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Votes at a glance: Clermont County commissioners approve vendor payments, contracts, grant update and several administrative measures
Summary
At its March 5 meeting the Clermont County Board of Commissioners approved vendor payments totaling $1,291,877.79, multiple contracts and amendments, salary-schedule adjustments and other routine measures. The board also acknowledged several public-notice items and approved an annexation filing notice and a dismissal in opioid litigation.
The Clermont County Board of Commissioners on March 5 approved a series of nonconsent and consent items, including vendor payments, contract change orders, a juvenile-court grant update and salary-schedule adjustments. All recorded roll-call votes on the listed items were unanimous (three yes votes by Commissioners Bachelor, Corcoran and Painter).
Key actions recorded at the meeting (motions moved and seconded; roll-call recorded as noted):
- Payment to vendors: Adopted resolution 018-25 to approve vendor payments totaling $1,291,877.79 (checks dated March 5, 2025). Roll call: Bachelor, Corcoran, Painter — yes.
- Lease for Board of Elections storage: Approved a lease between the Clermont County Board of Elections and Ruble Family Limited Partnership LLC for a storage facility (term April 2025March 2026 with escalators through 2029/30 as read) to store and calibrate voting equipment. Roll call: yes.
- Juvenile-court grant amendment: Authorized signature on Amendment No. 1 to the Ohio Department of Youth Services grant for the Clermont County Juvenile Court, realigning funds and increasing the overall program cost by $25,637.24 to a revised total of $1,689,927.42. Roll call: yes.
- Adult-detention floor contract change order: Approved Change Order No. 1 to the contract for the adult detention north-floor replacement with Diversify LLC, increasing the contract by $35,750 to a contract-to-date amount of $293,100 (additional prep and a polyurethane security sealant). Roll call: yes.
- Motor-vehicle purchases amendment: Adopted a resolution amending a prior resolution to revise the estimated price for motor vehicle purchases for county departments to $3,457,263 (statutory citations read on the record). Roll call: yes.
- Personnel pay schedule adjustments: Amended Appendix 4.1 of the personnel policy to reflect a 2.5% increase in minimum rates and a 10% increase in maximum rates of pay (effective Dec. 23, 2024), and authorized preparation and processing of personnel-action records to reflect merit-based salary adjustments for the 2024 evaluation period. Roll call: yes.
- Construction payment / retainage release: Approved application for payment No. 3435 for the juvenile court expansion and partial release of retainage in the amount of $320,456.62 to Mark Spalding Construction (partial payment; project not closed out). Roll call: yes.
- Road vacation public hearings: Acknowledged receipt of Union Townshipadopted resolution requesting vacation of portions of Wuhbald Lane and Laramal Lane and set a public hearing for April 2, 2025 at 11:00 a.m.; and acknowledged a county-engineer request to vacate part of Glen Esty Withamsville Road (CR C55) and set a public hearing for April 2, 2025 at 11:15 a.m. Roll call: yes on both items.
- Supplemental appropriations: Approved two supplemental appropriations for the common pleas court special projects: $18,000 for temporary pay and $2,500 for fringe benefits. Roll call: yes.
- Minutes actions: The board rescinded and re-approved the regular-session minutes for Feb. 26, 2025 (procedural motion approved by roll call).
- Annexation petition filing and public hearing notice: Acknowledged the filing of a petition to annex 1.3112 acres from Williamsburg Township to the village of Williamsburg, set a public hearing for May 7, 2025 at 11:00 a.m., and authorized notice to the petitionersagent. Roll call: yes.
- Adoption-fee reduction (animal shelter): Added and adopted resolution 020-25 to temporarily lower county-imposed dog adoption fees for dogs adopted March 5March 31, 2025 (see separate coverage). Roll call: yes.
- Executive session: The board entered executive session under Ohio Revised Code sections cited on the record for real-estate negotiations and pending/imminent litigation; the meeting record states there were no decisions or actions taken in executive session.
- Dismissal in opioid litigation: Adopted a motion authorizing dismissal without prejudice of Clermont Countys claims against defendant Miami Lukin Incorporated (case No. 117OP45033) as part of the national prescription-opioid litigation, and authorized any commissioner to execute notices or filings to effectuate the dismissal. Roll call: yes.
Votes listed above were read aloud and recorded by the clerk during the meeting; individual motions were moved and seconded as shown in the meeting record. Where specific mover/second names were not announced on the audio transcript, the minutes show the motion and a second occurred and then a roll-call vote was taken.
