Tiffin Rotary Club welcomes Seneca County Commissioner Tyler Shuff as guest speaker

By Sheri Trusty, Seneca County Media Relations Coordinator

Seneca County Commissioner Tyler Shuff talked a lot about the power of collaboration when he served as the guest speaker at the Rotary Club of Tiffin’s July 16 meeting at The Chandelier. It was a fitting theme as he addressed a room full of people dedicated to working together to make their community better.

“Rotary’s mission is service above self,” said Tiffin Rotary President Mimi Johnston.

Shuff walked the group through a PowerPoint presentation that detailed many of the community-enhancing projects the commissioners have focused on in the last year and a half. Among their accomplishments is the purchase of the former Advertiser-Tribune building that will become the county’s new Ag building. Shuff also highlighted the new EMS stations created by the Seneca County Joint EMS District.

“We want to have fulltime and fully-staffed EMS stations so when you hit 911, someone will be there quickly,” Shuff said.

Shuff spoke of the continual effort to promote Senate Bill 119, a bill sponsored by Senator Bill Reineke that will open the door for more local oversight at the WIN Waste of Seneca County landfill. Shuff mentioned the 51 local elected officials who signed a letter of support of the bill that Reineke presented to Gov. Mike DeWine. The letter is tangible evidence of strong countywide collaboration in the fight to gain more local oversight.

Shuff talked about the successful collaboration between the county and Fostoria Economic Development Corporation’s president, Renee Smith, who assumed grant writing responsibilities for the county in 2023, and he praised the work of Seneca Regional Chamber of Commerce Executive Director, Bryce Riggs, and Destination Seneca County Marketing Manager, Marisa Huss, for their tireless work promoting the county, which includes yearlong bicentennial events and their Elope at the Eclipse event which gained national attention.

“We’re surrounded by good people,” Shuff said. “We collaborate with other leaders, and all those individuals care deeply about the community.”

Shuff is grateful to be a part of the collaboration that is making Seneca County a coveted place to live.

“It’s been a true honor and privilege to be a public servant, to see people working together and making things happen,” he said.