Ohio County adopts administrative-code amendment covering social media and electronic payments

Ohio County magistrates completed a second reading and adopted an administrative-code amendment that addresses social media policy and adds electronic payment provisions.

The ordinance, described in the meeting as "administrative code amendment" and referenced as ordinance 2025-5, had received first reading at a prior meeting; magistrates confirmed the second reading and carried the roll call vote. The amendment adds language on social-media use and explicitly permits certain electronic payments, county staff said.

The clerk conducted a roll call for the ordinance with affirmative votes recorded for the magistrates present; the court later noted it had not completed the formal motion step earlier and confirmed the procedural step after returning from closed session. The transcript records each magistrate voting "yes" on the roll call. No public testimony or formal amendments to the ordinance were recorded in the meeting minutes.