Lorain County commissioners unanimously passed an entire agenda-worth of legislation June 19 with very little discussion.
The lack of discussion could be due to the absence of Lorain County Administrator James Cordes, who often steps in to explain any parts of the legislation the commissioners may not understand or to explain what the legislation means to the general public.
Commissioner Lori Kokoski asked for minor clarification on the establishment of a water meter fee of $500, which includes a $100 application fee and $400 for the installation of new meters.
Kokoski also asked for clarification on the approval of a pair of grants from Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, but no one present at the meeting was familiar with it.
Sherry Clouser, administrator at Lorain County Common Pleas Court, said the two grants, which total $2,105,680, will fund the county’s intensive supervision probation, pre-sentence investigation officers, misdemeanor cases and jail case management.
The commissioners accept similar grants each year, but the sums are inflated this year because ODRC has switched to a two-year grant model rather than a single-year model.
In other news, commissioners approved a $1,998 district market development grant for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Lorain County to purchase recycled content benches and planters for the group’s Grow with Me Garden at its Desich Family Campus, 4111 Pearl Ave. in Lorain.
Also, the commissioners will hold a special meeting at 9:30 a.m. June 25, to accept reports on the Mapleview Ditch and the Grafton Road ditch.
In recent years, the commissioners have crossed administrative hurdles and attempted to mollify a neighborhood deeply frustrated with the flooding caused by the ditch.
