July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
WinterFest OK'd for courthouse (9/19/05)
By By Mike Snyder-
A scaled-down and slightly revamped version of WinterFest will be held in November in and around the Jay County Courthouse.
Jay County Commissioners this morning gave permission for use of the courthouse to Vicki Tague, executive director of the Portland Area Chamber of Commerce, the sponsor of WinterFest.
“It’s going to be a lot less complicated in the courthouse,” Tague told Commissioners Gary Theurer, Milo Miller Jr. and Faron Parr.
Activities at the courthouse on Saturday, Nov. 19, will include carriage rides from noon to 2 p.m., and new Little Miss WinterFest contest in the auditorium from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Service clubs will be asked to decorate artificial trees throughout the courthouse. The decorated trees will be left in place throughout the holidays.
Unlike in years past, there will not be an auction of the decorated trees.
Also on the schedule for Nov. 19 are a breakfast with Shrek and Fiona from 8 to 11 a.m. at East Jay Middle School, the Parade of Lights at 6 p.m., and the lighting of a community Christmas tree on the courthouse lawn near the intersection of West Main and Court streets.
After the lighting of the tree, Santa, Shrek and Fiona will visit with children in the courthouse.
The chamber will pay the salary and/or overtime of a courthouse custodian working during WinterFest hours.
A similar arrangement has been made for the Arch Bridge Kroozers’ Fall Kroozen the Courthouse event set for Saturday, Oct. 1, from 5 to 8 p.m.
West Main and North Commerce streets are expected to be shut off for the event.
In another matter this morning, the commissioners received a clarification on what expenses are being requested for reimbursement for two full-time employees and two reserves from the Jay County Sheriff’s Department who traveled to help in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
Expenses related to the trip such as gasoline and wear and tear on county vehicles will be requested to be reimbursed, along with the salary and overtime for investigator Patrick Wells and the salary of Jay County Sheriff Todd Penrod.
Reserves Todd Weaver and Rick Brinkerhoff will not be paid for their work since Jay County reserve deputies are not paid. Ralph Frazee, director of Jay County Emergency Management Agency, said that Penrod understands he can’t ask for reimbursement for pay that was never given for the two reserve deputies.
Also today, the commissioners declined to adopt an ordinance that would have allowed county officials and employees to be reimbursed for sales tax paid on purchases for county use.
Sales tax is not charged for county purchases if the county’s tax-exempt certificate or number is shown. The county’s current policy does not allow sales tax to be reimbursed, a situation that happens once or twice per year, county auditor Freda Corwin said this morning.
“You’re going to open the door for that to be abused,” Parr said of the proposed ordinance. He said that anyone making a purchase for county use should have the county’s tax exempt number available at that time.
Corwin will send a letter to all county department heads explaining the commissioners’ decision.[[In-content Ad]]
Jay County Commissioners this morning gave permission for use of the courthouse to Vicki Tague, executive director of the Portland Area Chamber of Commerce, the sponsor of WinterFest.
“It’s going to be a lot less complicated in the courthouse,” Tague told Commissioners Gary Theurer, Milo Miller Jr. and Faron Parr.
Activities at the courthouse on Saturday, Nov. 19, will include carriage rides from noon to 2 p.m., and new Little Miss WinterFest contest in the auditorium from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Service clubs will be asked to decorate artificial trees throughout the courthouse. The decorated trees will be left in place throughout the holidays.
Unlike in years past, there will not be an auction of the decorated trees.
Also on the schedule for Nov. 19 are a breakfast with Shrek and Fiona from 8 to 11 a.m. at East Jay Middle School, the Parade of Lights at 6 p.m., and the lighting of a community Christmas tree on the courthouse lawn near the intersection of West Main and Court streets.
After the lighting of the tree, Santa, Shrek and Fiona will visit with children in the courthouse.
The chamber will pay the salary and/or overtime of a courthouse custodian working during WinterFest hours.
A similar arrangement has been made for the Arch Bridge Kroozers’ Fall Kroozen the Courthouse event set for Saturday, Oct. 1, from 5 to 8 p.m.
West Main and North Commerce streets are expected to be shut off for the event.
In another matter this morning, the commissioners received a clarification on what expenses are being requested for reimbursement for two full-time employees and two reserves from the Jay County Sheriff’s Department who traveled to help in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
Expenses related to the trip such as gasoline and wear and tear on county vehicles will be requested to be reimbursed, along with the salary and overtime for investigator Patrick Wells and the salary of Jay County Sheriff Todd Penrod.
Reserves Todd Weaver and Rick Brinkerhoff will not be paid for their work since Jay County reserve deputies are not paid. Ralph Frazee, director of Jay County Emergency Management Agency, said that Penrod understands he can’t ask for reimbursement for pay that was never given for the two reserve deputies.
Also today, the commissioners declined to adopt an ordinance that would have allowed county officials and employees to be reimbursed for sales tax paid on purchases for county use.
Sales tax is not charged for county purchases if the county’s tax-exempt certificate or number is shown. The county’s current policy does not allow sales tax to be reimbursed, a situation that happens once or twice per year, county auditor Freda Corwin said this morning.
“You’re going to open the door for that to be abused,” Parr said of the proposed ordinance. He said that anyone making a purchase for county use should have the county’s tax exempt number available at that time.
Corwin will send a letter to all county department heads explaining the commissioners’ decision.[[In-content Ad]]
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