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Fulton County commissioners adopt 2026 bylaws, confirm appointments and approve $229,387 in bills
Summary
At a Jan. 6, 2026 reorganizational meeting the Fulton County Board of Commissioners adopted its 2026 bylaws, reappointed multiple officials including Interim Treasurer Amy Bishop, designated committee assignments for the year and approved $229,387.17 in accounts payable and $122,828.46 in payroll.
Fulton County commissioners met in reorganizational session on Jan. 6, 2026, adopting the board’s 2026 bylaws, confirming a slate of reappointments and approving county expenditures totaling $229,387.17 for accounts payable and $122,828.46 for payroll.
The meeting opened at 8:30 a.m. with Commissioner Randy H. Bunch calling the meeting to order. After a prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, the board proceeded through routine business. Commissioner Steven L. Wible moved to approve the Dec. 30, 2025 minutes for both the commissioners and the Salary Board; the record notes both motions passed "All in favor." Commissioner Hervey P. Hann moved to approve accounts payable dated Jan. 6, 2026 in the amount of $229,387.17 and later moved to approve payroll of $122,828.46; both motions were recorded as carried unanimously.
The accounts-payable approval lists disbursements across multiple county funds, including the General Fund ($53,157.03), Capital Projects ($75,662.44), Debt Service ($28,783.34) and the Krivak Trust Fund ($25,598.33), among others. The minutes record the full fund-by-fund breakdown without additional discussion.
Interim County Treasurer Amy Bishop and Fiscal Administrator Sue Reed met with the commissioners to provide an update on the Treasurer’s Office. The minutes summarize that the officers met with the board but do not record detailed figures or decisions tied specifically to that presentation.
On governance, Commissioner Bunch moved to adopt the 2026 Board of Commissioners By-Laws under authority of the County Code and the Act of Aug. 9, 1955 (16 Purdon, Sections 503 and 509, as amended); the motion passed with all commissioners recorded as voting in favor. The board also approved reappointments to the Bedford Fulton Joint Recreation Authority (Eric Weisbrod to Jan. 1, 2029; Paul Johnston to Jan. 6, 2030; Greg Henry to Jan. 5, 2031) to stagger terms.
Commissioner Hann moved to reappoint a set of county officials and contract providers for 2026, which the minutes list as follows: 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; Keller Engineers and CES Engineering as county engineers. The board reappointed Amy Bishop specifically as Interim County Treasurer for 2026 on a separate motion that the record indicates passed unanimously.
The board designated commissioners for a range of standing boards and regional partnerships for 2026. Assignments recorded in the minutes include, among others, the Permanent Salary Board; the County Treasurer Retirement Board; Assessment Appeals Board; Southern Alleghenies Planning & Development Commission committees (with Commissioner Bunch and Hann named to certain committees and Commissioner Wible as alternate on others); Emergency Management Agency Local Emergency Planning Committee (Commissioner Wible); Fulton County Industrial Development Authority (Commissioner Wible, alternate Commissioner Hann); and participation on the Tuscarora Managed Care Alliance and related steering and advisory bodies.
The commissioners approved an RBA invoice for $7,957.31 on a motion by Commissioner Hann, and Commissioner Bunch moved to appoint Michael Beatty as chairman of the Farmland Agricultural Land Preservation Board for 2026; that motion was also recorded as approved "All in favor." The minutes further note that the commissioners held separate annual reorganizational meetings for the Salary and Retirement Boards at 9:00 a.m., with separate minutes filed.
The meeting was adjourned at 10:37 a.m. on a motion by Commissioner Hann that the board recorded as carried unanimously. Separate, itemized minutes for the Salary and Retirement Board reorganizations are on file with the county.
Actions recorded in these minutes are procedural and administrative, consisting of bylaw adoption, reappointments, committee designations and routine financial approvals. No formal contested votes or public-comment controversies are recorded in the meeting minutes.
