September 9, 2015 at 5:22 p.m.
Resident asks for road work
A Fort Recovery resident asked the Jay County Commissioners whether a section of State Line Road might be paved soon.
Tina Schwieterman prepares taxes in her home, 3066 State Line Road, for more than 600 clients, some of whom complain about the stone road they have to travel on, she told the commissioners at their Tuesday morning meeting.
Most of them turn onto State Line Road from Indiana 26, she said. Before they get to her house, the paved road turns to stone.
“I know that client base does have a problem with the gravel section,” she said.
She wants to expand her business, but first wants to know if the road might get paved soon.
It’s not just a matter of expansion and of clients disliking the stone road, she said. The changes from paved surface to stone road can cause accidents. Schwieterman told the commissioners that once as she walked toward a car that had been in an accident, she found a dead body that had been ejected from the vehicle.
“We’ve talked about it for years … and that’s why some of it’s gotten paved through years,” commissioner Faron Parr said. “It always comes down to funding.”
Jay and Mercer counties have both paved sections of the road. Parr said he believes most of the stone sections that remain are Jay County’s responsibility.
Though she lives on the Ohio side of the road, more than half of her clients are from Indiana, Schwieterman said.
When highway superintendent Ken Wellman came to the meeting later, the commissioners let him know of Schwieterman’s interest in whether the road could be paved.
In other business, the commissioners:
•Approved Sheriff Dwane Ford as purchasing agent for a new 2015 Ford Explorer. Jay County Sheriff’s Office is buying the vehicle from Bloomington Ford for $25,998 to replace a 2013 Chevrolet Impala totaled during mid-July’s flooding. Deputy Tony Lennartz drove into standing water July 18 on county road 200 West near county road 200 North while responding to an accident, and the Impala went off the road and flipped several times.
•Received quotes for propane to heat the Highway Department garage at 1035 E. 200 North. Wellman chose Harvest Land Co-op’s bid of $0.999 per gallon. Suburban Propane submitted a bid of $1.359 per gallon.
Tina Schwieterman prepares taxes in her home, 3066 State Line Road, for more than 600 clients, some of whom complain about the stone road they have to travel on, she told the commissioners at their Tuesday morning meeting.
Most of them turn onto State Line Road from Indiana 26, she said. Before they get to her house, the paved road turns to stone.
“I know that client base does have a problem with the gravel section,” she said.
She wants to expand her business, but first wants to know if the road might get paved soon.
It’s not just a matter of expansion and of clients disliking the stone road, she said. The changes from paved surface to stone road can cause accidents. Schwieterman told the commissioners that once as she walked toward a car that had been in an accident, she found a dead body that had been ejected from the vehicle.
“We’ve talked about it for years … and that’s why some of it’s gotten paved through years,” commissioner Faron Parr said. “It always comes down to funding.”
Jay and Mercer counties have both paved sections of the road. Parr said he believes most of the stone sections that remain are Jay County’s responsibility.
Though she lives on the Ohio side of the road, more than half of her clients are from Indiana, Schwieterman said.
When highway superintendent Ken Wellman came to the meeting later, the commissioners let him know of Schwieterman’s interest in whether the road could be paved.
In other business, the commissioners:
•Approved Sheriff Dwane Ford as purchasing agent for a new 2015 Ford Explorer. Jay County Sheriff’s Office is buying the vehicle from Bloomington Ford for $25,998 to replace a 2013 Chevrolet Impala totaled during mid-July’s flooding. Deputy Tony Lennartz drove into standing water July 18 on county road 200 West near county road 200 North while responding to an accident, and the Impala went off the road and flipped several times.
•Received quotes for propane to heat the Highway Department garage at 1035 E. 200 North. Wellman chose Harvest Land Co-op’s bid of $0.999 per gallon. Suburban Propane submitted a bid of $1.359 per gallon.
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