The Franklin County Board of Commissioners on Oct. 28 approved a broad package of resolutions covering procurement, public-safety services, human-services contracts and financial actions.

Highlights

- Resolution 78425: The board approved a third contract extension with Summit Food Service LLC to operate food services at the Franklin County Juvenile Intervention Center in the amount of $660,000. Jeff Roos, finance director for Domestic Relations and Juvenile Court, presented the item; the motion was adopted without recorded opposition.

- Resolution 78525: The board awarded a contract and approved a performance bond for Strawser Paving Company Inc. for the Frank Road at Brown Road and Hardy Parkway roundabout project for $8,924,851.03, a competitive bid selection presented by the county engineer's representative.

- Resolution 78625: The county approved a contract with Resource International Inc. for $651,263 to provide engineering design services for the Winchester Pike shared-use path (Shannon Road to Gender Road) in Madison Township; funding was described as coming from COTA link US funds tied to the 2024 ballot initiative.

- Resolution 78725: The board made a preliminary allocation and final encumbrance of $138,066.85 in county motor vehicle license fee funds for the city of Gahanna to support part of its Morse Road project.

- Resolution 78825: The board authorized an application to the U.S. Department of Justice for grant funding to support post-conviction DNA testing for the prosecutors conviction integrity unit and authorized the county administrator to accept an award if made.

- Resolutions 78925 and 79025: The board approved a supplemental contract (through DLT Solutions) for CrowdStrike endpoint protection ($764,231.86) and an extension with Navient Inc. for OnBase configuration support ($70,000) to support county IT and agency operations.

- Resolutions 79325, 79425 and 79525: Job & Family Services received approval for a short-term maintenance contract with Vertical Communications ($36,727.98), an implementation and maintenance contract with CBTS Technology Solutions LLC for a new cloud phone system ($242,792), and a $500,000 supplemental contract with the Whitestone Group Inc. for unarmed exterior security at JFS opportunity centers.

- Resolution 79625: The board authorized a memorandum of understanding with Primary 1 Health to provide on-site case management for patients that includes assistance with Medicaid and public-assistance applications; JFS staff noted the partner currently serves roughly 20,000 county residents.

- Resolution 79925: The board authorized a cash defeasance plan for the countys Series 2015 general obligation limited-tax refunding bonds in a principal amount not to exceed $56,120,000; OMB staff and outside advisors said the defeasance is expected to generate interest-cost savings and to be consistent with county debt policy.

- Additional routine items approved included tax-incentive review council recommendations (11 projects found in compliance and recommended for continuance), a consultant contract for security and risk program development, approval of 97 purchase orders ($3,278,692.36), and the reappointment of a parks board trustee (Resolution 80225).

All resolutions on the agenda were adopted by recorded voice vote in favor by the commissioners present.