The City of Lima is looking at buying some property in Downtown Lima, and they will get an update on another multi-million dollar project that is moving right along. Council will also vote to go after two grants from the U.S. Conference of Mayors.
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October 15, 2024, Press Release from the Office of Ohio Governor Mike DeWine: (COLUMBUS, Ohio)— Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, Lt. Governor Jon Husted, and Ohio Department of Development Director Lydia Mihalik today announced more than $52 million in support for brownfield remediation and building demolition projects across the state. The Department of Development is awarding the funding through the Ohio Brownfield Remediation Program and Building Demolition and Site Revitalization Program. Both grant programs were developed by the DeWine-Husted Administration in partnership with the Ohio General Assembly to create room for new economic opportunities in areas that currently cannot be developed due to contamination or the presence of vacant, dilapidated structures. Today’s announcement represents the sixth round of funding for both programs.
Ohio law enforcement agencies are struggling to find people to fill their ranks, but the state has developed a website that is hoping to help. Lawenforcementjobs.ohio.gov is powered by technology that is used on the OhioMeansJobs website to connect police departments, sheriff's offices, and other agencies with potential candidates for free. Lieutenant Governor Jon Husted says the website will give job seekers a recruitment edge the more they use the resource, as well as save them time and money.
May 29, 2024, Press Release from the Office of Ohio Governor Mike DeWine: (COLUMBUS, Ohio)—Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, Lt. Governor Jon Husted, and Department of Education and Workforce (DEW) Director Stephen D. Dackin today announced the publication of a model policy designed to minimize student use of cell phones during school hours.
Governor DeWine spoke to the General Assembly about some of the accomplishments that the state has had in the past year and the goals he has for Ohio in the future. Help wanted signs are up in many Ohio businesses. To get parents to fill those positions, DeWine is calling for the creation of a childcare voucher program, so their kids will be watched while mom and dad are at work.
The governor and lieutenant governor have awarded Bath Local Schools to receive a little over $2 million in career tech grant money. With this multi-million dollar grant coming to the school district, school administrators will be using the funds to further expand and build upon career technical education in fields like health sciences, engineering, and manufacturing at Bath. To see what future plans are in place, Your Hometown Stations spoke with Bath Middle School and High School Principals on what's next and the grant's impact for students.
In 2024, some Ohioans will be seeing an increase in their pay checks. Ohio minimum wage for non-tipped employees will be increasing 35 cents to $10.45 cents an hour and tipped workers will get a 20 cent an hour boost to $5.25 cents an hour.
Auglaize County was successful in get more state funding to help clean up some properties for redevelopment. Before the holidays the State of Ohio announced $88 million in Brownfield Grants for 123 projects across the state. Auglaize County won money for three projects including taking down and cleaning up the site of the former Koenig building. The property was developed in the late 1800’s and has been home to a variety of industries, including a paint shop. The county got nearly two and half million dollars for doing the work on the site and cleaning any contamination that could be in the soil.
Some Ohioans will be seeing a big increase in their paycheck come January 1st because of higher inflation rates. Ohio minimum wage for non-tipped employees will be moving from $9.30 an hour to $10.10 an hour, which is an 80-cent increase. That is above the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour. In 2006, Ohio voters approved a state amendment that ties the annual minimum wage increase to the rate of inflation. For workers that get tips, the new hourly wage is $5.05 and for 14 and 15-year-old workers, it is set at $7.25. Ohio is one of 23 states to raise their minimum wage at the start of 2023.
"With the temperatures being as cold as they are and the wind, we are probably not going to be able to put a lot of material, salt-wise, down," said Eric Burgei, Allen County Highway Maintenance Foreman. "So there are going to be some slick spots and stuff we are probably not going to be able to take care of until temperatures get a little warmer and the wind quits."