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Fulton County commissioners adopt bylaws, reappoint officers and approve payments at reorganizational meeting
Summary
At their Jan. 6, 2026 reorganizational meeting, Fulton County commissioners adopted board bylaws, reappointed interim Treasurer Amy Bishop, approved $229,387.17 in accounts payable and $122,828.46 in payroll, and assigned commissioners to 2026 committees and boards.
Commissioner Randy H. Bunch, chairman of the Fulton County Board of Commissioners, called the reorganizational meeting to order on Jan. 6, 2026, and led the board in a prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance. Present were Commissioners Steven L. Wible and Hervey P. Hann and Chief Clerk Stacey M. Shives.
The board approved several routine items by unanimous votes. Commissioner Steven L. Wible moved to approve the Dec. 30, 2025 Commissioners' Meeting minutes and the Dec. 30, 2025 Salary Board minutes; both motions passed "all in favor." Commissioner Hervey P. Hann moved to approve payroll in the amount of $122,828.46; the motion passed unanimously.
Commissioner Hann moved to approve accounts payable dated Jan. 6, 2026, totaling $229,387.17. The clerk recorded the fund-level allocations included in the motion: General Fund $53,157.03; Fund 201 (Liquid Fuels) $13.41; Fund 211 (Independent Living) $12,558.01; Fund 231 (SFC Evidence Based Practice) $12,650.30; Fund 235 (Law Library) $2,637.72; Fund 238 (911) $11,326.59; Fund 262 (Act 13 Marcellus Shale Recreational) $7,000.00; Fund 300 (Capital Projects) $75,662.44; Fund 400 (Debt Service) $28,783.34; and Fund 804 (Krivak Trust Fund) $25,598.33.
On governance and appointments, Commissioner Bunch moved to adopt the board's 2026 bylaws pursuant to applicable County Code provisions and the Act of Aug. 9, 1955 (16 Purdon, Sections 503 and 509 as amended); the motion carried unanimously. The board approved BFJRA (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) to stagger terms.
Commissioner Hann moved to make the listed 2026 reappointments for county offices, which the board approved. Those reappointments included Solicitor Jim Stein & DSS Law, Chief Clerk Stacey M. Shives, Tax Claim Bureau Director Amy Bishop, Chief Assessor Melissa Gordon and other county officers and service providers named in the record. Commissioner Wible moved to reappoint Amy Bishop as Interim County Treasurer for 2026; that motion passed "all in favor."
The commissioners designated committee and board assignments for 2026, placing commissioners and alternates on bodies including the permanent Salary Board; Retirement Board; Assessment Appeals Board; Southern Alleghenies Planning & Development Commission committees; emergency planning and local industrial development authorities; and regional mental health, drug and aging advisory boards. The transcript lists specific commissioner assignments and alternates for those bodies.
The board approved an RBA invoice for $7,957.31, and Commissioner Bunch appointed Michael Beatty as chairman of the Farmland Agricultural Land Preservation Board for 2026; both motions passed unanimously. Commissioners held separate annual reorganizational meetings for the Salary and Retirement Boards at 9:00 a.m., and the public session adjourned at 10:37 a.m.
The meeting record contains routine administrative and financial approvals and formalizes commissioners' committee roles for 2026. No public comments were recorded at the session.
