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Clark
County Round 25 Kick-off materials
Round 25
presentation (316 kb)
Round 25
packet (121 kb)
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
The Ohio Public Works Commission was created to assist in financing
local public infrastructure improvements under the State Capital
Improvements Program (SCIP) and the Local Transportation Improvements
Program (LTIP). These programs provide financial assistance to local
communities for the improvement of their basic infrastructure systems.
Through the two programs, the Commission provides grants, loans,
and financing for local debt support and credit enhancement. Eligible
projects include improvements to roads, bridges, culverts, water
supply systems, wastewater systems, storm water collection systems,
and solid waste disposal facilities.
The State Capital Improvements Program was created in 1987, by
an amendment to Section 2k, Article VIII of the Ohio Constitution,
which allows the State to use its general revenues as debt support
and issue up to $120 million in bonds each year. This program was
re-authorized in 1995 by an amendment to Section 2M, Article VIII
of the Ohio Constitution.
The Local Transportation Improvements Program was created by the
legislature in 1989 and provides an additional $60 million in gasoline
tax receipts each year. It is estimated that these funds will meet
only two to three percent of Ohio's infrastructure financial needs
between now and the year 2000. Therefore, local communities need
to develop their own plan for identifying and financing their infrastructure
needs. The Commission has developed a standardized Capital Improvements
Report (CIR) that will provide the framework to accomplish this
goal. The Commission hopes the CIR will be both a learning process
and a long term benefit for each subdivision.
OPWC DISTRICT 11 ROUND
24 UPDATE
District 11 will receive over $15 million through the Ohio Public
Works Commission Round 24 funding cycle. There will be 49 projects
funded through the District 11 allocation, 8 of which will be in
Clark County. They include the City of Springfield’s Prime Ohio I
Street Lights and Roadway Improvements and Home Road Reconstruction
Projects, The City of New Carlisle’s 235 Widening Project, Mad River
Township’s Green Meadows Road Reconstruction & Safety Project Phase
II, German Township’s Resurfacing Project, Bethel Township’s Roadway
Improvement Project, and Clark County’s Redmond Road Bridge
Replacement/ Old Columbus Road and Southwest Regional WWTP Digester
Improvements Project. These projects amount to $4,683,725 for Clark
County. A Map of the entire Rounds funded projects will be available
after the Small Government Funding process which should take place
in late February/early March.
Round 24
Projects (70 kb)
Round 24 Projects Map (coming soon)
Small Government Fund
The OPWC sets aside funds from its yearly bond
to allocate to villages and townships with populations of less than
5,000. This program is administered by the Small Government Capital
Improvements Commission (SGCIC) under the auspices of the OPWC. To
be eligible to receive small government funding, a village or
township must apply to the PWIC during the annual application
process. Projects submitted by villages and townships are first
evaluated and ranked by the PWIC for possible funding from the
district allocation. Those village and township projects not
recommended for funding by the PWIC will then be evaluated and
ranked by the District 11 Small Government Subcommittee.
After its evaluation of the village and township projects, the
subcommittee will recommend the five top-ranked projects to the SGCIC for further
consideration. These projects are included in the PWIC funding
proposal. The SGCIC, using a separate evaluation process, evaluates
and ranks all of the village and township projects submitted by the
19 districts. From these projects, the SGCIC selects projects for
funding from the set-aside allocation. The map below contains the
projects that will be submitted to the SGCIC for funding
consideration.
Three projects from District 11 were funded through the Small Government Fund
in Round 24:
- Village of Casstown - Addison Street and Cross Street
Reconstruction Phase II
- Village of Milford Center - Water System Improvements
Project
- New Jasper Township - Shawnee Hills Storm Drainage
Phase V
ROUND
25 DOCUMENTS
Round 25
Schedule (47 kb)
Round 25 District 11 OPWC Scoring Methodology
(70 kb)
Round 25 Application
Capital Improvements Report
FUNDING AND THE COMMISSION
To apply for State Capital Improvements Program funds or Local Transportation
Improvements funds the subdivision must apply to its District Public
Works Integrating Committee (DPWIC). The Ohio General Assembly created
19 Public Works Districts that are responsible for recommending
projects to the Ohio Public Works Commission. DPWIC’s consist
of local officials representing all levels of government. Each DPWIC
evaluates and scores applications using a locally developed methodology
based on criteria listed in Chapter 164 of the Ohio Revised Code.
2009-2012 Integrating Committee Members (Executive Committee in
Bold) (42 kb)
The Clark County-Springfield TCC provides coordination services
to the OPWC District 11 Integrating Committee. District 11 counties
include: Champaign, Clark, Darke, Greene, Madison, Miami, Preble,
and Union. To contact the District 11 office at TCC, please
contact Louis Agresta at (937) 521-2134 or email
lagresta@clarkcountyohio.gov.
For more information on either of the Commission's Programs, please
write the Ohio Public Works Commission at 65 East State Street,
Suite 312, Columbus, OH 43215 or call (614) 466-0880.
OPWC Program information provided by http://www.pwc.state.oh.us/
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