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Fulton County commissioners reaffirm public defender’s 40-hour salary, approve festival lease and county contracts
Summary
At their Feb. 17 meeting, Fulton County commissioners approved minutes, payroll and $115,002.69 in accounts payable; reaffirmed the Public Defender’s 40-hour workweek salary effective Jan. 1, 2026; approved a McConnell Park lease for the Strawberry Festival and several county contracts and purchases.
Fulton County commissioners met Feb. 17, 2026, and approved routine finance items, reaffirmed the Public Defender’s 40-hour workweek salary and approved several county contracts and purchases.
The board voted unanimously to approve the Feb. 10, 2026 commissioners’ minutes, payroll dated Feb. 20, 2026 in the amount of $126,643.71, and accounts payable dated Feb. 17, 2026 totaling $115,002.69. The accounts-payable total included allocations across funds: General Fund $87,536.62; Liquid Fuels $3,847.31; SFC Technology Grant $374.72; SFC Evidence Based Practice $30.30; Law Library $3,327.00; 911 $13,246.68; Hazmat $46.03; and Debt Service $6,594.03.
Commissioners met with Public Defender Phil Harper and Administrative Assistant Cheryl Deshong to review office matters tied to the Indigent Defense Grant. Commissioner Hervey P. Hann moved to reaffirm that the Public Defender’s salary will reflect a 40-hour workweek effective Jan. 1, 2026; the motion passed with all commissioners in favor.
The board convened two executive sessions: a personnel session called at 8:33 a.m. and ended at 8:59 a.m., and a legal session called at 9:22 a.m. that concluded at 10:21 a.m. Both motions to enter and to exit executive session were approved unanimously.
Among other actions, the board approved a McConnell Park lease submitted by the Fulton County Chamber of Commerce and Tourism for the Strawberry Festival scheduled for June 11–13, 2026; approved a contract with CES Engineering, LLC for engineering services at the Warfordsburg Senior Center CDBG project not to exceed $15,000; and retroactively authorized Chief Clerk Stacey M. Shives to sign a CDBG Exempt Status Determination and Mitigation Measures and Conditions form.
Commissioners also approved a purchase of office furniture for the Domestic Relations Department at Tina Gress’s request, to be funded from the Title IV-D Incentive Account in the amount of $6,467.15, and approved an invoice from Wessel & Company for CFO services for January 2026 in the amount of $4,340.00. The board voted to table a contract with Pressley Ridge for Services for Children pending additional information.
The meeting was adjourned at 11:22 a.m.
