The Morgan County Council on Oct. 6 approved multiple routine and substantive items. Highlights from the meeting's recorded motions and votes follow.

Key votes and outcomes

- Approval of Aug. 4 meeting minutes: carried 6-0.

- Clerk of Courts additional appropriation: approved an additional $7,320 to cover overtime costs related to a scanning project (motion by Brian Culp; seconded by Chip Keller). Motion carries 6-0.

- Clerk transfers: approved three small internal transfers requested by the clerk's office (two transfers of $150 each from supplies to "years of service" for two different offices; and a $500 transfer from supplies to overtime for the records department). Motions carried 6-0.

- County Highway additional appropriation: approved $36,400 for workers' compensation (motion by Melissa Green; seconded by Councilman Kron). Motion carries 6-0. Staff noted the county's carrier audit and premium adjustments drove the request.

- Monroe Township EMS Station Fund additional appropriation: approved $110,053.22 in funds received from a developer (the funds come from a developer agreement at West Point and are not county tax dollars). Motion carried 6-0.

- Sheriff's Office transfers: approved moving $35,807 from firearm supplies to firearms equipment and $3,104 from SWAT supplies to SWAT equipment to reflect new account lines; motion carried (mover: Chip Keller; seconder: Brian Culp). Motion carries (tally not numerically specified on audio but recorded as carried in the minutes).

- Harrison Township Fire District excess levy appeal: accepted (motion by Brian Culp; seconded by Melissa Green). Motion carries 6-0.

- Monroe Township Fire District excess levy appeal: approved (motion by councilmember; seconded). Motion carries 6-0.

- Budget adoptions: the council approved the budgets for Harrison Township Fire District, Monroe Township Fire District, and the Morgan County budget (the Morgan County budget included prior agreed cuts and adjustments). Motions carried 6-0.

- Resolution 2025-10-6B (economic revitalization area expansion for Woodland Caribou LLC): approved (motion by Chip Keller; seconded by Melissa Green). Motion carries 5-1.

- Park board appointments: Becky McKinney was appointed as the Democratic-designated park board member and Jason Whitlow was appointed for the Republican-designated seat. Both appointments carried by voice vote (recorded as carried in the minutes).

- Adjournment: motion to adjourn carried by voice vote; meeting adjourned.

Provenance: the above items were recorded across the meeting transcript; motions generally included a mover and a seconder and were carried by voice vote with tallies recorded for many items.

What this means: most items were procedural or budgetary and passed with unanimous or near-unanimous support. The council's approval of the economic revitalization area expansion was the only measure with a recorded dissenting vote.

Provenance: individual votes and their timestamps are recorded in meeting minutes and in the transcript.