TMACOG 2020 Annual Report

the vision
Toledo Metropolitan Area Council of
Governments will be the governmental
partner of choice to coordinate regional
assets, opportunities, and challenges.

January, 2021
Letter from the President and the Chair
When this pandemic is over, we can’t just say good riddance to hard times and forget about last year.
The fabric of civic life and government operations will be changed by our experiences in 2020, and they
should be.
We learned that jobs that we took for granted, and which don’t pay all that well, are absolutely
critical. We need grocery store clerks as desperately as we need firefighters. We rely on teachers and
neighborhood schools. How will we change the way we reward these workers now that we see their
value with new eyes?
We learned that lots of people – including government employees -- can work from home just as
productively as from an office. And that they have a better life/work balance, and cause less traffic
congestion, less air pollution, and their pets are happier, too. As we plan for the future of our communities,
what will our neighborhoods be like with more neighbors in them? How will downtown business
districts change?
In the last year, government has been strained but it hasn’t broken. Clean water is still delivered to
every house, garbage is collected. TMACOG members collaborated in new ways to produce our two
primary policy documents: the Transportation Legislative Agenda, and the Agenda for Lake Erie. Our
elections changed with more early in-person voting, more mailed ballots, and the integrity of election
workers was essential to confidence in the outcome. The everyday government work of transparency,
accountability, and competence is inspiring and should make us all proud.
We do need to absorb some painful lessons. Public health professionals struggled to persuade some
members of the public to accept science and expert advice. How can we increase confidence in this
part of our health care system? We also learned that health outcomes are starkly linked to income and
zip code which should be a call to action for all of society.
We won’t waste this crisis, we will become better citizens and better leaders as we work together in
cooperation, with faith in each other, and mutual respect.
Mark W. Stahl
Chair, TMACOG
Ottawa County Commissioner
Tim W. Brown
President, TMACOG

Governmental Members
COUNTIES
Lucas
Monroe
Ottawa
Sandusky
Wood
CITIES
City of Bowling Green
City of Fostoria
City of Fremont
City of Luna Pier
City of Maumee
City of Monroe
City of Northwood
City of Oregon
City of Perrysburg
City of Port Clinton
City of Rossford
City of Sylvania
City of Toledo
City of Waterville
VILLAGES
Village of Archbold
Village of Berkey
Village of Bradner
Village of Clay Center
Village of Delta
Village of Elmore
Village of Fayette
Village of Gibsonburg
Village of Green Springs
Village of Haskins
Village of Holland
Village of Hoytville
Village of Luckey
Village of Lyons
Village of Metamora
Village of Millbury
Village of North Baltimore
Village of Oak Harbor
Village of Ottawa Hills
Village of Pemberville
Village of Portage
Village of Put-in-Bay
Village of Risingsun
Village of Swanton
Village of Tontogany
Village of Walbridge
Village of Wayne
Village of Weston
Village of Whitehouse
TOWNSHIPS
Township of Henry
Township of Jackson
Township of Jerusalem
Township of Lake
Township of Middleton
Township of Monclova
Township of Perrysburg
Township of Richfield
Township of Spencer
Township of Springfield
Township of Sylvania
Township of Troy
Township of Washington (Lucas Cty.)
Township of Whiteford
SPECIAL DISTRICTS &
AUTHORITIES
Lucas Metropolitan Housing Authority
Metroparks Toledo
Northwestern Water & Sewer District
Ohio Turnpike & Infrastructure Commission
Port of Monroe
Sylvania Area Joint Recreation District
Toledo Area Regional Transit Authority
Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority
Toledo Lucas County Public Library
Wood County Park District
Wood County Port Authority
SCHOOL DISTRICTS
Bowling Green State University
Lourdes University
Maritime Academy of Toledo
Monroe County Community College
Northwood Local Schools
Ottawa Hills Local Schools
Owens Community College
Penta Career Center
Rossford Exempted Village Schools
Sylvania Schools
Toledo Public Schools
The University of Toledo
Wood County Educational Service Center

Non-governmental Members
AAA Northwest Ohio Region/AAA Club Alliance
A.A. Boos & Sons, Inc.
American Rivers
Associated General Contractors of Northwest Ohio
AT&T Ohio
Beckett & Raeder, Inc.
Black Swamp Bird Observatory
Black Swamp Conservancy
BP Husky Refining, LLC
Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc.
Columbia Gas of Ohio
ConnecToledo Downtown Development Corporation
CT Consultants, Inc.
DGL Consulting Engineers, LLC
DLZ Corporation
Eastern Maumee Bay Chamber of Commerce
Eastman & Smith, Ltd.
Envirosafe Services of Ohio, Inc.
E.S. Wagner Company
Feller, Finch & Associates, Inc.
FirstEnergy/Toledo Edison
First Federal Bank of the Midwest
First Merchants Bank (Formerly Monroe Bank & Trust)
Genoa Bank
Great Lakes Community Action Partnership (WSOS CAC, Inc.)
Home Builders Association of Greater Toledo
Hull & Associates, Inc.
Huntington Bank
Jones-Hamilton Company
Jones & Henry Engineers, Ltd.
Lake Erie Waterkeeper, Inc.
The Mannik & Smith Group, Inc.
Maumee Valley Adventurers, Inc.
Maumee Valley Heritage Corridor
Monroe County Chamber of Commerce
National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA)
Northwest Ohio Regional Economic Development (NORED)
Northwestern Ohio Rails-to-Trails Association (NORTA), Inc.
Ohio Contractors Association
Ohio Farm Bureau—Lucas, Wood & Ottawa Counties
Oregon Economic Development Foundation
Partners for Clean Streams, Inc.
Perstorp Polyols, Inc.
Poggemeyer Design Group, Inc.
ProMedica
Regional Growth Partnership
Republic Services, Inc.
Rudolph Libbe Group
Safety Council of Northwest Ohio
Spengler Nathanson P.L.L.
Stantec Consulting Services, Inc.
Toledo Refining Company
Toledo Regional Chamber of Commerce
Toledo Trucking Association
Transportation Advocacy Group of Northwest Ohio
(TAGNO)
We Are Traffic, LLC
Woolpert, Inc.

Financials Fiscal Year 2020 | July 1, 2019 - June 30, 2020
Revenue Actual 2020 Expense Actual 2020
Member Dues and Assessments $791,639
Project Contributions & Other Local Funds $211,546
Federal Program Support $1,349,115
State Program Support $198,900
Total Revenues $2,551,200
Direct Wages & Fringe Benefits $993,818
Administrative Wages & Fringe Benefits $711,540
Direct Program Costs $424,165
Administrative Overhead Costs $277,294
Contingencies & Reserves $144,383
Total Expenditures $2,551,200
Funding Distribution By Activity
Transportation $1,473,354
Water Quality $871,858
Member Services $65,655
Contingencies & Reserves $140,333
Total $2,551,200
Funding Distribution By Activity
Federal Transportation $1,187,343
Federal Water Quality $161,772
State Transportation $115,354
State Water Quality $83,546
Local Transportation $170,656
Local Water Quality $626,541
Local Member Services $205,988
TOTAL $2,551,200
2020 Officers & Executive Committee Members
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OFFICERS
Chair: Mark W. Stahl – Commissioner, Ottawa County
Vice Chair: Kay E. Reiter – Commissioner, Sandusky County
COUNCILS
Water Quality Council
Chair: Jon G. Eckel – Director of Public Service, City
of Perrysburg
Vice Chair: Melissa Greene-Hopfer – Sustainability
Coordinator, Lucas County
Transportation Council
Chair: Joseph E. Shaw, PE, PS – Deputy Public
Service Director, City of Sylvania
Vice Chair: Michael D. Pniewski, PE, PS – County Engineer,
Lucas County
ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEES
Communications Committee
Chair: Theresa Pollick – Public Information Officer,
Northwestern Water and Sewer District
Vice Chair: Sheri L. Bokros – V.P., Business Development,
The Mannik & Smith Group, Inc.
Leadership Development Committee
Chair: Mark W. Stahl – Commissioner, Ottawa County
Vice Chair: Kay E. Reiter – Commissioner, Sandusky County
Membership Committee
Chair: Edward Schimmel – Mayor, City of Northwood
Vice Chair: Jennifer Fehnrich – Executive Director,
Owens Community College
At-Large Members
Michael A. Aspacher – Mayor, City of Bowling Green
Doris I. Herringshaw, Ed.D. – Commissioner, Wood
County & Immediate Past TMACOG Chair
Robert P. Mack – Trustee, Township of Perrysburg
Thomas G. Mackin – Mayor, City of Perrysburg & Chief
Legal Officer, Lucas Metropolitan Housing Authority
Patrick McColley, PE, SI – Deputy Director, ODOT District 2
(ex-officio member)
Angie Ruiz – Council Member, City of Fremont
Edward L. Snyder – Trustee, Northwestern Ohio
Rails-to Trails Association Inc.
Craig A. Stough – Mayor, City of Sylvania
Finance, Audit & Administration Committee
Chair: Matthew R. Oestreich – Auditor, Wood County
Vice Chair: Rosanna Hoelzle – Administrator, Village
of Swanton

TMACOG Staff
Tim W. Brown | President | brown@tmacog.org
Jennifer Allen | Executive Assistant | allen@tmacog.org
Marissa Bechstein | Transportation Planner | bechstein@tmacog.org
William Best | Vice President of Finance & Administration | best@tmacog.org
Jodi Cole | Transportation Administrative Assistant | cole@tmacog.org
Lance Dasher, AICP | Transportation Planner | dasher@tmacog.org
Michael Fuller | Transportation Planner | fuller@tmacog.org
David Gedeon, AICP | Vice President of Transportation | gedeon@tmacog.org
Kari Gerwin | Director of Water Quality Planning | gerwin@tmacog.org
Sara Guiher | Water Quality Planner | guiher@tmacog.org
Lisa Householder | Transportation Planner, Database Analyst | householder@tmacog.org
Barbie Kalta | Water Quality Associate | kaltab@tmacog.org
Matt Kennedy | Water Quality Planner | kennedy@tmacog.org
Mary Pat McCarthy | Marketing & Public Information Manager | mccarthy@tmacog.org
Joy Minarcin | Water Quality Administrative Assistant
Gilda Mitchell | Director of Membership and Outreach | mitchell@tmacog.org
Ann Nair | Administrative Assistant | nair@tmacog.org
Nate Reiter | Accountant | reiter@tmacog.org
Roger Streiffert | Transportation Planner | streiffert@tmacog.org
Mike S. Tippett | Digital Communications Manager | tippett@tmacog.org
Marc VonDeylen | Transportation Technician | vondeylen@tmacog.org
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Toledo, OH 43604
Phone: 419.241.9155
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