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Athens County commissioners approve multiple motions including $229,000 transfer, $30,000 payment to SWCD, driveway agreement and Eagon contract
Summary
The board approved a set of administrative motions: a $229,000 mandated share transfer to JFS, a $30,000 moral‑obligation payment to the Soil & Water Conservation District, an EMS driveway use agreement for Glouster Station, a $69,555 scope with Eagon & Associates, and several other routine motions and travel approvals.
At their March 17 meeting the Athens County Board of Commissioners approved a series of administrative motions and contracts.
Key votes recorded by roll call included: • A mandated fund‑to‑fund transfer to Job & Family Services for $229,000 (motion Adkins/Chmiel; unanimous). • A rescinded and re‑adopted Auditor Moral Obligation Resolution authorizing payment of $30,000 to the Athens County Soil and Water Conservation District for CAUV inspection services; the resolution text in the meeting packet references Ohio Revised Code "9 5.41(D)." The motion passed unanimously. • Approval of Sunday Creek Change Order #3 (unanimous). • Declaration of specified Sheriff's Office items as surplus to be destroyed (unanimous). • Approval of an EMS Glouster Station Driveway Use & Maintenance Agreement clarifying county ingress/egress and maintenance responsibility from SR 78 to the county property line (unanimous). • Ratification of Commissioner Chmiel's signature on a Giraffe Service Agreement related to the 911 Solar Project tax/direct‑pay refund (unanimous). • Authorization for Commissioner Eliason to sign the purchase agreement for 510 W. Union (unanimous). • Authorization to sign a proposed Eagon & Associates scope of services in the amount of $69,555 for groundwater, NPDES and landfill gas monitoring and related reports (unanimous). • Approval of a Quadient agreement for the Clerk of Courts (unanimous). • Approval of travel authorizations for commissioners and county staff for upcoming conferences and meetings.
The board also directed staff to follow up on Ferndale Park fencing repair bids and approved funding for 'no long‑term parking' signage along the county bikepath to address people living in vehicles.
Most motions were moved by Commissioner Adkins and seconded by Commissioner Chmiel, with roll‑call approval recorded for each item.
