The Jennings County Board of Commissioners approved a series of routine and time‑sensitive items during the meeting, including a burn‑ban lift, a settlement signature, a retainer agreement, a 9‑1‑1 grant fund ordinance and initial steps to buy a small property for additional health department parking.

Key actions included:

- Burn ban: Commissioners voted unanimously to lift the county burn ban and signed the required document.

- HWC retainer agreement: The board approved signing a retainer with HWC related to litigation consultation (described at the meeting as a retainer for litigation support) and authorized the county attorney to execute the agreement.

- EEOC settlement: County counsel presented an EEOC/Civil Rights Commission settlement; liability insurance had approved it and commissioners authorized the signature unanimously.

- 9‑1‑1 seed grant fund: Commissioners approved an ordinance to create a 9‑1‑1 seed grant fund to receive a grant for address/GIS mapping work tied to the emergency‑services addressing project.

- Property purchase adjacent to the health department: The board approved signing a purchase agreement for the property at 237 Morris Avenue for a purchase price of $45,000, subject to county council approval of funding and the requirement that the final purchase price not exceed the average of two required appraisals or $45,000 (whichever is less). Commissioners also approved a resolution authorizing the county attorney to appoint two licensed appraisers to complete required appraisals.

- Fairgrounds building design and bids: Commissioners agreed to solicit sealed bids for a replacement rabbit and poultry barn at the fairgrounds and instructed that concrete and building bids be requested separately; estimates discussed in the meeting were unclear and the commissioners asked for formal bids before any commitment.

- Speed limit request near Hayden School: Commissioners agreed in concept to a 30 mph posting for a short stretch near Hayden School and asked highway staff to review the exact limits and conduct or advise on any required traffic study prior to formal posting.

- Bridge and barricade concerns: Commissioners directed staff to explore options for temporary measures on a county bridge where the two attached spans are separating; suggestions included investigating steel plates or other short‑term patches rather than an expensive permanent barricade.

Other routine items approved by unanimous vote included signing payroll claims and prior minutes. Several votes at the meeting were recorded as unanimous; where the transcript did not record roll‑call names the minutes record the board’s unanimous or majority approvals as stated.