Mayor Bailie ‘all in’ for Jewett

BY ALYSSA HOWARD

Harrison News-Herald Staff Writer

JEWETT—This is Mayor George (Bo)

Bailie’s first term as Jewett Mayor. He started his journey by becoming a council member, which was something he had always wanted to do. He wanted to be involved in his community and give back to the village where he grew up. His goal then and now is to help make Jewett a great place to live and visit. He gives all the time he has to help his community and loves being hands-on and getting that one-on-one time with the people and organizations within the area.

Bailie says that being a civil servant is one way to give back to the community and that “every voice counts.” He goes to three to four meetings every month to represent the village in hopes of getting help with any needs the village has or to get new ideas from others in the same position. He is currently planning to go to Lobby Day this month in Columbus to

BY CORNELIA GRACE Harrison News-Herald Reporter

JEWETT—Jewett Village Council met on March 6. Village Administrator Mike McBee reported he is working on water protection plans.

“Because of COVID-19, they haven’t checked up on so many things,” McBee said. “One of the things they’re getting back into are source water protection plans.”

According to the EPA, “An action plan identifies activities or projects needed to mitigate existing and future threats to source water quality and to improve the resilience of the water supply. It provides a roadmap for coordinating partner actions and may help leverage government and private investment.”

These plans have always been required by the federal government, and McBee is

(hopefully) meet with our representatives oneon-one to voice any concerns and to discuss what small communities need from their state and local government.

“Wherever I can go for help, I go.”

Bailie has a lot of plans for the Village of Jewett. One of the biggest that he and the council are working towards is cleaning up the town. The village receiving the EPA’s Brownfield Grant has helped exponentially with that process. They are in the process of removing four dilapidated houses and the beloved Wildcat Center. As they see the progress of the plans executed, further ones will be made. Bailie has been looking into finding confident he will easily be able to update the village’s existing plans.

“There was a plan put together in 2015. I don’t know who did it, but none of it was implemented,” McBee said. “So now we’re going to have to update some of it.”

The EPA will help with the updates while McBee figures out what the village will need. There was also a plan from 2003 that was more complete than the 2015 version, which McBee said he would be utilizing for the project.

Council continued discussion of getting “Welcome to Jewett” signs put up. McBee brought pictures of other village signs as ideas. He suggested using chain link fencing and having local churches and organizations add their own signs around the welcome sign, similar to how Scio’s sign is. Council member Josh Walters wondered if there would be enough organizations to fill the space or if it would end up looking too empty. Walters

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Bailie says that he has hopes that with the clean-up, they could see more businesses come to Jewett. The town has fantastic businesses with incredible food and entertainment now, but it would be wonderful to expand on that. They’ve had some famous people pop through, such as Deanna Carter and Neil McCoy, to name a couple.

Mayor Bailie is hoping to bring back some of the clubs that have disappeared over the years, such as the Garden Club, which used to help keep the streets of Jewett beautiful and blooming. He wants to get more community events suggested signs similar to those in Adena, and McBee said he was more than open to finding out where Adena purchased theirs.

Police Chief Ron Carter shared that the village had been mostly quiet for the last few weeks. There had been no major complaints apart from jake-brake usage and some minor traffic infractions. He said the new radios were in the works and that he was grateful to the council for approving the additional two necessary radios.

“From the body cameras to the taser, to the shotgun, to the radios, on behalf of my department, I’d like to thank you guys,” he started. “I know money is tight, but you guys always find a way to take care of the police department and make sure we have what we need. Jewett’s fortunate to have a police department, and I just want to thank the council and the mayor for going the extra mile for us.” happening all throughout the year, things for the children and even the adults to partake in.

Bailie said that they have greater involvement in the community now, which is fantastic. There aren’t many committee meetings, but he’s hoping to change that and start having one once every quarter.

He mentioned a lot of involvement within the council and that it was nice to see every chair filled. Bailie is hoping to bring “Mayor’s Court” to the Village of Jewett to keep money in the community. He’s also hoping to start regular town hall meetings, so the members of the village politics can speak directly to residents and hear the voices of the village.

Bailie declared that his favorite thing about Jewett is the people and the sense of community. He said that when someone is hurting or when someone has issues, everyone is willing to come together. Everybody knows everybody, and everyone is willing to step in to help and work together.

Bailie smiled, “There’s nothing better than the small-town atmosphere.”

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