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Meigs County officials say mayor and sheriff will lead effort to regain health department certification; no dollar amount set
Summary
Commissioners discussed restarting a plan to regain local health department certification, with the mayor and sheriff to meet and present details to the commission next month; no funding total was provided and commissioners denied suggestions of impropriety.
Speaker 2 asked the commission for an update on the county's plan of action to regain health department certification, saying the mayor and a person identified as "Jackie" plan to meet and begin work next month. "I believe we're gonna start in next month meeting out there and getting everything our ducks in a row as far as good," Speaker 2 said.
The speaker said the mayor and sheriff would coordinate and "bring it to" the commission when they have a proposal. "We ain't set a dollar amount yet," Speaker 2 added, and denied any suggestion of wrongdoing during the planning process: "But there's no corruption or whatever you're saying. I don't think the commissioner here getting anything from this." Speaker 2 said the goal is to "save and try to study and do the best we can do with the Meigs County taxpayer." (Quote as spoken and corrected for local jurisdiction name.)
The exchange also included discussion of a site relocation and upgrades: Speaker 2 described the approach as a relocation/upgrade rather than construction of a new jail, saying, "We're moving it out there, and we're gonna upgrade while we can." No specific funding proposals were presented during the discussion recorded in the transcript.
Why this matters: Local health department certification affects which services the county can provide and its ability to receive and administer certain public-health funds and grants. The commission directed that the mayor and sheriff meet and return a proposal to the commission for consideration; the transcript indicates that presentation to the commission is the next procedural step.
No formal motion or final vote on a funding allocation for this plan was recorded in the provided segments. The issue was framed as a plan-in-progress to be brought to the commission for future action.
