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Fulton County commissioners approve payroll, contracts and reaffirm public defender's 40-hour workweek
Summary
At a Feb. 17 meeting, the Fulton County Board of Commissioners approved payroll and accounts-payable disbursements, reaffirmed that the public defender's salary reflects a 40-hour workweek effective Jan. 1, 2026, authorized a CDBG engineering contract and park lease for the June Strawberry Festival, and tabled a child-services contract.
The Fulton County Board of Commissioners on Feb. 17 approved routine payroll and vendor payments, affirmed staffing hours for the Public Defender's office and authorized several contracts and purchases.
Commissioner Hervey P. Hann moved to approve payroll dated Feb. 20, 2026, in the amount of $126,643.71 and accounts payable dated Feb. 17, 2026, totaling $115,002.69; both motions carried "all in favor." The minutes record a fund-level breakdown for the accounts-payable total, including General Fund $87,536.62; Liquid Fuels $3,847.31; 911 $13,246.68; Debt Service $6,594.03; and several smaller grant and special funds.
The board met with Public Defender Phil Harper and Administrative Assistant Cheryl Deshong to review office matters tied to the Indigent Defense Grant. Commissioner Hann moved to reaffirm that the Public Defender's salary will reflect a 40-hour workweek effective Jan. 1, 2026; the motion carried unanimously.
In other actions, the commissioners approved a McConnell Park lease submitted by the Fulton County Chamber of Commerce and Tourism for the Strawberry Festival scheduled June 11-13, 2026, and authorized a contract with CES Engineering, LLC for engineering services at the Warfordsburg Senior Center CDBG Project not to exceed $15,000. The board also retroactively approved Chief Clerk Stacey M. Shives to sign a CDBG Exempt Status Determination and Mitigation Measures and Conditions form.
Commissioner Randy H. Bunch moved to approve a request from Domestic Relations Director Tina Gress to purchase new office furniture from W.B. Mason in the amount of $6,467.15, to be funded by the Title IV-D Incentive Account; the motion passed. The board approved a Wessel & Company invoice for CFO services in January 2026 for $4,340.00. A proposed contract with Pressley Ridge for services for children was tabled "until more information is gathered."
The record shows the board entered executive session for personnel matters at 8:33 a.m. and exited at 8:59 a.m., and later entered executive session for legal matters at 9:22 a.m. and exited at 10:21 a.m. The meeting was adjourned at 11:22 a.m.
Meeting minutes list Commissioners Randy H. Bunch (chair), Steven L. Wible (vice-chair) and Hervey P. Hann as present, along with Chief Clerk Stacey M. Shives. The minutes do not record individual roll-call votes beyond the repeated annotation "All in favor."
