PAULDING – A new EMS coordinator, EMS service contracts, questions about economic development and a liquor permit for a new business were among the business before Paulding Village Council at its final meeting of the year Monday, Dec. 19.

PAULDING – A proposed new zoning regulation and a cemetery improvement project update were on Paulding Village Council’s agenda Monday, Nov. 21

ANTWERP – Antwerp drivers are no longer allowed to make a right turn without stopping at Canal and Main Street, effective immediately.

PAYNE – In June, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency cited Payne for several violations regarding its water system. At Monday night’s village council meeting, Mayor Austin Scheiner informed council that one violation has been resolved, but the EPA wants Payne to continue progress on several others, setting compliance deadlines in 2023.

ARCHBOLD – The Northwest State Community College Board of Trustees met in regular session on Friday, October 21 at the Archbold Campus. As part of the meeting, it was noted that negotiating teams for the College and the Support Staff bargaining unit of the Northwest State Community College Education Association entered into negotiations in August 2022 to review salary and wages for the current agreement. The result of those negotiations is an amended agreement for the three-year period from July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2024.

PAULDING – Paulding Village Council will seek $1 million in funding aid to replace aging sewer lines in a residential area.

Council met Tuesday, Sept. 6, postponed from Sept. 5 due to the Labor Day holiday.

PP: Why are you running for this seat?

Penner: Well, I’ve been in public service for a long time. I’ve been a township official. I’ve done charity work, including as head of the Defiance Area Foundation. I’ve been involved in politics along the line. I was chairman of the party at one time in Defiance County.

PP: Why are you running for this seat?

Klopfenstien: Well, it was never my goal to end up in Columbus. As I did the commissioner job, I really enjoyed it. I enjoy where I am in life, with the business and with my family. And I enjoy what we’re doing in the commissioners’ office as far as moving the county forward, so I wasn’t looking for another role.

Councilman Bryce Steiner raised several concerns during Monday night’s Antwerp Village Council meeting. Steiner wanted council to look at regulating food trucks and legalizing composting and small farm animals, such as chickens and rabbits, within the village.