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Grant County commissioners approve health officer appointment, equipment purchases and resolution
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Summary
At its April 20 meeting the Grant County Board of Commissioners appointed Dr. Matthew McAdams as county health officer effective May 4, approved a jail elevator camera and vehicle funding from the CCD fund, and passed Resolution No. 5-2026 to remove specified tax certificates from sale.
The Grant County Board of Commissioners on April 20 approved several routine and programmatic actions, including appointing a county health officer, authorizing equipment purchases and adopting a resolution to correct legal descriptions on tax-sale listings.
The board voted to appoint Dr. Matthew McAdams as Grant County Health Officer, with an effective start date of Monday, May 4. A representative of the Grant County Health Board presented McAdams as a Grant County resident who currently practices with Parkview Health in Marion and said the board "strongly recommend[s] doctor McAdams for the position of Grant County Health Officer." The motion to appoint was made and carried by voice vote.
The commissioners approved a request from the sheriff to replace a nonworking camera in the courthouse elevator used during inmate transports. The chair recorded the camera cost as $2,784.70 and the board approved the purchase. In the same sequence of public-safety requests, the board approved allocating up to $150,000 from the Community Capital Development (CCD) fund to purchase shared replacement vehicles this year; the sheriff said the department expects to acquire four vehicles and will provide trade-in valuations for commissioner approval before any trade-ins are finalized.
During department reports the highway representative said the county received Biolytics funding and sought authority to sign a purchase contract for Vitalelytics equipment priced at $46,988.60 for the initial three-year period; commissioners approved the purchase pending attorney review.
The board also passed Resolution No. 5-2026, described on the record as "a resolution identifying tax certificates to be pulled from the tax sale to the public," to correct legal descriptions for the properties involved. The motion carried by voice vote.
The meeting closed after a public-comment period; the board set its next regular session for May 18 and noted an opioid funds committee meeting at noon that day.
