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Erie County commissioners approve budget moves, shrink ADAMHS board and appoint airport representative after failed first vote
Summary
At the March 12 meeting Erie County Commissioners adopted budget modifications and administrative resolutions, voted to reduce the ADAMHS board from 14 to 9 members, and after a failed nomination reappointed Doug Galloway as the county’s joint appointee to the Erie-Ottawa International Airport Board.
Erie County Commissioners met in regular session March 12 and approved a package of budget modifications, personnel actions and administrative resolutions, including a measure to reduce the Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services (ADAMHS) Board from 14 members to nine.
The board, convened by President Shenigo at 9:30 a.m., voted unanimously to authorize the County Auditor to make supplemental appropriations and interfund transfers affecting Human Resources, Facilities, the Prosecuting Attorney’s office, the Board of Elections, Juvenile Detention and other departments. Commissioners Shoffner and Old sponsored multiple motions that passed by roll call with all aye votes.
Why it matters: the budget adjustments and appropriations affect several county operations and contract payments authorized by the board, and the ADAMHS change alters the governance structure for a regional behavioral health board the county participates in.
Among the administrative actions the board adopted were a leasing agreement with De Lage Landen Financial Services (for a Sharp copier for the Prosecutor’s Office), execution of “Then and Now” certifications under O.R.C. 5705.41(d), and…
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