Through numerous meetings and projects, the county and the city find ways to continue the positive momentum of this region.
ALLEN COUNTY, OH (WLIO) - Even though Allen County and the City of Lima are separate governments, they collaborate in a lot of areas.
Mayor Sharetta Smith, City of Lima.
Through numerous meetings and projects, the county and the city find ways to continue the positive momentum of this region. They meet and talk regularly to discuss projects like the Riverfront One building that the city owns and is working with the county to get Brownfield money to help revitalize the property. Lima and Allen County officials continue to work to help the residents that they serve.
Allen County Commissioner Cory Noonan.
"Local government is the unit of government that is closest to the people, and people care about are you taking care of the services that help us improve our quality of life, and so, building permits, and safety, and law enforcement. We recently worked together, I think we are in our second year now, where our spay and neuter program is a collaboration between the city and the county as well. And so there has been lots of issues where we talk with one another and say, We are dealing with this in the county; we are dealing with in the city; how do we come together and tackle it together?" says Mayor Sharetta Smith.
Regular meetings are held to discuss projects like the Riverfront One building.
"If you look at the administrative building that we keep talking about, that the county is excited about, that doesn't happen without the private sector, without the mayor and the city working with the county. Not only to identify that, but how do we make it work? There is infrastructure underground, and you know many many issues," says Commissioner Cory Noonan.
Another area that Lima and Allen County are collaborating on is the settlement money from the opioid drug lawsuits. They will be pooling their money together to better battle the opioid addiction problem they are seeing locally.
