By: Jacob Kessler
The Fulton County Commissioners held their first meeting of the week on Tuesday, January 3rd. The meeting began at 8:59 a.m. with the Pledge of Allegiance and a prayer.
The minutes for the December 29th meeting were approved next along with the current agenda as presented.
A review then took place regarding correspondence from the Ohio Department of Development pertaining to the Nature Fresh Farms project.
The following agenda items were then approved.
-Resolution 2023-003 for the increase and transfer of appropriations for various departments.
-Resolution 2023-004 to enter into Contract 2023-001 with Tetra Tech for the Phase I and
Phase II environmental site assessment, survey, and remedial action plan for ODOD Grant- Former Jackson Cleaners.
-Resolution 2023-005 to enter into Contract 2023-002 with Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church for a satellite center on behalf of the senior center.
-Resolution 2023-006 to approve an ad for bids for the new senior center facility.
-Resolution 2023-007 to enter into Contract 2023-003 with Empathia, Inc. for the First Responders EAP Program.
-Resolution 2023-008 to approve purchase orders and travel requests.
With no further business to attend to, the commissioners moved to adjourn the meeting at 9:11 a.m.
Commissioners then held their second meeting of the week on Thursday, January 5th. The meeting began at 8:59 a.m. with the Pledge of Allegiance and a prayer.
The minutes were approved from the January 3rd meeting along with the current agenda items.
Reviews then took place regarding the month end financial report for December 2022, sales tax report for December 2022, and the recorder’s annual notice of duty to record zoning resolutions and amendments.
The following agenda items were then approved.
-Resolution 2023-011 to organize the Board of Commissioners for 2023. Jon Rupp was selected as President and Jeff Rupp was selected as Vice President.
-Resolution 2023-012 to establish the 2023 commissioners meeting schedule.
-Resolution 2023-013 to establish the 2023 holiday schedule. Commissioners moved to switch the date of Juneteenth to July 3rd before approving the resolution.
-Resolution 2023-014 to appoint members to various boards and committees for 2023.
-Resolution 2023-015 to designate a 2023 official representative and alternate for the Annual CCAO Membership Meeting.
-Resolution 2023-016 to establish the 2023 mileage reimbursement rate.
-Resolution 2023-017 for the increase and transfer of appropriations for various departments.
-Resolution 2023-018 to accept the 2023 funding award from the area Office on Aging and authorize the board president to sign.
-Resolution 2023-019 to appoint a 2023 Apiary Inspector.
-Resolution 2023-020 to authorize the engineer to use the force account.
-Resolution 2023-021 to enter into Agreement 2023-004 with CEBCO for the 2023 Wellness Grant.
-Resolution 2023-022 to approve oversight of Agreement 2023-005 with NOCAC on behalf of JFS.
-Resolution 2023-023 to approve Change Order #1 to Contract 2022-114 with Buckeye Elm Contracting – Wauseon Soil Cleanup, Britsch.
-Resolution 2023-024 to approve a personnel request on behalf of the JFS.
– Resolution 2023-025 to approve purchase orders and travel requests.
With no further business to attend to, the meeting was adjourned at 9:19 a.m.
Jacob can be reached at jacob@thevillagereporter.com