Washington County Commissioners Meeting 5/13/21

MARIETTA, OH — Commissioners Booth and Schilling sat down to go over the agenda for this week's Washington County Commissioners meeting.

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AGENDA

9:00 Business Meeting

9:45 CHIP Public Hearing

10:00 House of Hope

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

None

NEW BUSINESS

Approve Agenda

This item was approved without dispute.

Approval of previous meeting minutes

This item was approved without dispute.

Additional Appropriation - Commissary

This item was to replenish the jail commissary. It was approved without dispute.

Additional Appropriation - Family & Children First

This item was approved without dispute.

Additional Appropriation - Wireless 911

This was for an audit of the wireless 911 system. It was approved without dispute.

Additional Appropriation - 911

This was for an audit of the hardwired 911 system. It was approved without dispute.

Transfer - Family & Children First

This was for a routine transfer. It was approved without dispute.

Transfer - County General

This was also for a routine transfer. This item was also approved without dispute.

Transfer - Building Department

This item was for a subscription to the newspaper. It was approved without dispute.

Then & Now

This was to approve a number of bills. This item was approved without dispute.

CSEA - Limited English Proficiency Plan

This was a program to renew the Child Support Enforcement Administration's Limited English Proficiency plan. This item was approved without dispute.

JFS - Contract with Zencity Technologies

This item was to contract out data analytics for some county social media accounts. It was approved without dispute.

Sheriff - Monthly Report on Care of Prisoners for April

This item was to look at the monthly report on care of prisoners for April. It was approved without dispute.

Covid Taskforce - Request #2021-14

This was a routine allotment for the county's COVID-19 task force. This item was approved without dispute.

Port Authority - Appointments to Board

There was some dispute on this item. The Port Authority had a couple of appointments they wanted to make to the board. They currently have 10 board members, they want to up that to 13. Commissioner Booth voiced some concerns over one of the appointees because he's planning on running for city council. The idea was to table this matter and look into it. President Kevin Ritter and Commissioner Schilling voted to approve anyway and after Booth heard that this matter had been examined he jumped on board too. Bret Allphin of Sixmo Inc was given the green light. ODOT Engineer Eric Reed was also approved.

Dates to Remember

Planning Commission Meeting, 7 p.m. May 17, at Commissioners Office

Public hearing to vacate Bartlett Street, 9:45 a.m. May 20, at Commissioners Office

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