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Auglaize County commissioners approve presented resolutions, hold brief executive session over employee complaint
Summary
At its Feb. 3, 2026 meeting, the Board of County Commissioners of Auglaize County approved resolutions, reviewed staff reports on facilities and operations, briefly entered executive session to discuss a complaint against a public employee and returned with no action, then adjourned at 12:30 p.m.
The Board of County Commissioners of Auglaize County, Ohio, met in regular session on Feb. 3, 2026. President John N. Bergman presided; Commissioners David Bambauer and Douglas A. Spencer were present.
At 8:00 a.m., Commissioner David Bambauer moved to approve the resolutions presented to the board; Commissioner Douglas A. Spencer seconded. The resolutions were distributed for each commissioner’s vote and execution, the board recorded. Clerk Bobbi Donovan read and the board approved the minutes of the Jan. 29, 2026 meeting at 8:25 a.m.
County Administrator Erica L. Preston delivered the day’s staff report. Preston told the board of a sprinkler-head break at the Administration Building and said the county’s Continuation of Operations Plan was under review. She reported on planned tree harvesting by Miami Valley Hardwood, an Employee Assistance Program contract under consideration, an update on Clerk Donovan’s training, and progress on a MARCS radio tower project in Waynesfield. Preston also reviewed state law regarding county payment for treatment of communicable diseases, discussed returning old Veteran Service and Clerk of Court records from Wright State University, noted a C.H.I.P. housing-repair request from the Auglaize Health Department, and said discussion on a proposed dangerous-dog law was continuing.
At 9:18 a.m. Commissioner Bambauer moved that the board enter executive session to discuss a complaint against a public employee, inviting Administrator Preston to attend; Commissioner Spencer seconded. President Bergman called the roll: Spencer — yes; Bambauer — yes; Bergman — yes. The board returned to regular session at 9:24 a.m. and recorded that no action was taken during the executive session.
Later in the morning the board traveled to the Mercer County Central Service Building for a Joint Ditch public hearing on the Sites-Sawmiller County Line Tile Project. At 11:30 a.m. the board met in the chambers with Lesia Arnett and Olivia Gelhaus from Joint Township District Memorial Hospital; the transcript records the meeting but does not provide detailed discussion points.
The clerk’s journal lists three resolutions presented to the board for consideration: #26-055, authorizing change order #1 for a CHIP home repair for Nancy Myers; #26-056, authorizing the quote from CDW for a Microsoft SQL license requested by the information technology manager; and #26-057, allocating the county’s Section 179D tax deduction incentive to Perfection Group. The full texts of those resolutions are documented in the board journal and were presented for consideration; no final vote on those specific items is recorded in the provided transcript.
With no further business to bring before the board, President Bergman adjourned the meeting at 12:30 p.m.
The Board’s clerk’s office holds the official minutes and the full texts of resolutions referenced in the board journal.
