Accomplishments

1^st Term Accomplishments

• Assembled team to develop a long term capital expenditure plan

• Developed financial forecasting discipline

• Implemented an employee Wellness Program to reduce sick time use and keep health insurance premiums level. Only minor premium increases have been seen.

• Implemented a merit increase program to reward high performers and incentivize employees to perform at a higher level.

• Courthouse feasibility and planning/design

• Pushed for quarterly elected/department head meetings.

• Championed software for time keeping, accounting and case management (court and prosecutor office), building control systems.

• Gas/Electric aggregation – over $1.2 mm in savings to MC residents based upon negotiated rates.

• Chaired Emergency Food and Shelter Program to distribute funds related to COVID

• Chaired Medina Sunrise Rotary COVID 19 task force

• Promoted diversity training for county employees

• Promoted sustainability program for county:

• recycling (chair Solid Waste Policy Committee) implemented program to recycle commercial waste stream.

• Curbside recycling programs in several townships.

• Electric/gas aggregation for residents in townships to achieve bulk pricing and savings to residents.

• Solar program is being researched to purchase power for county facilities and possibly electric aggregation for residents

• Invested $25mm to fund a anerobic digester at the Liverpool Waste Water Tx plant to generate power for the plant. Highly successful and is more than paying for itself.

• Lighting upgrades completed in county facilities to move to LED.

• Fiber to the Home is in process and once completed the Medina County Fiber Network will be entirely self-sustaining.