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Commissioners approve routine agenda items, lease renewals, contracts and funding actions
Summary
At their Jan. 27 meeting the commissioners unanimously approved routine business items including appropriations and bills, a veterans lease renewal, KnowBe4 invoice payment, a Crime Solvers affiliation resolution, ratification of an OWDA payment and the sheriff's collective‑bargaining extension; several items were tabled or added under emergency suspension of rules.
The Board of Athens County Commissioners conducted routine county business on Jan. 27 and approved a series of motions by unanimous roll call.
Key votes and approvals included:
- Appropriations, transfers, new line‑items and payment of county bills (motion by Adkins, seconded by Chmiel; roll call: Eliason yea, Chmiel yea, Adkins yea).
- Emergency payment authorization to renew the GreyKey digital forensics tool for the prosecutor's office (motion passed unanimous).
- Adoption of the 9‑1‑1 Bunk Room Activation SOG 1.16P (motion passed unanimous).
- Approval of the Glouster Fire Department 2026 Athens County Together grant and authorization for Planner Connor LaVelle to write a letter of support.
- Approval of a veterans lease renewal presented by John Woods.
- Adoption of a contractor‑criteria resolution to add "Qualitative and Responsible" criteria to the county invitation to bid for construction projects.
- Approval of the Crime Solvers Affiliation Resolution (to collect an additional $1.00 court cost to support Crime Solvers), and authorization for clerks to collect and transmit funds to Crime Solvers Anonymous.
- Authorization to pay a KnowBe4 invoice for $17,919.00 and ratification of OWDA Payment Request #18 for the US‑50 New Marshfield sanitary sewer project.
- Suspension of rules to add and decide items including a Clerk of Courts fee‑waiver request (the board opted not to approve the fee‑waiver request) and authorization of a collective‑bargaining contract extension for sheriff sergeants and above.
Where motions included recorded roll calls, the meeting minutes show unanimous yes votes by Commissioners Eliason, Chmiel and Adkins. A number of administrative items (bids, proposals, contract documents) were approved with motions that reference supporting documents on file in the commissioners' office.
