Morrow County approves sewer rates, vehicle transfer and $7,018.23 sewer-fund appropriation

Morrow County recorded several routine but binding actions in its early-December meeting, including adoption of sewer district rates effective Jan. 1, 2026, authorization of a vehicle transfer to a commissioner, and an appropriation from the sewer fund.

The meeting included a motion to approve the minutes from the Nov. 26, 2025 regular session, which passed on roll call. County officials then introduced and moved to approve sewer district rate changes that the agenda lists as effective Jan. 1, 2026; the motion passed on a roll-call vote with all named members recorded as voting yes. The transcript records the names "Mister Mason," "Mister Abraham," and "Mister Siegfried" being called and recorded as voting in the affirmative.

Separately, the commission journalized the transfer of a 2016 Ford Fusion (black) from the county's common-place inventory to a commissioner's inventory. The vehicle's odometer was recorded as 59,688 miles as of Nov. 26, 2025. A motion to approve the transfer was seconded and carried unanimously by roll call.

The board also approved an appropriation of $7,018.23 from the Peterman Sewer Fund (described in the transcript as an "appropriation of unappropriated Peterman Sewer Fund") to cover identified expenses. That motion was seconded and approved on a unanimous roll call.

Procedural motions to recess and later to return to regular session, followed by an adjournment motion at 01:36, were recorded and carried. The meeting opened and closed with an invocation and the Pledge of Allegiance.

What happens next: the adopted sewer rates are recorded in the meeting as effective Jan. 1, 2026. The transcript does not provide further detail about specific rate amounts, ordinance numbers, or any conditions attached to the approvals; those details were not specified in the record available here.