Fulton County commissioners adopt bylaws, reappoint officials and approve $229,387.17 in payables at reorganizational meeting

The Fulton County Board of Commissioners met for its annual reorganizational meeting on Jan. 6, 2026, in the commissioners' office, where Commissioner Randy H. Bunch called the session to order and Chief Clerk Stacey M. Shives recorded business. The board adopted its 2026 rules of procedure and made a slate of reappointments and committee assignments while approving routine payments.

Commissioner Randy H. Bunch moved to adopt the Board of Commissioners By-Laws for 2026 under the County Code and the Act of Aug. 9, 1955 (16 Purdon, Sections 503 and 509, as amended); the motion carried with all commissioners voting in favor. The transcript notes that Interim County Treasurer Amy Bishop and Fiscal Administrator Sue Reed met with the commissioners to provide an update to the Treasurer's Office, but the minutes did not record details of that update.

The board approved the minutes from the Dec. 30, 2025 commissioners meeting and the Dec. 30, 2025 Salary Board meeting on motions by Commissioner Steven L. Wible. Commissioners also approved accounts payable dated Jan. 6, 2026, totaling $229,387.17 and payroll totaling $122,828.46. The accounts-payable total was recorded with a fund-by-fund breakdown by the clerk (Fund 100: $53,157.03; Fund 201: $13.41; Fund 211: $12,558.01; Fund 231: $12,650.30; Fund 235: $2,637.72; Fund 238: $11,326.59; Fund 262: $7,000.00; Fund 300: $75,662.44; Fund 400: $28,783.34; Fund 804: $25,598.33).

On personnel and appointments, the commissioners approved Bedford Fulton Joint Recreation Authority reappointments for Eric Weisbrod (term to Jan. 1, 2029), Paul Johnston (term to Jan. 6, 2030) and Greg Henry (term to Jan. 5, 2031). The board reappointed county officers and contractors for 2026, including Solicitor Jim Stein (DSS Law), Chief Clerk Stacey M. Shives, Tax Claim Bureau Director and Interim Treasurer Amy Bishop, Chief Assessor Melissa Gordon, Director of Veterans' Affairs Richard Newman and county engineers Keller Engineers and CES Engineering. Commissioner Wible moved to reappoint Amy Bishop as Interim County Treasurer for 2026; that motion passed unanimously.

The commissioners designated the 2026 committee and board assignments, naming commissioners and alternates to regional bodies and advisory boards including the Permanent Salary Board, County Treasurer Retirement Board, Assessment Appeals Board, the Southern Alleghenies Planning & Development Commission committees, the Franklin/Fulton Drug & Alcohol Advisory Board and several other panels; specific assignments and alternates were recorded in the minutes.

Other routine business included approval of an RBA invoice for $7,957.31 and the appointment of Michael Beatty as chairman of the Farmland Agricultural Land Preservation Board for 2026. The commissioners then held separate Annual Reorganizational Meetings for the Salary and Retirement Boards at 9:00 a.m. (separate minutes filed) and adjourned the main meeting at 10:37 a.m.

Motions recorded in the minutes were moved by named commissioners and were recorded as approved by unanimous consent; the transcript does not record seconds for those motions. Where the transcript lists attendance or that a department provided an update but omits detail, the article notes that content was not specified in the recorded minutes.