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Votes at a glance: Hocking County commissioners approve routine appropriations, appointments and project closeout
Summary
At their June 5 meeting the Hocking County Board of Commissioners approved a set of routine transfers and appointments, rescinded an earlier sheriff appropriation, approved a final change order on a sewer project, granted a proxy letter to the sheriff's office for Ohio BMV matters, and approved handicapped parking for the Washboard Festival.
The Hocking County Board of Commissioners approved multiple routine motions and formal actions during the June 5 meeting. Items below summarize motions, outcomes and amounts when specified in the meeting record.
Approved actions
- CDBG application documents: Commissioners approved and signed three documents required for the county's 2025 CDBG application (residential anti-displacement and relocation assistance plan; authorizing resolution/letter; environmental review certificate). Outcome: approved (voice vote).
- Appropriation transfer — Recorder's office: Transfer from workers' compensation account to supplies account in the amount of $652.76. Outcome: approved (voice vote).
- Appropriation transfer — Commissioner's department: Transfer $2,500 from OPERS account to Medicare account to cover the remainder of the year. Outcome: approved (voice vote).
- Rescind initial appropriation — Sheriff web check account: Commissioners rescinded a previously approved initial appropriation for the sheriff's web check account after discovering there were no funds remaining in that account. Outcome: rescinded (voice vote).
- Certificate of additional revenue / additional appropriations — Treasurer's office: Move $5,724.94 from treasurer account into other expense (sheriff's sale proceeds). Outcome: approved (voice vote).
- Additional appropriation — Auditor sales expenses: Record $5,080.50 of sheriff's (auger) sale receipts into auditor sales expense account. Outcome: approved (voice vote).
- Proxy letter for Sheriff's Office (BMV): Commissioners authorized a proxy letter allowing the sheriff's office (chief) to sign required Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles documents for county vehicles. Outcome: approved (voice vote).
- Appointment — Alcohol, Drug Addiction, and Mental Health Services Board (317 board): Tom Williamson approved to fill the vacancy left by Cameron Millerway; term begins July 1, 2023 and expires June 30, 2027 (Williamson will complete the remainder of the existing term). Outcome: approved (voice vote).
- Rockbridge sanitary sewer project closeout: Commissioners approved closeout paperwork and a final change order (contract reduction) for the Rockbridge sanitary sewer improvement project, holding retainage until final inspection. Outcome: approved (voice vote).
- Hall's building handicapped parking: The board approved reserving the first five parking spaces near Main Street/alley for handicap parking during the Washboard Festival. Outcome: approved (voice vote).
Other business and announcements
- Courthouse centennial: Commissioners announced a courthouse rededication and 100th anniversary open house on Monday, June 23, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., including a ribbon-cutting, clock presentation and public cookout.
- Land bank formation: Commissioners reported a recent meeting with Athens County officials on land bank setup and said they expect to bring a resolution to form a Hocking County land bank for signature in the coming weeks; target operational date moved to July 1, 2025.
All listed vote outcomes and dollar amounts are taken directly from meeting remarks and the meeting's bill package. Where a roll call was requested, the transcript records a roll-call yes/abstain pattern for some minute approvals; for other routine items the record shows unanimous voice votes.
