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Franklin County commissioners approve fleet purchases, building-code update and liquor licenses; table personnel manual and dump-truck buy
Summary
At a Franklin County commission hearing, commissioners approved several purchase and policy items including vehicle and equipment buys, adopted 2021 ICC building-code amendments, and approved a consent agenda of liquor licenses. Two items — the personnel manual revision and a dump-truck purchase — were tabled for further review.
Franklin County commissioners during a scheduled hearing considered commission orders 2025-36 through 2025-43, approving a series of purchases, a settlement accounting instruction for the treasurer, building-code amendments and a consent agenda of liquor licenses, while tabling the proposed personnel policy manual revision and a proposed purchase of four dump trucks.
Key actions the commission approved:
- Commission order 2025-36 (settlement with Franklin County Treasurer): Approved. The order directs the treasurer to account for all school monies and the specific funds into which each receipt will be entered. The motion was made by Commissioner Oberschmidt and seconded by the Second District commissioner; recorded votes were “aye” from the first- and second-district commissioners.
- Commission order 2025-37 (lease/quote with Enterprise Fleet Management for a 2024 Ford F-150 for the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office): Approved. Commissioners noted the vendor attachment listed a 2024 Ford F-150 police-responder vehicle; the motion passed with recorded ayes from both commissioners present.
- Commission order 2025-38 (purchase of a cab tractor from Deere & Company for the Franklin County Highway Department): Approved. Highway department staff said the cab tractor has a side-mount brush-hog hydraulic arm to maintain county rights-of-way and that the purchase was already included in the department’s budget. The motion passed on recorded ayes from the two commissioners.
- Commission order 2025-40 (business associate agreement listed on the agenda as with "OxyContin Incorporated" for the human resources department): Approved. On the record, a human-resources presenter explained the county’s health plan uses a third-party administrator; staff said the previous administrator (IPMG merged with AMI) had service problems and that Accent would be the incoming third-party administrator. The commission approved the order; the docket text’s vendor name differs from the name staff used in presentation (see clarifying details).
- Commission order 2025-42 (adopt 2021 International Code Council building-code amendments): Approved. The commission adopted proposed amendments to update the county’s building code to the 2021 ICC standards; the clerk and county staff handled processing.
- Commission order 2025-43 (consent agenda): Approved. The consent agenda included issuance of several liquor licenses listed in the record for businesses and organizations including Ozark Viking, Washington Area Chamber Commerce, Small Batch Winery, Good Times Slushy, Saint Francis Borgia Church and Old Ozarkian Distillery.
Items tabled:
- Commission order 2025-39 (adopt revised employee personnel policy manual): Tabled after an elected official requested staff provide a redlined version of changes and allow a comment period for elected officials and department heads. See separate coverage of that item.
- Commission order 2025-41 (purchase of four dump trucks from Vanguard for the Highway Department): Tabled. Highway staff said two of the trucks had been included in a recent budget revision processed through the commission and auditor; one commissioner said they were not aware of the revision and moved to table the order for further review; the motion carried on recorded ayes from the two commissioners present.
Votes at a glance (as recorded on the hearing transcript):
- CO 2025-36: Settlement/accounting direction for treasurer — mover: Commissioner Oberschmidt; second: Second District Commissioner; outcome: approved; recorded votes: First District — yes; Second District — yes.
- CO 2025-37: Lease with Enterprise Fleet Management (2024 Ford F-150) — mover: Commissioner Oberschmidt; second: Second District Commissioner; outcome: approved; recorded votes: First District — yes; Second District — yes.
- CO 2025-38: Purchase cab tractor (Deere & Company) — mover: Commissioner Oberschmidt; second: Second District Commissioner; outcome: approved; recorded votes: First District — yes; Second District — yes.
- CO 2025-39: Adopt revised personnel policy manual — mover: Commissioner Oberschmidt; second: Second District Commissioner; outcome: tabled; recorded votes: First District — yes; Second District — yes.
- CO 2025-40: Business associate agreement (agenda lists vendor name as "OxyContin Incorporated") — mover: Commissioner Oberschmidt; second: Second District Commissioner; outcome: approved; recorded votes: First District — yes; Second District — yes.
- CO 2025-41: Purchase four dump trucks (Vanguard) — motion to table: mover: Presiding/Second District; second: First District Commissioner; outcome: tabled; recorded votes: First District — yes; Second District — yes.
- CO 2025-42: Adopt 2021 ICC building-code amendments — mover: Commissioner Oberschmidt; second: Second District Commissioner; outcome: approved; recorded votes: First District — yes; Second District — yes.
- CO 2025-43: Consent agenda (licenses/receipts/accounts payable): Approved; motion and second from commissioners on record; recorded ayes from both commissioners present.
The hearing concluded with no additional departmental reports and the commission adjourning; the next hearing time was announced as 10:30 on the record.
