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Auglaize County commissioners approve series of resolutions, choose $5 million cyber-liability option
Summary
The Auglaize County Board of Commissioners approved multiple administrative resolutions Nov. 4 and Nov. 6, 2025, including hiring at Solid Waste, an Office 365 contract, a CDBG application for St. Marys, and renewal of cyber liability insurance at $5 million; vote tallies were not recorded in the minutes.
The Auglaize County Board of Commissioners approved a package of administrative resolutions during regular sessions Nov. 4 and Nov. 6, 2025, including personnel, procurement and risk-management items.
At 8:05 a.m. Nov. 4, Commissioner Douglas A. Spencer moved to approve resolutions #25-552, #25-553, #25-554, #25-556 and #25-557; Commissioner John N. Bergman seconded. Commissioner Bergman then moved to approve #25-555 and President David Bambauer seconded. The minutes record that the resolutions were distributed for each commissioner’s vote and execution; specific vote tallies were not recorded in the published minutes.
Key approvals documented in the board’s journal and summarized in minutes include: - #25-552: Authorizing a budget adjustment (details in county journal). - #25-553: Authorizing the employment of Hank Elshoff for the Recycling Laborer position at the Auglaize County Solid Waste District (hiring authorized). - #25-554: Authorizing a quote from PerryProtech for Microsoft Office 365 G3 Governmental Community Cloud pricing and installation fees for the county’s Office 365 project (IT procurement authorized). - #25-555: Authorizing the board president to file an application on behalf of the City of St. Marys with the Ohio Department of Development, Office of Community Infrastructure, for a Program Year 2025 Ohio Small Cities Community Development Block Grant (Downtown Buildings Program) (CDBG pre-application authorized). - #25-556: Authorizing payment of the county’s mandated share of public assistance for October (financial obligation authorized). - #25-557: Approving an Articles of Agreement with John G. Cleminshaw, Inc., for selected property review, new construction and maintenance of records for the county auditor for 2026–2027 (contract authorization).
During the Nov. 6 session the board presented an additional set of resolutions for the Nov. 13 agenda, including: acceptance of a retirement in Job and Family Services (#25-558); authorization to purchase a 2007 Wabash 53' trailer from St. Marys Trucking for the Solid Waste District (#25-559); documentation and authorization of a sidewalk remove-and-replace project quote (#25-560); renewal of the county’s cyber liability insurance through Arthur J. Gallagher Risk Management Services, Inc. (#25-561); and authorization for then-and-now certificate warrant payments (#25-562). The minutes note that the board approved the presented resolutions at 8:05 a.m. on Nov. 6 after distribution for signatures; individual roll-call tallies are not recorded in the minutes.
Board motions were recorded by the clerk and the resolutions are documented in the county’s journal; the published minutes contain some typographical inconsistencies in signatory names, which the clerk’s journal entry identifies and corrects. Where the minutes summarize a resolution but do not include line-item details, the county journal contains the full text and should be consulted for exact contract amounts, budget code changes, and implementation dates.
The board is scheduled to consider the Nov. 13 resolutions at its next meeting; executed resolutions are kept on file in the clerk’s journal.
