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Fulton County commissioners approve payroll, contracts and reaffirm public defender’s 40-hour workweek
Summary
At a Feb. 17 meeting the Fulton County Board of Commissioners approved payroll and accounts payable totaling $241,646.40, reaffirmed the public defender’s 40-hour workweek effective Jan. 1, 2026, approved several contracts and purchases (including a park lease for the Strawberry Festival) and tabled a services contract with Pressley Ridge.
The Fulton County Board of Commissioners approved routine payroll and vendor payments, authorized several contracts and purchases and reaffirmed the public defender’s 40-hour workweek at its meeting on Feb. 17.
Commissioner Steven L. Wible moved to approve the Feb. 10, 2026 commissioners’ minutes, and the motion carried with the board recording “All in favor.” Commissioner Hervey P. Hann moved to approve payroll dated Feb. 20, 2026, in the amount of $126,643.71; that motion likewise passed with “All in favor.” The board also approved accounts payable dated Feb. 17, 2026, totaling $115,002.69; the minutes list fund-level detail (General Fund $87,536.62; Liquid Fuels $3,847.31; SFC Technology Grant $374.72; Evidence Based Practice $30.30; Law Library $3,327.00; 911 $13,246.68; Hazmat $46.03; Debt Service $6,594.03).
The commissioners met with Public Defender Phil Harper and Administrative Assistant Cheryl Deshong to review 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 was recorded as passing “All in favor.” The minutes do not specify any change in salary amount, only that the salary will reflect a 40-hour workweek starting Jan. 1, 2026.
The board approved a series of administrative items. Commissioner Hann moved to approve a McConnell Park lease submitted by the Fulton County Chamber of Commerce and Tourism for the Strawberry Festival scheduled June 11–13, 2026; the motion passed “All in favor.” The county also approved a contract with CES Engineering, LLC for engineering services at the Warfordsburg Senior Center CDBG project, not to exceed $15,000.00, and retroactively authorized Chief Clerk Stacey M. Shives to sign a CDBG Exempt Status Determination and Mitigation Measures and Conditions form.
The board approved a request from Domestic Relations Director Tina Gress to purchase new office furniture from W.B. Mason for $6,467.15 to be funded by the Title IV-D Incentive Account and approved an invoice from Wessel & Company for CFO services in January 2026 in the amount of $4,340.00. Commissioner Steven L. Wible moved to table a contract with Pressley Ridge for services for children until more information is gathered; that motion to table passed “All in favor.”
Two executive sessions were recorded: one at 8:33 a.m. for personnel matters (exited at 8:59 a.m.) and one at 9:22 a.m. for legal matters (exited at 10:21 a.m.). The minutes list the session times but do not disclose topics or outcomes discussed in executive session. The meeting adjourned at 11:22 a.m.
The minutes record motions and that items passed with the board stating “All in favor,” but the clerk’s minutes do not provide individual roll-call vote tallies or identify seconds for the motions. Where the minutes do not specify numeric vote counts or the name of a seconder, this article notes that the record lists only “All in favor.”
