Hocking County commissioners approve sheriff——s law-firm contract and amend separate vendor approval

Hocking County commissioners resumed their meeting from recess at 10:07 a.m. and, by voice vote, agreed to return to general business before taking action on contracting items.

The commissioners voted to allow the sheriff——s office to contract with the law firm Downey, Albrecht, and Ripponoff for contract negotiations, after a motion was made and seconded and a voice vote of "Aye" was taken.

During the same sequence of business, a commissioner moved to amend a previously made motion to select "Palmer, Dyna g, Constellation" and to approve that contract only "as recommended to be modified by [the] prosecutor attorney's office." The amendment was seconded and adopted on a voice vote. The amended motion made approval contingent on the prosecutor——s office accepting the recommended modifications.

After those items, commissioners briefly returned to the public comment period by motion and voice vote. A final motion to adjourn was made, seconded, and approved on a voice vote; the presiding member declared the meeting adjourned.

The meeting transcript records the motions and unanimous voice votes but does not list individual mover/second names, numeric vote tallies, dates beyond the time stamps, or further details about the scope, dollar amounts, or contract terms. Those details were not specified in the meeting record.