CADIZ — The Harrison County Board of Commissioners learned of a few cost saving programs available through the Ohio Treasurer’s Office that, if utilized, could save the county money and provide funding for community programs.
Cody Pettit, public affairs liaison for the Ohio Treasurer’s Office, spoke to Harrison County Commissioners Paul Coffland and Don Bethel on Wednesday about the Ohio Market Access Program and the Results Ohio program, two initiatives that could benefit the county.
“I wanted to talk about some of the programs that the Harrison County commissioners might be able to take advantage of,” he said, adding the OMAP is a credit enhancement program that is designed to lower borrowing costs on short-term loans.
As an example, he cited the city of Loraine which was able to save around $8,000 through the program. He added that Belmont County has taken advantage of the program but did not specify savings incurred.
“Basically any project, infrastructure, any government-funded project that you’re thinking of that you know you’re going to pay off within the year — that’s the type of program this is made for.”
Pettit said the county may be able to save thousands in interest by utilizing the program.
The second program Pettit discussed with commissioners was the ResultsOhio program, which provides support for various initiatives that help to combat issues in the community.
“The idea behind it is that we don’t chase government money for programs that don’t work. It’s an agreement with a nonprofit or a company that we certify them as ResultsOhio ready and the legislature approves the expenditure. If they succeed in meeting certain goals and criteria at the end of that program, they get their money back plus a little bit of profit for the program,” he said.
The most recent project that was approved through ResultsOhio was for a mobile vision clinic for schools in the state. Pettit said the Foundation for Appalachian Ohio was approved to create the mobile clinic for the region that will go school to school to provide students with vision tests and access to prescription glasses for those who need them.
“Hopefully it improves student success by making sure they can see. We all know how important glasses are,” he added.
In other news, commissioners are working toward securing funds through the Community Development Block Grant for improvements to Freeport’s wastewater system which failed an Ohio Environmental Protection Agency on-site septic system violation. The village is currently operating without a wastewater system system leaving residents with individual septic systems. The project goal is to implement a new wastewater system and to eliminate the individual septic systems.
Engineer Doug Bachman also met with commissioners to open bids for a bridge replacement project on Harrison County 22; however, no bids were submitted for the estimated $620,775 project. Bachman said the project would have to be rebid.
"help" - Google News
July 08, 2021 at 11:10AM
https://ift.tt/2VbscGo
Funding, assistance to help Harrison | News, Sports, Jobs - Martins Ferry Times Leader
"help" - Google News
https://ift.tt/2SmRddm
Bagikan Berita Ini
0 Response to "Funding, assistance to help Harrison | News, Sports, Jobs - Martins Ferry Times Leader"
Post a Comment