Findlay City Council agreed Tuesday to a sick time payout for retired Fire Chief Tom Lonyo.   Council had agreed to pay Lonyo the $32,375 after 3rd Ward Councilman Ron Monday asked how much the former chief would be willing to accept.  The payout is half of what Lonyo had accrued in unused sick time, prior to his retirement in early 2015.
 

At their Tuesday night meeting, The Fostoria Finance Committee continued to question City Auditor Steve Garner over large year-end deficit.  At a February 2 meeting, Garner informed officials of a nearly $400,000 year-end deficit.  Last night, he said the number compounded as is closer to an $800,000 deficit.  In an effort to provide more transparency, Garner said members of finance committee will soon have real-time access to the city’s budget so they can examine revenues and expenditures by line item whenever they please. 
 

Fostoria Economic Development Corporation received a continued boost of support from city officials Tuesday night when the city approved an ordinance granting an appropriation of $30,000 from the Community Development Fund.  The move comes one month after a major South Korean tile maker opened its first American plant in Fostoria.  Additionally, interest earned from the city’s STAR Ohio account will also go to the organization.
 

Fostoria City Schools Board of Education approved a resolution authorizing the school district to participate in the Ohio School Facilities Commission Classroom Facilities Assistance Program.
The resolution approves the master plan and shows the state the district is ready for the current building project.  Construction of the new school and renovations will cost approximately $50 million.  However, through a partnership with the Ohio School Facilities Commission, the state will fund 89 percent of the project — $41,576,718 — leaving the district to pay $5,513,154. 
 

North Baltimore Council on Tuesday agreed to pursue grants for upgrading its downtown.  A four-phase project would include waterline replacement and repaving a portion of Main Street downtown.  The work could cost $3 million, and council is aiming to apply for more than $2 million in various grants…The second phase would be a downtown revitalization project to add new lighting, curbs and sidewalks from the railroad to Broadway Street.  Next would be milling and paving the roadway downtown from the railroad to Broadway Street.  The final section would be Main Street reconstruction, with paving and milling from Broadway to the corporation limit.