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Votes at a glance: Commissioners approve payments, grants, infrastructure bids and appointments
Summary
At its March 19, 2025 meeting the Clermont County Board of Commissioners approved payment reports totaling $2,569,636.46, adopted multiple resolutions to advance infrastructure bidding and awarded construction and reappointment actions; roll-call votes were recorded for each item.
The Clermont County Board of Commissioners on March 19 approved a series of routine and nonconsent items, including vendor payments, grant acceptance and authorizations to advertise or award construction contracts.
Key votes and outcomes (roll-call tallies as recorded):
- Payment approval (item 8; resolution 025-25): The board approved payment to vendors in the total amount of $2,569,636.46 as outlined in the BCC invoice report and directed the county auditor to issue warrants under Ohio Revised Code section 319.16. Vote: Bachelor Yes; Corcoran Yes; Painter Yes. Outcome: approved.
- Clearview Window Cleaning master services agreement (item 9): Authorized the county administrator or designee to approve the master services agreement for interior and exterior window and screen cleaning for county facilities. Vote: unanimous. Outcome: approved.
- Kennel personnel actions (items 10 and 11): See separate coverage. Vote: unanimous. Outcome: approved.
- Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) FY24 annual action plan amendment (item 12; resolution 026-25): The board amended the FY24 action plan to (1) reduce the Clermont County General Health District allocation for the Newtonsville sewer connection project from $100,000 to $0 (the health district used prior-year funds and no longer required the allocation), (2) award funds to the Clermont County Port Authority for a Ulysses S. Grant museum statue to be placed in Bethel, and (3) award $53,000 in CDBG funds to the Clermont County Convention & Visitors Bureau to support three murals in low- and moderate-income areas (Villages of Williamsburg and Bethel and the City of Milford). Vote: Bachelor Yes; Corcoran Yes; Painter Yes. Outcome: approved.
- Emergency Management Performance Grant (item 13): The board acknowledged execution and submittal of grant agreement FY24EMPG-13 for $81,289 with a required local match of $81,289 from the general fund for a total program budget of $162,578 for the Clermont County Emergency Management Agency (performance period 10/01/2023 through 12/31/2025). Vote: Bachelor Yes; Corcoran Yes; Painter Yes. Outcome: acknowledged/approved.
- Transit asset management system user addition (item 14): Authorized the county administrator to add Lisa Ortman as a developer, submitter, recipient, user, reporter and grantee in the Federal Transit Administration's Transit Asset Management system. Vote: Bachelor Yes; Corcoran Yes; Painter Abstain. Outcome: approved with one abstention.
- Bethel Lift Station equalization tank project (item 15; resolution 027-25): The board determined to make improvements for the construction, operation and maintenance of the Bethel Lift Station equalization facility (a 1,500,000-gallon tank) and authorized advertisement for bids; work is intended to reduce sanitary sewer bypasses that currently reach Harsha Lake. Vote: Bachelor Yes; Corcoran Yes; Painter Yes. Outcome: adopt resolution and advertise for bids.
- Branch Hill Miamiville Road water main replacement (item 16; resolution 028-25): Authorized advertisement for bids to replace just over 6,000 feet of 10-inch water main installed in 1959 with 12-inch main (project from Booster 1 to Branch Hill Guinea Road). Vote: Bachelor Yes; Corcoran Yes; Painter Yes. Outcome: adopt resolution and advertise for bids.
- Abandoned trunk sewer relocation (item 17): Awarded the contract to KT Holden Construction LLC of Lebanon, Ohio, for project 6402-60213 for a total amount not to exceed $326,680 (bid received 01/23/2025). Vote: Bachelor Yes; Corcoran Yes; Painter Yes. Outcome: awarded to low bidder contingent on purchase order.
- Planning Commission reappointment (item 18): Reappointed Janet Sullivan (Old Boston Road, Batavia) to the Clermont County Planning Commission for the three-year term specified in the agenda (referencing the Ohio Revised Code in the reading). Vote: Bachelor Yes; Corcoran Yes; Painter Yes. Outcome: reappointed.
The board approved the full consent agenda earlier in the meeting and recorded roll-call votes on those items as well. Most nonconsent items were routine and advanced projects to the procurement or bidding stage; the Bethel Lift Station and Branch Hill water-main actions include advertised bid schedules and prebid meeting dates as noted in the agenda materials.
A formal executive session was held under Ohio statutes cited in the agenda; the board stated there were no decisions made and no actions taken while in executive session.
