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Lawrence County commissioners approve routine motions, add ODOT SR-243 interchange resolution and appoint 250th anniversary committee chair
Summary
At its April 1 meeting the Lawrence County Commissioners approved minutes and routine appropriations, reappointed a prevention-council member, hired a part-time advanced DMT and added a resolution asking ODOT to consider a State Route 243 interchange for the SR-7 Chesapeake Bypass project.
The Lawrence County Commissioners met April 1 and approved a series of routine motions and two agenda additions, including a resolution asking the Ohio Department of Transportation to consider adapting or adding a State Route 243 interchange as part of the State Route 7 Chesapeake Bypass project.
Votes at a glance
- Approved minutes of March 25, 2025. Motion carried; commissioners recorded as voting "Yes": Commissioner Finley and Commissioner Copley (motion and second not specified in the record).
- Approved a floodplain permit submitted by Lawrence Soil and Water Conservation District. Motion carried; recorded votes: Finley — Yes; Copley — Yes.
- Approved appropriations and transfers dated April 1 under $75,000, submitted by Dylan Bentley, acting administrator. Motion carried; recorded votes: Finley — Yes; Copley — Yes.
- Received and filed the Department of Job and Family Services monthly report ending February 2025, submitted by Missy Evans, director. Motion carried; recorded votes: Finley — Yes; Copley — Yes.
- Reappointed Missy Evans to the Lawrence County Prevention Council for a two-year term beginning April 4, 2025 (nomination submitted by Ashley Caramee). Motion carried; recorded votes: Finley — Yes; Commissioner Crawford — Yes.
- Approved hire of Emily Trout as a part-time advanced DMT effective April 3, 2025. Motion carried; recorded votes: Finley — Yes; Copley — Yes.
- Referred a liquor permit for Bennington Properties LLC doing business as Ironton Country Club Pool Pavilion to the Elizabeth Township Trustees for approval. Motion carried; recorded votes: Finley — Yes; Copley — Yes.
- Added and approved a resolution requesting the Ohio Department of Transportation consider adapting or adding the State Route 243 interchange to the current State Route 7 Chesapeake Bypass construction project. Motion to add the item was moved and seconded and the motion carried; recorded votes: Finley — Yes; Commissioner Coughlin — Yes.
- Appointed Rich Donhue as chair of the county's "250 committee" (to mark the nation's 250th anniversary). Motion carried; recorded votes: Finley — Yes; Copley — Yes.
- Approved an executive session with Dylan Bentley, Ralph Klein and other staff to discuss real estate; motion carried with recorded votes: Finley — Yes; Copley — Yes.
Several motions were moved and seconded from the meeting record but the transcript did not always identify the mover and seconder by full name. When the transcript recorded roll-call confirmations, the commissioners who answered were recorded above; Miss Holiday was noted as out of town earlier in the meeting.
