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Votes at a glance: Hocking County commissioners approve minutes, transfers, appointments and project closeouts
Summary
At the June 5 meeting commissioners approved several routine items including meeting minutes, bill approvals, appropriation transfers, appointment to the regional ADAMHS board, signatures for CDBG application documents, and a final change order for the Rockbridge sanitary sewer project.
The Hocking County Board of Commissioners on June 5 approved a series of routine motions and formal actions summarized below. Most items were handled with brief discussion or unanimous voice votes.
Key votes and outcomes
- Meeting minutes: Commissioners approved minutes from May 13, May 15, May 22, May 27 (emergency meeting) and May 29 (roll-call recorded for some minutes as noted in the transcript). Several approvals included voice votes; one roll call produced recorded responses in the transcript (examples recorded as spoken).
- Bills and agenda: Commissioners approved the bills and adopted the meeting agenda by voice vote.
- CDBG application documents: Motion to approve and sign three standard CDBG application documents (environmental review certificate, residential anti-displacement and relocation assistance plan, authorizing resolution); motion carried (see separate article on CDBG public hearing).
- Appropriation transfers and revenue/appropriation actions: Multiple transfers and additions were approved, including a $652.76 transfer from a recorder workers' comp account to a supplies account; a $2,500 transfer from OPERS to Medicare for commissioners' department; treasurer and auditor additional revenue/appropriation entries related to sheriff’s-sale receipts (amounts include $5,724.94 and $5,080.19 as read in the meeting); and other adjustments recorded in the minutes.
- Rescind appropriation: Commissioners voted to rescind an initial appropriation related to the sheriff’s web check account after staff explained accounting errors and lack of remaining funds.
- Proxy letter for sheriff’s office: Commissioners authorized an annual proxy allowing the sheriff’s office to designate a signing official for Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles vehicle matters.
- Appointment: Tom Williamson approved to fill a vacancy on the Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services (ADAMHS) Board (term begins July 1, 2023; transcript indicates he fills a vacancy created by a resignation). The motion to appoint carried.
- Rockbridge sanitary sewer project closeout: Commissioners accepted closeout paperwork and a final change order that reduced the overall contract except for retainage; the board approved moving forward pending final booking inspection and retainage holdback.
- Special events/parking: Commissioners approved use of five parking spaces for handicapped parking during the Washboard Festival.
Procedural notes: Several items were approved by voice vote; where the transcript recorded roll-call responses, names were spoken in the meeting and are recorded in the official minutes. The meeting also included multiple community announcements and event notices that did not require formal action.
