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Votes at a glance: Lawrence County commissioners approve routine items, refer Bridal Road petition
Summary
The board approved multiple routine items including a proclamation, floodplain permits, appropriations/transfers, a $500 donation, and referred a petition for Bridal Road 3467 to the county engineer; commissioners also approved sale of a 2011 ambulance and entered executive session on personnel.
At their Feb. 25 meeting, the Lawrence County Board of Commissioners approved a series of routine motions and took one referral action. The board recorded unanimous votes on each listed action.
Key outcomes:
- Proclamation: Motion to proclaim March 2025 as Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month in Lawrence County, Ohio — approved (Finley yes; Holliday yes; Copley yes).
- Floodplain permits: Motion to approve floodplain permits submitted by the Soil and Water Conservation District — approved (Finley yes; Holliday yes; Copley yes).
- Appropriations and transfers: Motion to approve appropriations and transfers dated 02/25/2025 under $75,000 submitted by Acting Administrator Dylan Bentley — approved (Finley yes; Holliday yes; Copley yes).
- Auditor certificate: Motion to receive and file the amended official certificate of estimated resources submitted by the Lawrence County Auditor’s office — approved (Finley yes; Holliday yes; Copley yes).
- Donation: Motion to approve a $500 donation for the Chesapeake Community Center — approved (Finley yes; Holliday yes; Copley yes).
- Letter filed: Motion to receive and file a letter regarding terms of appointment submitted by Katie Jones, executive director of the Ironton Metropolitan Housing Authority — approved (Finley yes; Holliday yes; Copley yes).
- Petition referral (Bridal Road 3467): Motion to receive and refer the petition for Bridal Road 3467 regarding gravel maintenance and blacktop to the Lawrence County Engineer’s Office for review and to cc the Perry Township trustees — approved (Finley yes; Holliday yes; Copley yes). The petition was the subject of an extended public discussion during the meeting.
- Sale of ambulance: Add-on motion to sell a 2011 Triton ambulance — approved (Finley yes; Holliday yes; Copley yes).
- Executive session: Motion to meet in executive session regarding personnel matters — approved.
All recorded roll-call votes in the transcript show the three commissioners voting in favor when roll calls were taken. Where mover and seconder were not named in the record, the minutes show the motions were moved and seconded prior to roll-call votes.
