Butler County Commissioners on organizational meeting day elected Commissioner Don Dixon as board president and Commissioner T.C. Rogers as vice president, adopted a regular 2025 meeting schedule and approved a slate of appointments to county boards and regional bodies.

The board voted 2-0 with one abstention to elect Dixon president (Commissioner Rogers and Commissioner Carpenter voted yes; Dixon abstained). The motion to elect T.C. Rogers vice president passed with two votes in favor and one abstention (Rogers abstained; Commissioners Dixon and Carpenter voted yes). The board then unanimously approved a motion setting regular 2025 meetings for Tuesdays at 9:30 a.m. in the commission chambers, except for Jan. 21, 2025, when a holiday falls on a Tuesday and that week's meeting will be held on Thursday.

The board waived the reading of minutes under Ohio Revised Code Section 305.9 and noted that full minutes in video and audio are available on the county website. The consent agenda — approved unanimously — included the appointments and alternates to multiple county boards and committees for 2025, among them the 911 Planning Committee; Family and Children First Council; General Health District Advisory Council; Courthouse Restoration Committee; Criminal Justice Board; Housing and Homeless Coalition; Investment Advisory Committee; Land Bank; Ohio State University Extension Advisory Council; Records Commission; 800 megahertz advisory board; Butler County Finance Authority advisory council; Solid Waste District Policy Committee; Workforce Investment Board of Butler, Clermont and Warren Counties; Board of Revisions; and representatives to regional organizations including the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of Governments and REDI Cincinnati. The board identified alternates for many appointments as listed on the consent agenda.

During deliberation on the meeting schedule, a commissioner clarified that the Jan. 21 meeting would be moved because a holiday would prevent a board majority from attending. The board made a clerical correction to a consent-agenda item to remove a duplicated name before approving appointments.

The meeting concluded after adoption of the organizational items and an adjournment motion, both carried by unanimous votes.

Votes at a glance

• Elect Don Dixon president: Yes — Commissioner T.C. Rogers; Abstain — Commissioner Don Dixon; Yes — Commissioner Cindy Carpenter. Outcome: approved.

• Elect T.C. Rogers vice president: Abstain — Commissioner T.C. Rogers; Yes — Commissioner Don Dixon; Yes — Commissioner Cindy Carpenter. Outcome: approved.

• 2025 meeting schedule (Tuesdays 9:30 a.m.; exception Jan. 21 moved to Thursday): Yes — Rogers, Dixon, Carpenter. Outcome: approved.

• Waive reading of minutes (ORC 305.9): Yes — Rogers, Dixon, Carpenter. Outcome: approved.

• Approve consent-agenda appointments and alternates for 2025: Yes — Rogers, Dixon, Carpenter. Outcome: approved.

• Adjourn: Yes — Rogers, Dixon, Carpenter. Outcome: approved.