Commission Members

Anita Lopez, Co-Chair
Auditor, Lucas County

Daniel Troy, Co-Chair
Commissioner, Lake County

Michael Cochran
Executive Director,
Ohio Township Association

Dean DePiero
Mayor, City of Parma

Tim Downing
Attorney, Ulmer and Berne

Jennifer Economus
Ohio School Boards Association

Dan Foley
Commissioner, Montgomery County

Martin Jenkins
Organizational Resource Group

Chester Jourdan
Executive Director,
Mid-Ohio Regional

Mark Mallory
Mayor, City of Cincinnati

Lynda Murray
Ohio Library Council

Robert Roland
Attorney at Law, Day Ketterer

Charleta Tavares
Councilwoman, City of Columbus

Tom Weidman
President, Sycamore Township
Board of Trustees

Larry Wolpert
Former State Representative,
23rd House District


About the Commission

The Ohio Commission on Local Government Reform and Collaboration shall develop recommendations on ways to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of local government operations, to achieve cost savings for taxpayers, and to facilitate economic development in this state.

The commission shall issue a report of its findings and recommendations to the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Governor not later than July 1, 2010. The commission ceases to exist upon submitting its report.

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Next Meeting:
July 30, 2010

The Ohio Commission on Local Government Reform and Collaboration will hold its next meeting and work session on Friday, July 30, 2010 at 10:30 am. The meeting/work session will be held in the offices of the Ohio Township Association located at 6500 Taylor Road, Blacklick, OH 43004. (Directions) Parking for the general public is available..

The Commission generally meets the last Friday of each month at 10:30 am.  All Commission meetings are open to the public, as the Commission is governed by the Ohio Open Meetings and Public Records laws.

The Commission is in the process of formulating recommendations.  To see recommendations submitted by members of the Commission, please click here.

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The Commission on Local Government Reform and Collaboration is developing recommendations on ways to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of local government operations to achieve cost savings to taxpayers and to facilitate economic development.

The work of the Commission is focusing on three areas:

  1. Identification of options for encouraging and incentivizing local government to collaborate
  2. Identification of local tax structure changes which would encourage collaboration or improve service effectiveness
  3. Identification of current/alternative service delivery models