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Post office location draws ire of CIC members We did everything that we possibly could to have the post office located here in the uptown area . . . I mean we offered up at least three different sites.” CIC member, Ken Mason
By JD LONG
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CADIZ – A second Community Improvement Corporation (CIC) member has expressed his frustration at last week’s announcement of a new
location for a permanent Cadiz post office. Ken Mason expressed his displeasure at last week’s Cadiz council meeting that the U.S. Postal Service’s new Cadiz post office would be built on Derek Ferguson’s property near the U.S. 22
and Ohio 9 exchange, and not in the uptown area. Council member Thomas Crawshaw initially raised the issue but specifically on the existing building at the end of South Main Street, which is of course abandoned calling it an eyesore. “We have given them ample time… now they have finalized their current building. We’ve given people less time to clean up their properties, it’s time for them to clean up theirs,” Crawshaw stated. Village Administrator Ted Andrzedrewski said he agreed adding, “we’re going to take a little harder approach with them too.” Mason’s intentions were to let council
know officially, what the CIC’s intentions were even though CIC President Mike Sliva did speak on the record briefly last week. “We did everything that we possibly could to have the post office located here in the uptown area,” he began, “I mean we offered up at least three different sites.” Mason continued by stating that the village was a part of those conversations just a week before the Postal Service’s announcement was released last week. He also explained details on the CIC’s efforts in researching the cost to
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Gone fishin’
CBA meets new Cadiz village administrator By JD LONG
jim@harrisonnewsherald.com CADIZ - The new Cadiz Village Administrator Ted Andrzedrewski is making the rounds and getting to know everyone in the area as they are still learning how to spell his name. Wednesday, Andrzedrewski spoke before the Cadiz Business Association (CBA) to talk a little about himself but mostly to update everyone on what the village has been doing and spending. Andrzedrewski is from the Cleveland area where he served as mayor for 10 years then as city manager in the states of Michigan and New York, he explained. “But then I wanted to come back to Ohio, so luckily this worked out for all of us,” Andrzedrewski told the crowd at the Cadiz Country Club. He continued by speaking of the various government positions, especially in a small town, such as Cadiz. “So what’s going on in Cadiz?” he asked everyone rhetorically. He explained how surprised he was finding the amount of activity going on for such a small place. “The biggest thing you’re going to see in the next two years is a big power plant going in,” he said of Harrison Power’s anticipated ground breaking on Industrial Park Road. “What it means for Cadiz is we get the income from the income tax of the construction workers, so that’s going to help our budget very much when we start getting that income in.” Andrzedrewski then moved on to the village’s water and wastewater concerns and spoke of how much money it has spent and the likelihood of how little its residents understand how much was actually spent. After explaining some general points of operation within those systems he then supplied some numbers. He stated the village has spent so far, an eye opening $15.5 million on sewer projects, which 65 percent have come from loans and another 35 percent on grants, which he called free money. “The next two years we’re going to have to spend another $14 million [and] we’re going to end up with a brand new sewer plant,” he said noting that the EPA has mandated these operations and if the village does not comply, then they would be fined. “So, in four years the village is going to spend upwards of $30 million just on the sewer plant,” he
NH Photo | ESTHER McCOY
Mingo Sportsmans Club hosts area veterans for day of fishing Each year the Mingo Sportsmans Club invites veterans to their large lake to take in a bit of fishing and a bit of bragging about the big one that got away. On May 6, there were 22 veterans over the course of the day throwing in a line with hopes of reeling it back in with a winner. The caught fish were even cleaned for the men to take home for a nice dinner. A steak dinner was served at noon, prepared by three great lady cooks. In the picture on the wharf, seated is Gary Green of Deersville, U.S. Army, 1958-59. Standing from left are, Jeff Pesta, Harrison County Veterans Service Officer; Larry Oliver of Hopedale, Air Force, 1976-77; and Bob Hirschbach, Army 1971-72, Cadiz. Some big fish were caught by Jay Kolenc of Hopedale, Army, Korean War; Russ Bowersock, Army, 1960-90; and Kyle Dynes.
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Commissioners pass resolution for indigent support By JD LONG
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CADIZ – Wednesday, the Harrison County Commissioners read and approved Resolution (21-19) for the purposes of “thanking the governor and the Ohio Representatives” for supporting the State Indigent Defense Reimbursement (SIDR) and a plea for their continuing support. Commissioner Paul Coffland read the entire two-page resolution, which preceded various comments by he and
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Commissioner Don Bethel. Coffland said the majority of the expenses deals with Public Defender C. Adrian Pincola’s office work in defending individuals who cannot afford their own attorney. “Currently that formula is shifted anywhere from a 60-40 to a 55-45 split [and] we are picking up those costs locally,” Coffland explained. He added that cuts in the budget to programs such as the Medicaid Managed Care sales tax and other things listed within the resolution, such as an exemption
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(FY-2021) of prescription eyewear sales tax and the “expiration of Ohio’s grandfather clause to the federal Internet Tax Freedom Act of 1998,” as counties will begin to, and are hurting. It is stated in the Resolution that $50 million sales tax revenue loss is expected by fiscal year 2021 as a result of changes in these two programs. “Some counties were hugely affected by this,” Coffland stated. Bethel said they were basically, “only asking for some of the money that they cut us from over the years to balance their
OBITUARIES Emma Augeline Fanchini Piney Fork, Ohio
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(state) budget.” “But the problem is originally, they took money from every county in the state to balance the shortfall that they had and if they have any extra monies, instead of starting any new programs they should start returning some of the monies that they’ve taken,” Bethel explained, which Coffland added that that is the argument the Commissioner’s Association has brought forth from a meeting he recently attended in Columbus. The Resolution reads in part, “Ohio
Counties have experienced a collective $351 million annual revenue loss due to reductions in the Local Government Fund…” along with the programs listed above. It also provides pertinent information regarding state reimbursement to counties for indigent defense, which averaged just 35 percent from state fiscal year (SFY) 2007 to 2016. “County budgets have been strained for decades by the state passing down
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