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Folded hands
The 59th annual National Day of Prayer will be Thursday, May 6, and community leaders, groups and churches have a series of events and services planned throughout the county. SEE LIST OF SERVICES, A2
New VA open
Veterans in Clermont County now have a new, expanded clinic closer to home. The Cincinnati Veterans Affairs opened the Community Based Outpatient Clinic at the corner of Ohio 32 and Beechwood Road in Mount Carmel. SEE STORY, A5
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Emphasizing safety
Owensville police chief initiates several upgrades
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The Owensville Police Department is working a number of projects to enhance the safety of village residents. Police Chief Mike Freeman said a new emergency alert system will be activated in the next few weeks. The system, set up by ADT Security Services, will enable the police department to immediately notify all residents by phone or email of an emergency or crime alert. “It’s very convenient if we have a crime problem,” Freeman said. “We can use it for anything.” An alert will be activated through a computer at the police station. Freeman said Owensville will be the first village in Clermont County to have the ADT system. It will cost about $900 a year. ”It’s going to be worth the money we spend,” he said. “It will make the community safer.” Council Member Kim Beuke said the alert system was a good idea. “That’s something that really helps the residents of the village,” she said. Freeman is making a number of security upgrades at village hall, which also houses the police department. Security cameras will be installed throughout the building. There also will be a keypad entry system. Freeman is in the process of
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Owensville Police Chief Mike Freeman has obtained computers and other government surplus items for the police department and village hall. replacing the department’s old radios with a new radio system. A federal grant will help pay for the radios. A recently redesigned village website enables residents to communicate with the police department and village officials via email. Freeman also is making use of surplus items through the federal government’s Defense Reutiliza-
tion and Marketing Service. “We’re trying to utilize the free stuff,” he said. Desks, computers, office furniture and diesel generators have been acquired from the government program. Freeman said the village has saved thousands of dollars with free surplus items. The surplus items can be claimed online and then picked up
at a warehouse at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton. The village is not allowed to sell the surplus property, but can assign it to other government agencies. Beuke said the things Freeman has done have been good for the village. “He’s made a lot of improvements,” she said. “We’ve come a long way in a short time.”
Moulden may fill consultant role By Kellie Geist kgeist@communitypress.com
The Wayne Township trustees are still trying to find a way to pay Fire Chief David Moulden for the extra administrative work he does, and legal counsel John Korfhagen may have found a way to make that work. The trustees, at their meeting May 3, were going to consider making Moulden a part-time fiscal and management consultant. “I don’t think it ever hurts to have additional people working on projects and with departments,” Trustee Harold Grosnickel said. Moulden asked the trustees in January to consider making him the part-time administrator. This position would compensate him for the extra projects and tasks the trustees assign. The trustees approved that measure and agreed to pay him an extra $3,000 for the work, but Korfhagen said it would be a con-
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flict of interest because essentially that would make Moulden his own boss. Ohio Revised Code 9.36 allows the township to appoint someone as a fiscal and management consultant for the township, Moulden said. “If they approve that position, I would have most of the same duties as a township administrator,” Moulden said. That would mean Moulden oversees the administration, enforcement and execution of the policies and resolutions of the Wayne Township trustees. He also would supervise and direct township departments and spend time working on grants. If appointed to the consultant position, Moulden would be able to dedicate only 20 percent of his work day to that job. The rest would be spent with the fire department. Moulden said he won’t have a problem juggling the multiple
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duties, especially since the trustees have had him working on special projects and administrative tasks since November. “I truly have been doing a vast majority of this already and I’ve had the time,” Moulden said. “Some of those duties you do in bits and pieces when you have time.” Grosnickel said he’s not concerned about giving Moulden the additional duties. The trustees recently appointed deputy and assistant chiefs to help lead the fire department. Having Moulden work more closely with the township’s administration will help Wayne Township thrive, Grosnickel said “As a business person, my rule has always been to hire people who are smarter than I am. That’s when I’ve been most successful ... I always try to look for someone who is able to do more than I can. Chief Moulden fits that,” he said.
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Some Owensville police officers are sponsoring a car show May 8 to raise money to buy equipment and training for the department. The show will be in the parking lot of Clermont Northeastern Elementary School, 463 S. Broadway. Registration will be 9 a.m. to noon, with trophies awarded by 3 p.m. The cost to enter a car is $10 in advance or $15 at the gate. Spectators can view the cars for free. There will be music, games, prizes and food. Officer Sara Crockett said she organized the show to help raise money for the department. Other officers in the police department agreed to help. The rain date is May 15. Call 732-1171.
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