies comply with state-of the-art standards in four basic functional areas policy and procedures, administration, operations
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and support services. As part of the on-site assessment, agency employees and members of the community are invited to offer comments at a public meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13, in the Miami Township trustees meeting room in the Civic Center, 6101 Meijer Drive. The public also is invited to offer comments about the agency’s compliance with CALEA standards by calling 965-6879 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13. Comments will be taken by a member of the assessment team. Telephone comments as well as appearances at the public information
Clermont Co. OKs Ford plant tax incentive By John Seney jseney@communitypress.com
BATAVIA — The Clermont County commissioners Oct. 29 gave their support to a tax abatement for
Community and Economic Development Department, said Huhtamaki, Inc., which is based in Espoo, Finland, wants to buy 900,000 square feet of the Ford plant and about 60 acres of land. The facility will create 237 full-time jobs over a four-year period, he said. “We are looking forward to closing the deal,” said Mike Gross, plant manager for a Huhtamkai facility in New Vienna, Ohio. Kuchta said the Huhtamaki deal would not displace any current tenants of the plant, which is owned by Industrial Realty Group LLC.
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The Miami Township Police department was first accredited in March 1996 and has been subsequently re-accredited in 2000, 2003, 2006 and 2009. “We believe that being accredited keeps our agency sharp and in line with nationally recognized standards for operating a professional police agency,” said Police Chief Steve Bailey. “Less than four percent of the 18,000 police agencies in the United Sates have achieved accreditation. This speaks to the challenges that have to be met to become and to remain an accredited agency.”
session are limited to 10 minutes and must address the agency’s ability to comply with CALEA’s standards. A copy of the standards is available at the Miami Township Police Department, 5900 McPicken Drive. Anyone wishing to submit written comments about the Miami Township Police Department’s ability to comply with the standards for accreditation may send them to the Commission on Accreditation of Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. (CALEA), 13575 Heathcote Boulevard, Suite 320, Gainesville, Va., 20155 or www.calea.org.
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