Commissioners discuss online court records; receive letter on coroner's budget
By
Rory Ryan-hcpress@cinci.rr.com
Highland County Commissioners Gary Heaton, Shane Wilkin and Tom Horst this week proclaimed the month of November 2010 as National Family Caregivers Month and encouraged all Highland County citizens to pay tribute to those who provide care for their family members, friends, and neighbors in need.
On hand for the proclamation signing were Jennifer Howland and Jacklyn Fite, case managers at Highland District Hospital; Martha Watkins, who requested the proclamation; and Jim Baer, CEO of Highland District Hospital.
There will be a caregivers program on April 9, 2011 at the Hillsboro First United Methodist Church.
• Commissioners also met with Highland County Common Pleas Court Judge Rocky Coss regarding the authorization of an amendment to a software license agreement from August 2007 between the commissioners for the Common Pleas Court and Clerk of Courts and CourtView Justice Solutions, Inc The amendment grants the county a license to the eAccess module of the software to allow online access of court documents.
Coss also submitted a letter to the commissioners related to the State v. Coonrod murder trial, for a payment request of $10,264 for fire investigation fees.
The judge said he has not received trial-related bills for the mitigation specialist, psychologist or for meals provided by Holtfield Station and Ponderosa.
• Commissioners received on Nov. 2 the following correspondence from Highland County Coroner Dr. Paul Terrell:
"This memo is a follow-up to my correspondence of Sept. 28, 2010 informing you that the coroner's office was precariously low on funding. In that correspondence, I urged you to consider allocating additional funds for this mandated office and services and presented an estimated dollar figure to finish out the year. To date, I have heard nothing from you on that matter.
"I read in the local papers that you were attempting to stop the practice of offices presenting invoices for payment for which they had no funding. Unfortunately, the coroner's office has been forced into the very same practice. We must pay invoices despite having no funding due to an unrealistically lowered budget.
"Therefore, unless guidance in this matter is presented in the very new future, I will be submitting invoices for payment despite having no funds available in the coroner's regular budget."
In other action, commissioners passed the following resolutions, all by 3-0 votes:
• The authorization of a modification to the General fund as follows: from Miscellaneous, Transfers to Commissioners, Other Expense, in the amount of $10,264.
• The authorization of additional appropriation to CAO Housing Rehabilitation budget from Unappropriated Funds to Expenses in the amount of $6,715. The additional funds are from the CHIP CDBG grant.
• The authorization of a modification to the General Fund, Board of Elections, from Poll Workers Salary to Travel, in the amount of $2,300.
• The authorization of a modification to the General Fund, Sheriff's budget, from Employee Salaries to Supplies in the amount of $7,000 and from Training School to Contracts & Repairs in the amount of $2,000.
• The authorization of a transfer from the PA Grant for the Final County Share of Public Assistance Expenditures Mandated Share State Fiscal Year 2010 as follows: from PA Grant to Public Assistance in the amount of $122,778.
• The approval of travel for Denver Conley to the Veterans Service Commission to the Ohio State Association of County Veterans Service Commissioners' Fall Conference, Nov. 19 and 20, 2010 at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Dublin. Mr. Conley may request reimbursement for the following estimated expenses totaling $282.99: registration fee, $10; mileage reimbursement, $81; hotel accommodations, $131.99; and meal
reimbursements, $60.
• The authorization of a modification to the Engineer's budget as follows: from Grant to Contracts & Services in the amount of $1,300.
• The authorization of a transfer from the General Fund to various debt retirement funds as follows: from County Miscellaneous, Transfers, to Justice Center Debt Retirement, Interest, for $80,316.25; to GIS Debt Retirement Principal, for $18,000; to GIS Debt Retirement Interest, for $7,781.10; to Juvenile Detention, Principal, for $25,000; to Juvenile Detention, Interest, for $14,633.25; to Airport, Principal, for $47,000; to Airport Interest, for $20,143.39; and to Babington Sewer, Principal, for $500. The total amount from Miscellaneous Transfers is $213,373.99.
• The authorization of an amendment to the Software License Agreement dated August 2007 between the board of commissioners for the Common Pleas Court and Clerk of Courts and CourtView Justice Solutions, Inc. as successor in interest to Maximus, Inc. The amendment grants the county a license to the eAccess module of the software to allow online access of Court documents. The additional cost is $12,825.[[In-content Ad]]
On hand for the proclamation signing were Jennifer Howland and Jacklyn Fite, case managers at Highland District Hospital; Martha Watkins, who requested the proclamation; and Jim Baer, CEO of Highland District Hospital.
There will be a caregivers program on April 9, 2011 at the Hillsboro First United Methodist Church.
• Commissioners also met with Highland County Common Pleas Court Judge Rocky Coss regarding the authorization of an amendment to a software license agreement from August 2007 between the commissioners for the Common Pleas Court and Clerk of Courts and CourtView Justice Solutions, Inc The amendment grants the county a license to the eAccess module of the software to allow online access of court documents.
Coss also submitted a letter to the commissioners related to the State v. Coonrod murder trial, for a payment request of $10,264 for fire investigation fees.
The judge said he has not received trial-related bills for the mitigation specialist, psychologist or for meals provided by Holtfield Station and Ponderosa.
• Commissioners received on Nov. 2 the following correspondence from Highland County Coroner Dr. Paul Terrell:
"This memo is a follow-up to my correspondence of Sept. 28, 2010 informing you that the coroner's office was precariously low on funding. In that correspondence, I urged you to consider allocating additional funds for this mandated office and services and presented an estimated dollar figure to finish out the year. To date, I have heard nothing from you on that matter.
"I read in the local papers that you were attempting to stop the practice of offices presenting invoices for payment for which they had no funding. Unfortunately, the coroner's office has been forced into the very same practice. We must pay invoices despite having no funding due to an unrealistically lowered budget.
"Therefore, unless guidance in this matter is presented in the very new future, I will be submitting invoices for payment despite having no funds available in the coroner's regular budget."
In other action, commissioners passed the following resolutions, all by 3-0 votes:
• The authorization of a modification to the General fund as follows: from Miscellaneous, Transfers to Commissioners, Other Expense, in the amount of $10,264.
• The authorization of additional appropriation to CAO Housing Rehabilitation budget from Unappropriated Funds to Expenses in the amount of $6,715. The additional funds are from the CHIP CDBG grant.
• The authorization of a modification to the General Fund, Board of Elections, from Poll Workers Salary to Travel, in the amount of $2,300.
• The authorization of a modification to the General Fund, Sheriff's budget, from Employee Salaries to Supplies in the amount of $7,000 and from Training School to Contracts & Repairs in the amount of $2,000.
• The authorization of a transfer from the PA Grant for the Final County Share of Public Assistance Expenditures Mandated Share State Fiscal Year 2010 as follows: from PA Grant to Public Assistance in the amount of $122,778.
• The approval of travel for Denver Conley to the Veterans Service Commission to the Ohio State Association of County Veterans Service Commissioners' Fall Conference, Nov. 19 and 20, 2010 at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Dublin. Mr. Conley may request reimbursement for the following estimated expenses totaling $282.99: registration fee, $10; mileage reimbursement, $81; hotel accommodations, $131.99; and meal
reimbursements, $60.
• The authorization of a modification to the Engineer's budget as follows: from Grant to Contracts & Services in the amount of $1,300.
• The authorization of a transfer from the General Fund to various debt retirement funds as follows: from County Miscellaneous, Transfers, to Justice Center Debt Retirement, Interest, for $80,316.25; to GIS Debt Retirement Principal, for $18,000; to GIS Debt Retirement Interest, for $7,781.10; to Juvenile Detention, Principal, for $25,000; to Juvenile Detention, Interest, for $14,633.25; to Airport, Principal, for $47,000; to Airport Interest, for $20,143.39; and to Babington Sewer, Principal, for $500. The total amount from Miscellaneous Transfers is $213,373.99.
• The authorization of an amendment to the Software License Agreement dated August 2007 between the board of commissioners for the Common Pleas Court and Clerk of Courts and CourtView Justice Solutions, Inc. as successor in interest to Maximus, Inc. The amendment grants the county a license to the eAccess module of the software to allow online access of Court documents. The additional cost is $12,825.[[In-content Ad]]