This was a four hour long meeting and covered  a lot of  topics that citizens of Preble County should be pay attention to.

Preble County Auditor Mindy Robbins

was in for her weekly financial update. The county had $1,070,095 as of January 22, about $100,000 under estimate. Sales tax cam in better than expected.

Kent Hamilton

was in on the topic of computer security and maintenance. Of note is the possible adding of a “Web Filter” to limit access to chosen types of outside websites.

Preble County Landfill Leachate Contract Approved 2 -1

Next up we have the Preble County Commissioners reviewing, then approving a leachate treatment agreement with the Lakengren Water Authority.  This agreement included approval of $50,000 attached to it. The motion was approved with a  2 – 1 vote Commissioners Day & Stonecash in favor and Commissioner Wesler against.  As mentioned previously Camden was an alternative route. The use of the Camden route would have opened up miles of frontage along St. Rt. 127 south from the Preble County Landfill to Camden, Ohio. This area has access to railroad, a point that should be noted as railroad was mentioned  later in the day State of Ohio officials mentioned it as a key attribute for companies looking for locations in “logistics and distribution field”. 

Jim Leftwich of Dayton Development Coaliton

Jim Leftwich was in chambers to get an update from the commissioners and Kleingers on the progress at Goose Creek.  There may be an issue with the amount of water available for manufacturing. More should be known upon completion of two wells. The EPA Well Site Evaluation is available in .pdf file. The topic of rezoning and plans that include an area for two fast food restaurants, two sit down restaurants, a bank, a 50,000 square foot retail strip center and one or two hotels. That topic was followed by a question from Mr. Leftwich asking how far the site was from the Stateline and a comment about a real opportunity for distribution.  Leftwich was told there is still a need to get with the site owner and how much land to buy.  Commissioner Stonecash asked about a tie-in with Wright Pat but Leftwich does not see it.  Also mentioned was putting a (TIF) over the entire area. Tax Increment Financing (TIF) is a financing and development tool that allows future real property taxes and other taxes generated by new development to pay for costs of construction of public infrastructure and other improvements. TIF encourages development of blighted, substandard and economically underutilized areas that would not be developed without public assistance. Preble County Engineer Steve Simmons mentioned the area having been submitted for JRS funding (JOB READY SITE) and despite having been ranked number one early it did not get funded. Simmons later brought up the truck traffic in the area being a problem. He informed those in attendance that the Pilot fuel station was the third busiest in the state.  A previous meeting had mentioned that issue being addressed with road work.  My view is that since this area is now regularly being mentioned as a location for big box distribution the problem of truck traffic would be likely to increase. This would also impact the use of area by locals and travelers who have the option of traveling to the Stateline or using Eaton. My argument is simply this; many people make a conscious or subconscious choice to avoid interaction with large trucks whenever possible and that avoidanc

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