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Commissioners approve appropriations, grants and dozens of utility right-of-way permits
Summary
The Hocking County Board of Commissioners approved a string of transfers and appropriations, accepted two sheriff grant notifications, authorized multiple right-of-way pole replacements and confirmed letters tied to the old jail demolition project and a bond release.
The Hocking County Board of Commissioners approved a range of financial and administrative items in a single consent sequence during its meeting, including appropriations for county offices, notification acknowledgments for sheriff grant awards, right-of-way permits for utility pole work, and personnel hiring offers.
Among financial items the board advanced was a $33,000 request from the commissioners’ office (county fund O-1) to the recorder’s office for electronic conversion of records; the transcript states the recorder’s office will be reimbursed by the state. The board also approved a certificate of additional revenue transferring $804,456.83 (CDBG GRAMA 22 1 3), with the transcript breaking that total into $744,456.83 for contract services, $54,375 for administration and $5,625 for fair housing. The board approved a juvenile court appropriation to create a new fund for a school probation officer, listing $34,947.60 for salary, $4,880.02 for OPERS, $505.43 for Medicare and $156.36 for BWC.
The board approved several smaller transfers and appropriations: a $395.85 transfer for sheriff worker’s compensation from the concealed handgun license fund; a $2,000 appropriation from concealed handgun license funds to upgrade concealed carry training equipment (equipment not updated since 2015); a $5,000 transfer at Scenic Hills Senior Center to move funds for a new bus; a $1,237.92 transfer for the Veteran Service Commission’s VWC stipend; and an appropriation transfer for annual maintenance of the county audio recorders (amount not clearly specified in the transcript).
The board received a letter from Columbia Gas and authorized a confirmation to permit relocation of a gas line and meter needed for demolition work adjacent to the old county jail. The commissioners also accepted a county engineer request to release a $50,000 bond associated with construction of a Dollar General store (project referenced as 03/7433), noting that the project was completed but the bond had not been released.
The sheriff’s office submitted two grant notifications for acknowledgement: a tentative award of $21,346 to purchase a dual-purpose police K-9 requiring a 25% match ($5,336.50) and a continuation award of $83,466.30 to support law enforcement services for the village of Louisville with a 24% match ($20,008.66). The meeting record indicates the county’s share of matching funds would come from existing sheriff’s department funds, as discussed during the meeting.
The board approved numerous applications for construction in county rights-of-way to replace or maintain utility poles submitted by South Central Power, Southland Power and other utilities across multiple roads (Dunlap Road; Bigger Road; Robert Road; Denson Heaver Drive; Lowry Road near Goose Creek; Big Pine Road; Northwest Road; Summit Drive; Wilson Avenue; Middle Fork Road; Bilesboro Road; and others). County engineering staff repeatedly noted poles should not be placed closer to the pavement edge than existing poles.
Personnel actions included motions to make offers to one applicant for a human resources position and one applicant for a maintenance position; both offers were approved.
All items in this consent sequence were moved, seconded and approved with the board signaling assent by voice vote. The meeting record does not show extended debate on these consent items.
