At yesterday's Athens County Commissioner's meeting, Jack Frech, Department of Job and Family Services' director, proposed a $50,000, one-year contract with Case Western Reserve for Tobacco Prevention.
The money would be used in a program to target a prevention campaign toward youth of southeastern Ohio and to help them quit using tobacco, said Tracy Galway, a worker for the department. Part of the grant money will be used to hire Anne Hanson as the program coordinator.
Frech also proposed an Athens County Tax Assistance Center, free of charge. The center, which is slated to open Saturday, is located at the Work Station, 70 N. Plains Rd., in The Plains. The program, which employs workers from Ohio University and Hocking College, will be open through April 12, said Galway.
A majority of Athens County citizens pay other people to get their tax returns, because they need the money quickly, said Frech. Many students are in poverty; this way they can get their returns cost free and within seven to 10 days.
In other news:
- Chief of Operations for 9-1-1 Emergency, Doug Bentley, proposed a way to improve communications among emergency responders throughout Athens County in a Radio Bid Packet.
Sheriffs and other officials currently use low-band radio. With the new bid, the radio will be switched to high-band. The radios are being improved with a $24,000 grant Athens County received from the Department of Homeland Security Office of Emergency Security.
The pre-bid conference will take place at 2 p.m. on Jan. 27, with the actual bid taking place at 10 a.m. on Feb. 10 at the sheriff's office, Bentley said.
- An unnamed road in Trimble Township was declared vacated and the owners will be leaving the road alone, commissioner Mark Sullivan said.
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