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Auglaize County authorizes employee termination, approves hiring steps and conducts clerk interviews
Summary
Following two executive sessions on Dec. 18, 2025, the Auglaize County Board authorized termination of an employee for handbook violations, authorized an offer to Ryan Luiken and held interviews for the Clerk position; recorded votes to enter the executive sessions were Spencer and Bambauer voting yes.
The Auglaize County Board of Commissioners on Dec. 18, 2025 authorized the termination of a county employee and approved moving forward with a job offer to Ryan Luiken after two executive sessions, according to the meeting minutes.
Commissioner Douglas A. Spencer moved and Commissioner David Bambauer seconded to enter an executive session at 8:53 a.m. to discuss potential disciplinary action. County Administrator Erica L. Preston attended; the minutes record Spencer and Bambauer voting yes to enter the executive session. When the board returned to regular session at 8:59 a.m., it authorized the County Administrator to proceed with termination of the employee based on violations of the employee handbook.
At 9:00 a.m. the board again entered executive session to discuss employment of a county employee (motion by Spencer, second by Bambauer; recorded votes: Spencer yes, Bambauer yes). The board returned at 9:03 a.m. and authorized the County Administrator to move forward with offering employment to Ryan Luiken.
The board and the County Administrator also conducted interviews for a Clerk position beginning at 9:05 a.m.; a follow-up meeting on the Clerk position took place at 1:11 p.m. with Julie Schneider, per the minutes. The minutes do not include quotations or full personnel files; they record the board’s procedural actions and authorizations to the County Administrator.
The minutes indicate these personnel actions were taken under the board’s authority; the clerk’s journal and departmental personnel files will hold the formal records and offer details. The meeting adjourned at 3:45 p.m.
