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Monday, 21 July 2008 |
By WILLIAM LANEY
Managing Editor
With a list of work to be done and not enough of a labor force, a Wapakoneta city official is seeking the help of jail inmates for seasonal maintenance.
Wapakoneta City Council members are to hear the second reading of an ordinance today to authorize the safety-service director to negotiate an agreement with the Auglaize County sheriff to utilize jail inmates for various tasks around municipal facilities.
“We have a lot of work that needs to be done which are staff cannot get to such as weeding, washing and waxing trucks and even sorting plastics at the recycling center,” Safety-Service Director Rex Katterheinrich said after the first reading on July 7. “I just think there is a multitude of opportunities for us and for them, but the first step is to get council’s authority to do this.”
Katterheinrich said the city does not pay the county or the workers. The issue of payment or credit is handled by the jail and Jail Administrator Joe Lynch. If an inmate works at the jail or in the community, the inmate can earn to have his or her pay-for-stay status waived, according to jail policy.
Crews are used for lawn maintenance at the Auglaize County Courthouse and Auglaize County Administration Building as well as general upkeep.
An ordinance and a resolution are scheduled for their first reading. The ordinance authorizes the safety-services director to enter into a professional services agreement wiht GE Energy Industrial Services (GEIS) for professional engineering services.
The resolution declares the necessity of constructing certain street, sidewalk and curb and gutter improvements on East Benton Street.
Councilors are to hear the second reading of three additional ordinances including one to authorize Safety-Service Director Rex Katterheinrich to request proposals for professional services to review and update the city’s zoning ordinances.
The remaining two ordinances include legislation to authorize the mayor to negotiate and execute a professional service agreement with Clemans Nelson & Associates to start the search for another safety-service director and an ordinance to enact two sections regarding political, real estate and garage or yard sale signs and enact a penalty.
Councilors are expected to vote on three ordinances.
They include an ordinance to accept an application for the annexation of property in Duchouquet Township into the city of Wapakoneta, an ordinance authorizing the city officials to declare a “Community Reinvestment Area” for eligibility funding in the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Small Cities Program and an ordinance establishing job titles and pay ranges for non-collective bargaining unit employees of the city of Wapakoneta.
Councilors are to hear the second reading of three additional ordinances including one to authorize Safety-Service Director Rex Katterheinrich to request proposals for professional services to review and update the city’s zoning ordinances.
The remaining ordinance includes legislation to authorize to authorize the mayor to negotiate and execute a professional service agreement with Clemans Nelson & Associates to start the search for another safety-service director.
Wapakoneta City Council is scheduled to meet at 7:30 p.m. today in chambers at the Wapakoneta City Administration Building.
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