GALLIPOLIS — Gallia County Commissioners approved a resolution for an inter-county agreement and certification for the release and acceptance of funds between the Gallia County Department of Job Family Services (GCDJFS) and the Clermont County Department of Job and Family Services, as presented by GCDJFS Director Dana Glassburn during their regular Thursday meeting.

The agreement is an inter-county adjustment of allocated funds and releases $75,000 from Gallia County Title XX Funds to Clermont County and agrees to accept $75,000 in Income Maintenance Control Funds (IMCF) Allocation from Clermont County.

The need for this resolution comes from a decrease in Gallia County’s IMCF allocations, which placed the available resources below actual expenditures, along with an increase in caseloads as well as increases in basic operating costs that outweigh cost saving measures implemented thus far in IMCF Allocations resulting in projected expenditures remaining above estimated resources. Accepting the IMCF’s from Clermont County should help reduce the projected deficit in the IMCF.

Commissioners also approved purchase of service contract amendments between the GCDJFS and Gallia County Children’s Services for the purchase of Child Welfare Services funding by TANF/Title XX entered into on the 5th day of July 2007 and the second day of February 2008, as presented by Glassburn.

Commissioners also approved a subgrant agreement between themselves and the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS).

According to the agreement, ODJFS agrees to provide funding to the family services agency, provide annual financial, administrative and incentive awards to county family services agencies, monitor subgrantee, provide information on changes to the terms of the grant awards, provide technical assistance and training and to take action to recover funds that are not used in accordance with the conditions for which the funds are awarded.

The subgrantee agrees to ensure that the funds are used and duties are performed in accordance with the terms of the agreement, utilize a financial management system, reimburse ODJFS for funds paid to an entity due to adverse audit findings, take correction action if compliance has not been achieved and to make records available to ODJFS, the auditor of state, federal agencies and other governmental agencies for review, audit and investigation.

In other business, commissioners signed a contract with Ohio Bridge Corp., Cambridge, for the slip repair project in Gallipolis Township that the company was awarded last week.

The project is scheduled to begin March 25 and should be completed by Monday, March 31.

The $44,577 project is being funded with $19,800 from the 2007 CDBG formula grant and the remaining $24,777 from Gallipolis Township.

Two bid openings were held for the Gallia County engineer’s office. The first was for stone. Two companies, Waterloo Coal and Clinton Stone, submitted bids for both delivery and the plant pickup of stone.

The second bid opening was for asphalt. Two companies, Marathon Petroleum and Asphalt Materials, submitted bids. The bids were submitted to County Engineer Glenn Smith for review and recommendation.

Commissioners approved a letter of intent to USDA Rural Development for obligation of grant and loan funds from them for the Kanauga-Addison Sewer project.

USDA Rural Development will be providing $1,862,000 loan at 4.375 percent interest for a term of 40 years, along with a grant of $1,022,000.

County Administrator Karen Sprague presented commissioners with paperwork for the recovery of unclaimed funds with the state in the amount of $592.14. Commissioners approve signing the forms associated with claiming these funds.

Commissioners approved the Rio Grande village jail contract for 2008.

The terms and conditions of the contract entered into with Rio Grande are the same as 2007 contract and the same as the jail contract with the city of Gallipolis, and will last until Dec. 31, 2008.

Commissioners approved $500 in funds for Memorial Day expenses to the Cadot-Blessing Camp 126 Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War.

County Treasurer Steve McGhee presented commissioners with the monthly inventory report obligations and securities for Gallia County as of February 2008. A copy of the report is on file in the commissioner’s office.

Commissioners approved an animal loss report submitted by Gallia County Dog Warden Paul Williams.

The claim was for two angus limousine calves belonging to Jeff Halley of Crown City. Commissioners paid $50 for each loss, $100 total.