Staff Writer
CADIZ The Harrison County Board of Commissioners are hoping to settle a potential legal matter with the Harrison County Community Improvement Corporation.
Earlier this year, commissioners hired Roetzel and Andress LPA to provide legal services on behalf of the board pertaining to an undisclosed matter with the CIC and its economic development. Due to the situation’s potential to become a legal matter, few details have been released. Commissioners previously stated the county is acting in the best interest of its taxpayers by ensuring economic development funds are properly handled.
A few weeks ago, Commissioner Paul Coffland said the commissioners’ attorney sent a letter to the CIC regarding a public records request along with a request to meet. Commissioners did not receive the response they were looking for.
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Commissioner Paul Coffland, left, reads the agreement between the state of Ohio and the commissioners on behalf of the village of Harrisville during Wednesday’s meeting. The village has been awarded $437,900 through the Community Development Block Grant program for upgrades to its wastewater treatment plant.
CADIZ Two villages in the county have secured more than $900,000 in grant funding for infrastructure improvement projects through the Community Development Block Grant program.
The Harrison County Board of Commissioners signed two separate agreements Wednesday morning one for the village of Harrisville and the other for the village of Scio.
Dec 16, 2020
Commissioners in Harrison County are taking a good first step toward correcting a problem the county has been facing for some time now.
At issue is the county’s jail. It’s currently one of the oldest in Ohio and can hold just eight prisoners.
That has forced officials to have to turn to neighboring counties to house prisoners. It’s an expensive proposition, one that cost Harrison County more than $170,000 last year and that’s in addition to the time that could be spent on patrol that is lost when deputies have to transport prisoners to the surrounding areas.