Greene County commissioners approve vouchers, grants and contracts; enter executive session

The Greene County Board of Commissioners met May 21, 2026, and by unanimous roll call approved a series of routine fiscal and administrative measures, awarded grants and contracts, and moved into an executive session at 1:15 p.m.

Commissioners Tom Koogler, Sarah J. Mays and Richard D. Gould approved vouchers and authorized travel and transfers as part of the meeting’s opening actions. The board also honored three long-serving county employees: Alan Joseph Engle (Sheriff’s Office), Robert David Rickels (Sheriff’s Office) and Marsha Wogoman (Department of Job & Family Services) through separate resolutions expressing appreciation for their service.

The board approved Resolution 26-5-21-7 to reimburse up to $500 per organization, under Ohio Revised Code Section 307.66, to three veterans groups — American Legion Post 95, American Legion Post 526 and DAV Chapter 92 — to help defray Memorial Day expenses.

Mrs. Mays moved and the commissioners approved Resolution 26-5-21-8, accepting an OCJS subgrant award for the Violent Crime Reduction program for the ACE Task Force in the amount of $42,247.93. The transcript states the grant term covers Jan. 1 through Dec. 31, 2026, and carries no county cash match requirement.

On procurement, the board accepted Resilient Tec, LLC’s bid for refurbished peripheral Cisco networking equipment in the amount of $152,391 (Resolution 26-5-21-9) and approved an agreement authorizing the County Administrator to sign (Resolution 26-5-21-10). The Data Processing Department recommended the award. The board also approved an engineering services agreement with Black & Veatch Corporation for $130,027 to support development of the Hilltop Wellfield for the Sanitary Engineering Department (Resolution 26-5-21-13).

The commissioners authorized Juvenile Court to apply for two RECLAIM grants, each for $30,000: one for victim restitution (funds to be earned by youth through community service and paid directly to victims) and a competitive grant to fund pro-social activities and family-engagement events for court-involved youth (Resolutions 26-5-21-11 and 26-5-21-12).

All recorded roll call votes shown in the transcript were 3–0 (Koogler, Mays and Gould voting Aye) for the measures listed above. The meeting record shows the board entered executive session at 1:15 p.m. under Ohio Revised Code Section 121.22(G)(1) to consider the dismissal, discipline or demotion of a public employee; present for the session were Commissioners Koogler, Mays and Gould and staff members Brandon Huddleson, Lisa Hale, Erin Thornhill, Julie Holmes-Taylor and Lisa Mock. The transcript does not record any further public action or any return to open session in the excerpt provided.

The County Administrator was authorized to sign the Resilient Tec agreement; other next steps noted in the transcript include anticipated implementation of grant and contract terms by the responsible departments.