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Fulton County commissioners adopt 2026 bylaws, reappoint officials and approve $229,387 in payments
Summary
At the Jan. 6, 2026 reorganizational meeting, the Fulton County Board of Commissioners adopted its 2026 bylaws, reappointed multiple officials including Interim Treasurer Amy Bishop, approved $229,387.17 in accounts payable and $122,828.46 in payroll, and set committee assignments for the year.
Chairman Randy H. Bunch called the Fulton County Board of Commissioners’ reorganizational meeting to order on Jan. 6, 2026, opening with a prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance. No members of the public spoke during the meeting.
The board approved routine business early in the session. Commissioner Steven L. Wible moved to approve the Dec. 30, 2025 commissioners’ meeting minutes and the Dec. 30 salary board minutes; both motions passed with voice votes recorded as “All in favor.” Commissioner Hervey P. Hann moved to approve accounts payable dated Jan. 6, 2026 totaling $229,387.17; the board recorded a fund-level breakdown that included $53,157.03 from the General Fund and $75,662.44 from Capital Projects. Commissioners also approved payroll totaling $122,828.46.
The board received an update from Interim County Treasurer Amy Bishop and Fiscal Administrator Sue Reed; the transcript records that they met with commissioners but does not specify the substance of that update.
In governance actions, the board adopted the 2026 Board of Commissioners bylaws under the County Code and the Act of Aug. 9, 1955 (16 Purdon, Sections 503 and 509 as amended). The commissioners also approved a slate of reappointments and assignments intended to stagger terms and fill routine county positions. Motions by the board reappointed Eric Weisbrod (term to Jan. 1, 2029), Paul Johnston (term to Jan. 6, 2030) and Greg Henry (term to Jan. 5, 2031) to the Bedford Fulton Joint Recreation Authority. The board reappointed county officials for 2026, including Solicitor Jim Stein (DSS Law), Chief Clerk Stacey M. Shives, Tax Claim Bureau Director Amy Bishop, Chief Assessor Melissa Gordon, Director of Veterans’ Affairs Richard Newman, and county engineers Keller Engineers and CES Engineering; the Sealer of Weights & Measures role remains assigned to the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture. Commissioner Wible moved to reappoint Amy Bishop as Interim County Treasurer for 2026; that motion also passed unanimously.
Commissioner Bunch presented and the board approved committee and board assignments for 2026, allocating seats and alternates across local and regional bodies such as the Southern Alleghenies Planning & Development Commission committees, the Fulton County Industrial Development Authority, Tuscarora Managed Care Alliance bodies, the VOCA Grant Board, and several advisory and joint agency boards. The transcript lists the specific committee assignments and designated alternates approved by the board.
Toward the close of the meeting, the commissioners approved an RBA invoice for $7,957.31 and appointed Michael Beatty as chairman of the Farmland Agricultural Land Preservation Board for 2026. The board held separate reorganizational meetings for the Salary and Retirement Boards at 9:00 a.m.; separate minutes for those meetings are on file. Commissioner Hann moved to adjourn at 10:37 a.m.; the motion passed unanimously.
All recorded motions in the transcript were adopted by voice vote recorded as “All in favor.”
