The Lawrence County Board of Commissioners on July 8 approved routine administrative items including minutes, floodplain permits and several personnel hires during a meeting at the Lawrence County Fairgrounds.

The board voted to approve the June 24, 2025 meeting minutes “as corrected,” then approved floodplain permits submitted by the Soil and Water Conservation District, and received and filed the certificate of estimated property tax revenue. The board also received and filed the Lawrence County Department of Job and Family Services monthly report for May 2025.

In personnel actions the board approved the hire of Noelle Wilson as CSEA supervisor and approved two emergency services hires — Sam Harbinger as a part-time EMT and Brian Soper as an EMTA. Parker Rowe, director of finance, presented a separate set of appropriations (recorded in the transcript with numeric entries that were read aloud); the board voted on those appropriations during the meeting.

The board moved to sign and receive an enterprise zone agreement submitted by Michelle Throckmorton. The board also voted to refer a petition from Jody Christian to vacate Abandoned Township Road 1292 in Rome Township to the county engineer’s office.

The meeting record shows routine roll-call voting on each recorded motion. Where votes were recorded in the transcript, Commissioner Finley, Commissioner Holiday and Commissioner Copley voted in the affirmative on motions approving minutes, floodplain permits and most personnel actions. One set of appropriations presented by Parker Rowe produced an abstention by Finley and affirmative votes by Holiday and Copley.

The board also approved donating an older Lawrence County rescue vehicle to Southpointe Village for use by the Southpointe Fire Department.

No legislative ordinance readings, statutory citations or new policy changes were introduced in the motions the transcript records; most items were procedural approvals and personnel appointments. The board moved next to an executive session on legal contracts.