Delaware County commissioners approve routine resolutions, schedule 2026 budget hearings

The Delaware County Board of Commissioners on Nov. 3 approved a series of routine resolutions including approval of the Oct. 30 electronic record of proceedings, authorization of purchase orders and warrants, and scheduling special sessions for the 2026 budget hearings.

Commissioners voted to accept the Delaware County Sheriff's transport report for October 2025 and reelect Sheriff Balzer while appointing Laura Hatcher to the Delaware County Volunteer Peace Officers Dependents Fund Board. The board also approved a facility-use permit for the Emergency Management Association of Ohio to use two meeting rooms for a spring conference, at a flat fee of $25.

The board authorized a second amendment to the 2023 Local Agricultural Easement Purchase Program cooperative agreement with the Ohio Department of Agriculture to extend the agreement into the state's current biennium to facilitate closing remaining easement work from the 2023 funding round. Commissioners also approved a resolution of necessity to purchase a Ford F-250 for county drainage…