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Franklin County Sewer Board approves consultant and contractor payments, clarifies project ownership
Summary
The Franklin County Sewer Board approved a consultant invoice and a contractor pay application for the county sewer project, and board members clarified that the project will be owned by the county and administered through the Franklin County Sewer Department; account setup will be coordinated with county financial offices.
The Franklin County Sewer Board voted to approve a consultant invoice and a contractor pay application and discussed how the county will take ownership and set up accounts for the sewer project.
A board member opened the meeting and presented an invoice from a consulting firm shown in the meeting record as "Bose McKenna and Evans"; the transcript contains inconsistent spellings of the firm’s name. The amount for that invoice is recorded inconsistently in the transcript (the record shows both "$1,44" and "1404"). Jerry Wendles moved to approve the bill and Jeff Cook seconded; the motion carried.
The board then considered application No. 12 from the project contractor (transcript spellings include "Bracky Incorporated," "Brackney," and "Brackenne"). The amount recorded for that pay application was $247,275.80. Jeff Cook moved to approve application No. 12; Jerry Wendle seconded and the board approved the payment.
On procedural and governance matters, the presiding board member clarified that the Franklin County Sewer Department is a Franklin County entity and said, "we as commissioners own this project or will own this project as it's transferred from [the contractor] to us" under the build-operate-transfer arrangement. The speaker said the project is not a separate sewer district even though it operates within the Whitewater Valley Sewer District’s geography, and that county counsel agrees the setup treats the sewer department as another county department.
Board members discussed the mechanics of banking and accounting for the project. One member said it would likely be handled "just like the clerk's trust," meaning a separate account that does not flow through general county funds. The presiding member said they will work with the auditor’s office and the treasurer’s office to ensure accounts and documentation are ready ahead of a state board review next year.
With no other business, the board moved to adjourn; a motion to adjourn was credited in the record to Jerry Williams and seconded by Jeff Cook.
The meeting record includes inconsistent spellings of consulting and contractor names and minor transcription errors (see clarifying details). Vote tallies beyond the stated motions ("All in favor say I"/"Motion carries") are not itemized by name in the record provided.
