Description	Minutes of Meeting
Date	12/15/2008	Location		Commissioners Session Room
Time	Speaker		Note
9:02:46 AM	Call Meeting to Order Pledge of Allegiance Opening Prayer Roll Call Attendance - Commissioners Short and Barnaby present. Commissioner Genter is attending a meeting.
9:03:54 AM	Resolution 2008-1109 Approve Minutes of December 11, 2008		Commissioner Barnaby made the motion and Commissioner Short seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously.
9:04:25 AM	Resolution 2008-1110 Approve Agenda As Presented or Amended		Commissioner Barnaby made the motion and Commissioner Short seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously.
9:05:25 AM	·Review Material Regarding 2009 NACO Legislative Conference
9:06:42 AM	NEW BUSINESS: Resolutions: · Resolution 2008-1111 Increase Appropriations; Create New Line; Advance Funds; Transfer Funds and Appropriations for Various Departments; and Lower Purchase Orders		Commissioner Barnaby made the motion and Commissioner Short seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously.
9:07:52 AM	· Resolution 2008-1112 Transfer Funds for Department of Job and Family Services for CSEA Shared Costs to Public Assistance		Commissioner Barnaby made the motion and Commissioner Short seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously.
9:08:45 AM	· Resolution 2008-1113 Continue Engineers Report on Ditch Improvement Number 2105-Eyer		Commissioner Short made the motion and Commissioner Barnaby seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously.
9:09:26 AM	· Resolution 2008-1114 Approve Purchase Orders and Travel Requests		Commissioner Short made the motion and Commissioner Barnaby seconded the motion.  Motion carried unanimously.
9:09:44 AM	Recess
9:38:32 AM	Steve Brown, Regional Planning Director-To Discuss Swan Creek Balanced Growth Plan		Mr. Brown first updated the Board on pending issues. He stated that the townships are working on getting in their agribusiness mapping and that 9 out of 12 townships have turned them in. He stated that the flood plain mapping is still going. Zoning has been real active in several townships within the county. The wind turbine amendment has been approved and is working with Wood County to put something together. He stated that the Swanton Comprehensive Plan is finished and has asked Leitha from GIS for a bill for her services. On the FY07 Formula Projects, both have been completed, however there is a dispute between the contractor and the engineering firm over $600.00.  Currently they are paying according to the recommendation of the engineering firm.  On the FY08 projects, all 3 have been released.  An environmental review is being conducted for the Wauseon project.  Fayette is moving forward with their projects.  He stated that the county regs and subregs need to be reviewed as they are over 10 years old.  He referenced that the county may be eligible for funding under a Neighborhood Strategies Program.  This program is for buying up abandoned and foreclosed properties in the area.  This funding would become available in April of next year.  Mr. Brown stated that he has access to a map of foreclosed properties in the county and that Fulton County is in the top 30-40% of the state in foreclosures.   He next presented for discussion the Swan Creek Pilot Watershed project.  He stated that Swan Creek did pass a resolution to endorse the Balanced Growth Plan.  The other townships in Fulton County that are involved have also passed the same.  He said that at this time he is comfortable presenting this to the Commissioners for their support.  Commissioner Short asked Mr. Brown of the value of TMACOG’s involvement and if there are repetitive services.    Mr. Brown stated that there are areas that TMACOG is stronger in such as transportation and watershed planning and that there is no repetitive services between his department and TMACOG.  He noted however that TMACOG is more driven toward the elected officials whereas RPC is more staff driven.  Mr. Barnaby asked if he would come back in on Thursday when all Commissioners were present to vote on the resolution.
9:54:51 AM	Adjourn
	Approved:     Paul Barnaby     Joseph Short     Dean Genter   Attest:   Jennifer L. Connors, Clerk   A signed copy of the minutes or a recording of the meeting in it’s entirety can be obtained in the office of the Clerk of the Board at 152 S. Fulton St, Ste 270, Wauseon, Ohio  43567.