Commissioners approve Freedom Point plat, $85.5 million in requisitions and multiple personnel and contract resolutions

Butler County commissioners approved a package of routine and substantive items Jan. 7, including the final plat for Freedom Point Phase 10 Lot 12 (a commercial lot proposed for a 5,000-square-foot Mexican restaurant), financial transactions and requisitions opening the county’s purchasing for 2025, and a set of personnel and contract resolutions submitted by county departments and elected offices.

Final plat and planning: Greg Clouty of the Department of Development presented one final plat — Freedom Point Phase 10, Lot 12 in Liberty Township — described as a 5,000-square-foot Mexican restaurant on a 2.2058-acre commercial lot. Clouty told the commission the planning commission had approved the proposal on Nov. 12, 2024. The commission voted to approve the final plat.

Finance and purchasing: David McCormick, Butler County finance director, presented cash-advance items and a large list of requisitions to open purchase orders for 2025. McCormick told the commission the cash-advance requests were a $6,000 advance to the prosecutor’s victim-of-crime grant fund, a $50,000 annual cash advance to the county health-insurance fund for 2025 cash flow, and a $50,000 repayment from the health-insurance fund for a…