Butler County commissioners approved a series of finance transfers, purchase orders and departmental resolutions and directed staff on several follow-ups. The board voted to approve the finance report, authorized multiple intra-fund transfers, approved purchase-order increases for homeless services and approved a renewal for foster-care recruitment services. The board removed one contract-amendment item from the agenda to wait for a full board.

Finance Director Dave McCormick presented two agenda items: transfers and appropriations (agenda item 21173) and purchase orders over $25,000 (agenda item 21223). McCormick said the sheriff’s department requested a transfer of $70,059 from materials, supplies and contract-services accounts funded by the TCAP grant into salary and benefit accounts funded by the TCAP grant to align the department’s budget with projected expenses for the year. The probate court requested a $4,000 transfer into subscriptions to purchase law books, and the county’s Information Systems department requested a $676 transfer into ERP annual maintenance for the Munis system. McCormick also described an increase to the parking-facility budget of $20,000 for maintenance of Amano equipment.

On purchase-order changes, McCormick reported the community development office requested two increases totaling $391,102: a $300,000 increase to a purchase order for Shelter Plus Care (blanket rent) and a $91,102 increase to the Shelter Plus Care purchase order for continuum-of-care management. McCormick also said the board had three requisitions over $25,000 totaling $598,246; he recommended approval and said all requests were within current budgeted amounts except for one that depended on the transfer being approved. The board approved the finance report and the listed transfers and purchase orders.

Under departmental resolutions, staff presented multiple personnel and contract items. The board discussed item 22260 (an amendment to the contract with Community Development Professionals LLC to administer the Butler County Continuum of Care/Shelter Plus Care in an amount not to exceed $1,517,008 effective 09/01/2025 through 08/31/2026). A commissioner requested the discussion be held when a full three-member board was present; the item was removed from today’s agenda by motion and will be considered at the next meeting.

Other departmental actions approved by the board included a one-year contract renewal with Hopes Closet to exercise a renewal option in the amount of $278,602.04 for foster-care recruitment and retention services; staff noted Butler County Children’s Services had 204 children in agency custody as of August 15, with 177 in paid placement settings, of whom 36% were in licensed foster homes and 27 in kinship placements. The board authorized applying for an Ohio Public Works Commission grant for a Netherlands/Lovest Horseshoe Bend six-inch water-main replacement project with a total project cost of about $3,610,000 and a grant request of $770,028, authorizing the county administrator to execute the application with prosecutor approval as to form.

The board approved all remaining department and office-holder resolutions as presented and approved a series of smaller grants and applications from the coroner, sheriff and other agencies, including a coroner grant application to the National Network of Public Health Institutes for $20,000 and a sheriff drug-use prevention grant for $18,445.02; both items reported no local match. The board voted to approve the resolutions as submitted.

Actions taken at the meeting included removing item 22260 from the agenda until the next meeting, approving the finance report and approving the remainder of the department and office-holder resolutions.