Warren County supervisors approve consent items, appointments and contracts; residents raise cemetery and permitting concerns

The Warren County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on a slate of routine and administrative measures at its Jan. 7 meeting, including personnel changes, claims payment and a $3,000 contract for underground fuel-tank inspections, and heard public comments urging cemetery funding changes and tighter building permit enforcement.

The votes closed a fairly short meeting in which the board also received a presentation on the county’s Certified Local Government annual report and set its next meeting for Jan. 21.

Key approvals included the consent agenda — which bundled multiple payroll additions, removals, step increases and alcohol licenses — and a claims packet totaling $238,334.98. The board also authorized the county to sign the 2024 Certified Local Government (CLG) annual report prepared by the Warren County Historic Commission and approved a personnel change moving the general assistance coordinator position into a new Public Health Navigator role funded through opioid resettlement dollars; the board approved the candidate selected for that post.

During a presentation, Skip Phillips, president of the Warren County Historic Commission, briefed the board on the commission’s 2024 activities and outreach plans for 2025, including a building photo contest for the county fair, collaboration with local townships on preservation and work on historical features such as cemetery fence repair and a log cabin at the fairgrounds. “We’ve been working with several other townships,” Phillips said,…