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Fulton County commissioners adopt 2026 bylaws, reappoint officials and set committee assignments
Summary
At a Jan. 6 reorganizational meeting, Fulton County commissioners adopted their 2026 bylaws, reappointed several county officials (including Amy Bishop as interim treasurer), approved $229,387.17 in payables and $122,828.46 in payroll, and assigned commissioners to regional and county committees for the year.
Fulton County Board of Commissioners members met Jan. 6, 2026, at the commissioners' office for their annual reorganizational meeting. Commissioner Randy H. Bunch called the meeting to order; Commissioners Steven L. Wible and Hervey P. Hann, and Chief Clerk Stacey M. Shives were recorded as present. The board moved through a series of routine governance actions, adopting bylaws, reappointing officials and designating committee assignments for the year.
The board approved several procedural items at the start of the meeting, including minutes from the Dec. 30, 2025 commissioners' meeting and the Dec. 30, 2025 Salary Board minutes (motions by Commissioner Steven L. Wible; approved unanimously). The board approved accounts payable dated Jan. 6, 2026, totaling $229,387.17 (motion by Commissioner Hervey P. Hann). The commissioners recorded the fund-level breakdown provided in the meeting: General Fund $53,157.03; Liquid Fuels $13.41; Independent Living $12,558.01; SFC Evidence Based Practice $12,650.30; Law Library $2,637.72; 911 $11,326.59; Act 13 Marcellus Shale Recreational $7,000.00; Capital Projects $75,662.44; Debt Service $28,783.34; Krivak Trust Fund $25,598.33. The board then approved payroll totaling $122,828.46 (motion by Commissioner Hann; approved unanimously).
During the meeting County Treasurer Interim Amy Bishop and Fiscal Administrator Sue Reed provided updates for the Treasurer's Office. Following that, the board adopted the 2026 Board of Commissioners bylaws pursuant to the County Code and the Act of August 9, 1955 (16 Purdon, Section 503 and 509 as amended) on a motion by Commissioner Bunch; the motion carried unanimously.
Commissioner Wible moved to approve reappointments to the Bedford Fulton Joint Recreation Authority to stagger terms: 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); that motion passed unanimously. Commissioner Hann moved to reappoint a slate of county officials for 2026, including Solicitor Jim Stein (DSS Law), Chief Clerk Stacey M. Shives, Tax Claim Bureau Director Amy Bishop, Chief Assessor Melissa Gordon, Sealer of Weights & Measures (Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture), Director of Veterans' Affairs Richard Newman, and county engineers Keller Engineers and CES Engineering; the motion was approved by all present.
The board also reappointed Amy Bishop as Interim County Treasurer for 2026 on a motion by Commissioner Wible. Commissioners designated membership and alternates for a lengthy list of county and regional committees and boards for 2026, including the Permanent Salary Board, County Treasurer Retirement Board, Assessment Appeals Board, Southern Alleghenies Planning & Development Commission committees, Emergency Management Agency Local Emergency Planning Committee, Fulton County Industrial Development Association and Authority, Franklin/Fulton Mental Health–Intellectual Disabilities board, STOP Grant Committee, VOCA Grant Board, Tuscarora Managed Care Alliance bodies, and others. The full slate of assignments was read into the record and is recorded in the meeting minutes.
On financial housekeeping, the board approved an RBA invoice for $7,957.31 (motion by Commissioner Hann) and appointed Michael Beatty as chairman of the Farmland Agricultural Land Preservation Board for 2026 (motion by Commissioner Bunch); both motions were approved unanimously. The commissioners held separate Annual Reorganizational Meetings for the Salary and Retirement Boards at 9:00 a.m.; separate minutes are on file. Commissioner Hann moved to adjourn at 10:37 a.m.; the motion carried.
The meeting record notes that all listed motions were approved "all in favor." Separate, itemized minutes referenced during the meeting are on file with the county clerk for detailed review of motions, roll calls and supporting documents.
