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Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Choppy waters for Granville’s TIF district Borio: ‘We’re just a couple weeks away, and you take interest’ By Ken Schroeder kschroeder@putnamcountyrecord.com
GRANVILLE – The regular business meeting of the Granville Village Board was preceded by a public hearing on the potential impact of
Granville’s proposed TIF District and business districts. After months of apparently-smooth sailing, the process is not as popular with many residents as was expected. Keith Moran, presi-
dent of Moran Economic Development, answered several questions about the financial prospects of the planned construction of a Dollar General Store and the impact on other businesses in Granville. Among those who
came with questions was Putnam County Schools Superintendent Jay McCracken, who was concerned about the possible expansion of the TIF district. “We’re looking to see no further expansion of the TIF district,” Moran said.
The predominant course of questioning was how the village could afford the establishment of the TIF district and the negative impact that TIFs can have when they fail. Bobby Cofoid was skeptical of where the $4.5 million figure came from as the amount
the TIF could generate for Granville. Cofoid was especially cautious as he noted he lived in Morris where a TIF district failed to produce the revenue expected, causing property taxes in the area to rise.
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Workers and workplaces recovering slowly By Barb Kromphardt bkromphardt@putnamcountryrecord.com
The latest figures are out, and the numbers show Putnam County residents and businesses are slowly recovering from the effects of the recession along with the rest of the country. On April 30, the Census Bureau released County Business Patterns: 2011, which provides the only detailed annual information on the number of establishments, employees, and first quarter and annual payroll for most of the 1,200 industries covered at the national, state and county levels. There were 7.4 million U.S. businesses with paid employees for 2011, a loss of 42,585 establishments from 2010. This is the fourth consecutive year of decline for the number of U.S. businesses. The good news came in terms of total employment. In 2011, total employment from all U.S. business sectors was 113.4 million, an increase of 1.5 million employees from 2010. This is the first year since 2008 in which U.S. businesses reported an increase in employment over the prior year. Last year saw a decline of 2.5 million workers, which came on the heels of a 6.4 million decline the previous year. In 2011 in Putnam County, there were 129 businesses with paid employees, a decrease of five establishments from
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Putnam County Emergency Medical Services paramedics Matt Gensini (left) and Justin Sullivan check equipment in an ambulance.
Celebrating those who serve National EMS Week 2013 is May 19-25 By Dixie Schroeder dschroeder@putnamcountyrecord.com
MCNABB – The Putnam County Emergency Medical Services are on duty every minute of every day to serve the residents of Putnam County. PCEMS has six full-time paramedics as well as PCEMS Director Andy Jackson. Paramedics include Matt Gensini, Vern Gadd, Mark Hameister, Kenny Knapp, Nic Riordon and Justin Sullivan. Jackson said there are 10 emergency medical technicians (EMTs) on the PCEMS staff. The EMTs are Allen Haef-
fner, Kim Goodbred, Bob Foley, Lyle Calkins, Jermey Simmons, Bryan Berlin, Kathy Newhalfen, Gregg Carr, Gloria Dunn and Keenan Campbell. Typical shifts for the paramedics of PCEMS are 24 hours on and then 48 hours off. Jackson said the paramedics come in at 6 p.m. in the evening for their 24-hour shift. The EMTs are scheduled as they are available for work. EMTs work a 12- or 24-hour shift based on this availability. On each shift, there is one paramedic and one EMT on duty. Jackson said the first thing they do at the start of a typi-
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cal shift is check their truck or emergency services ambulance. They make sure all equipment is loaded and secured and ready if they are given a call. Upstairs, in the household part of the PCEMS building, the on-duty staff then perform household chores as needed. The staff then can use the online computers to work on their continuing education credits. Each year licenses must be renewed or re-certified. The paramedics have specific specialty areas that they have to take an all day class once a year to keep up their certification. Evenings bring sleep, pending an emergency call; then with
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the morning there are other things that Jackson has each shift do. Supplies must be continually checked and ordered when low. Each of the three ambulances that PCEMS has must be kept in shape. One of the things done during a shift is to check those backup ambulances to make sure they are ready to roll. PCEMS has three ambulances. Two of these are what is called paramedic level. Jackson calls them something else. “These are traveling ERs,” he said. The third ambulance has basic life support services and is kept up as well for calls. In
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