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Council approves multiple ordinances, appropriations and grants in single meeting
Summary
The Randolph County Council adopted several salary ordinance amendments for EMS and OPO, approved appropriations for blight and local grants, authorized professional services and a fund transfer of $884,617.12, and approved the health department’s school-liaison grant budget.
The Randolph County Council approved a package of ordinances, appropriations and grants during its meeting.
Ordinances and salary amendments - The council adopted ordinance 2026-2001 to permit Recorder expenditures from the Recorder’s Perpetuation fund after a motion, suspension of rules and same-day readings. - The council adopted salary ordinance amendments for EMS (ordinance 2025-19 and ordinance 2026-02) and for Operation Pullover (ordinance 2026-03). In each case the council suspended rules to permit second and third readings by title and adopted the ordinances by voice vote.
Appropriations and grants - Approved appropriations included $35,000 for economic development and $5,000 for GBA resources; Parker City volunteer fire received $10,000 for a generator. - Blight-appropriation lines were set aside for several municipalities: Union City ($30,000), Winchester ($20,000 appropriated on this list, with Winchester noted to have used some earlier funds), Lynn ($10,000), Losantville ($10,000), Farmland ($10,000), Parker City ($10,000), Bridgeville ($10,000) and Albany ($10,000). These funds were appropriated into lines that will be paid out as claims are submitted.
Other approvals - Council approved $40,000 for professional services (to cover outside accounting and related services) and a computer-maintenance payment for the sheriff’s department. - The council approved a transfer of $884,617.12 from NLT Vision Trail to Edwards 2. - The council approved health department grant budget items, including a school liaison salary line item of $42,720 and related benefits and taxes.
Most approvals were recorded as motions followed by voice votes; the transcript records "All in favor? Aye," but does not include a roll-call tally in the record.
