Fostoria City Council on Tuesday granted a seven-year, $15,000 loan from the city’s Revolving Loan Fund to BoJhun Environmental Services LLC for the purchase of new equipment needed for relocation from its current site to a larger one less than a block away.  BoJhun is preparing to relocate from 111 W. South St. to 222 S. Main St. in order to meet growing demand for its services.  BoJhun Environmental Services provides environmental sampling services, testing and analysis, and training and consulting to industries and municipalities throughout Ohio and surrounding states.
 

Arcadia graduate Jerry Blevins is staying with the New York Mets after agreeing to a one year contract that guarantees $4 million and allows him to earn an additional $1 million in performance bonuses.  The 32-year-old left-hander was acquired from Washington on May 30 and appeared in seven games, retiring all 15 batters he faced — all but one a left-handed hitter.  He broke his left forearm when struck by a line drive off the bat of Miami’s Dee Gordon on April 19, then broke it again on Aug. 3 when he slipped off a curb in Port St. Lucie, Florida.

Findlay city workers will be getting their second pay raise in two years in 2016.  Findlay City Council approved a 2 percent pay raise for all nonelected city employees Tuesday night at an estimated cost of $200,000 to the city.  Pay raises had to be approved during council’s last meeting of the year Tuesday, or consideration of the legislation would have had to start over in 2016.

State Sen. Cliff Hite, R-Findlay, has joined the leadership team of the Midwestern Legislative Conference, a nonpartisan association of state and provincial legislators that fosters regional cooperation, information sharing and leadership development.  Hite will serve as second vice chair of the conference in 2016 and is in line to be the group’s chair in 2018.  Fellow state and provincial legislators from the Midwest elected Hite to the position in July.  He formally joined the leadership team at Friday’s meeting of the conference’s Executive Committee.

The Seneca County commissioners will receive $1,500 for handling planning commission duties while a new executive director is being sought.  Roxyanne Burrus and an administrative assistant both resigned their positions. Burrus’ last day was Dec. 11, leaving the office empty.  County Administrator Stacy Wilson and Tonya Hemmer, assistant administrator, are handling the office duties while the planning commission board looks for replacements.
 

David Zak, who joined the Tiffin University administration in August, is leaving the university at the end of the month.  Zak was vice president of university advancement and economic development. He worked on integrating university development and grants; public, community, government and alumni relations; and marketing.  Before joining TU, Zak was president and CEO of Seneca Industrial and Economic Development Corp. for about two years.  SIEDC has not hired Zak's replacement and will coordinate interview schedules in January for all final candidates.

A $50,000 bond has been set for Bowling Green State University football player Michael Minns II of West Palm Beach, FL.  On November 22, Mimms alledgedly put a controlled substance in another students drink at a downtown BG restaurant.  Minns, who will not be playing in BGSU's upcoming bowl game, has played in 12 games this season.  Minns appeared in court Tuesday and will be back in court in January.