The Lucas County commissioners opened the first meeting of 2022 by taking care of several organizational matters.
At the January 4 meeting, the commissioners appointed Gary Byers as board president for the year.
They also designated Commissioner Pete Gerken as the official alternate for the purpose of voting at the annual meeting of the County Commissioners Association. Commissioner Tina Skeldon Wozniak will serve as alternate.
In addition, each commissioner was designated to serve a seat on a number of county boards or committees. Those are:
•Commissioner Wozniak– Downtown Toledo Improvement District (DTID), common pleas drug court committee, emergency planning committee, family and children first council, Land Reutilization Corporation (Land Bank), planning commission, records commission, workforce development board, Toledo Cultural Arts Society and Toledo-Lucas County sustainability commission.
•Commissioner Gerken– Corrections Commission of Northwest Ohio, County Commissioners Association of Ohio, Destination Toledo, DTID, board of revision, Convention and Visitors Bureau, Land Bank, planning commission, solid waste management policy committee and homelessness board.
•Commissioner Byers– community corrections planning board, district advisory council for the county health district, criminal justice coordinating council, data processing board, integrated justice system, planning commission, MacArthur Foundation’s Safety + Justice Challenge and Toledo Zoological Society board of trustees.
The commissioners closed the organizational portion of the meeting by setting meeting dates for 2022. They will continue to meet at 11 a.m. on the following Tuesdays: January 11, 25; February 1, 8, 15; March 1, 8, 15, 29; April 5, 12, 19, 26; May 3, 10, 17, 24; June 7, 14, 28; July 12, 19, 26; August 2, 9, 16, 23, 30; September 13, 20, 27; October 4, 18, 25; November 1, 8, 15, 29, and December 6. The 2023 organizational meeting will be January 3.
They also scheduled 2 p.m. Tuesday meetings for January 25; February 1, 15; March 1, 29; April 5, 26; May 3, 24; June 7, 28; July 12, 26; August 2, 30; September 13, 27; October 4, 25; November 1, 29, and December 6.
Other Business
In other business, the commissioners:
•Accepted a grant award for the county’s victim-witness assistance program totaling, $37,401.
•Renewed inmate dental services for 2022 with Dr. William Garber, DDS for $42,000.
•Approved an extended warranty and software maintenance agreement with Proware for the civil division case management system at a cost of $16,010. The agreement features a yearly renewal option through 2026.
•Contracted with Sarah Wells to provide certified nurse practitioner services for corrections center inmates at a rate of $65 per hour up to $10,000 annually.
•Established a professional services agreement with Kelley Bern as a co-parenting mentor of the healthy baby court for $46,500. The agreement runs through September 30.
•Contracted with Northeast Energy Systems of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for repairs to two generators at the water resource recovery facility at a cost of $189,994.
•Entered into two agreements with the Toledo Symphony to provide music instruction for the youth treatment center at a cost of $17,451 and $4,425 through September 30.
•Contracted with D&I Solutions to support the department of diversity, equity and inclusion for $7,250.
•Renewed fire and life safety inspections with Siemens Industry of Austin, Texas for 2022 at a cost of $118,975.
•Awarded a contract for boiler replacement at Sixth District Court of Appeals to Dimech Services of Toledo for $88,259.
•Authorized a grant agreement for $905,818 with the Ohio Department of Development for the Angola Road sanitary sewer extension.
•Extended through March 31 an agreement between GT Environmental Inc. of Columbus and the county solid waste management district for general technical assistance in 2022. The commissioners also approved an addendum to an agreement between Republic Services and the solid waste management district for recycling services.
•Utilized the master equity lease agreement to lease seven vehicles and sell seven others to Enterprise FM Trust for $43,560.
~Jane Maiolo
