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September 9, 2009
Property code to be unveiled soon The work of a group of Columbia Township residents creating the township’s initial property maintenance code will soon be available for the entire township to see. The township recently formed a six-member committee of residents from various neighborhoods in the township to create and draft
a property maintenance code. The group has met several times, and work on the rough draft of the code is at about the midway point. The committee is focusing the code on the exterior of township properties, though the code could eventually be broadened to include the interior as well. The group next meets Saturday, Sept. 26, at which point committee member
Les Hemingway says they should be completed with a rough draft. Once the draft is completed, the public meetings on the code can begin. “It look like we’re about ready for a public meeting,” he said. Hemingway said the biggest obstacle the committee is currently facing is the wording of the code, and making sure “everyone knows what the terms are.” He said figuring out how to handle fines and the enforcement of the code is also an issue, but not one that could delay the process further.
Township Administrator Michael Lemon previously set a timetable to have public hearings on the property maintenance code by early September, though Hemingway said he expects those to be scheduled closer to October in order to give the committee time to finish the first draft. Despite the setback on the timing, Hemingway said he’s confident the committee will be able to get back on track and the Columbia Township trustees should be able to conduct the first vote on the property maintenance code in December as planned.
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State Sen. Shannon Jones (R- Springboro) has been apointed to the Unified Long-Term Care Budget Workgroup. The 28-member panel was created in 2007 as a part of House Bill 119, and is tasked with developing a plan to create a more balanced and costeffective long-term care system in Ohio. “The rapid growth of
Medicaid in recent years means Ohio is spending ever-increasing amounts of funding on this program, and unless we come up with a plan to rein in costs it will soon become unsustainable and threaten Ohio’s future financial stability,” Jones said. “I look forward to working with members of the workgroup to develop a system of care that lowers costs, increases efficiency and allows individuals to choose the type of care that best suits their needs.”