Licking County Recycling Director Andrea Krava said paint can be disposed of in the trash if it’s dry. Question #4: Kitty Guinsler, of Jersey Township, asked where old paint, dehumidifiers and batteries can be taken for disposal. The fence helps prevent deer or other animals from wandering onto the highway. Trees grew into the fencing and caused damage, so the city removed the trees and replaced the fence, Rhodes said. Newark Service Director David Rhodes said it is the city’s responsibility to maintain the state route in the city, including the fences and vegetation along the highway. He said there were also trees removed along the Ohio 16 entrance ramp from 11th street and sections along east Newark. ODOT said the trees there were removed as part of the Ohio 661 bridge expansion project.Ĭasey Rehbeck, of Newark, said he believed Davis was asking about tree removal along Ohio 16 in Newark, near the westbound lane of the Country Club Drive exit. I mistakenly thought she meant in Granville. She asked about tree removal along Ohio 16, saying the trees had provided a nice border protecting neighborhoods from highway sights and sounds. Question #3: I answered a question from Sally Davis in last month’s column, but I apparently answered the wrong question. If the county got into the business of building homeless shelters, it could use the money for that." "Unlike municipalities with local control. "County governments are an extension of state government and the authority comes from the state," Bubb said. He said counties don't have the authority to donate to charities, unless it's something spelled out in the Ohio Revised Code, like a historical society. Through June 27, conveyance fees this year have brought in $2.9 million, the same as in all of 2018.Ĭounty Commissioner Tim Bubb said some of the funds are used specifically to promote economic development and some go into the county's general fund, which provides a variety of services to residents. The conveyance fees brought in $5.3 million in 2021, a 44% increase from the near $3.7 million in 2020.
The county charges a real property transfer tax of $3 per $1,000 in real estate transactions.
Question #2: Stanley Wrzyszczynski, of McKean Township, asked what the Licking County Commissioners do with the dramatically increasing funds from conveyance fees, and wondered why nothing is dedicated to the creation of affordable housing or a homeless shelter.
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