Fulton County commissioners approve payroll and multiple administrative measures, hire Prothonotary deputy

Fulton County commissioners on March 3 approved routine administrative measures including accounts payable totaling $335,634.88 and payroll of $132,711.81, authorized travel for county staff to a regional conference, approved contracts and invoices, and completed a personnel hire.

Commissioner Steven L. Wible moved to approve the minutes from Feb. 24, 2026; that motion carried. Commissioners approved Accounts Payable totaling $335,634.88 with fund-level breakdowns recorded in the minutes, and approved payroll dated March 6, 2026 in the amount of $132,711.81. The board approved a travel request for Chief Probation Officer Dan Miller to attend the Annual CJAB Conference on April 20–22, 2026.

Administrative contracts approved included a lease from Doing Better Business for a printer for Magisterial District Judge (MDJ) Heming's office for $3,647.00 and a Plan Asset invoice from Conrad Siegel for $3,844.25 to be paid from plan assets. The board also accepted the February 2026 Pension Fund report as presented by HR Administrator Mary Huston and authorized a CDBG Delegation of Signing Authority form to allow invoice submission through SEDA Council of Governments (SEDA COG). A burial expense application for veteran Gary Allen Myers, who served in the Air Force during the "War on Terror" (Desert Shield/Desert Storm), was approved.

On personnel, the board moved to hire Laurel Griest as an "Office Deputy I" for the Prothonotary's Office, effective March 4, 2026; a brief Salary Board set the new hire's salary (separate minutes on file). Several short executive sessions for personnel matters were recorded at 10:15–10:29 a.m., 10:48–11:45 a.m., and 12:25–12:37 p.m. All recorded motions were noted as passing "all in favor" by the three commissioners present (Randy H. Bunch, Steven L. Wible and Hervey P. Hann).