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Votes at a glance: Hocking County commissioners actions, Feb. 13, 2025
Summary
A roundup of motions, appropriations, transfers, appointments and approvals the Hocking County commissioners passed during the Feb. 13 meeting, including personnel hires, grant applications, fund transfers, and certifications.
The Hocking County Board of Commissioners handled multiple budget, personnel, certification and project actions on Feb. 13. The following is a concise list of motions the board made or recorded during general business and the vote outcomes as stated on the record.
1) Authorization to sign Spectrum service order to upgrade analog circuits to fiber optics for Next Generation 9-1-1 — approved by voice vote (see separate article).
2) Certificate of additional revenue / additional appropriations (Commissioners' office; WPCLF) — motion made and approved by voice vote. Transcript lists funds moving into administrative fees and contract services related to an OWDA sewer payment; dollar amounts in the transcript were unclear or not specified.
3) Initial appropriation from TCAP to pay for vehicle repairs (amount stated as $500 in transcript) — motion made and approved by voice vote.
4) Initial appropriation from TCAP (additional item; transcript reads as $1,000 and notes previously depleted funds) — motion made and approved by voice vote.
5) Appropriation transfer (Commissioners) to reimburse maintenance fund / IT salary — amount stated as $2,636.80; motion made and approved by voice vote.
6) Fund transfers for the sheriff’s office: approval to resend previously approved fund transfer for school resource officer ($82,570.61) and a grant reimbursement transfer ($24,869.45) — motion made and approved by voice vote.
7) Rescind prior appropriation transfer of $6,000 from fund 001 into the Paul Police Rotary Fund (1032) — motion made and approved by voice vote.
8) Fund transfer / initial appropriation to sheriff’s office (justice assistance grant) — transcript lists $24,008.69 (format unclear); motion made and approved by voice vote.
9) Funds transfer to sheriff’s county account ($6,000) for sheriff’s rotary and related transfers and an additional revenue appropriation of $6,000 from the village of Murray City for law enforcement services — motions made and approved by voice vote.
10) County highway mileage certification for 2024 — total county-maintained public road length certified in the transcript as 210.917 miles (as of Dec. 31); commissioners authorized certification and signed the form.
11) Acceptance of January sheriff’s office animal-control report — motion to accept the report made and approved by voice vote. Transcript items included counts: 14 strays picked up, 3 brought in, 17 total; 2 returned to owner and 10 adopted out (as stated in the report), plus listed fees and investigations; readers should note some numeric transcript lines were unclear and are reported here as read from the minutes.
12) Travel authorization for EMA director to attend Pickaway County EMA meeting Feb. 18 and a blanket authorization to allow travel for work-related county EMA activities (non-overnight) — motion made and approved by voice vote.
13) Acceptance of resignation (EMA deputy director Alan Frederick) with a two-week notice; last day Feb. 22 — motion to accept resignation made and approved.
14) Approval for underground construction/abandonment of gas service line at 29084 Enterprise Isles Road — motion made and approved after engineer sign-off.
15) Agreement to allow Buckeye Hills to seek funding for Payne Road Improvements and resolution to apply for Buckeye Hills transportation block grants — motions made and approved by voice vote (see separate article).
16) Appointments: two prevention specialists to the Southeast Child Abuse Neglect Prevention Council — Hannah Gorgenschwager and Doris Wilson were appointed; motion made and approved. A roll-call was requested for some appointments.
17) Bond paperwork / appointment to Hocking Valley Hospital trustee (one appointee) — motion made and approved.
18) Concert announcement (Logan Community Band) and miscellaneous community announcements — informational, no board action required.
19) Authorization to explore installing an automated-teller (ATM) device in the courthouse — commissioner directed staff to gather information; no purchase or lease approved at the meeting.
20) Personnel actions: formal hire of Bobby (surname in transcript appears as Platts or Price) as EMS director — motion approved with roll-call: Andrew Davidson: Yes; Jason Dunford: Yes; Michael Button: Yes. The board confirmed the interim director as permanent director.
21) Appointment of Romeo Anderson as sewer department assistant — motion approved and roll-call recorded during the item (transcript shows affirmative votes; names varied in the transcript; the appointment was recorded as approved).
22) Presentation and approval of a resolution honoring Sandra Ogle and proclaiming Feb. 13, 2025 as Sandra Ogle Day in Hocking County (Resolution O2132025) — motion made and approved by roll call and voice votes.
23) Motion to adjourn — approved by voice vote.
Notes on sources and numbers: many motions were approved by simple voice vote; specific mover/second names were not consistently recorded in the public transcript. Several numeric amounts in the finance items (notably in the WPCLF/OWDA appropriation language and some transfer totals) were not clearly transcribed; where the record was ambiguous the minutes read the amounts as they appear in the transcript rather than as an editorial correction. If exact dollar amounts or recorded mover/second names are required, the county clerk’s official minutes and supporting documents should be consulted.
