Ross County approves pay application for waterline, accepts airport consulting agreement and clears personnel items

At its June 8 business meeting, Ross County commissioners approved several administrative items including a payment for a water‑infrastructure project, a consultant agreement and personnel actions.

Staff presented Pay Application No. 5 for the Banebridge waterline replacement in the amount transcribed as $700,578.12 and said the payment is grant‑funded; the commission moved, seconded and approved the payment. Staff also presented a professional services agreement with the Rasher Group for airport consulting; that agreement was approved by voice vote.

On personnel, the commission approved transferring an employee named Sarah to the engineer's office. Commissioners also discussed a recommended intern candidate for the county communications coordinator position (recommended by Dr. Jonathan Davis) and said the candidate should be interviewed; commissioners noted further discussion could occur in executive session or a work session.

The commission scheduled an executive session at 11:00 a.m. to discuss the Vandermark claim under real‑estate and possible legal action; no substantive details about the claim were discussed in open session.

Other items: staff reminded the commission of the upcoming 'Bridges Out of Poverty' workshop on June 23 at the OC auditorium and provided routine service‑center photo updates indicating the conference room work was near schedule.

Next steps: staff will finalize payment paperwork, execute the consultant agreement, arrange interviews for the communications candidate if appropriate, and proceed with the executive session as posted.