The Village of Lodi is considering exchanging 27 acres of wetland for 27 acres of upland with the Medina County Park District. The exchange would be part of a water quality improvement project. The park district is currently discussing the opportunity with the Ohio EPA. The park district is already purchasing 49 acres adjacent to West Drive and states in a letter to Mayor Tom Wilson the park’s desire to give some of this property back to Lodi for wetland near the sewer plant. The project would run in conjunction with a new sewer plant to be constructed in Lodi.

The Medina County Board of Commissioners has made an agreement with the Medina County Agricultural Society, allowing for a $100,000 loan. The agricultural society would use the money to construct a new exhibition building on fairgrounds. The amount serves as a local match for a grant recently awarded from the Ohio Department of Agriculture. The loan agreement calls for five annual payments to the county starting July 10, 2001. Each payment would come to $20,000. 

An attack on some sheep in Harrisville Township has resulted in the Medina County Board of Commissioners paying the farmer $100 for the loss of two sheep. The Medina County Dog Warden was unable to decipher whether a coyote or dog attacked the sheep.

Nadine Yaniec has retired from the Medina County Auditor’s Office after 29 years of service. Nadine began serving the county in 1971 and watched the office grow from 10 employees to more than 50.

The Medina County Office of Older Adults sees growth in the senior community and expands its meal delivery service to all 17 townships.

The Medina County Recorder’s Office now has a Web site. Residents can obtain living will forms as well as durable power of attorney for health care forms by logging onto www.recorder.co.medina.oh.us. The site also provides real estate information for Medina County sites. A history of an individual pieced of property is available from 1983 to the present.

The Medina County Economic Development Corporation has appointed an enterprise zone manager to administer the enterprise zone program in the county.

The Millbrook Golf Course on Richmond Road has applied for a D1 permit, allowing for beer on the premises until 1 a.m.

The Medina County Board of Commissioners has adopted the 2001 tax budget, reaching approximately $30 million. This budget is only an estimate used to create the final budget at the end of the year.

The Medina County Engineers Office has been given permission by the county to appropriate property for the extension of Jefferson Street.

More than $95,000 has been awarded to the county by the Ohio Supreme Court for court mediation services.

The county and townships continue to meet about electric deregulation. Brunswick and the county have said OK.