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Fulton County commissioners adopt 2026 bylaws, approve payables and make multiple reappointments at reorganizational meeting
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Summary
At their Jan. 6 reorganizational meeting, the Fulton County Board of Commissioners unanimously adopted 2026 bylaws, approved $229,387.17 in accounts payable and $122,828.46 in payroll, confirmed a slate of reappointments and designated committee assignments for the year.
Commissioner Randy H. Bunch, chairman of the Fulton County Board of Commissioners, called the board to order at 8:30 a.m. on Jan. 6, 2026, opened with a prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance. No members of the public spoke during the public-comment portion.
The board unanimously approved routine business: the Dec. 30, 2025 commissioners’ meeting minutes and the Dec. 30, 2025 salary board minutes. Commissioners then approved accounts payable dated Jan. 6, 2026 totaling $229,387.17 and payroll totaling $122,828.46. The accounts-payable approval included a fund-by-fund breakdown provided in the meeting record (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).
County Treasurer interim Amy Bishop and Fiscal Administrator Sue Reed met with the commissioners to provide updates for the Treasurer’s Office; no separate action beyond the updates is recorded in the minutes.
Under authority cited in the meeting record (Act of Aug. 9, 1955, 16 Purdon, §503 and §509 as amended), the board adopted its 2026 bylaws to regulate board business. The board also approved reappointments to the Bedford Fulton Joint Recreation Authority: Eric Weisbrod (term to Jan. 1, 2029), Paul Johnston (term to Jan. 6, 2030) and Greg Henry (term to Jan. 5, 2031) to stagger terms.
The commissioners confirmed a set of 2026 reappointments for county offices and officials, including Solicitor Jim Stein & DSS Law; Chief Clerk Stacey M. Shives; Tax Claim Bureau Director Amy Bishop; Chief Assessor Melissa Gordon; the Sealer of Weights & Measures (Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture); Director of Veterans’ Affairs Richard Newman; and county engineers Keller Engineers and CES Engineering. The board also reappointed Amy Bishop as Interim County Treasurer for 2026.
The board designated committee and board assignments for the year. Appointments and assignments recorded include the Permanent Salary Board (all three commissioners), the County Treasurer Retirement Board (all three commissioners, the chief clerk and the county treasurer), Assessment Appeals Board (all three commissioners), representation on the Southern Alleghenies Planning & Development Commission (SAPDC) committees, regional bodies such as the South Central Counties Solid Waste Agency and Tuscarora Managed Care Alliance (TMCA), and other local and regional boards as listed in the meeting record.
The board approved payment of an RBA invoice for $7,957.31 and appointed Michael Beatty as chairman of the Farmland Agricultural Land Preservation Board for 2026. Commissioners held separate reorganizational meetings for the Salary and Retirement Boards at 9:00 a.m.; separate minutes for those meetings are on file. The board adjourned at 10:37 a.m.
Procedural details, fund breakdowns and the full list of committee assignments and reappointments are contained in the official minutes on file with the Fulton County commissioners' office.