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Commissioners to back farmland-preservation application; staff to draft formal support resolution
Summary
After meeting with a representative of the West Ohio Central Land Conservancy, the Hancock County Board instructed staff to draft a resolution supporting a landowner application to the Ohio Department of Agriculture Local Agricultural Easement Purchase Program; Delaware Township has already passed a supporting resolution.
At a March 3 meeting with Jim Spurgat of the West Ohio Central Land Conservancy, Hancock County commissioners were asked to support farmland preservation as part of a landowner application to the Ohio Department of Agriculture’s Local Agricultural Easement Purchase Program.
Spurgat described the conservancy’s role in preserving farmland and said a county resolution of support would be needed to accompany the landowner’s application. The Village of Delaware Township has already passed a supporting resolution, and meetings with Madison Township were planned. The Board instructed Phil Johnson to prepare a resolution of support for the county to include with the application; no formal county resolution was recorded as passed during this meeting.
Why it matters: a local resolution of support can be part of an easement-purchase application that helps preserve farmland in perpetuity; the Board’s direction starts the county-level process toward that submission.
Next steps: Phil Johnson will prepare a resolution of support and coordinate with Madison Township; the transcript records no formal vote by the commissioners on the resolution at this meeting.
