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Yahoo
04-05-2025
- Business
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Commissioners take meeting on the road
May 4—Meet in South Point Park SOUTH POINT — This week, the Lawrence County Commissioners left the confines of the courthouse and met in the South Point Park. The meeting took place during the Department of Job & Family Services Spring Family Fest at the park, which was held to let people know what services are available from numerous agencies and vendors. It was a short meeting and the commissioners took the following actions on items on their agenda: —Approved the following floodplain permits renewals submitted by the Soil and Water Conservation District: Garrett Craford, stream maintenance project located at 6241 County Road 16; Hecla Water Association, materials storage project located on Ralph Road; and Randy Carpenter, stream maintenance project located at 414 County Road 54. —Approved appropriations and transfers dated April 29, 2025, under $75,000. —Approved Addendum No. 1 Fiscal Year 2025 for the Lawrence County Airpark's new runway project. —Signed a Letter of Support for Lawrence County Parks and Recreation Study Application. —Tabled a motion about the Jury Process Manager quote in the amount of $27,187.50. Administrative assistant Dylan Bentley, was given authority to sign necessary documents. —Tabled a motion for the commission president to sign the petition for annexation of properties as part of a Gateway Outdoor Project. "We haven't had a chance to have the conversation which would lead to us signing this yet," said Commission President Colton Copley, adding that their schedules haven't worked out yet. "We hope to have that by next week." The commissioners then went to executive session to discuss real estate and personnel matters. The commissioners meet at 10 a.m. Tuesday on the third floor of the Lawrence County Courthouse.
Yahoo
10-03-2025
- General
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Civic scholars take in county commission meeting
Mar. 10—On Tuesday, the Lawrence County Commissioners had a group of special guests, members of Lawrence County Civic Scholars Fellowship. The fellowship was started five years ago by the commissioners for junior and senior high school students to learn how government works by shadowing officeholders and to become community leaders. They spent the day at the courthouse and attended the meeting to see how the county takes care of issues like transfer of funds, accepting reports from various departments and then interacts with department heads and members of the community. Dylan Bentley, acting administrator, had the Civic Scholars come up to the podium and introduce themselves. Commissioner DeAnna Holliday said it was always a joy to have them come to the meeting and told them they were welcomed "with open arms." "Some of you probably already know what you want to do in the future and some may not. I have had students in the past come in, thinking they wanted to do one thing but because of their experience here, they changed their minds," she said. "We are excited to have you here." She added she couldn't wait to see their projects in April and see where their journey leads them. Commissioner Mike Finley asked them specifically if they knew what they wanted to do. Most of them said they would like to go into the medical field to give back to their community, another wanted to go the U.S. Naval Academy. One wanted to become a local business owner. "It's okay if you don't know yet," Commissioner Colton Copley said. Finley said it was especially okay because "like DeAnna said, you will change your mind." "Multiple times probably," Holliday added. "And if you don't, that's okay too. Some of us know early on what we want to be. I've changed my mind several times." To become a Civic Scholar, students submit a video in the fall and then the scholars are selected based on their commitment to learn and grow. The scholars go to the courthouse for program consists of roundtables, where they hear from and ask questions to elected officials and department heads, and where they learn design thinking, which is a problem-solving process they use in their internship. The DT training is provided by the Marshall University iCenter. The students are then placed in various county offices and paired with a mentor. They are required to spend three full eight hour days shadowing and learning from their mentors. To give purpose to their time in the offices, scholars are also tasked with completing a project through using design thinking that seeks to apply their learnings and give back to their office. "We encouraged them in the trainings that this is an opportunity to give back, and the importance of not just "taking" from the program and their mentors, but also "giving" something back. They present these projects at the reception we hold at the end of the program," Bentley said. This year's Civic Scholars includes McKayla Burriss, a junior at Chesapeake High School; Isabella James, a senior at Fairland High School, Annabella Weinsweig, Molly Dunlap, Nour Alourani, Isabelle Swindler and Dani Fitzpatrick, all juniors at Fairland High School; Dillon Collins, a senior at Fairland High School and Collins Career and Technical Center, Gavin Simpson, Ian Whaley, Alex Gnau, Blake Medinger, all juniors at St. Joseph Central Catholic High School; William Scott Salyers, a junior at Sugar Creek Christian Academy; and Reese Ingles, a junior at Symmes Valley High School.
