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Fayette County commissioners approve budget moves, child-placement contracts and prisoner housing agreements
Summary
At their Dec. 29 meeting, the Board of Fayette County Commissioners unanimously approved multiple budget adjustments and advances, awarded Title IV-E child-placement contracts (including a $400,000 NECCO agreement), authorized agreements to house Jackson and Pike County prisoners, certified delinquent water and sewer charges for tax placement, and issued a proclamation recognizing a longtime housing authority member.
The Board of Fayette County Commissioners on Dec. 29 unanimously approved a package of budget adjustments, authorized several contracts for child-placement services and adopted agreements to house prisoners for neighboring counties.
The board — Tony Anderson, James D. Garland and Donald L. Fleak — approved intra-fund appropriation transfers, two advances (totaling $94,932.52) moving money from the general fund into pension and water-system accounts and multiple additional appropriations, citing routine year‑end budget housekeeping.
Faye Williamson, director of the Fayette County Department of Job and Family Services, asked the board to approve Title IV‑E child-placement and related-services contracts for 2026. The board approved agreements with OhioMHAS–Eastway Corporation and A New Leaf, Inc., each with a maximum payable amount of $75,000 for the year, and a larger contract with NECCO, Inc. with a maximum payable amount of $400,000. All three contracts run Jan. 1–Dec. 31, 2026, and were adopted by roll call.
Also approved were intergovernmental service agreements: the sheriff was authorized to enter into a 2026 contract with the Village of Octa for law-enforcement services at $30 per hour; memoranda of agreement were adopted to house…
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