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Williams County commissioners approve minutes, agenda, bills and contracts; question raised over utility payments
Summary
The Williams County commissioners approved minutes from Feb. 24, the agenda (as amended), payment of bills, transfers and multiple short-term contracts while a commissioner asked whether the county is paying utilities for tenant Steve Fortner’s building; staff said they would review the contract and follow up.
The Williams County commissioners approved minutes from Feb. 24, the agenda (as amended), payment of bills and several contracts during their meeting. Chair (Speaker 1) presented each item and motions were moved and seconded; roll calls recorded affirmative responses and multiple motions carried.
A commissioner raised a specific concern about whether the county is covering utilities for a private tenant. Committee member (Speaker 2) asked, “Do we know if we're paying the utilities on Steve Fortner's building?” The question followed the board’s vote to approve payment of current bills, which included gas charges described in the transcript as “thousand dollars, $780, 3 different buildings.”
Committee member (Speaker 4) responded that contract language should clarify who is responsible for utilities and said they would look into it: “Let me dig into it,” Speaker 4 said, and agreed to follow up. The transcript does not record a definitive answer about whether the county is currently paying those utilities; Speaker 4's pledge to review the contract is the only recorded commitment to investigate.
The board also approved a set of contracts and resolutions: Resolution 120 authorized a 4(d) contract between the Williams County Clerk of Courts and JFS (John Family Services) for a 2026 Maximus 4(d) contract not to exceed $76,758; another (Resolution 121) covered domestic magistrate services at $27,294.98; and Resolution 122 covered juvenile magistrate services at $72,136.83. All motions were moved and seconded, and the record shows motions carried following roll call. The transcript records affirmative roll-call votes explicitly for Commissioner Westfall and Commissioner Moreau in at least one item; other individual vote details are not fully enumerated in the transcript.
The chair announced "also-signs" items including a Maumee Valley mortgage release on behalf of Kirk Oakley and a satisfaction-of-mortgage for Shirley Robinette, plus an engineer’s March credit-card appropriation and a request from JFS to change its fuel-account vendor. The board noted that many contracts run through Dec. 31 of the current year.
Next steps recorded in the meeting: staff will review contract language about utilities for the Fortner property and report back; no additional formal action on that question is recorded in the transcript.
