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Fulton County commissioners approve payroll, festival lease, contracts and reaffirm public defender hours
Summary
At their Feb. 17 meeting, the Fulton County Board of Commissioners approved minutes, payroll and $115,002.69 in accounts payable, reaffirmed the public defender’s 40-hour salary status, approved a park lease for the June Strawberry Festival and authorized several contracts and purchases.
Fulton County Commissioner Randy H. Bunch called a Feb. 17, 2026 meeting to order and the board moved through routine and administrative business, approving minutes, payroll and multiple contracts and expenditures.
The board unanimously approved the Feb. 10, 2026 meeting minutes and payroll dated Feb. 20, 2026 totaling $126,643.71. Commissioner Hervey P. Hann moved to approve accounts payable dated Feb. 17, 2026 totaling $115,002.69; the motion passed. The accounts-payable summary included $87,536.62 in the General Fund and specified smaller totals for Liquid Fuels, SFC technology and evidence programs, Law Library, 911, Hazmat and Debt Service.
During a presentation with Public Defender Phil Harper and Administrative Assistant Cheryl Deshong about office matters and the Indigent Defense Grant, Commissioner Hann moved to reaffirm that the Public Defender’s salary will reflect a 40-hour workweek effective Jan. 1, 2026; the board approved the motion.
The commissioners approved a lease for McConnell Park submitted by the Fulton County Chamber of Commerce and Tourism for the Strawberry Festival scheduled for June 11–13, 2026. The board also 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.
In other administrative business, the board approved a W.B. Mason furniture purchase request from Domestic Relations Director Tina Gress, funded by 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 commissioners voted to table a contract with Pressley Ridge for services for children pending additional information.
The meeting included two executive sessions: at 8:33 a.m. for personnel matters (adjourned 8:59 a.m.) and at 9:22 a.m. for legal matters (adjourned 10:21 a.m.). Commissioner Randy H. Bunch moved to adjourn the public meeting at 11:22 a.m.
Votes at a glance: all listed motions in the minutes were recorded as passed with the notation "All in favor"; individual roll-call tallies were not recorded in the transcript.
