The Medina County Engineer Update

1 The Medina County Engineer Update 2005 - Issue #1 Michael J. Salay, , INFORMATIONMICHAEL J. SALAY, County EngineerTaking the helm in 2005 is our new CountyEngineer, Michael J. Salay. Mike has held various positions with MedinaCounty for almost 30 years now, and has made asmooth transition into his newest position. Mikeserved for the past 15 years as Assistant CountyEngineer under David L. Miller, and was a professionalengineer when he first began working with the MedinaCounty Engineer s office. Through the years he addedthe title of Professional Surveyor as well. Mike graduated from the University of Akron in1976 with a bachelor of science degree in civilengineering cum laude.

2 He received his Certificate asProfessional Surveyor in 2000. Mike is a graduate of Leadership MedinaCounty for 2003. He is married with two daughters (theoldest daughter following in his footsteps in theengineering field). His wife, Shelly, is a Piano is a fan of the Detroit Red Wings andenjoys hockey enough that he is now playing it himselfwith a local group for fun. He is also a Civil War historyafficionado, attending re-enactments given by manylocal areas in Ohio, following television documentariesand collecting and reading books on the working in the yard and around the house,Mike enjoys playing Frisbee with Max, his lab mix pup,and has recently welcomed back another 2 year-old labthat has been at training the last year or CONRAD,Assistant County EngineerWho knew back in1996, that when the youngbrash student from theUniversity of Akron wasworking during the summer inthe Survey Department.

3 Thatnot only would he come backto a full time position after hegraduated, but that a mere fiveyears later he would beappointed Assistant CountyEngineer! Congratulations toAndrew Conrad!!Andy received his Bachelor of Science in CivilEngineering and Certificate in Surveying Technologyfrom the University of Akron, and began working for theMedina County Engineers full-time in May of 2000.(Hmmmm, notice that University of Akron thing?)Andy is married with two young daughters andhe and his wife are expecting another child in August. He still has the border collie our AdministrativeSecretary, Gina, talked him into adopting when heworked as a student nine years ago.

4 The family hasgrown from only Andy and one dog -- to a wife, two(and a half) children and his dog!JANINE SARNOWSKI, Human ResourceCoordinatorJanine Sarnowski has been with the Countysince 1986, worked with three different CountyEngineers and for the first 18 years was thePermit/Personnel Coordinator for the Engineer s that time there were only two inspectors and herselfin the permit department. It was also much easierhandling personnel matters with only 19 people in theEngineer s Department and 20 at the Highway number has grown to double that with 38employees now making up the Engineer s departmentand 44 full-time employees making up the HighwayThe Medina County Engineer Update 2005 - Issue #1 Michael J.

5 Salay, , along with approximately 10-14 studentworkers every growing personnel concerns and changinglaws, the personnel matters were requiring more andmore time and attention. After taking office, MikeSalay appointed Janine to the new position of HumanResource Coordinator. Janine is married to Conrad(Mayor of Seville) with two children and 3 (so far)grandchildren. In her spare time she sings and actswith the Galaxy Theatre Players, models and acts foradvertisements and TV commercials, has a gift shop inher home and enjoys her back yard pond and gardenswhere she relaxes with her girls: Peanut (a 2 year oldlittle brown rat terrier) and Hattie (a 4-year old, white,long legged, stone deaf, Jack Russell terrier).

6 MATT MARTIN, Civil EngineerIn 2002 a very nice young man came to workwith the Engineer s office for the summer. MatthewMartin was at that time attending Toledo University(TOLEDO!!?!?!) for Engineering and working inbetween school semesters. Since we couldn t seem toget rid of him, and his work was acceptable, we againhired him for the winter break and then again for thesummer of 2003. At that time he was working with theSurvey department and another of our Civil Engineers,Dan Becker. Since Dan loved supervising (what?) andsince he decided Matt didn t do too he broughtMatt back to work over the 2003/2004 winter vacationperiod.

7 Still not tired of us, (actually we were lucky toget him) when he once again applied for summer workin 2004, Dan and the rest figured what the heck, wewouldn t have to train a new kid this way, so we let himwork for the summer! With his courses now completed, and summercoming to an end, we just couldn t seem to scare himaway. So upon his graduation, we kept him workingas an intermittent Drafting Technician with FredBoreman s Technical Services Department. Of coursehe did very well - but when a full-time position becameavailable in early 2005 for a Civil Engineer , Matt quicklyapplied, and managed to convince our AssistantCounty Engineer Andy Conrad, that he would be anasset to the department.

8 With his good humor andfriendly, hard working attitude, he has been and isready for anything Andy throws at graduated in May from the University ofToledo with a BA in Construction Engineering, and isone of the few graduates that had the opportunity andgood fortune to put his learning into immediatepractice. All joking aside, we are definitely pleased andproud to have him as a member of our department!Congratulations Matt!ROBERT SCHOENBECK, EDWARD YONALLY,Highway ForemenThe Highway Department is proud to announcethe promotions of Mr. Robert Schoenbeck and Yonally to the positions of Foremen in theMedina County Highway Department.

9 Robert Schoenbeck originally worked inPainesville and was hired in 1998 as a full-timeHighway Worker with the Medina County HighwayDepartment. Bob and his wife, Holly live in Spencerwith their two children: Ryan (11 years) and Shelby (9years), both currently in elementary school. He and hisfamily enjoy hunting, fishing and camping together intheir spare Yonally started out in 1989 working asa student employee for the summer. He enjoyed it somuch he applied when a full-time position becameavailable and was hired as a full-time Highway Workerwith the County in 1991. He enjoys landscaping anddesigning his yard and sometimes does landscapingwork for his friends and family as well.

10 Ed is also veryinterested in weather forecasting and is getting moreand more involved as he learns more on this and his wife, Jenny have three children, Julia, hisoldest just beginning fifth grade this year, Allysa andSydney. Congratulations to you both on yourpromotions!NEW HIGHWAY EMPLOYEEIn June of 2004, Jamie Skidmore was hired as asummer employee. Jamie has been in the buildingtrades for over 10 years, working for SkidmoreConstruction (yes, a relative) and Pride One has worked with tractors, mowers and variousequipment for many years and we were fortunateenough to acquire his skills full-time!