Seneca County Commissioners honor Greg Sehlhorst
By Sheri Trusty, Seneca County Media Relations Coordinator
The Seneca County Commissioners honored longtime Seneca County Youth Center employee, Greg Sehlhorst, with a proclamation during the Sept. 5 Seneca County Commissioners’ meeting. Sehlhorst, a military veteran, dedicated 26 years to the Youth Center and helped guide the center through major transitions. He left a lasting impact on the facility.
Seneca County Youth Center Director Sarah Canalos attended the meeting with Sehlhorst and expressed her gratitude for all he had done for her and for the center.
“We created a wonderful facility,” Canalos said. “He is the most dependable, loyal, trustworthy man I’ve ever worked with. I would not be the director I am if not for him.”
Sehlhorst worked under five directors and three judges in his nearly three decades at the Youth Center. Current Seneca County Juvenile and Probate Judge Jay Meyer also attended the commissioners’ meeting to honor Sehlhorst.
“This is an exceptional person in front of you,” Meyer said.
Meyer said Sehlhorst is leaving a strong legacy at the youth center. He spent hundreds of thousands of hours with “kids at their most vulnerable time.”
“This is a huge hole for us,” Meyer said. “He’s made us better for 26 years.”
Sehlhorst is stepping down from his current position to work as a teacher’s aide at the youth center because he was ready for a change but wanted to continue to work with youth.
“I love this job. I’m going to miss this job,” he said.
Seneca County Auditor Julie Adkins attended the commissioners’ meeting to discuss sewer district software. She asked for the commissioners’ support to transition from the current sewer billing software to Software Solutions, Inc., which will be a more practical, user-friendly software and will save the county money.
“By migrating to new software, it will save the county $10,000 a year in support,” Adkins said.
The commissioners expressed support for the change.
In his commissioners’ report, Commissioner Bill Frankart said he had the opportunity to be a guest on WTTF with Seneca County OSU Extension Agriculture and Natural Resource Educator Pressley Buurma on Thursday morning. The interview can be heard at www.wttf.com.
In his commissioner’s report, Commissioner Anthony Paradiso said the commissioners are investigating the possibility of applying for an interest-free USDA loan that will be used for the construction of EMS Station 5. The loan will be repaid with funds saved through the energy performance project.
Paradiso invited the public to attend the ribbon cutting and open house for the new Seneca County EMS Station #4 in Bloomville on Sept. 14 at 10 a.m. The station is located at 9428 E. US 224 in Bloomville.
“This is open to the public. Everyone is invited to come out,” Paradiso said.
In other business, the commissioners approved nine supplemental appropriations and passed three resolutions, including setting Thursday, Sept. 26 at 10 a.m. at the commissioners’ office as the deadline for receiving sealed bids for the City of Fostoria ADA compliance and site upgrades project.
The Seneca County Commissioners honor the long, colorful history of Seneca County, which celebrates its 200th birthday in 2024.