Ohio deputy auditor says problems with state unemployment information unprecedented since Coingate scandal
Updated May 14, 2021;
Posted May 13, 2021
Ohio Auditor Keith Faber speaks at the Ohio Republican Party event, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018, in Columbus, Ohio. A top deputy to Faber told state lawmakers Thursday that his office encountered numerous problems getting information from the state s unemployment system about fraud, security, and other issues. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio A top official at the Ohio state auditor’s office told state lawmakers Thursday that his office encountered problems getting reliable information from Ohio’s unemployment benefits program at a level not seen since the “Coingate” scandal.
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BARNESVILLE Village officials on Monday announced that two local projects had been selected for federal funding totaling over $3.5 million.
Mayor Dale Bunting announced that the long-in-the-works Slope Creek Waterline Project had been selected for funding through the Army Corps of Engineers’ Section 594 Program in the amount of $1,075,000, applicable toward project design and construction costs.
“I definitely want to thank Congressman Bill Johnson for his support, as well as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers a lot for that,” Bunting said. “It helps us and helps us keep our community water rates down and we can get this line in. It just helps all the way around. We really appreciate all the funding we’re getting for this water line. It’s a wonderful thing.”
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BARNESVILLE Village officials will not pursue a sewer rate increase this year and discussed options for tackling at least one large infrastructure project.
Councilman Tim McKelvey on March 29 made the announcement concerning sewer rates, saying the decision had been reached during a Water & Sewer Committee meeting held March 25. He said members would look at a possible rate increase again next year.
Village Administrator Roger Deal added, “We have enough data that it just wasn’t justifiable to impose the rate increase.”
The committee meeting had been called for during the March 15 council meeting when several critical, but expensive, infrastructure projects were discussed at length. An overhaul of the Westview Drive sewer lift station, which could cost as much as $385,000, was prioritized by Deal as the most critical of the projects discussed.