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Miami County commissioners approve routine resolutions, set CDBG hearing and accept grants and contracts
Summary
At their March 24 meeting the Miami County Board of Commissioners approved a slate of routine resolutions, including contracts, personnel actions and grant acknowledgments; they also set a public hearing for the PY 2026 CDBG Small Cities Program and approved a victim-services grant award.
The Miami County Board of Commissioners met March 24 and approved multiple routine resolutions, contracts and personnel actions, while also setting a public hearing for the PY 2026 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Small Cities Program.
Commissioner Ted S. Mercer moved and Commissioner Wade H. Westfall seconded motions that carried by roll call with two yea votes and one absence (Vice President Gregory A. Simmons was recorded as absent). The board approved authorization to sign bills for all funds (Resolution No. 26-03-316), approved the minutes of the March 19 meeting, and authorized Miami County Soil and Water to submit the Ohio EPA Storm Water Management Program 2025 Annual Report as required by NPDES Permit No. OHQ000003 (Resolution No. 26-03-317).
The board set the first public hearing for the PY 2026 CDBG Small Cities Program for Thursday, April 16, 2026 at 1:35 p.m. in the Commissioners’ Hearing Room and ordered publication of notice in the Dayton Daily News and on the county website (Resolution No. 26-03-318). The notice date for the Dayton Daily News was set for March 26, 2026.
The board approved interagency and procurement actions including an IV‑D service contract between the Miami County Child Support Enforcement Agency and the Miami County Sheriff’s Office (total cost $25,000; Resolution No. 26-03-320), an Ohio Department of Job and Family Services IV‑D contract between CSEA and the Miami County Common Pleas Court (total cost $160,618.13; Resolution No. 26-03-321), and a memorandum of understanding with the Miami County Board of Developmental Disabilities establishing cost-sharing for a child placement at Parker Residential and Care Services with county exposure capped at $206,550 (Resolution No. 26-03-322).
Personnel and procurement items approved included acceptance of a lawn maintenance quote from Lostcreek Lawn and Fence Co. (cost not to exceed $3,475; Resolution No. 26-03-323), authorization of employee requisitions for Job & Family Services (Resolution No. 26-03-324), employment verification for Michael Bittinger as FT Operator I at the Transfer Station, Sanitary Engineering ($19.00/hour; Resolution No. 26-03-325), and acceptance of a quote from Buscher Electric, Inc. to replace the transfer switch at the Casstown sewage pump station (cost not to exceed $9,511; Resolution No. 26-03-326). The board also approved transfers and additional appropriations under Resolutions 26-03-328 through 26-03-334.
The commissioners acknowledged submissions and a subsequent award to the Miami County Prosecutor’s Office and Victim Witness Program of VOCA and SVAA grant funds totaling $146,403.80 for the funding period Oct. 1, 2025–Sept. 30, 2026 (Resolution No. 26-03-327). The grant award breakdown recorded in the minutes was $102,047.20 VOCA; $18,844.80 SVAA; and $25,511.80 local match.
The meeting adjourned at 9:19 a.m. Clerk Janelle S. Barga submitted the signed minutes. The board and Miami County Sheriff also announced multiple public presentations on the jail and justice system scheduled the same day at Tri‑County Board of Recovery Center and Fort Piqua Plaza Banquet Center, plus a public tour on March 25, 2026.
