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Issues
What does a Greene County Commissioner do?
I get asked this
question a lot. The Ohio Revised Code clearly dictates that
counties were created to serve as an administrative agent
for state law.
Counties were created by the
state, without the consent of people, in order to carry out
state policy.
Where “home rule” is a key and
necessary asset for self governance in municipal governments
(allowing them the flexibility to do anything necessary and
legal to sustain their community), county governments can
only do what is explicitly allowed by state government.
The Commissioners are
responsible for the financial management of the county, the
management of county facilities, personnel administration,
and economic development.
We approve the annual budget
and determine tax levies for county purposes and bond issues
for county capital improvements.
As Commissioners, we may buy
and sell land and buildings, manage real and personal
property.
We approve annexations and
incorporations, and are responsible for rural zoning
(through the Regional Planning and Coordination Commission
of Greene County).
Commissioners have a wide range
of human services responsibilities, including the
administration of federal and state workforce investment
programs.
County departments under our
control include building regulation and inspection,
purchasing, sanitation engineering, human services, and
animal control.
Commissions have major
responsibilities to assure that solid waste is properly
managed, and have responsibility for storm water drainage
and ditch improvements. See
more specifics regarding these at
Greene
County Commission.
My position on
some key issues confronting
Greene
County,
and in fact, the entire region in the upcoming years, is
included below.
Clearly there are many other
“key” issues, but these are some issues that will have major
impacts on life in
Greene
County.
The descriptions are my
personal view.
Please contact me
(rperales@co.greene.oh.us
or 937-604-5637)if
you would like to know my position on any other issue
confronting the Commission.
Rick at the Dayton Business Journal February 5th
Economic Forum |
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