The Hamilton County Board of Commissioners voted Jan. 8 to approve a set of appointment resolutions, a transfer and supplemental totaling $80,000, and a multi-item consent agenda covering administrative awards, vehicle purchases, credit-card authorizations and routine reports.

President Stephanie Summerall Dumas moved to approve three resolutions appointing or reappointing members to county advisory councils and commissions. The resolutions named appointees and reappointees to the Elderly Service Program Advisory Council (Randy Berlue, Janice Hunter, April Harper), the Hamilton County Hospital Commission (Deidre Malouin, Kathy Crane, Hugh Hines Jr.) and the Southwestern Ohio Regional Transit Authority (listed as Kazava Smith and Sonya Taylor). A second was recorded and roll-call votes were recorded as affirmative for the commissioners present.

Administrator Jeff Ludo presented a transfer and supplemental to cover expenses in the EMA office, the sheriff’s office and a supplemental in the engineer’s office to evaluate railroad work at the East Sharon Road bridge project in Sharonville. The total amount of the transfers and supplementals was described as $80,000 and the administrator recommended approval.

The consent agenda (items 1–16) approved by the board included: an agreement between the clerk and the United Way to support eviction-prevention efforts in Cincinnati ($67,500), purchase orders and authorizations for credit cards across multiple departments (amounts range from about $14,000 to $120,000 annually for specific cards), purchase of two Dodge Durangos for the sheriff’s office, acceptance of county purchase orders totaling approximately $1,097,000, and the receipt for record of the 2025 DTEK funds report through the treasurer’s office.

A commissioner asked for additional detail about how credit-card limits are determined and whether the amounts represent increases; Administrator Ludo agreed to provide a report within a week. The board recorded votes to adopt the consent agenda and later made a motion to adjourn.

Formal actions recorded at the meeting will be available in the county's official minutes and associated staff reports.