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Votes at a glance: Ashland County Board approves appointments, ordinances, hazard plan and dispatch grant award
Summary
At its June 23 meeting the Ashland County Board approved routine appointments, accepted annual reports, adopted several resolutions including the 2026 Hazard Mitigation Plan and authorized joining the statewide interoperable communications system. The board also accepted a five‑year innovation grant award for joint dispatch funding and moved to publish a consolidated county code of ordinances.
The Ashland County Board on June 23 moved through a set of routine and policy votes:
- Appointments: The board appointed Marcus JMA to the planning committee and Randy Harvey as the citizen representative to the Tri County Corridor Commission; both motions were approved by voice vote.
- Minutes: The board approved the May 5, 2026 county board meeting minutes by voice vote.
- Resolutions and reports: The board approved resolution R06-2026-1539 supporting sustainable funding for local public health departments; accepted the Forestry Department’s 2025 annual report (staff noted a corrected net timber-sales figure from the printed packet: corrected figure 523,252.2); adopted R06-2026-1540, the 2026 Ashland County Hazard Mitigation Plan; and approved R06-2026-1541 to join the statewide public safety interoperable communications system.
- County code and ordinances: Supervisors approved an update to the county code of ordinances that reorganizes and republishes existing rules to make them searchable and more accessible; supervisors asked staff to provide highlights in the future and raised targeted questions about trail-camera rules and camping/criminal conduct language.
- Grant award: The county administrator reported that Ashland County won an innovation grant for the joint dispatch program that will pay $172,634 annually for five years (total $863,170) with a condition that dispatch spending remain below 2025 levels times 1.15.
Several items will be subject to additional staff follow-up or reporting, including comparative forestry revenue figures, clarifications on trail-camera time limits and the Health and Human Services department providing caseload numbers for the transitional housing program funded under the opioid-resolution action.
