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Message from Beth--April 23, 2020

04/23/2020

Message from Beth--April 23, 2020

The Governor will be announcing the phased-in plan to open Ohio on Monday, April 27th, we will keep you posted as this guidance is released.  As we look at economic recovery in the State of Ohio, ACEC Ohio has put together an ad hoc “safety committee” to assist in developing protocols for engineering consulting firms as we move to fully open our businesses and industry again. This information will be translated to a letter to the Governor and Ohio General Assembly that we are ready to assist with recovery as an industry and that funding engineering is very important to make sure construction continues in Ohio.  

Recently the Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives announced the creation of 2020 House Economic Recovery Task Force to look at all of the issues and economic impacts on Ohio businesses as they deal with the COVID19 Pandemic. Members of the Ohio House of Representatives are collecting data and speaking with businesses in their districts about problems they are experiencing to submit to the task force.  If you are interest in submitting testimony, please let me know and I will send you the questionnaire to answer.  If you have received the questions from your legislator, and have replied, please send me your response.

Members of the Task Force are as follows:

  • Chairman Paul Zeltwanger (R-Mason)
  • Vice-Chairman Terrence Upchurch (D-Cleveland)
  • Brian Baldridge (R-Winchester)
  • Rick Carfagna (R-Genoa Township)
  • Jack Cera (D-Bellaire)
  • Jon Cross (R-Kenton)
  • Jay Edwards (R-Nelsonville)
  • Tavia Galonski (D-Akron)
  • Dave Greenspan (R-Westlake)
  • Brett Hillyer (R-Uhrichsville)
  • Adam Holmes (R-Nashport)
  • Don Jones (R-Freeport)
  • Laura Lanese (R-Grove City)
  • George Lang (R-West Chester)
  • Jeff LaRe (R-Violet Township)
  • David Leland (D-Columbus)
  • Jessica Miranda (D-Forest Park)
  • Jena Powell (R-Arcanum)
  • Michael Sheehy (D-Oregon)
  • Dick Stein (R-Norwalk)
  • Reggie Stoltzfus (R-Paris Township)
  • D.J. Swearingen (R-Huron)
  • Nino Vitale (R-Urbana)
  • Thomas West (D-Canton)

If you have have a relationship with any of these task force members, please feel free to reach out to them to talk about any problems and concerns your business is experiencing during this health crisis and let me know their response.

ACEC Ohio continues to add content to our COVID-19 Resource page which can be found on our website at www.acecohio.org. We continually update our website calendar with free webinars and virtual committees, forums and chapter meetings.  If we can provide any other information at this time, do not hesitate to contact me, Holly Roberto or Haley Phillippi.

~Beth

 

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