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Votes at a glance: Ohio County Fiscal Court, Jan. 18, 2025
Summary
Summary of motions and roll‑call decisions taken by the Ohio County Fiscal Court on routine financial items, an ordinance adoption, an easement authorization for a communications tower and other administrative actions.
The Ohio County Fiscal Court on Jan. 18 took a series of routine and substantive votes, including adoption of a budget amendment ordinance (second reading), approval of annual salary orders for law‑enforcement deputies, authorization to continue using a communications tower easement, and several administrative approvals. Below are outcomes and key details recorded at the meeting.
Votes at a glance
- Ordinance 2025‑3 (budget amendment), second reading — Approved. The court completed a roll‑call vote during the meeting; recorded yes votes included Johnson, Bennett, Mark Hughes, McKinney and Bullock. The court announced the ordinance passed.
- Annual order setting salaries and benefits for sheriff’s deputies and for the clerk/lieutenants — Approved. The court voted to adopt annual salary orders consistent with the budgeted amounts; no amendments were recorded during the meeting.
- Easement for county use of communications tower (reported transfer of property and formal easement offer) — Approved. County staff said the tower usage had historically been informal; the proposed easement would preserve the county’s right to place emergency communications equipment on the tower so long as the county continued active use; if the county ceased use, rights could terminate per the easement language. The court approved entering the easement as presented.
- Installation of a fire hydrant on North 69 at Brunel/Bermuda Way (water line extension fund) — Approved. The court approved funding the estimated $11,391 cost from the water line extension fund to install a hydrant serving six homes.
- Surplus and disposal of impound‑lot equipment and electronics — Approved. The court authorized surplus and disposal (salvage) of nonworking items from the impound lot, including blue light bars, control boxes, tablets and older computers; the sheriff’s office provided a list and asked staff to coordinate disposal.
- Minutes, bills of claims, payments, transfers and routine financial reports — Approved. The court approved the Dec. 17 minutes, bills and payments, and acknowledged the treasurer’s and clerk’s monthly/quarterly financial reports as presented.
Several items were presented as information only, including committee reports on animal control ordinance review, landfill contract planning and road projects. No formal votes were recorded on those reports at the Jan. 18 meeting.
At the end of the meeting, court members were asked to keep the record of closings and openings updated for projects addressed earlier in the agenda.
