Penrock LLC looking to pursue new 24-acre subdivision
13 homes are in the works for the county and will begin at $200,000
The Daily Jeffersonian
A proposed subdivision on Pigeon Gap Road in Cambridge Township was one of two topics on the agenda for the Guernsey County Planning Commission when it met Friday at the county administration building.
The commission was asked to conduct a preliminary plan review for Pleasant Valley Subdivision by Penrock LLC, which recently acquired the property.
According to documents provided by the Guernsey County Map Department, 13 homes are planned for the 24-acre subdivision northwest of the city. The proposal (for Pleasant Valley Subdivision) was submitted a few years ago and the new owners have requested to continue the process, said Shannon Leek of the map department.
Corrections officers at county jail will receive body cameras
Commissioners approve county 911 system renewal levy
The Daily Jeffersonian
Guernsey County commissioners on Monday approved a three-year contract with Axon to provide high-resolution body cameras for corrections officers at the county jail.
The county will lease the body cameras while Axon provides maintenance services and video storage at a cost of approximately $10,000 a year. This will help ensure the county against liability by clearly documenting every encounter between the jail staff and an inmate at the county jail, said Commissioner Dave Wilson.
Axon currently provides cameras and video storage for road deputies in the county.
The Daily Jeffersonian
Suspension of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine is expected to have minimal impact in Guernsey and Noble counties according to local health officials.
Neither health department has received the Johnson & Johnson one-dose vaccine since initial shipments of 300 and 200 doses, respectively, several weeks ago. While we received 300 doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine during the early release, we don t expect to receive any more doses at this time, said Rose Ball, administrator at the Cambridge-Guernsey County Health Department. I don t believe there will be any impact in Noble County, added Noble County Health Commissioner Shawn Ray. The initial shipment of 200 doses is all the state has given us.
The Daily Jeffersonian
Evictions rate were down in Cambridge in 2020 and into 2021 in Guernsey County, but Magistrate Teresa Liston, Cambridge Municipal Court and Jesse Moses, attorney, Southeastern Ohio Legal Services (SEOLS) expect to see that change soon.
Court records show that in 2018 there 122 filings for eviction cases, in 2019, there were 94 and in 2020 there were only 60.
Liston and Moses both attributed the decline in evictions to the COVID-19 pandemic and the moratorium put in place to temporarily halt evictions until the pandemic passes.
According to Moses at the onset of the pandemic there was a bit of scrambling in trying to figure out what legislation was coming about and what aide could be provided.