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N.B. wants direct talks with ODOT officials on roundabout |
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Written by MARIE THOMAS BAIRD Sentinel Education Editor
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Thursday, 03 January 2013 11:52 |
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| Trafic moves around the new roundabout in North Baltimore. (Photo: J.D. Pooley/Sentinel-Tribune) |
NORTH BALTIMORE - Village administrators have asked for a representative from the Ohio Department of Transportation to attend a work session to discuss continued concerns about the village's roundabout.
At Wednesday's village council meeting, Mayor Mike Julien and Administrator Kathy Healy both said they had talked with ODOT and asked to have someone attend this month's or February's Committee of the Whole meeting to answer council's questions about the posted speed limit on the roundabout south of the village.
Again, the discussion was that there is no way a vehicle could take the roundabout at the posted 50 miles per hour. The village has repeatedly asked why ODOT won't lower the limit on eastbound and westbound Ohio 18 approaching the new road configuration.
ODOT's position is the curve entering the roundabout should alert drivers to a slow down for traffic ahead, and no other signs are needed.
ODOT prohibits the addition of any signs not approved by the agency, and to date, the department has held firm on its decision.
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Last Updated on Thursday, 03 January 2013 12:16 |
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Written by PETER KUEBECK Sentinel Staff Writer
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Thursday, 03 January 2013 10:59 |
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| Perrysburg City Council member Todd Grayson gives a report on a transit ordinance during a council meeting. (Photo: Enoch Wu/Sentinel-Tribune) |
PERRYSBURG - City residents will have another bite at the apple when it comes to bringing back transit service.
Council members voted unanimously Wednesday night to put a five-year 0.8-mill transit levy on the May ballot that could jump-start public transportation in the city once more - though some in the audience wondered if it will be enough to keep up with demand.
A 1.45-mill transportation levy went down in defeat by fewer than 200 votes in November, scotching high hopes for a full, TARTA-like public transit service in the city - despite the efforts of council and even a grassroots organization, Perrysburg 4 Transit, which began in order to drum up support for the measure.
The levy reportedly suffered from vague ballot language, as well as pervasive confusion amongst residents, many of whom reportedly believed that at least some public transportation would remain in the city even if the levy was voted down.
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Downtown zoning debated in BG |
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Written by HAROLD BROWN Sentinel City Editor
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Thursday, 03 January 2013 11:46 |
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| A citizen addresses the Bowling Green Planning Commission during a public hearing for two proposed ordinance revisions pertaining to the rezoning of several lots adjacent to East Wooster Street. (Photo: Enoch Wu/Sentinel-Tribune) |
Bowling Green's Planning Commission Wednesday night tabled a proposed ordinance that would create a B-5, transitional central business district.
The move followed a public hearing during which citizens suggested several changes and prohibitions that commission members felt they need more time to address.
The commission established a subcommittee to refine the ordinance in time for a Jan. 16 special commission meeting. The time will be announced.
"I propose we delay things," Dr. Gary Hess said. "The planning commission has an obligation to submit to city council an ordinance that reflects our best judgment and not just throw them a bunch of questions. That's not what they want."
Hess said the move would delay city council action from next Monday to Jan. 22. Council has its own public hearing on the proposal scheduled for next Monday night's meeting. There is no requirement for council to act that night.
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Private investigator shares wisdom on stupid crimes |
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Written by PETER KUEBECK Sentinel Staff Writer
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Wednesday, 02 January 2013 11:12 |
PERRYSBURG - When crime is the topic, private investigator Todd Slaman has a few words of wisdom.
"Never underestimate stupid" when it comes to criminals, he said recently in a presentation before the Perrysburg Chamber of Commerce.
Slaman, of TMS Investigations and Analysis, has more than 28 years of law enforcement experience as a police officer, detective, and liaison investigator with the FBI Fugitive Task Force.
He noted that most people have a common misconception of private investigators: that they usually earn their living by tracking straying wives and husbands, following them and taking pictures of their activities for suspicious spouses.
"That's the image that P.I.s have," he said, noting that such work is "messy and nasty," though "it pays good."
"That's not what I do."
Slaman, who is a special investigator licensed through the Department of Homeland Security, works with attorneys and the courts - often investigating defendants' actions on behalf of their lawyers to see if they might, in fact, be innocent.
He said that 95 percent of the time, the accusations made against a defendant by law enforcement are correct.
"But sometimes, law enforcement is wrong," and mistakes are made.
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