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Hancock County commissioners approve appropriations, fund transfers and landfill equipment purchases
Summary
The Hancock County Board of Commissioners approved multiple fiscal resolutions including appropriations and fund transfers (#206-#209), payment of purchase orders (#205), and landfill equipment purchases including a Kubota RTV, EZ-Dumper insert, and a Ford F-250; several votes recorded as 2-0 or 3-0 in the transcript.
The Hancock County Board of Commissioners approved a package of fiscal actions and procurement measures during its March 31 meeting.
At the start of the meeting, commissioners approved the March 26 minutes (motion by Commissioner William Bateson, seconded by Commissioner Jeffrey Hunker) with a recorded vote of 2-0 while Commissioner Timothy Bechtol was noted as absent earlier in the transcript.
The board approved several fiscal resolutions recorded in the meeting minutes. Resolutions #206-26 through #209-26—covering additional appropriations and a transfer from the Real Estate Tax Equivalent Fund to the US Bond Retirement Fund—were presented by the assistant clerk and passed with recorded 2-0 votes in the portion of the transcript that lists those actions. Auditor Charity Rauschenberg explained the purpose and affected TIF for the appropriation identified in Resolution #206-26.
Phil Johnson presented multiple procurement resolutions for landfill operations. The board approved Resolution #210-26 to purchase a 2026 Kubota V-Series RTV for landfill operations at a cost of $27,485.40; Resolution #211-26 to purchase and install an EZ-Dumper 8-foot insert with steel cab protector for $7,100.00; Resolution #212-26 to contract with County Electric, LLC, to repair and reinstall a damaged pole and fixture at the Hancock County Job & Family Services building for $7,800.00; and Resolution #213-26 to buy a 2026 Ford F-250 4x4 regular cab pickup for landfill general operations at $41,633.00. Each of those resolutions was moved and seconded and recorded as passed 3-0 in the transcript.
The assistant clerk also presented Resolution #205-26 authorizing payment of the listed purchase orders; the board approved that measure by a 3-0 vote. The transcript also records a travel request for the treasurer’s office and a reimbursement request to MWCD for Stantec expenses totaling $29,674.75, both approved during the session.
The transcript includes a Notice of File for the KDG Annexation in Allen Township; the notice was presented but no vote or outcome was recorded in the meeting text.
Votes and motions recorded in the meeting minutes are summarized in the actions section below. The transcript does not provide additional procurement contract documents or delivery timelines for the approved purchases.
