POMEROY — Meigs County Commissioners will seek $150,000 in federal stimulus funding to repair or replace failing home sewage systems.

Meeting Thursday, commissioners authorized Grants Administrator Jean Trussell to apply for the funds through the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, which, in turn, received the funds through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

Trussell and Sanitarian Keith Little of the Meigs County Health Department met with commissioners yesterday to discuss the grant program and plans to use the funds, if they are awarded. Little said the estimated cost of repair or replacement, per system, has been set at approximately $10,000, allowing 10 to 15 systems to be repaired or replaced.

Trussell said the grants office will begin processing application for the funds on July 6 at her office in the county courthouse annex behind Holzer Clinic.

Eligible applicants must meet federal income guidelines of less than 200 percent of the poverty level. Specific income guidelines are available through Trussell’s office.

Little said the program requires the use of all American-made materials and payment of prevailing wage to workers on the project.

Commissioners opened a bid from Shelly Co., Thornville, in the amount of $433,108 for paving of county roads under Round 23, State Capital Improvement Program. The bid, below the engineer’s estimate, was referred to County Engineer Eugene Triplett for review.

Triplett also discussed the pending application for funds for paving under Round 24 of the SCIP. Commissioners authorized him to apply for funding under the program on their behalf, and allowed him to enter into a cooperative agreement with trustees of Salisbury, Sutton and Rutland townships. They also approved a resolution designating $500 from the county’s sales and use tax fund to the road and bridges fund, which will qualify them for additional points in the project selection process.

Triplett said the county’s application will seek funding for the paving of Happy Hollow Road and Wolfe Pen Road, and the cooperative application with the townships will seek funds to pave Naylor’s Run, Johnson Road, County Road 51, Noble Summit Road and Sand Hill Cemetery Road.

Commissioners also:

• Approved payment of bills in the amount of $123,005.63.

• Approved a contract between the Department of Job and Family Services and Athens Church of Christ for daycare services.

• Approved a resolution allowing DJFS to enter into a contract with the Meigs County Health District as Family and Children First Coordinator, in the amount of $47,906.

Attending were Commissioners Mick Davenport, Tom Anderson and Michael Bartrum, and Clerk Gloria Kloes.