The Franklin County Board of Commissioners on Nov. 25 approved a wide set of resolutions covering public‑safety contracts, social‑services grants, infrastructure work and administrative delegations.

The package of adopted measures included contract extensions, subawards, purchase orders and administrative policies the board said were needed to support end‑of‑year obligations and ongoing programs. Notable approvals included:

• Resolution 86325 — a second extension with Whitestone Group Inc. to provide armed guard services for the Court of Common Pleas, Division of Domestic Relations reception center, adding an additional armed officer for weekend shifts and totaling $239,870.88 (adopted).

• Resolution 86425 — five professional services contracts for the Juvenile Intervention Center totaling $12,020 to support trauma‑informed and workforce readiness programming (adopted).

• Resolution 86525 — acceptance of a $200,000 subgrant from Franklin County Public Health’s CDC Overdose to Data/OD2A grant and an associated data‑use agreement to expand overdose data analysis and staffing capacity in the coroner’s office (adopted). As Patrick McLean of the coroner’s office said, “This helps to pay for our overdose, special investigator as well as our statistician.”

• Resolutions 86625–86725 — approvals of ditch maintenance petitions for the Galloway East subdivision (Prairie Township) and Pegasus Estate (Jackson Township) to establish funding sources for ongoing drainage maintenance (adopted).

• Resolution 86825 — a modification increasing the county resurfacing contract with Kokosing Construction by $278,710 to cover emergency pavement repairs tied to heavy equipment traffic from a nearby solar project; staff said the developer will reimburse the county under a road‑use maintenance agreement (adopted).

• Resolutions 86925–87025 — final plat approvals for Galloway East Phase 1 and Pegasus Estate subdivisions, enabling the developer to move forward with home sales (adopted).

• Resolution 87125 — a 12‑month extension of AT&T Centrix communications services for fire alarms, elevator panels and other county alarm lines for $239,830 (adopted).

• Resolution 87225 — authorization for the county administrator to adopt substantial amendments to HOME‑ARP and CDBG annual action plans (2019–2025) to reallocate previously planned activities to actual expenditures; staff estimated roughly $800,000 of HOME‑ARP reallocation may be available (adopted).

• Multiple workforce and youth program awards (Resolutions 87425–87825 and 87625–87725) including mentoring subawards (Big Brothers Big Sisters/City Year), SNAP E&T workforce training, and a nearly $2.0 million set of out‑of‑school youth awards to serve hundreds of young people (all adopted).

• Resolution 88225 — approval of 99 purchase orders totaling $11,369,904.74 (adopted). Resolution 88325 (five purchase orders totaling $310,075.30) was adopted with a recorded abstention noted in the record.

• Resolutions 88425–89325 — a series of administrative and operational actions including year‑end appropriation adjustments, wireless 911 fund disbursements, a contract for master address/street guide services to prepare for next‑generation 911, IT support and grants management software implementation, and an emergency authority resolution allowing the county administrator limited authority to approve community grants/contracts up to $1,000,000 (all adopted).

Board votes on routine items were conducted by roll call; the clerk recorded affirmative votes for the commissioners on each listed resolution and recorded an abstention for a purchasing item as noted in the minutes.

The meeting concluded with public‑notice announcements about two upcoming annexation petitions (ANX4325 and ANX4425) to be considered Dec. 9, 2025 and with a motion to convene into executive session to discuss personnel, litigation and security matters.