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Allen County commissioners approve change order for Administration Building and a slate of vendor agreements and personnel items

Board of Allen County Commissioners · March 23, 2026
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Summary

The board approved Change Order #1A‑4 for the New Administration Building, multiple vendor agreements for building systems, declared surplus property for auction, and approved a consent package including hires and supplemental pay; motions were approved unanimously.

At the March 19 session the Board of Allen County Commissioners approved multiple procurement and personnel actions. Change Order #1A‑4 with Charles Contracting, LLC. (d/b/a Charles Construction Services) for general work on the New Administration Building was approved under Resolution #191‑26. The board also approved declaring various county property obsolete and authorizing sale by auction (Resolution #192‑26) and authorized a contract with Springbrook Auto Auction LLC. for that sale.

Vendor agreements were approved for security and building systems, including Northwestern Ohio Security Systems (Resolution #193‑26), Koester Electric, Inc. (Resolution #194‑26), and All Temp Refrigeration, Inc. for both plumbing and mechanical work (Resolutions #195‑26 and #196‑26). Those vendor agreements were moved and approved by roll call votes recorded as unanimous in the minutes.

The consent agenda included several routine but substantive personnel and fiscal items: supplemental appropriations and transfers across funds, one‑time supplemental pay authorizations for current full‑time non‑union General Fund employees and certain departmental employees, and hiring resolutions (for example, Kali Newell and Cheyenne Brown as Eligibility/Referral Specialist 2 positions at the Department of Job and Family Services). An earlier tabled item concerning the purchase of a duty weapon for retired Deputy Tim Enyart was noted as previously tabled; the minutes indicate other routine personnel matters were resolved.

All resolutions and contract authorizations listed on the agenda were recorded as approved unanimously. The minutes do not include specific dollar amounts for most contracts or the terms of change order #1A‑4; the record shows motions, seconds and unanimous roll calls but does not list contract sums in the excerpt.

Next steps: departments will execute contracts and proceed with project work and auction disposition as authorized; contract and procurement documentation will be filed in county records.