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Hocking County commissioners approve series of appropriations, appointments and proclamations; review of several items directed to staff
Summary
The Hocking County Board of Commissioners approved multiple appropriations, two appointments and two proclamations at its Feb. 27 meeting and directed staff to revise some administrative forms and supply additional financial data for follow-up budget decisions.
Hocking County commissioners approved a number of routine appropriations, transfers, appointments and proclamations during the Feb. 27 meeting. Several items were approved by unanimous voice vote or roll call; in other items a motion was withdrawn and commissioners asked for follow-up work.
Votes at a glance
- Additional appropriation and transfer: transfer from FEMA auto gas (account ending in 4200) to auto gas (account ending in 423000) of $899,393.50 and additional appropriation for the engineer's auto gas fund (salaries $98,000; Medicare $1,500; PERS $13,000; bridge materials $400,000; road materials $385,893.50; BWC $1,000). Outcome: approved by voice vote.
- Initial appropriation: Hocking Soil and Water Conservation District, $33,104.23 to other expenses (correction of unexpected balance). Outcome: approved by voice vote.
- Commission fund transfers: lodging-tax related transfer of $150,000 from one lodging fund account into lodging tax administration account to allow county shared money transfers. Outcome: approved by voice vote.
- Commissioners appropriation transfer: $4,000 moved from other expenses to material and supplies (approved by voice vote).
- Sewer department grant transfers: $19,568.14 into recovery support and $19,568.14 into treatment (grant-related transfers). Outcome: approved by voice vote.
- Certificate of additional revenue and appropriations for Board of Elections: $40,000 in state reimbursement related to a special election, allocated to multiple BOE line items (salaries, OPERS, travel, contract services, advertising and printing). Outcome: approved by voice vote.
- Appointments: Robert Sisson appointed EMS deputy chief (motion seconded; "all in favor, aye" recorded). Outcome: approved. A separate appointment for Romeo Ian Anderson for a sewer department post was moved and then withdrawn by the maker; no appointment recorded for that item.
- Proclamations: the board proclaimed March 2025 Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month and also agreed to proclaim National Work Zone Awareness Week (April 21'25, 2025) after clerical formatting; both proclamations were approved (Developmental Disabilities proclamation passed by motion; Work Zone proclamation adopted after roll-call yes votes were recorded). Outcome: both approved.
- Facilities and repairs: authorized electrical repairs in Falls township with an estimate of $1,750 (approved by motion) and approved two applications for underground construction (AEP replacing eight poles on Clear Creek Road and Sterner Road; South Central Power replacing three poles on Chapel Ridge). Outcome: approved by voice vote.
- Administrative process change: commissioners motioned and approved a review and revision of forms and processes so future transfers and appropriations are routed through the auditor first and include a checkout box; outcome: approved by voice vote.
- Executive session: commissioners voted to move into executive session for pending court action with legal counsel; roll-call votes recorded as affirmative and the board entered executive session. Outcome: approved (roll call yes votes recorded).
What was not approved or remains pending
- The veterans office budget request for full restoration of several budget lines and the classification of a $9,000 marker/flag line item was not decided; commissioners asked the auditor to provide detailed year-end figures and scheduled a follow-up instead of taking immediate action.
Records and vote tallies
Most items were approved by unanimous voice vote with "aye" recorded. For roll-call items (for example the work-zone proclamation and the executive session vote), named roll-call yes votes were recorded on the transcript for at least two commissioners (Andrew Davidson and Michael West) and the third commissioner voted in the affirmative as captured in the meeting minutes; where the transcript recorded only "all in favor, aye," the board recorded the item as approved.
Next steps
Clerks and department staff will complete required paperwork for appropriations and transfers; the county auditor will prepare a detailed report for the veterans office budget follow-up; Palmer Energy will return to present pricing recommendations for the county's aggregation contract when current supplier pricing is refreshed.
