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Tuscarawas County commissioners approve budget adjustments, transfers, event parking and equipment lease
Summary
At the June 22, 2026 meeting the Tuscarawas County Board of Commissioners approved minutes, supplemental appropriations for W&S (USDA RD Loan #91‑15), inter‑fund transfers to Public Assistance and Children Services, an obsolete furniture declaration for the Clerk of Courts, a premises use agreement for Music on the Square, a 60‑month Pitney Bowes lease billed quarterly at $4,423.29, and payment of bills. All motions were moved by Commissioner Mitch Pace and seconded by Commissioner Greg Ress; Commissioner Kristin Zemis was absent.
The Tuscarawas County Board of Commissioners conducted routine administrative business on June 22, 2026, approving a set of budget and operational motions.
The board approved the minutes of its June 17, 2026 meeting (Resolution 453‑2026). It also approved supplemental appropriations to Water & Sewer accounts tied to USDA RD Loan #91‑15: $2,200.00 to account 3050-410-44-507000 and $1,581.19 to account 3050-410-45-508000 (Resolution 454‑2026). Both items were moved by Commissioner Mitch Pace and seconded by Commissioner Greg Ress; vote recorded: Greg Ress, yes; Mitch Pace, yes; Kristin Zemis, absent.
Separately, the board approved an inter‑fund transfer/advance (Resolution 455‑2026) moving $20,361.11 from County General to Public Assistance and $495,524.66 from County General to Children Services. That motion was also moved by Commissioner Pace and seconded by Commissioner Ress and recorded as approved with one commissioner absent.
The commissioners declared specified office furniture at the Clerk of Courts obsolete under Ohio Revised Code 307.12(B), listing one wooden desk described as broken to be offered inter‑office or recycled (Resolution 456‑2026). Kristine Beard, Assistant County Prosecutor, is noted in the record as approving other agreements as to form.
The board approved a premises use agreement to allow use of the Ashwood Lane parking lot for Music on the Square parking (Resolution 459‑2026) and approved a NASPO ValuePoint fair‑market‑value rental agreement for a Pitney Bowes mail processing machine with a 60‑month term billed quarterly at $4,423.29 (Resolution 460‑2026). Both agreements were approved as to form by Kristine Beard in the record. Finally, the board moved to approve payment of listed bills (Resolution 461‑2026); amounts for the bills are not specified in the minutes excerpt.
All listed motions at the meeting were recorded as approved by Greg Ress and Mitch Pace, with Commissioner Kristin Zemis recorded absent. The minutes do not record extended debate or public comment on the items listed.
