Legal Notice
Blanchard Township Trustees, Hardin County, Ohio would like to inform the public that the regular May, 2026 meeting will be held May 11, 2026 at 8:00pm in the Township Meeting room inside the EMS Building at 110 S. Main St., Dunkirk, OH.
Blanchard Township Trustees
Katie Morgan Fiscal Officer
May 2

LEGAL NOTICE
CDBG/HOME SMALL CITIES
PROGRAM
PUBLIC NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS AND PROPOSAL
Hardin County, Ohio intends to apply for and administer various Community Development Block Grant and Home Investment Partnership grant funds over the next three (3) program years (PY 2026, PY 2027 and PY 2028). The County is interested in acquiring the services of a consulting firm, individual, or organization to assist the County in applying for and administering these programs. Procedures for selection of an individual/firm will be in accordance with procurement requirements of the Ohio Department of Development – Office of Community Enhancement and provisions of the Ohio Revised Code.
All responses will be evaluated in terms of experience, quality of work and capacity to perform the work requested. Hardin County is interested in firms with experience in CDBG and Federal HOME Program administration, small purchase procurement, professional services procurement and construction contractor procurement, experience conducting environmental reviews; fair housing/equal opportunity requirements; financial management, acquisitions; contracts management; labor compliance laws; and audits. The evaluation will be assessed in terms of qualifications, experience, program knowledge, staff, references, cost and other factors. The County will negotiate contracts on a grant-by grant basis with the respondent obtaining the highest total score in the evaluation process.
Interested parties are invited to secure a Request for Qualifications package from Mark Doll, Director, the Hardin County Regional Planning Commission, One Courthouse Square, Kenton, Ohio 43326, 419-674-2215.
All proposals must be received by Close of Business, May 22, 2026 in order to be considered. Hardin County is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
May 2, 2026
May 9, 2026

LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING #1
Hardin County intends to apply to the Ohio Development of Development for funding under the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Small Cities Program, HOME Investment Partnerships Program, and other related federally-funded programs administered by the state. The county is eligible for several different types of PY 2026 CDBG/HOME funding, which includes but not limited to: Community Development Program (i.e. Allocation Grants, Neighborhood Revitalization Grants, Critical Infrastructure Grants), Economic Development Loan and Public Infrastructure Grant Program (i.e. Economic Development Loan Program, Economic Development Public Infrastructure Grant Program, Residential Public Infrastructure Grant Program), and Community Housing Impact and Preservation (CHIP) Program, etc., providing applicable program requirements are met.
The State of Ohio will have approximately $83 million to distribute statewide. Hardin County may be eligible to apply for approximately up to: $200,000.00 in Allocation Grants, $750,000.00 in Neighborhood Revitalization Grants, $500,000.00 in Critical Infrastructure Grants, $500,000.00 each in Economic Development Loan Program and Economic Development Public Infrastructure Grant Program, $750,000.00 in Residential Public Infrastructure Grant Program, and $700,000.00 in Community Housing Impact and Preservation (CHIP) Program, as well as funding for other grants/loans.
The first of two public hearings will be held on May 14, 2026 at 9:30 a.m. in the Hardin County Board of Commissioner's Office at the Hardin County Courthouse, One Courthouse Sq., Suite 100, Kenton, Ohio 43326 to provide citizens with pertinent information about the CDBG, HOME, and other related programs, including an explanation of eligible activities, but not limited of improvements to: handicapped access, economic development, streets, water, sanitary and storm sewers, parks, demolition, rehabilitation of public facilities, rehabilitation of housing and neighborhood facilities, as well as other improvements. The activities must be designed to primarily benefit low and moderate-income persons, eliminate slum and blight, or meet an urgent need of the community.
Citizens and organizations are encouraged to attend this public hearing to obtain additional information about the available grant/loan programs.
Joseph C. Sherman, President
Hardin County Board of Commissioner’s Office
Hardin County Courthouse
One Courthouse Sq., Suite 100
Kenton, Ohio 43326
Mark D. Doll, Administrator
May 2, 2026

LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
Sealed bids for the City of Kenton 2026 Street Resurfacing Improvements Project will be received by Emma R. Nelson, Clerk of the City of Kenton at the City of Kenton Municipal Building, 111 W. Franklin St., Kenton, Ohio 43326 until 10:00 a.m., on the 20th day of May, 2026, and immediately opened thereafter.
Bid specifications and bid forms may be secured at the Hardin County Regional Planning Commission Office at the Hardin County Courthouse, One Courthouse Sq., Suite 130, Kenton, Ohio 43326 at no charge. Telephone: (419) 674-2215. PLEASE CALL AHEAD TO PICK UP THE BID DOCUMENTS.
Each bid must be accompanied by either a bid bond in the amount of 10% of the bid amount with a surety satisfactory to the City of Kenton, or by certified check, cashiers check, or letter of credit upon a solvent bank in the amount of not less than 10% of the bid amount in favor of the City of Kenton. Bid bonds shall be accompanied by Proof of Authority of the official or agent signing the bond.
Each bid must be sealed and marked as "Bid for the City of Kenton 2026 Street Resurfacing Improvements Project” and mailed or delivered to:
Emma R. Nelson, Clerk
City of Kenton
City of Kenton Municipal Building
111 W. Franklin St.
Kenton, Ohio 43326
Attention of bidders is called to all of the requirements contained in the bid packet, particularly to the various prevailing wage rates, equal opportunity provisions, and the requirement for a bid guaranty and a performance bond for 100% of the contract price.
Each proposal must contain the full name of the party or parties submitting the proposal and all persons interested therein. Each bidder must submit evidence of its experience on projects of similar size and complexity. The owner intends and requires that this project be completed no later than September 30, 2026.
All contractors and subcontractors involved with the project will to the extent practicable use Ohio products, materials, services, and labor in the implementation of their project. Additionally, contractor compliance with the equal employment opportunity requirements of Ohio Administrative Code Chapter 123 is required.
No bidder may withdraw his/her bid within thirty (30) days after the actual date of the opening thereof. The City of Kenton reserves the right to waive any or all informalities and/or to reject any or all bids. Selection of bids will be based on lowest and/or best bid.
Cynthia A. Murray, Safety/Service Director
City of Kenton
City of Kenton Municipal Building
111 W. Franklin St.
Kenton, Ohio 43326
Emma R. Nelson, Clerk
May 2 and 9, 2026

LEGAL NOTICE
The regularly scheduled Executive Committee Meeting of the Hardin County Regional Planning Commission held on May 7, 2026, at 7:00 P.M. in the Conference Room at the Hardin County Sheriff’s Office has been cancelled and will not be rescheduled.
May 2