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Fulton County commissioners adopt 2026 by-laws, confirm reappointments and approve $229,387 in payments
Summary
At a Jan. 6 reorganizational meeting, the Fulton County Board of Commissioners adopted its 2026 bylaws, confirmed multiple reappointments and committee assignments, and approved $229,387.17 in accounts payable and $122,828.46 in payroll. All motions were unanimous.
Fulton County commissioners adopted the board’s 2026 by-laws and confirmed a slate of reappointments and committee assignments during their Jan. 6 reorganizational meeting at the commissioners’ office.
Commissioner Randy H. Bunch, chairman, moved to adopt the 2026 Board of Commissioners by-laws pursuant to the County Code and the Act of Aug. 9, 1955 (16 Purdon, Sections 503 and 509, as amended); the motion passed unanimously. The adoption formalizes procedures for regulation of board business for the coming year.
The board approved multiple personnel and board appointments for 2026. Commissioner Steven L. Wible moved to reappoint 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 the Bedford Fulton Joint Recreation Authority to stagger terms; that motion carried unanimously.
Commissioner Hervey P. Hann moved to reappoint several county officers for 2026, listing 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 motion was approved. Separately, the board reappointed Amy Bishop as Interim County Treasurer for 2026 on a motion by Wible.
Commissioner Bunch moved to designate commissioners’ committee and board assignments for 2026. The record lists placements including the Permanent Salary Board, Retirement Board, assessment appeals and tax revision panels, multiple SAPDC committees, emergency management and regional development authorities, and representation on managed care and grant committees; the assignments were adopted unanimously.
On financial matters, the board approved accounts payable dated Jan. 6, 2026 totaling $229,387.17 on a motion by Hann. The record shows $53,157.03 charged to the General Fund and $75,662.44 to Capital Projects, among other fund entries. The commission also approved payroll in the amount of $122,828.46. Later in the meeting, the board approved an RBA invoice for $7,957.31.
The meeting also appointed Michael Beatty as chairman of the Farmland Agricultural Land Preservation Board for 2026, and the commissioners held separate Annual Reorganizational Meetings for the Salary and Retirement Boards at 9:00 a.m.; separate minutes are on file. The meeting adjourned at 10:37 a.m. on a motion by Hann.
The meeting record lists Commissioners Randy H. Bunch (chairman), Steven L. Wible (vice-chairman) and Hervey P. Hann as present with Chief Clerk Stacey M. Shives; interim Treasurer Amy Bishop and Fiscal Administrator Sue Reed are recorded as having met with the board to provide Treasurer’s Office updates (details not specified in the public record).
