BATAVIA, Ohio — Clermont County commissioners on Monday are set to consider installing an emergency alert siren on an existing 911 radio tower in Goshen Township, part of a lengthy agenda that also includes two water and wastewater modeling contracts, a courthouse boiler project extension and new funding for crime victim advocates, according to the county’s draft agenda.
The board plans to take up a memorandum of understanding with the Goshen Township Board of Trustees allowing the county to install and maintain the siren at the county-owned tower site at 1851 State Route 28, as part of the Clermont County Emergency Alert System, the agenda said.
Commissioners are also expected to execute two professional services contracts for the county’s Water Resources Department: a two-year agreement not to exceed $100,000 with Hazen and Sawyer for maintenance of the county’s water distribution model, and a two-year agreement not to exceed $50,073 with Strand Associates for maintenance of its wastewater model. Both contracts include options to renew for an additional two years at comparable cost, according to the agenda.
The board is also scheduled to accept as complete the Fay Road Water Main Replacement Project in Goshen Township, built by Ford Development Corp., and to approve a final payment releasing $28,579.27 in retainage to the contractor. The project was substantially finished as of April 20, according to the county.
Elsewhere on the agenda, commissioners will consider amending a services agreement with Motz Engineering to add 300 days — at no additional cost — for engineering and design work on a boiler replacement at the Common Pleas Courthouse, and authorizing a $41,000 assessment of the county courts’ Equivant case management system through CBTS Technology Solutions. A separate item would extend the county’s existing case management services contract with CourtView Justice Systems, doing business as Equivant, through Dec. 31, 2027.
On the funding side, commissioners are expected to accept nearly $81,124 in state Victims of Crime Act and State Victims Assistance Act grant funding to continue victim advocate programs serving the county’s Common Pleas, Municipal and Juvenile courts, administered by the prosecuting attorney’s office. The board will also consider a resolution to pay $810,085.23 in vendor invoices and approve $320,000 in supplemental appropriations, including $120,000 for Facilities Management salaries and benefits and $200,000 for non-operating legislative and executive expenses, according to the agenda.
The meeting is set to open with a proclamation designating Nov. 4-11 as “Operation Green Light for Veterans” week in Clermont County, along with a presentation recognizing the county’s America250 historian.
The Board of County Commissioners meets at 10 a.m. Monday at the county administration building in Batavia.
The information contained in this story was obtained from the Clermont County Board of Commissioners.