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WOODSFIELD The Monroe County Board of Commissioners is considering a request from a group of concerned residents to designate the county as a “Second Amendment sanctuary.”
On Monday, county residents and “concerned citizens” Carson McCurdy, the Rev. Joe Hise and Mike Luchini presented a petition to commissioners that would make the county a “Second Amendment sanctuary.” Hise said the petition is in response to proposed gun control legislation and “federal overreach” by President Joe Biden’s administration.
“From the way that things are happening in our nation right now, it’s kind of scary. Our freedoms are rapidly being taken away from us,” he said.
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Monroe County plans to donate locally sourced timber for the reconstruction of the collapsed Knowlton Covered Bridge.
Monroe County must find an alternate source of funding to use as its 5 percent match for a nearly $1 million grant to repair the collapsed Knowlton Covered Bridge.
The county plans to provide the majority of the timber needed for the project and was hoping the contribution could be used as a match for the grant through the Ohio Department of Transportation. However, ODOT officials said the match must come in monetary form.
Monroe County Commissioners Mick Shumacher, Bill Bolon and Diane Burkhart spoke with Tony Durm, civil engineer for ODOT District 10, via teleconference about the earmarked funds during their Monday meeting.
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Monroe County Commissioners Mick Schumacher, from left, Bill Bolon and Diane Burkhart discuss matters during Monday’s morning meeting.
Monroe County officials hope to save the county around $180,000 over the next eight years by refinancing three of its U.S. Department of Agriculture loans.
Michael Burns, managing director of Public Finance Ohio, met with Monroe County Commissioners Diane Burkhart, Bill Bolon and Mick Schumacher on Monday to discuss the possibility of restructuring some of the county’s loans. Burns said interest rates are near the lowest point they have been in the last 10 years. If anyone is interested in financing or refinancing, now is the time to do it, he said.
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Monroe County plans to donate locally sourced timber for the reconstruction of the collapsed Knowlton Covered Bridge.
WOODSFIELD Monroe County must find an alternate source of funding to use as its 5 percent match for a nearly $1 million grant to repair the collapsed Knowlton Covered Bridge.
The county plans to provide the majority of the timber needed for the project and was hoping the contribution could be used as a match for the grant through the Ohio Department of Transportation.
However, ODOT officials said the match must come in monetary form.
Monroe County Commissioners Mick Shumacher, Bill Bolon and Diane Burkhart spoke with Tony Durm, civil engineer for ODOT District 10, via teleconference about the earmarked funds during their Monday meeting.