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Woods County commissioners approve personnel change, surplus disposals, auction awards and courthouse event permit
Summary
At its March 31 meeting, the Woods County Board of Commissioners voted to replace a receiving officer, junk a sheriff's office DVR, accept multiple high bids on county surplus and allow an April courthouse-yard event; several routine agenda items drew no action.
Woods County Board of Commissioners met March 31 and approved a set of routine administrative actions including a personnel change for county receiving, the declaration of a sheriff's office DVR as surplus and disposal, acceptance of multiple high bids for county equipment and vehicles, and the use of the East Courthouse yard for an April event.
The meeting opened with a motion to remove Shannon Morris from the county receiving officer post and to appoint Joe Thompson in her place. Member 1, a county official, made the motion and Member 2 seconded; the board recorded “Aye” and the motion was approved.
The board also declared a DVR recorder (ID B615-013) assigned to the sheriff's office as surplus and authorized junking of the unit. Member 1 moved the declaration; Member 2 seconded and the motion passed. The sheriff's office had earlier discussed an annual purchase for a Power Plus investigating system in the amount of $2,304, which was described as a recurring yearly item.
Commissioners reviewed and moved to accept high bids on a group of surplus trucks, implements and shop equipment offered at auction. Recorded bids included $2,000.51 for a pickup truck by Lindsay Powers, a $50 bid for a 3-point blade by Joe Homerstein, a $20 bid on a semi trailer and smaller bids across compressors, generators and a snowplow. Member 1 moved to accept the high bids and Member 2 seconded; the motion to accept the bids was made on the record. The transcript records the motion and second but does not provide a full roll-call tally; the commissioners proceeded to finalize award steps and asked staff to verify bid details before completing transfers.
The board granted permission to use the East Courthouse yard and parking lot for a "bomb breakaway" scheduled April 24, 2025. Member 1 moved to allow use of the site; Member 2 seconded and commissioners voted in favor.
On a separate facilities item, commissioners discussed a new pad and related utility connections for a courthouse parking area. Member 1 said the contractor has conferred with utility companies and utilities will be run to the pad once the county signs off on its elevation and compaction. Work on the parking lot was delayed by weather; staff said final grading and compaction are scheduled for next week, weather permitting.
Two agenda items related to senior services — described in the transcript as “discussion of possible action regarding the line of the senior citizen center” and a similar item for “the other senior citizens” — drew no action.
No statutes or ordinance citations were referenced in the recorded discussion. Commissioners asked staff to confirm bidder contact information and to double-check numerical bid totals before completing sale paperwork. Several items discussed at the meeting (surplus item IDs, bid amounts, the DVR recorder ID and the April 24 event date) will require routine follow-up by county staff to complete transfer, disposal or permit details.
Ending: County staff will confirm bid tallies and begin processing the personnel change, disposal paperwork and the courthouse-yard use permit; no additional formal actions were recorded on senior center agenda items.
