TO: ALL COUNTY COMMISSIONERS CUYAHOGA AND SUMMIT …

January 6, 2015 TO: ALL COUNTY COMMISSIONERS CUYAHOGA AND SUMMIT COUNTY EXECUTIVES CUYAHOGA AND SUMMIT COUNTY COUNCIL MEMBERS FROM: MIKE HALLECK, CCAO PRESIDENT COLUMBIANA COUNTY COMMISSIONER SUBJECT: APPOINTMENT OF STANDING COMMITTEES FOR 2015

I want to encourage your active participation on our Standing Committees during 2015. Because of the significant challenges counties will be facing in 2015, I am requesting that all Standing Committees meet at least four times a year to help deal with those challenges. We are also looking into the possibility of holding more meetings by conference call or webinar. Standing Committees have three primary purposes:

1. To review pending legislation and make recommendations to the Board of Directors on these legislative proposals.

2. 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.

3. 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.

Attached is a list of our Standing Committees for 2015 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 not be retaining the Standing Committee membership from 2014.

Even though you were a member of a particular Standing Committee last year, you will not automatically be on that Committee in 2015. You will need to submit a form for 2015. We plan to make new appointments to all Standing Committees in the near future after consulting with the Committee Chair. Please return the form to CCAO by January 16, 2015. You may also respond by sending an email to Tanya McComas at [email protected] If you request to serve on the General Government & Operations Committee, please hold the date of February 12, 2015 at 1:00 P.M. for the Organizational Meeting of the Committee. Again, I hope you actively participate on our Standing Committees during 2015, and I look forward to working with you during this challenging year.

2015 CCAO STANDING COMMITTEE REQUEST FORM

NAME: ____________________________________________________ COUNTY: ____________________________________________________ EMAIL ADDRESS: ____________________________________________________ (Please print clearly) CELL PHONE: __________________________________________________________

I request appointment to the following CCAO Standing Committee(s) for 2015.

(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 RETURN ON OR BEFORE JANUARY 16, 2015 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]

NAME OF CCAO STANDING COMMITTEE RANK ORDER

Agriculture & Rural Affairs

General Government & Operations

Health & Human Services

Jobs, Economic Development & Infrastructure

Justice & Public Safety

Metropolitan & Regional Affairs (Population 225,000 or more)

Small County Affairs (Population less than 30,000)

Taxation & Finance

2015 PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENTS STANDING COMMITTEES

Mike Halleck, President

Columbiana County Commissioner

1/4/15

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)

Brian Mead


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)

Bob Corbett, Vice

Chair

(Champaign)

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)

Brian Mead

Brad Cole


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, Vice Chair

(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 Rodgers, Vice

Chair

(Summit)

Suzanne

Dulaney

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)

Steve Seitz, Vice Chair

(Wyandot)

Suzanne

Dulaney


CHAIR & VICE CHAIRS

STAFF

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

SPECIAL COMMITTEES AND TASK FORCES AND OTHER APPOINTMENTS 2015

COMMITTEE/TASK FORCE

PURPOSE MEMBERS

ADDITIONAL MEMBERS OF

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

To exercises all the duties of the

Board of Directors as necessary

or appropriate for the

administration of the affairs of the

Association which may be lawfully

delegated to it by the Board of

Directors.

Nick Kostandaras (Summit)

Deborah Lieberman (Montgomery)

AUDIT COMMITTEE To be responsible to oversee the

annual audit of CCAO, CCAOSC

(including the Natural Gas

Program), and the CCAO

Educational and Research

Foundation.

James Caldwell (Ross), Chair

John Bayliss (Logan) , Vice Chair

Paul Barnaby (Fulton)

John Bergman (Auglaize)

Jack Evans (Miami)

EX OFFICIO

Ginny Favede ( Belmont), Treasurer

Suzanne Dulaney, Executive Director

Staff Contacts: Thisbe Butcher & Kathy Dillon


PURPOSE MEMBERS

DELEGATES TO OHIO COUNCIL OF COUNTY OFFICIALS (OCCO)

OCCO is an organization that

includes three representatives

from each of the county elected

officials’ associations and the

Ohio Judicial Conference. It

serves as a forum to provide

information about issues of

importance to county elected

officials and to work on legislative

issues of mutual concern.

DELEGATES


Gary Lee (Union)

ALTERNATES

Suzanne Dulaney, Executive Director

Cheryl Subler (CCAO)

CCAO DEFERRED COMPENSATION COMMITTEE

To oversee the CCAO Deferred

Compensation Program and its

program administrator, Great

West Retirement Services. The

committee also reviews

performance of various

investment options and annually

recommends changes to

investment options.

Jim Caldwell (Ross), Chair

Ginny Favede (Belmont), Vice Chair

John Detrick (Clark)

Greg Sneary (Allen)

Bob Corbett (Champaign)

David Dhume (Madison)

Judy Dodge (Montgomery)

Staff Contact: Suzanne Dulaney, Executive Director


PURPOSE MEMBERS

BOARDS

COORDINATING

COUNCIL

The Council includes the

President, 1st Vice President and

Past President of CCAO and the

President and Vice President of

both CORSA and CEBCO. Its

purpose is to discuss

administrative, personnel and

operational issues that affect all

three legal entities and encourage

a sharing of resources and

efficient and coordinated

management. The membership

on the Council is the same as the

membership of the LLC Board

that has operational oversight of

the new building.

Gary Lee (Union)


Nick Kostandaras (Summit)

Gary Lee (Union)-CEBCO

John Love (Putnam)-CEBCO

Chris Day (Preble)-CORSA

Tom Wheaton (Carroll)-CORSA

Staff Contacts: Suzanne Dulaney


PURPOSE MEMBERS

AFFILIATES’ COUNCIL

To coordinate with CCAO affiliate

organizations and to encourage

their full participation in the

activities of CCAO and to look for

ways to better utilize the expertise

of these organizations in CCAO

legislative and technical

assistance activities.

Mike Halleck (Columbiana)

Doug Corcoran (Ross)

The President of each CCAO affiliate, including the:

County Administrators’ Association

Commissioners’ Clerks & Engineers Secretaries Associations

Dog Wardens’ Association

Emergency Management Association of Ohio

Facilities Management Association

County Home Association

County Loss Control Coordinators’ Association

Planning Directors’ Association

Purchasing Association

Sanitary Engineers’ Association

Organization of Solid Waste Districts of Ohio

Family and Children First Coordinators Association


PURPOSE MEMBERS

JOINT COMMITTEE ON

ADMINISTRATION OF

ELECTIONS

To meet with the representatives

of the Ohio Association of

Elections Officials to

discuss current election

issues along with emerging and

changing issues in elections

administration. It is to make

recommendations, with input from

the Secretary of State's office, on

proposed election law changes to

the Association's Boards.

Paula Brooks (Franklin)

Gary Lee (Union)


Kerry Metzger (Tuscarawas)

Ann Obrecht (Wayne)

Mike Reed (Morgan)

Daniel Troy (Lake)

Ted Kalo (Lorain)

Jim Carmichael (Wayne)

Staff Contact: Cheryl Subler

SPECIAL COMMITTEE

ON REVISION OF

DRAINAGE AND DITCH

LAWS

To review and make suggestions

to revisions to ORC Chapters

6131, 6133, 6135, 6117, and

1515 to improve And clarify the

laws on drainage.

Two county commissioners, two county engineers and representatives from

Ohio Farm Bureau, SWCD’s, DNR, OSU Extension, and Sanitary

Engineers’ Association.

Steve Stolte (Union)

Tom Kime (Defiance)

Staff Contacts: Suzanne Dulaney and Brian Mead


PURPOSE MEMBERS

SPECIAL COMMITTEE

ON SOLID WASTE LAW

John Bayliss, Chair (Logan)

Dan Graeter, OSWADO President, Montgomery County Solid Waste

Diane Bickett, OSWDO Past President (Cuyahoga County Solid Waste

District)

Dana Storts, OSWDO Member (Greene County Solid Waste District)

Steve Arndt (Ottawa)

Paul Braasch (Adams-Clermont)

Gary Bauer (Huron)

Paula Brooks (Franklin)

Janet W. Creighton (Stark)

Judy Dodge (Montgomery)

Tom Ferrell (Erie)

Pete Gerken (Lucas)

Gary Lee (Union)

Staff Contacts: Brad Cole


PURPOSE MEMBERS

PROSECUTORS-

COMMISSIONERS

LIAISON COMMITTEE

Discuss issues of mutual concern

to commissioners and

prosecutors.

David Dhume, Madison County Commissioner

David Hartley, Clark County Commissioner

Gary Lee, Union County Commissioner

Deborah Lieberman, Montgomery County Commissioner

John Ferrero, Stark County Prosecutor

Ed Pierce, Auglaize County Prosecutor

David Phillips, Union County Prosecutor

Juergen Waldick, Allen County Prosecutor

Dennis Will, Lorain County Prosecutor

Staff Contacts: Suzanne Dulaney

WATER QUALITY TASK

FORCE

To educate members and identify

recommendations for Board

consideration. Of particular

concern is the threat to potable

water by algae blooms.

Pete Gerken, Chair

(Lucas)

Douglas Spencer, Vice

Chair

(Auglaize)

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