News Briefs Work scheduled on Findlay streets
Findlay's Main Street, northbound, will be reduced at times to one lane between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. for waterline connection.
Main Street will not be accessible from East Lincoln Street. Lincoln Street will be closed to through traffic from South Main Street to South Blanchard Street from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. for continued improvement work. Access to local businesses and residents only will be maintained.
Recount planned in trustee's race
OTTAWA -- After certifying election results on Wednesday, the Putnam County Board of Elections has announced a recount will be required for the Union Township trustee race, according to Deputy Director Shelly Burkhart.
The recount will be completed on Wednesday at the county elections board office, 336 E. Main Street, Ottawa.
Incumbent Daniel R. Ellerbrock has secured his position on the board, earning 685 votes. However the remaining trustee spot will require a recount as Gery P. Wurth earned 598 votes and Mark J. Kahle collected 601 votes, according to official results.
An automatic recount is necessary if the margin is within one-half of 1 percent of total votes cast, according to state law.
Road to be closed
Forest Lake Drive, between Marion Township 237 and Indian Lake Drive/Forest Lane, will be closed today for a pipe installation.
The road is expected to open by 5 p.m., weather permitting.
Motorists are advised to use Township 242.
3 Comments
Latest comments listed first.Right now, with so many people out of work the last thing we need is another tax. No matter how you try to sugar coat it, it is still more money out of our pockets. It might sound like just $10 here and $8 there, but for people that do not have enough money to pay the bills they have because they have lost a job where are they to get that extra few $ at?
Both my wife and I lost our jobs withing 2 weeks of each awhile back and we just getting by. At the end of each month we have maybe $5 or $10 left over and there is nothing else we can cut from out budget. We have no internet, no cable TV, no movies, no dinners out anymore. Yet people pushing the taxes say it is only this amount or only that amount.
I still see the city of Findlay with a ton of excuses but only a bit of true spending cuts. Yes they did cut services they should not have BUT then they did not cut back in other areas that the SHOULD have. They are trying to scare use into passing the new taxes. Correct me if I am wrong but a few months back the city spent over $10,000 to have a company draw up plans to show how some unused space could be used. The city is quick to say it came from this account or that account. When my taxes are due can I use that reason? I will just tell the city I can not pay my taxes because I do not have the money it my tax account even though I have a ton of money in my vacation account?
The city wanted to sell some of the flood damaged building in the downtown area, but instead of selling them off, even at a loss, they did not. Come on people of Findlay, the buildings were damaged and never repaired, yet the city still wanted full asking price. So IF somebody was to buy them, they would then have to fix them up before they could even use them. No wonder they are not selling.
It is time for people in this city to take real action and force the city to change its ways, stop this blame game, stop ALL spending that is not 100% required. No more jobs where 4 guys show up yet only 1 or 2 are doing the work. No more pet projects. STOP letting anything be built in the flood plains and then making the tax payers pay for YOUR problems that you caused by letting somebody build in a flood zone.
If they would have run a similar campaign in August they would have passed the levy at that time. Not sure who came up with the cloak and dagger approach last time.