Commissioners approve budget transfers, purchase orders and multiple infrastructure contracts
Summary
Butler County commissioners unanimously approved budget transfers and purchase order increases, authorized multiple public works contracts and reappointments, and accepted department personnel and procurement items on the consent agenda.
The Butler County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved budget transfers, purchase order changes and multiple contracts and appointments during a regularly scheduled meeting. Finance Director Dave McCormick presented agenda item 21-171, describing several intra-fund transfers: a $3,000 transfer for additional technology support in the general fund (building and zoning); $65,852 transferred for capital equipment in the engineer's vehicles and facility improvement construction fund; a $20,000 transfer within the community development entitlement fund for contract services; a $1,000 transfer for legal advertisement in the HOME federal fund; and an $8,588 transfer in the prosecutor's VOCA fund from health insurance to salaries and benefits to align year-end budgets. McCormick also presented purchase-order item 21-221 noting one purchase-order change order for $284,361 to increase JFS funding for CSEA allowable child support match and said requisitions and change orders "totaling 2,650,000.00" were within approved budgeted amounts. After a motion and second, Commissioners Carpenter, Rogers and Dixon each voted yes on the consent items. The commissioners also approved a slate of consent-agenda items across departments: an August 19 public hearing notice for the 2026 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME programs; renewal of cooperation agreements for jurisdictions that ask the county to administer CDBG and HOME funds for 2026—2028 (with 10% allocations to the cities of Oxford and Fairfield noted); reappointments of Jim Hartman and John Kirsch to the Liberty Community Authority for terms effective Sept. 1, 2025—2 Aug. 31, 2027; and an airport ground lease with E4 Hangar Associate LLC generating annual revenue stated as $9,072 retroactive to July 1. Water and sewer items approved included a request to advertise for biosolids removal and disposal, three construction contracts (JW Brennan Excavating LLC for Jameson Way water main interconnect, not to exceed $87,998.66; Queen City Mechanicals Inc. for Kyle Station cast-iron main replacement, not to exceed $1,242,000; and Performance Site Development for LaSoresville/Westchester Princeton Road 12-inch replacement, $338,887). The engineer also recommended award of a contract to General Construction Company for multiple bridge overlay projects; the amount reported in the transcript contained a numerical transcription error as read at the meeting. The board approved a contract with the Ohio Attorney General for the National WebCheck program for fingerprinting, described in the transcript as "not to exceed $231,000" for Aug. 6, 2025—2 July 31, 2032. The board also approved a contract with Coach Team LLC for substance use disorder and mental health services not to exceed $20,000 for Oct. 1, 2025—2 Sept. 30, 2026. Two appropriation settlement agreements were approved under Ohio Revised Code section 307.56 for property interests needed for the Milliken Road/Morris Road roundabout project in Fairfield Township; the transcript lists amounts of $43,000 (net additional $17,795 after earlier deposit) and $47,000 (net additional $19,789 after earlier deposit) as settlement totals for affected parcels. Commissioners recorded "yes" votes on motions to approve the finance and consent items; no recorded dissents were made on these agenda items at the meeting.
