Multiple recycling updates were given at the weekly Wednesday meeting of the Highland County Board of Commissioners.

Tara Campbell, former recycling director for the Highland County Community Action Organization, returned to the role to give updates on what is happening with recycling in Highland County.

Campbell said the county’s Tire and Electronics Recycling Day back in September “went well.” She said almost 120 vehicles came through the line to leave items. She said that even though she hasn’t gotten the exact numbers back on the number of tires that were turned in, she knew that a lot of farm equipment tires were given. She also said a lot of passenger tires from people were given and the townships also gave over a lot of tires from streams, waterways and roadways.

“I think that’s always good to be a part of getting all that cleaned up,” Campbell said.

In other recycling updates, she said the village of Leesburg asked for a revision for its grant due to another grant it received from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to get a new wood chipper, which also required a match. She said the village contacted the Ohio EPA to make sure its local grant would help with the match, which the Ohio EPA said it did. The solid waste district also said that if the Ohio EPA grant wasn’t affected by the revision, then everything could be approved.

In other news, commissioner Dave Daniels said a meeting of the Southwest Ohio members of the County Commissioners Association of Ohio (CCAO) was held in Highland County on Monday. He said the meeting focused on budget breakdowns, state budgeting and different funding opportunities.

“It was actually a pretty good meeting and there are things that probably Highland County and Highland County residents can take part in some of those programs and we’ll probably be hearing some of that as we dive deeper into what those programs are and how we can access those funds,” Daniels said.

Daniels said that South Central Power has started work on the easement the board of commissioners granted the company last week, allowing them to cross the airport property in its work stringing fiber. He said he’s “guessing” they’re starting to put their fiber and internet roll-out plans in place but that there’s “probably” a lot of work left to do. He also said their goal is to touch every meter in their service area and give internet access to every person with electricity.

Commissioner Brad Roades said the concrete for the new OSU Extension Building was supposed to be poured on Thursday, with framing planned to start on Monday.

The commissioners approved the Recycling Grant Application Revision for the village of Leesburg.

Reach Jacob Clary at 937-402-2570.