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Ross County commissioners approve appropriations, grant re-appropriation and multiple contracts; visitor center bid set for March 30
Summary
The Ross County Board of Commissioners approved weekly bills and multiple appropriations, re-appropriated $563,607.24 in ACTP grant funds, approved contracts including a Paint Creek Trail architectural agreement, and set a visitor-center pre-bid conference for March 11 with bids due March 30 under a roughly $5.7 million strategic grant.
The Ross County Board of Commissioners on March 2 approved a batch of routine bills and a series of appropriations and contract actions while receiving updates on grant-funded projects and infrastructure work.
The board reviewed weekly bills totaling $2,895,393.82 and approved multiple transfers and appropriations across departments, including workers-comp corrections and targeted departmental increases. Several motions were made, seconded and approved by voice vote; items were passed by voice (the transcript records "All in favor say Aye"). The transcript does not record individual roll-call tallies or the names of movers and seconders for many items.
Among approved grant-related items, commissioners approved a re-appropriation of unexpended ACTP grant funds totaling $563,607.24 to support projects in Bainbridge, Mount Olive and Highland Crossroads. "This is appropriation for the ACTP grant coming from those funds or going back into those funds for unexpended grant projects," a board speaker said during the motion.
The board also approved a $600,000 architectural agreement with New River Architect for the Paint Creek Trail (part of ACP work). Staff said the agreement carries "no expense to the Board of Commissioners," and the motion passed on a voice vote.
Staff reported a visitor center project tied to a one-time strategic grant initiative estimated at about $5.7 million; bids for the visitor center were scheduled to be due by noon on March 30, with a pre-bid conference on March 11. Doug (department staff) and Gavin listed project milestones and said some ACGP sites were already completed with others to finish by early summer.
Other items approved included CDGP grant paperwork and a DLZ contract for the Bainbridge waterline replacement (totaling about $172,662.32), a small change order for the Nesselroad landscaping project adding $922.52, and a $125 airport hangar lease for Daniel Cano. The board also approved a construction-contract exemption certificate consideration for the Clarksburg Third Street project and discussed requesting the contractor sign the sales-tax exemption first.
Change orders related to the Country Woods Estates sewer connection were approved; staff said the first noted increase was $6,960 and that the change order costs were covered by grant funds. Several asset-disposal items and office-operations appropriations were also approved.
No formal ordinance or ordinance-numbered adoption appears in the transcript; the meeting recorded motions, seconds and voice votes for appropriation and contract approvals. Where the transcript did not provide mover/second names or recorded vote tallies, the article reports the procedural outcome from the record (voice approval). The board adjourned after completing the agenda items.
Next steps noted in the meeting included outreach events on the comprehensive plan during April–June and the pre-bid schedule for the visitor center.
