Ross County officials approve $1.5 million in weekly bills, transfer liquor license and adopt resolution on Pleasant Valley Road

Ross County officials met Jan. 27 and approved more than $1.5 million in weekly bills, transferred a retail liquor license and took a series of routine administrative actions, including adopting a resolution to inquire about state-owned land on Pleasant Valley Road.

The meeting opened with acknowledgments from Speaker 1 thanking city, county, township and ODOT crews and private contractors for clearing roads after recent weather. The board then approved a motion to accept the previous meeting’s minutes and moved through the consent items by voice vote.

Speaker 1 presented the week’s bills at $1,513,660.38, including $959,865 for planning and $47,205 for engineering; a $187,337.30 entry was recorded for a Veil Cell alteration project. Speaker 2 noted completion of interior walls at the county jail during the discussion of capital items. The bills were approved after a motion and a voice vote.

On appropriation items, the board approved a transfer of $7,887.59 from marriage license revenues to Community Action to support domestic violence services. Speaker 2 explained that Community Action has assumed responsibility for domestic violence services for nearby Fayette County and that funding for those services will come from Community Action…