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ANNUAL REPORT â Jefferson County Engineer Jim Branagan, Chief Deputy Engineer Clay Merrin and Bridge Engineer Kara Bernhart delivered the engineer s department s annual report for 2020 to the commissioners during Thursday s meeting.
STEUBENVILLE Six years ago, the Jefferson County Engineer’s office had 63 bridges that were in poor condition or worse.
According to county Bridge Engineer Kara Bernhart, that number was down to four at the end of 2020.
In total, 53 bridges having been replaced and 71 rehabilitation projects have been completed since the bridge program began with $17.7 million spent on bridge projects in the past six years.
She filled the Jefferson County Commissioners in on the progress Thursday morning as part of the engineer’s office’s annual report for 2020, which she participated in along with Jim Branagan, engineer, and Clay Merrin, chief deputy engineer.
Behind the political appointment of a Summit County judge is a move by Republicans to let an old feud die. But as they seek to improve the party’s chances of winning, a new rift among leadership has taken shape.
With two years left on her six-year term, Judge Katarina Cook was elected in 2020 to replace retiring Judge John Quinn, a Democrat who held the second judge’s seat in the Summit County Domestic Relations Court. The move running for a job she already held gave Republicans the opportunity to appoint Cook’s replacement, which gave the party control of the entire court.