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Delaware County commissioners approve six resolutions Feb. 20, including refunds, fee waiver and routine records
Summary
The Delaware County Board of Commissioners approved six resolutions at its Feb. 20 meeting, covering routine records, payments, a jail accreditation application, watershed refunds, a sewer contract and a tipping-fee waiver.
The Delaware County Board of Commissioners approved six resolutions during its Feb. 20, 2025, regular meeting.
Votes at a glance
- Resolution 25-116 — Approve electronic record of proceedings from the Feb. 13, 2025 meeting. Outcome: approved. Vote: Barb Lewis, Aye; Gary Merrill, Aye; Commissioner Benton absent.
- Resolution 25-117 — Approve purchase orders, approvals, and payments of warrants (batch CMAPR0219) and memo transfers (batch MTAPR0219). Outcome: approved. Vote: Lewis, Aye; Merrill, Aye; Benton absent.
- Resolution 25-118 — Authorize submission of an application for accreditation and approve an accreditation agreement with the National Commission on Correctional Health Care (sheriff’s office). Outcome: approved. Vote: Lewis, Aye; Merrill, Aye; Benton absent. Discussion: County staff said this would be the sheriff’s office’s first application for these specific accreditations for jail medical and mental-health services.
- Resolution 25-119 — Approve supplemental appropriations for watershed reimbursement. Outcome: approved. Vote: Lewis, Aye; Merrill, Aye; Benton absent. Discussion: Justin Navey, director of finance, said the appropriation accommodates refunds of overpayments made by homeowners on construction assessments for three ditch projects (English 346, Lynetta Lane, and Miller Williams Home ditch projects) from the prior year.
- Resolution 25-120 — Award bid and approve a contract with Straws Repaving Incorporated for Jewett Road trunk sewer improvements. Outcome: approved. Vote: Lewis, Aye; Merrill, Aye; Benton absent. Discussion: Tiffany Mack, director of environmental services, said the project will upsize 243 feet of trunk sewer from 18 inches to 24 inches to remove a hydraulic bottleneck; the county received nine bids and the low bid was $294,232 (engineer estimate $450,000).
- Resolution 25-121 — Waive the Delaware County portion of tipping fees at the solid-waste transfer station to support 2025 litter-control campaigns. Outcome: approved. Vote: Lewis, Aye; Merrill, Aye; Benton absent. Discussion: Staff said this waives the county portion of the tip fee; Rumpke will waive a portion of its fee as in prior years.
All six motions passed with two affirmative votes and one commissioner absent. The meeting record did not include recorded movers or seconders for the motions. No public comments were recorded on these items.
Administrative notes and reports during the meeting included brief updates from county staff and remarks by Commissioner Gary Merrill about local events and trustee elections; no executive session was requested.
