Commissioners approve routine minutes, bills and multiple agreements in consent actions

Morrow County commissioners unanimously approved a series of routine items and agreements Wednesday, voting to adopt minutes, pay bills and authorize multiple contracts and grant actions.

Items approved by roll call included: the minutes of the regular session of Jan. 22, 2025; payment of bills per payment list 13107; reimbursements for document and storage costs and fourth‑quarter land bank wage reimbursements; an appropriation of unappropriated certified money through the law library fund (2016); and a transfer of funds from engineer fund 2202.

The board also approved agreements for wellness program services with the Morrow County Health Department Board of Health for 2025 and a related agreement with Village Fitness for county wellness programming. Commissioners authorized the Black Cat Aviation Data Management System for airport grant reimbursements and signed a resolution or authorization to allow staff to act on behalf of the county for FAA and state airport grant processes. County staff told commissioners that FAA reimbursement rules have changed and that federal shares for certain airport projects have increased from historically 90% to 95% while state matching shares have shifted; staff said the county will still carry a local match on some projects.

Other items approved included a filter project identified in the record as MRWCR23‑10.12 and several grant and collaborative agreements described in the agenda packet; recorded motions and roll calls on those items were affirmative. Glenn Sott, who identified himself as an airport representative, described a planned relocation of an airport‑related facility to comply with FAA standards and provided cost and share estimates (staff recorded federal share ~ $113,800, local and state shares each shown as $6,300 in the discussion).

Why it matters: these approvals authorize contracts and grant processes that enable county services and capital projects to proceed. The Black Cat Aviation authorization facilitates the county’s ability to submit and receive federal and state aviation reimbursements; wellness agreements fund county employee and community health programming.

Votes at a glance (selected items recorded in the meeting): - Approval of minutes, Jan. 22, 2025 — outcome: approved; roll call: Commissioners Mason, Abraham and Siegfried — all yes. - Bills/payment list 13107 — outcome: approved; roll call: Commissioners Mason, Abraham and Siegfried — all yes. - Appropriation from law library fund (2016) — outcome: approved; roll call: yes. - Transfer from engineer fund 2202 — outcome: approved; roll call: yes. - Agreement: Morrow County Wellness Program Services with Morrow County Health Department Board of Health (2025) — outcome: approved; roll call: yes. - Agreement: Morrow County Wellness Program Services with Village Fitness — outcome: approved; roll call: yes. - Authorization: Black Cat Aviation Data Management System and associated FAA/ODOT grant authorization — outcome: approved; roll call: yes. - Filter project MRWCR23‑10.12 — outcome: approved; roll call: yes. - Multiple grant/collaborative agreements listed on the agenda — outcome: approved; roll call: yes.

Ending: The board recessed and later adjourned after the consent and business items. Several recorded items involved future grant reimbursements and project work that county staff said would return to the board as needed for contract signatures and reporting.