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Auglaize County commissioners approve routine resolutions, authorize Solid Waste hire pending CDL
Summary
On Feb. 12, 2026 the Auglaize County Board of Commissioners approved routine resolutions and unanimously authorized Solid Waste Coordinator Alexa Schwaderer to offer employment to a candidate conditioned on obtaining a commercial driver’s license within six months.
The Auglaize County Board of Commissioners met Feb. 12, 2026, and approved routine resolutions distributed for each commissioner’s vote and execution. President John N. Bergman and Commissioners David Bambauer and Douglas A. Spencer were present.
During the regular session, Commissioner David Bambauer moved to approve the resolutions as presented; Commissioner Douglas A. Spencer seconded. The resolutions were distributed for signature and execution, per the minutes.
The board also handled personnel matters. After an executive session on employment, the board returned to regular session at 11:48 a.m. and, on a motion by Commissioner Bambauer seconded by Commissioner Spencer, authorized Solid Waste Coordinator Alexa Schwaderer to offer employment to an interview candidate on the condition the hire obtain the required commercial driver’s license within six months. Chairman John N. Bergman called the roll: Spencer — yes; Bambauer — yes; Bergman — yes; the motion passed unanimously.
County Administrator Erica L. Preston provided routine administrative updates that frame the board’s day, including that a resident declined an appointment to the Mental Health and Recovery Services Board, that the county has reported recent IT issues to the state as a cybersecurity precaution, that the Board of Elections has posted a full-time job opening, that ODOT has restructured districts moving Auglaize County from District 7 to District 1, that an insurance claim was filed for a sprinkler-head break, and that old Veteran Service and Clerk of Court records were picked up from Wright State University.
Clerk Bobbi Donovan read and the board approved the minutes of the Feb. 10 meeting. Later in the afternoon the clerk presented four numbered resolutions for the board’s consideration (see list below); the transcript records their presentation but does not show explicit vote outcomes for those numbered items in the text provided.
What the board presented for consideration: - Resolution #26-063: approving a contract with Kleinfelder, Inc. for professional services to prepare and submit the PY2026 Community Housing Impact and Preservation Program (CHIP) grant application (details presented to the board). - Resolution #26-064: authorizing the County Auditor to draw warrants for Then and Now certificate payments. - Resolution #26-065: authorizing change order #1 for home repair for Almary Willmann under the Lead Safe Ohio Renovation Grant Program. - Resolution #26-066: authorizing change order #1 for home repair for James Evans under the Lead Safe Ohio Renovation Grant Program.
The board adjourned at 3:00 p.m. with no further business recorded in the minutes. The minutes identify the formal motions and the 11:48 a.m. conditional hire authorization as official actions taken during the session.
