Board approves levy committee appointments, sheriff's grants, juvenile court budget changes and appointments

At its May 19 meeting, the Lucas County Board of County Commissioners approved a slate of administrative actions including committee appointments, two sheriff's office grant items, juvenile court budget and capital-grant items, and two personnel appointments confirmed after executive session.

Appointments and committee: Administrator/department staff presented recommended appointments to the Lucas County Citizens Levy Review Committee: Jesus Salas, Michelle Klinger, Thomas Susser, Candice Buckley, Evan Morrison, Tracy Perryman and Debbie Fryzon. A motion to approve the appointments (moved by Commissioner Gerken) passed by roll call.

Sheriff's Office grants: Britney Sedler, presenting on behalf of the sheriff's office, asked the board to accept FY25 criminal-justice grant funding of $36,784.06 with a required 25% local match of $12,261.35; the award period in the transcript was read as starting Jan. 1, 2026 and (as read) ending Dec. 31, 2026. Sedler also asked permission to apply for a 2025 COSF grant to support the DART office and related community advocates outreach, including salary and fringe support. The COSF amount was read in the transcript as "1.2646186" over three years; the transcript formatting is unclear. The board moved, seconded and approved both requests by roll call. "There is a 25% match, and that's gonna be supplied by our general fund, in the amount of $12,261.35," Sedler said during the presentation.

Juvenile Court budget and capital request: Juvenile Court requested a budget amendment to move $15,000 from out-of-home placements to GPS electronic monitoring because of higher-than-expected monitoring costs, and sought authorization to accept a $100,000 state Department of Youth Services local capital project grant to fund security and technology upgrades at the Youth Treatment Center. The board approved the requested budget amendment and the authorization by roll call.

Executive session and personnel: The board voted to enter executive session to discuss appointments, employee-discipline and collective bargaining and later reconvened in public. After returning, Director Brunner requested approval of personnel actions. The board approved the appointment of Antoine Macintosh to a full-time custodial worker 3 position at $16.97 per hour (T & S bargaining unit pay grade 17, step 1) and the appointment of Lisa Wilson to a full-time custodial worker 2 position at $15.71 per hour (TMS bargaining unit pay grade 16, step 1). Director Brunner's request and the subsequent motion were recorded on the roll call vote.

Votes at a glance: The transcript records roll-call approvals for the minutes, the proclamation for Johnny McIntyre, the levy committee appointments, the sheriff's grant acceptance and COSF application permission, the juvenile court budget amendment and capital-grant authorization, and the two personnel appointments; roll-call names and affirmative responses appear in the meeting record.

Next steps and context: Most items were routine approvals of grants, appointments and personnel actions. The juvenile court amendment reallocates $15,000 to GPS monitoring and the capital grant, if executed, would fund security and technology work at the Youth Treatment Center. The sheriff's office will supply the required match from the general fund and will pursue the COSF application for multi-year funding to support DART outreach.