The Portage County Board of Commissioners approved a series of routine motions on Dec. 2, directing the county to process bills and payments, accepting service and contract proposals, authorizing fund transfers and making two board appointments.

The board voted to enter an extension for Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) assessment services with Portage County Job and Family Services and the FAIR Foundation and accepted a proposal from Julian and Group to provide professional auditing services to the Portage County Engineer's Office. The board also accepted a proposal described in the record related to the county juvenile detention center.

By roll call, the board directed the Auditor’s Office to process bills, ACH payments, wires and vouchers contingent upon verification by the county auditor and review by the Department of Budget and Financial Management, citing Ohio Revised Code Section 305.3(k) and board resolutions 21-0396 and 21-0878. The board also moved to process November 2025 budget amendments as reviewed and recommended by the Department of Budget and Financial Management.

Several interfund transfers were approved to shift resources into public assistance accounts, including transfers from child-support administration, the general fund and a child welfare special levy fund into the public assistance fund.

On appointments, the board approved the reappointments of Audrey Kessler and Jeffrey Benner to the Portage County Board of Building Appeals and the appointment of Sarah Morton to the Ohio Children’s Trust Fund Regional Prevention Council.

All motions in this package were introduced on the consent/regular agenda and recorded with affirmative roll calls as shown in the meeting record. The board recessed later for a photo opportunity and to read a proclamation recognizing Home Instead’s "Be a Santa to a Senior" program.