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Ross County commissioners approve $1.75 million transfer for Maple Grove Bridge and raise dog-license fees
Summary
Ross County commissioners approved a $1,750,000 transfer from the general fund to pay for the Maple Grove Bridge replacement and adopted several consent items including an increase in dog-license fees and lighting the courthouse for Pride Month. Other routine notices included a village road project and a requested project extension.
Ross County commissioners voted to transfer $1,750,000 from the general fund to the county auditor to finance the Maple Grove Bridge replacement project, the commission announced during its meeting. The transfer was introduced by the chair and approved as part of the consent business.
The commission also approved a resolution to increase dog-license registration fees: the record lists a change for a three-year dog license (from $12 to $14.36 as presented), an increase from $36 to $42 for another license category, and a permanent dog license fee noted at $1.20. The resolution was moved, seconded and passed by voice vote.
Other consent and notification items approved or noted included recent asset purchases for county offices, a change order and cost increase for the Village of Clarksburg 3rd Street reconstruction project (the county characterized the change as having no incidental cost to the county while participating in a road program for 2026–2027), and a request from the Department of Development for an extension on a critical infrastructure project for Delaney after engineering difficulties required hiring another engineer. Chair remarks indicated funds for the Delaney project were issued Feb. 26 and that a VR completion date of Feb. 10 was referenced in the file.
The commission also approved a request to light the county courthouse for Pride Month in June. Notices were read about a pending liquor-license request for a location near Hopton Road and about administrative letters to two individuals; no final actions on those notices were recorded in the transcript excerpt.
Quotes in the meeting were brief and procedural: the chair led motions and asked for voice votes ("All in favor say aye"), and multiple items were approved by affirmative voice votes. The meeting recessed for routine business and to take up an executive session on personnel matters later in the agenda.
The commission did not offer additional detail in the transcript about vendors, contract numbers, or exact vote tallies beyond voice approvals. Any further information on contract terms, vendor identities or timelines for the Maple Grove Bridge work was not specified in the recorded segment.
