By: Jacob Kessler
THE VILLAGE REPORTER
jacob@thevillagereporter.com
Vond Hall had been serving the community for over 30 years when he took the position of Fulton County Administrator on April 24th, 1994.
Since then, he has made quite an impact during his tenure here. Hall explained that when he began the job the county had a cash balance of $813,371.15. This is in contrast to what the balance was when he left his position, which sat at $22,323,499.59.
“That does not happen by accident. It takes cooperation and commitment by all the public leaders of this county. I am proud to call them co-workers and friends.”
“I feel very good that I am leaving the county in a better place than when I started. I believe that is the hope of every public servant,” said Vond Hall.
In his tenure, Hall has had the opportunity to meet and work with several local and influential individuals.
These individuals would include no less than one juvenile probate judge, two county engineers, two county sheriffs, three common pleas court judges, three county court judges, three county auditors, three treasurers, three clerks of courts, three recorders, four prosecutors, a couple of coroners and eight different commissioners.
Hall also listed several different projects he has been able to be a part of. “I have had the opportunity to be part of around eight courthouse renovations, including the clock tower repair and most recently the courtroom restoration.”
“Construction of a dog pound, the Detwiler Memorial Hospital conversion from a nursing home to office space in the early 90’s. In the year 2000, all administrative offices were relocated out of the courthouse thus restoring this building to house court only related activity. The current 34,000 sq. ft. administration building was built.”
“The establishment of the County Emergency Medical Service/ Advanced Life support system. In the spring of 2014, the county awarded $1M in state capital funds for the Shared Services model project with ODOT to construct a new county history museum across from the fairgrounds.”
“We are now just wrapping up a 2022 project when the county commissioners decided to construct a new senior center in partnership with the Fulton County Health Center using federal funds. And a steel mill or two (just to name a few!).”
In addition to all the work Hall has done in the county, he is also a father of three and has been married for 28 years.
He graduated from Heidelberg University with a bachelor’s degree in public administration and political science in the late 1980’s and has been working hard ever since.
Recently though, a change has taken hold. This change is a move from the position of administrator in Fulton County to the administrator of Williams County.
This follows a previous attempt at retirement, which was approved by commissioners during the May 2nd meeting and was originally going to take place on December 27th.
However, Hall states he is looking forward to helping the people of Williams County. “I am looking forward to helping Williams County distribute some of the workload.”
“I also look forward to a coordinated effort of communicating with all county elected officials.”