Fostoria City Council gave two readings at Tuesday night’s meeting.  A first reading was for a contract between the city and the Fostoria City Schools Board of Education for the district’s two school resource officers.  Fostoria police officers Travis Ricker and Justin Kiser are funded through a grant from DARE and through the school district.  A second reading was given for a $150,000 loan form Fostoria’s Revolving Loan Fund to BMP Maintenance Group for the replacement of several conveyors inside a former fertilizing facility on Findlay St. now owned by Mennel Milling….  he investment would create four full-time jobs at the company.
 

Findlay City Council learned that reverse angle parking will begin on Crawford Street in about one week.  West Crawford Street will become one-way westbound from Main Street, and East Crawford Street will be one-way eastbound from Main Street.  Reverse-angle parking will be added to the south side of the street while parallel parking will remain on the north side.  Officials have called the Crawford Street changes an “experiment.”  The Findlay Traffic Commission will have until Oct. 1, 2016, to reverse the changes or make them permanent.

The Seneca County Board of Elections will continue to explore its options concerning expanding its office or moving.  The board of elections office in the County Services Building lacks sufficient space and is not compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act.  The board could move to resolve the problems or it could expand into space adjacent to its offices.

Area unemployment rates remained steady.  Hancock County’s rate stayed at 3.2% in September and was tied for the fourth lowest in the state.  Seneca and Wood County’s remained the same, as well.  Ohio’s jobless rate, which is seasonally adjusted, declined to 4.5 percent in September from 4.6 percent in August, the state reported.