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January 9, 2014

TO: ALL COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COUNTY EXECUTIVES COUNTY COUNCIL MEMBERS FROM: NICK KOSTANDARAS, CCAO PRESIDENT, SUMMIT COUNTY

COUNCIL MEMBER SUBJECT: APPOINTMENT OF STANDING COMMITTEES FOR 2014

I want to encourage your active participation on our Standing Committees during 2014. The challenges counties will be facing in 2014 will be significant. Our Standing Committees will be tasked with addressing various public policy proposals and developing recommendations for the 2014-2015 CCAO Legislative Platform. Your active participation and input are vital to the process. Standing Committees have three primary purposes:

1. To serve as an information resource to members by providing a forum to discuss issues of importance to members. Committees should provide members the opportunity to share problems and learn how other members have responded to similar problems. Standing Committees should also use outside resources in their discussion of issues including affiliates, other elected officials, and state agency personnel.

2. To review pending legislation and make recommendations to the Board of

Directors on these legislative proposals.

3. To assist the staff on legislative issues pending in the General Assembly by providing guidance to staff, providing ideas on how to improve legislation, and by communicating with Members of the General Assembly on specific legislative proposals.

Attached is a list of our Standing Committees for 2014 showing the areas of responsibility of the committee, chair, vice chair, and staff contact. Also attached is a form where you can express your interest in serving on one or more of our Standing Committees. You will note that you are requested to submit your top three committees in rank order. We make every effort to accommodate your request in the order you indicate, and we generally do not appoint anyone to more than two committees.

Please note that we will be retaining the Standing Committee membership from 2013. Thus, if you were a member of a particular Standing Committee last year, you WILL automatically stay on that Committee for 2014, and need NOT submit a form for 2014. Please note there will be a joint meeting of the CCAO General Government & Operations Committee and the CCAO Justice and Public Safety Committee on THURSDAY – JANUARY 16 – from 2:00 to 4:00 pm at the CCAO office. Please mark this date on your calendar. Again, I hope you actively participate on our Standing Committees during 2014, and I look forward to working with you during this challenging year.

2014 CCAO STANDING COMMITTEE REQUEST FORM

Please note that we will be retaining the Standing Committee membership from 2013. Thus, if you were a member of a particular Standing Committee last year, you WILL automatically stay on that Committee for 2014, and need NOT submit a form for 2014. NAME________________________________________ COUNTY______________________________________ EMAIL ADDRESS_______________________________ CELL PHONE NUMBER___________________________ I request appointment to the following CCAO Standing Committee(s) for 2014. (Please submit your top three in rank order 1, 2, 3)

Committee Rank Order Request

Agriculture & Rural Affairs __________

General Government & Operations __________

Health & Human Services __________

Jobs, Economic Development & Infrastructure __________

Justice & Public Safety __________

Metropolitan & Regional Affairs __________

Small County Affairs __________

Taxation & Finance __________

PLEASE REMOVE ME FROM THE FOLLOWING COMMITTEE(S): _______________________________________________________________

PLEASE RETURN ON OR BEFORE JANUARY 25, 2014 TO: CCAO

ATTN: Tanya McComas 209 E. State Street

Columbus, Ohio 43215 Or fax to 614/221-6986

You may also email your request to: Tanya McComas at: [email protected]

2014 PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENTS STANDING COMMITTEES

Nick Kostandaras, President

Summit County Council Member

12/19/13

COMMITTEE RESPONSIBILITIES ISSUES

CHAIR & VICE CHAIRS

STAFF

AGRICULTURE & RURAL AFFAIRS

Agriculture

Rural Development

OSU Extension

Fair Boards

Soil & Water

Conservation

Small/Rural County Issues

Farmland Preservation

CAFO’s

Rural Drainage/Ditches

Agricultural Districts

Agricultural Security Areas

Chris Abbuhl, Chair

(Tuscarawas)

Steve Hess , Vice Chair

(Champaign)

Cheryl Subler


CHAIR & VICE CHAIRS

STAFF

GENERAL GOVERNMENT & OPERATIONS

General Government

Issues

Unfunded Mandates/State

Mandates

Elections

Elected Officials

Compensation

Property & Buildings

Dogs & Animal Control

Public Records

Sunshine Law

Personnel & Civil Service

Collective Bargaining

Employee Benefits

Unemployment

Compensation

Workers’ Compensation

PERS

Health Insurance

John O’Grady, Chair

(Franklin)

Ed Humphrey, Vice

Chair

(Clermont)

Cheryl Subler


CHAIR & VICE CHAIRS

STAFF

HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES

Human Services

Children Services

Child Support

Child Care

Health

MRDD

Mental Health

Alcohol & Other Drug

Addiction

County Homes

Senior Citizens/Aging

Medicaid

TANF

Veterans Affairs

Paula Prentice, Chair

(Summit)

Otto Nicely, Vice Chair

(Defiance)

Laura Abu-

Absi


CHAIR & VICE CHAIRS

STAFF

JOBS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & INFRASTRUCTURE

Economic Development

Job Creation Initiatives

New Federal Jobs Bill

Workforce Development

Community Colleges in

Job Creation

Apprenticeship Programs

Tax Incentives &

Abatement

Federal Stimulus Funding

Industrial Revenue Bonds

CIC’s and Port Authorities

Transportation

Prevailing Wages

Environmental Issues

Air Quality

Road & Bridge Funding

Water & Sewer

Storm Water Management

Airports

Planning

Development Regulations

(Zoning, SD Regulations,

Building Codes, etc.)

Tim Bubb, Chair

(Licking)

Judy Dodge, Vice Chair

(Montgomery)

John Leutz

Laura Abu-

Absi


CHAIR & VICE CHAIRS

STAFF

JUSTICE & PUBLIC SAFETY

Public Safety

Emergency Management &

Homeland Security

Law Enforcement and

Sheriff Issues

Prosecutor Issues

Coroner Issues

Court Structure, Finance,

Fines, Fees and Costs

Jails

Law Libraries

Community Corrections

Public Defense

Juvenile Justice

RECLAIM

9-1-1 & Communications

Domestic Violence

Bob Proud, Chair

(Clermont)

Ed Elliott

(Hardin)

John Leutz

METROPOLITAN & REGIONAL AFFAIRS (large 8 automatic)

To review issues of critical

importance to metropolitan

counties and to deal with

issues relating to

regionalism. Generally

limited to commissioners in

counties over population of

225,000 (10 Counties).

Pete Gerken, Chair

(Lucas)

Gloria Rogers, Vice

Chair

(Summit)

Suzanne

Dulaney


CHAIR & VICE CHAIRS

STAFF

SMALL COUNTY AFFAIRS

To review issues of critical

importance to smaller

counties. Generally limited to

commissioners in counties

with a population of 30,000 or

less (15 counties)

Mike Bartrum, Chair

(Meigs)

Tom Wheaton, Vice

Chair

(Carroll)

Suzanne

Dulaney

TAXATION & FINANCE

Tax Policy

Permissive Taxes

Auditing & Accounting

User Fees

Budget Procedures

Municipal Debt

Purchasing

Investment Policy

Daniel Troy, Chair

(Lake)

Ginny Favede, Vice

Chair

(Belmont)

Brad Cole

2013 AGRICULTURE & RURAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

RESPONSIBILITIES/ISSUES - agriculture, rural development, OSU Extension, fair boards, soil & water conservation, small/rural county issues, farmland preservation, CAFO's, rural drainage/ditches, agricultural districts, and agricultural security areas.

Chair-Chris Abbuhl, Tuscarawas County Commissioner Vice Chair-Steve Hess, Champaign County Commissioner CCAO STAFF CONTACT – Cheryl Subler, Managing Director of Policy, at 614/220-7980

Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committee Members

Tony Anderson, Fayette County Commissioner

Gary Bauer, Huron County Commissioner

Jay Begg, Allen County Commissioner

Anthony Bornhorst, Shelby County Commissioner

Stephen Caraway, Adams County Commissioner

Chris Chmiel, Athens County Commissioner

Doug Corcoran, Ross County Commissioner

Diane Delaplane, Darke County Commissioner

Charles Hall, Union County Commissioner

Jim Harris, Defiance County Commissioner

Doris Herringshaw, Wood County Commissioner

Roy Klopfenstein, Paulding County Commissioner

Thad Lichtensteiger, Van Wert County Commissioner

Rick Muhlenkamp, Mercer County Commissioner

Ann Obrecht, Wayne County Commissioner

Steve Reinhard, Crawford County Commissioner

Phillip Riegle, Hancock County Commissioner

Vincent Schroeder, Putnam County Commissioner

Clark Sheets, Hocking County Commissioner

Holly Stacy, Seneca County Commissioner

Jay Wippel, Pickaway County Commissioner

Barry Woodruff, Brown County Commissioner

2013 GENERAL GOVERNMENT & OPERATIONS COMMITTEE

RESPONSIBILITIES/ISSUES - general government issues, unfunded mandates/state mandates, elections, elected officials compensation, property & buildings, dogs & animal control, public records, sunshine law, personnel & civil service, collective bargaining, employee benefits, unemployment compensation, workers' compensation, Ohio Public Employee Retirement System (OPERS), and health insurance.

Chair -John O'Grady, Franklin County Commissioner Vice Chair-Ed Humphrey, Clermont County Commissioner STAFF CONTACT: Cheryl Subler, Managing Director of Policy, at 614/220-7980

General Government & Operations Committee Members

Charlie Adkins, Athens County Commissioner



Jim Carmichael, Wayne County Commissioner

Cindy Carpenter, Butler County Commissioner

Kathleen Chandler, Portage County Commissioner

Daniel Claypool, Ashtabula County Commissioner

Matt Coffland, Belmont County Commissioner

Doug Corcoran, Ross County Commissioner

Matt Damschroder, Sandusky County Commissioner

Dan Dean, Fayette County Commissioner


Daryll Gray, Brown County Commissioner

Robert Guillozet, Shelby County Commissioner

Mike Halleck, Columbiana County Commissioner

Tom Horst, Highland County Commissioner

Jerry Laffin, Mercer County Commissioner

Gary Lee, Union County Commissioner

Gary Merrell, Delaware County Commissioner

Kerry Metzger, Tuscarawas County Commissioner

Bill Monaghan, Erie County Commissioner

Otto Nicely, Defiance County Commissioner

Barb Queer, Ashland County Commissioner

Richard Regula, Stark County Commissioner


Dave Saft, Guernsey County Commissioner

Greg Sneary, Allen County Commissioner

Pat Arnold South, Warren County Commissioner

Brian Stewart, Pickaway County Commissioner

Daniel Troy, Lake County Commissioner

Jenny Vermillion, Crawford County Commissioner

John Walker, Hocking County Commissioner

David Wesler, Preble County Commissioner

Tom Whiston, Morrow County Commissioner

Al Word, Williams County Commissioner

Fred Zoeller, Seneca County Commissioner

2013 HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE

RESPONSIBILITIES/ISSUES - human services, children services, child support, child care, health, developmental disabilities, mental health, alcohol & other drug addiction, county homes, senior citizens/aging, Medicaid, TANF, and veterans affairs.

Chair -Paula Prentice, Summit County Council Member Vice Chair-Otto Nicely, Defiance County Commissioner STAFF CONTACT - Laura Abu-Absi, Policy Analyst, at 614/220-7996

Health & Human Services Committee Members

Tony Applegate, Brown County Commissioner

Steve Arndt, Ottawa County Commissioner

Rob Ault, Holmes County Commissioner

Paul Barnaby, Fulton County Commissioner

Jay Begg, Allen County Commissioner

John Bruns, Mercer County Commissioner


David Dhume, Madison County Commissioner

Tom Dunlap, Huron County Commissioner

Kim Edwards, Ashland County Commissioner

Thomas Graham, Jefferson County Commissioner

Doris Herringshaw, Wood County Commissioner

Glenn Miller, Henry County Commissioner


Randy Smith, Meigs County Commissioner


Doug Weisenauer, Crawford County Commissioner

Shane Wilkin, Highland County Commissioner

Paul Worley, Adams County Commissioner

Tina Skeldon Wozniak, Lucas County Commissioner

2013 JOBS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE

RESPONSIBILITIES/ISSUES - economic development, job creation initiatives, new Federal Jobs Bill, workforce development, community colleges in job creation, apprenticeship programs, tax incentives & abatement, Federal Stimulus Funding, Industrial Revenue Bonds, CIC's & port authorities, transportation, prevailing wage, environmental issues, air quality, road & bridge funding, water & sewer, storm water management, airports, planning, development regulations (zoning, SD regulations, building codes, etc.)

Chair -Tim Bubb, Licking County Commissioner Vice Chair- Judy Dodge, Montgomery County Commissioner STAFF CONTACTS - John Leutz, Senior Policy Analyst, at 614/220-7994 and Laura Abu-Absi, Policy Analyst, at 614/220-7996

Jobs, Economic Development & Infrastructure Committee Members

Steven Arndt, Ottawa County Commissioner


Paula Brooks, Franklin County Commissioner

Timothy Bubb, Licking County Commissioner

Chris Chmiel, Athens County Commissioner

Daniel Claypool, Ashtabula County Commissioner




Judy Dodge, Montgomery County Commissioner

Julie Ehemann, Shelby County Commissioner

Belle Everett, Tuscarawas County Commissioner

Thomas Ferrell, Erie County Commissioner


Michael Halleck, Columbiana County Commissioner

Tom Harden, Morrow County Commissioner

Ted Kalo, Lorain County Commissioner

Mike Kiger, Fairfield County Commissioner

Jerry Laffin, Mercer County Commissioner


Tommie Jo Marsilio, Portage County Commissioner



Cory Noonan, Allen County Commissioner


T.C. Rogers, Butler County Commissioner


Pat Arnold South, Warren County Commissioner


Steve Stolte, Union County Commissioner


D. Shane Wilkin, Highland County Commissioner

Barry Woodruff, Brown County Commissioner



2013 JUSTICE & PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE

RESPONSIBILITIES/ISSUES - public safety; emergency management & homeland security; law enforcement and sheriff issues; prosecutor issues; coroner issues; court structure, finance, fines, fees & costs; jails; law libraries; community corrections; public defense; juvenile justice; RECLAIM; 9-1-1 communications; and domestic violence.

Chair -Bob Proud, Clermont County Commissioner Vice Chair-Ed Elliot, Hardin County Commissioner STAFF CONTACT - John Leutz, Senior Policy Analyst, at 614/220-7994

Justice & Public Safety Committee Members

Charlie Adkins, Athens County Commissioner


Rob Ault, Holmes County Commissioner

Marilyn Brown, Franklin County Commissioner

John Bruns, Mercer County Commissioner

Dan Claypool, Ashtabula County Commissioner

Matt Damschroder, Sandusky County Commissioner

Tom Dunlap, Huron County Commissioner

Julie Ehemann, Shelby County Commissioner

Tom Ferrell, Erie County Commissioner

Daryll Gray, Brown County Commissioner


Tom Harden, Morrow County Commissioner

Tom Horst, Highland County Commissioner




Steve Reinhard, Crawford County Commissioner


Vincent Schroeder, Putnam County Commissioner



Scott Wiggam, Wayne County Commissioner

Jay Wippel, Pickaway County Commissioner

Robert Wirkner, Carroll County Commissioner

2013 METROPOLITAN & REGIONAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

RESPONSIBILITIES/ISSUES - to review issues of critical importance to metropolitan counties and to deal with issues relating to regionalism. Generally limited to commissioners, county executives and county council members in counties with a population over 225,000; Butler, Cuyahoga, Franklin, Hamilton, Lake, Lorain, Lucas, Mahoning, Montgomery, Stark and Summit Counties.

Chair- Pete Gerken, Lucas County Commissioner Vice Chair- Gloria Rogers, Summit County Council Member STAFF CONTACT - Suzanne Dulaney, Executive Director, at 614-221-5627 Metropolitan & Regional Affairs Committee Members

Cindy Carpenter, Butler County Commissioner

Donald Dixon, Butler County Commissioner

T.C. Rogers, Butler County Commissioner

Edward FitzGerald, Cuyahoga County Executive

Dan Brady, Cuyahoga County Council Member - District 3

C. Ellen Connally, Cuyahoga County Council Member - District 9

Yvonne Conwell, Cuyahoga County Council Member - District 7

Michael Gallagher, Cuyahoga County Council - District 5

Chuck Germana, Cuyahoga County Council Member - District 4

Dave Greenspan, Cuyahoga County Council Member - District 1

Pernel Jones, Jr., Cuyahoga County Council Member - District 8

Dale Miller, Cuyahoga County Council Member - District 2

Julian Rogers, Cuyahoga County Council Member - District 10

Jack Schron, Cuyahoga County Council Member - District 6

Sunny Simon, Cuyahoga County Council Member - District 11

Paula Brooks, Franklin County Commissioner

Marilyn Brown, Franklin County Commissioner

John O'Grady, Franklin County Commissioner

Greg Hartmann, Hamilton County Commissioner

Chris Monzel, Hamilton County Commissioner

Todd Portune, Hamilton County Commissioner

Robert Aufuldish, Lake County Commissioner

Judy Moran, Lake County Commissioner

Daniel Troy, Lake County Commissioner


Ilene Shapiro, Summit County Council Member - At Large

Lori Kokoski, Lorain County Commissioner

Tom Williams, Lorain County Commissioner

Carol Contrada, Lucas County Commissioner

Pete Gerken, Lucas County Commissioner

Tina Skeldon-Wozniak, Lucas County Commissioner

David Ditzler, Mahoning County Commissioner

Carol Rimedio-Righetti, Mahoning County Commissioner

Anthony Traficanti, Mahoning County Commissioner

Judy Dodge, Montgomery County Commissioner

Dan Foley, Montgomery County Commissioner

Deborah Lieberman, Montgomery County Commissioner

Thomas Bernabei, Stark County Commissioner

Richard Regula, Stark County Commissioner

Janet Weir Creighton, Stark County Commissioner

Russell Pry, Summit County Executive

Frank Comunale, Summit County Council Member - District 4

Tim Crawford, Summit County Council Member - District 7

Jerry Feeman, Summit County Council Member - District 6

Nick Kostandaras, Summit County Council Member - District 1

Sandra Kurt, Summit County Council Member - At Large

Tamela Lee, Summit County Council Member - District 5

Paula Prentice, Summit County Council Member - District 8

Gloria Rodgers, Summit County Council Member - District 3

Bill Roemer, Summit County Council Member - At Large

John Schmidt, Summit County Council Member - District 2

2013 SMALL COUNTY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

RESPONSIBILITIES/ISSUES - To review issues of critical importance to smaller counties. Generally limited to commissioners in counties with a population of 30,000 or less (15 counties); Adams, Carroll, Fayette, Harrison, Henry, Hocking, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, Noble, Paulding, Pike, Van Wert, Vinton and Wyandot Counties.

Chair- Mike Bartrum, Meigs County Commissioner Vice Chair- Tom Wheaton, Carroll County Commissioner CCAO STAFF CONTACT - Suzanne Dulaney, Executive Director, at 614/220-7977

Small County Affairs Committee Members

Brian Baldridge, Adams County Commissioner



Jeffrey Ohler, Carroll County Commissioner

Thomas Wheaton, Carroll County Commissioner

Robert Wirkner, Carroll County Commissioner

Tony Anderson, Fayette County Commissioner


Jack DeWeese, Fayette County Commissioner

Don Bethel, Harrison County Commissioner

William Host, Harrison County Commissioner

Dale Norris, Harrison County Commissioner

Robert Hastedt, Henry County Commissioner


Thomas Von Deylen, Henry County Commissioner

Sandra Ogle, Hocking County Commissioner

Clark Sheets, Hocking County Commissioner

John Walker, Hocking County Commissioner

Michael Bartrum, Meigs County Commissioner

Tim Ihle, Meigs County Commissioner


Carl Davis, Monroe County Commissioner

Tim Price, Monroe County Commissioner

John Pyles, Monroe County Commissioner

Mike Reed, Morgan County Commissioner

Adam Shriver, Morgan County Commissioner

Timothy VanHorn, Morgan County Commissioner

Stephen Bond, Noble County Commissioner

Gary Rossiter, Noble County Commissioner

Virgil Thompson, Noble County Commissioner

Roy Klopfenstein, Paulding County Commissioner

Fred Pieper, Paulding County Commissioner

Tony Zartman, Paulding County Commissioner

Blaine Beekman, Pike County Commissioner

Harry Rider, Pike County Commissioner

Teddy West, Pike County Commissioner


Stan Owens, Van Wert County Commissioner

Todd Wolfrum, Van Wert County Commissioner

Michael Bledsoe, Vinton County Commissioner

Timothy Eberts, Vinton County Commissioner

Jerry Zinn, Vinton County Commissioner

William Clinger, Wyandot County Commissioner

Ronald Metzger, Wyandot County Commissioner

Steven Seitz, Wyandot County Commissioner

2013 TAXATION & FINANCE

RESPONSIBILITIES/ISSUES - tax policy, permissive taxes, auditing & accounting, user fees, budget procedures, municipal debt, purchasing, and investment policy.

Chair- Daniel Troy, Lake County Commissioner not available Vice Chair- Ginny Favede, Belmont County Commissioner STAFF CONTACTS - Brad Cole, Managing Director of Research, at 614/220-7981

Taxation & Finance Committee Members


Anthony Bornhorst, Shelby County Commissioner




David Ditzler, Mahoning County Commissioner




Richard Miller, Morrow County Commissioner

Rick Muhlenkamp, Mercer County Commissioner

Cory Noonan, Allen County Commissioner



Shane Wilkin, Highland County Commissioner


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