Abbuhl stands behind inspection request

By ZACH LINT
The Times-Reporter

BOLIVAR - Tuscarawas County commissioners stood firm Thursday in reaction to a letter Stark County Health Commissioner William Franks drafted earlier this week and mailed to directors of the Stark-Tuscarawas-Wayne Joint Solid Waste District.

Franks’ letter took issue with Tuscarawas County Commissioner Chris Abbuhl’s request that the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency look into how health departments, including those in Stark and Tuscarawas counties, perform their weekly landfill inspections. Abbuhl’s request cited the discrepancy between the number of “notice of violations” issued to landfills by Stark (five) in comparison to Tuscarawas County (more than 80) in 2005 and 2006....Read more.