Outgoing Ohio Supreme Court Justice Judi French, a Sebring native, is among the four finalists for a commissioner seat on the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio while state Sen. Sean O’Brien and ex-state Rep. Michael Verich, who both applied for the job, failed to make the cut.
The 12-member PUCO nominating council Monday chose the final four for the commissioner job out of the 31 applicants.
Of the 31, eight, including O’Brien, were interviewed, but he was not among the four recommended.
Gov. Mike DeWine, a Republican, has 30 days from Monday to appoint a commissioner from the four finalists or request a new list of four from the council. The appointment is subject to confirmation by the Ohio Senate.
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Outgoing Ohio Supreme Court Justice Judi French, a Sebring native, is among the four finalists for a commissioner seat on the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio while state Sen. Sean O’Brien and ex-state Rep. Michael Verich, who both applied for the job, failed to make the cut.
The 12-member PUCO nominating council Monday chose the final four for the commissioner job out of the 31 applicants.
Of the 31, eight, including O’Brien, were interviewed, but he was not among the four recommended.
Gov. Mike DeWine, a Republican, has 30 days from Monday to appoint a commissioner from the four finalists or request a new list of four from the council. The appointment is subject to confirmation by the Ohio Senate.
UHRICHSVILLE With no state funds readily available to fix a major slip on Waterworks Hill Road south of Uhrichsville, the county engineer s office is exploring options with the prosecutor s office on the matter.
The road, which follows the banks of Big Stilwater Creek near the former water plant of the Twin City Water & Sewer District, has been closed since late October after about 1,200 feet of the pavement began to crumble. The slip was noticed a day after a dam on the Big Stillwater was removed in Uhrichsville.
Engineer Joe Bachman said he approached the Ohio Public Works Commission to get a grant to repair the road, but all emergency funding has been used up for this fiscal year. None would be available until after the start of the state s next fiscal year, which begins July 1.
Among the 31 applicants for an open commissioner seat on the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio are outgoing state Sen. Sean O’Brien, former state Rep. Michael Verich and Ohio Supreme Court Justice Judi French, a Sebring native who lost her re-election bid last month.
The seat, with a term that expires April 10, 2024, became available when Sam Randazzo, PUCO chairman, resigned Nov. 20, shortly after the FBI raided his house.
FirstEnergy Corp. wrote in a Securities and Exchange Commission report the day before his resignation that it paid $4 million to a firm run by a person who matches Randazzo’s description, without providing his name, to end a consulting contract. After learning of the payment during an internal review related to a federal investigation into a controversial House Bill 6 nuclear bailout approved by the state, FirstEnergy fired top executives for violating company ethics policies.
Sean O’Brien, Verich, French seek seat on commission
Dec 12, 2020
Among the 31 applicants for an open commissioner seat on the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio are outgoing state Sen. Sean O’Brien, former state Rep. Michael Verich and Ohio Supreme Court Justice Judi French, a Sebring native who lost her re-election bid last month.
The seat, with a term that expires April 10, 2024, became available when Sam Randazzo, PUCO chairman, resigned Nov. 20, shortly after the FBI raided his house.
FirstEnergy Corp. wrote in a Securities and Exchange Commission report the day before his resignation that it paid $4 million to a firm run by a person who matches Randazzo’s description, without providing his name, to end a consulting contract. After learning of the payment during an internal review related to a federal investigation into a controversial House Bill 6 nuclear bailout approved by the state, FirstEnergy fired top executives for violating company ethics policies.