Gettysburg council adopts Resolution 2026-1 naming Darke County as village electric purchasing agent

On Feb. 12, 2026, the Village of Gettysburg Council approved Resolution No. 2026-1, authorizing the Darke County Commissioners to serve as the village's purchasing agent and governmental aggregator for electric power and declaring the measure an emergency.

Dan May moved for first reading of Resolution 2026-1; Councilor Kelsey Chrisman seconded and the motion carried. May then moved to suspend the rules to permit second and third readings by title only; Melissa Sargent seconded and the council approved the suspension. May moved to adopt the resolution and Tim Rue seconded; the council adopted Resolution 2026-1. Melissa Sargent moved that the resolution be adopted as an emergency and May seconded; the motion carried. The minutes record each action as "Motion is passed and carried." The minutes do not include a roll-call vote tally.

The resolution authorizes the county to act as aggregator and purchasing agent for electric power for village accounts. Council did not record detailed implementation steps or specific contract terms in the minutes; those details will be subject to follow-up with county staff and any contracting process required by the county and village.

The council recorded the procedural steps required to adopt the resolution (first reading, suspension of rules, adoption, emergency adoption) but did not specify vote counts in the minutes. The resolution is listed in the minutes as RESOLUTION NO. 2026-1. The council did not announce a timeline for implementation at the Feb. 12 meeting.