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Fulton County commissioners adopt 2026 bylaws, confirm reappointments and committee assignments
Summary
At their Jan. 6, 2026 reorganizational meeting, Fulton County commissioners adopted the board's 2026 bylaws and approved a slate of reappointments and committee assignments, including the reappointment of Amy Bishop as interim county treasurer and the appointment of Michael Beatty as farmland preservation board chairman.
Commissioner Randy H. Bunch called the Fulton County Board of Commissioners' reorganizational meeting to order on Jan. 6, 2026, and moved to adopt the board's 2026 by-laws. The motion to adopt the bylaws, made pursuant to the County Code and the Act of August 9, 1955 (16 Purdon, Section 503 and 509 as amended), passed with all commissioners voting in favor.
The board confirmed a slate of reappointments and administrative designations for 2026. Commissioner Steven L. Wible moved and the board approved reappointments to the Bedford Fulton Joint Recreation Authority for Eric Weisbrod (term to expire Jan. 1, 2029), Paul Johnston (term to expire Jan. 6, 2030) and Greg Henry (term to expire Jan. 5, 2031) to stagger terms.
Commissioner Hervey P. Hann moved to confirm 2026 administrative appointments including Solicitor Jim Stein (DSS Law), Chief Clerk Stacey M. Shives, Tax Claim Bureau Director Amy Bishop, Chief Assessor Melissa Gordon, Sealer of Weights & Measures (Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture), Director of Veterans' Affairs Richard Newman, and county engineers Keller Engineers and CES Engineering. The motion passed unanimously.
Commissioner Wible moved to reappoint Amy Bishop as Interim County Treasurer for 2026; that motion also carried with all in favor. The board then designated commissioner assignments to standing committees and regional boards for the year, naming committee members and alternates for bodies including the Permanent Salary Board, County Treasurer Retirement Board, Assessment Appeals Board, Board of Tax Revision and Assessment (Chair: Commissioner Bunch), and various regional planning, aging, development and grant committees. The transcript records these assignments but does not list votes beyond "all in favor."
Commissioner Bunch moved to appoint Michael Beatty as chairman of the Farmland Agricultural Land Preservation Board for 2026; the motion passed unanimously. Separate minutes for the annual reorganizational meetings of the Salary and Retirement Boards were held at 9:00 a.m. and are on file.
The meeting record shows routine, unanimous approvals of the reorganization items; no public comments were recorded at the meeting.
