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Meeting of April 12, 2021

4-12-21 Ohio Co. Fiscal Court Special-Called Meeting · Watch on YouTube ↗

Summary

Ohio County Fiscal Court – Special-Called Meeting Summary (4/12/21)

The court handled routine business first, approving the minutes of the March 23rd meeting, paying bills and transfers, and acknowledging both the county treasurer's and county clerk's March 2021 financial reports.

A key item was the annual resolution required to receive road aid/gas tax (rural secondary/county road) funds from the state, which passed unanimously. The court also approved a personnel hire, bringing on Cassidy Stevens as payroll clerk at $15.93/hour effective April 25th.

Much of the meeting was devoted to committee reports. An employee morale survey conducted across county departments came back largely positive, with a few areas for improvement identified (chain of command, new employee safety orientation, and reflective flagging on road equipment). The court also discussed progress on a proposed multi-county regional jail partnership with Butler, Edmonson, and Grayson counties, which appears to be moving forward positively. A new committee on littering enforcement and cleanup was proposed, with magistrates and outside partners (economic development, tourism) to be involved.

COVID-19 numbers were reported as improving overall, though two recent deaths were noted; residents were urged to continue mask use and get vaccinated. Tire amnesty days in the county were announced for the coming week, and a resident raised concerns about a delayed public notice regarding a water quality issue in Beaver Dam from the prior year, which magistrates explained was due to regulatory notification procedures.

The meeting adjourned with no other business, and the next meeting/budget workshop was scheduled for two weeks later.

Agenda (14)

  • 0:17

    Approval of March 23rd minutes

    The court reviewed and approved the minutes from the March 23rd meeting with no discussion.

  • 1:02

    Bills, payments and transfers

    The court reviewed and approved bills, payments, and transfers with a roll call vote.

  • 1:32

    Treasurer's March 2021 financial statement

    The county treasurer's financial statement for March 2021 was acknowledged by the court.

  • 2:04

    County Clerk's March 2021 financial report

    The county clerk's financial report for March 2021 was acknowledged by the court.

  • 2:35

    Rural/county road aid resolution (gas tax funds)

    The court discussed and passed the annual resolution needed to receive state road aid/gas tax funds, noting an increase of about $47,000 over the prior year due to construction cost increases.

  • 7:18

    Road department budget/resolution list (chip and seal, sheriff vehicles, road repair)

    The court reviewed a detailed list of road department expenditures including chip-and-seal work, sheriff's office vehicles, and road repair/maintenance, and approved the resolution list via roll call.

  • 8:43

    Personnel hiring - payroll clerk

    The court approved hiring Cassidy Stevens as payroll clerk at $15.93 per hour effective April 25th.

  • 9:38

    Employee morale survey report

    The judge reported on an employee morale survey conducted across county departments, which came back largely positive with a few issues identified and being addressed, including safety orientation and chain-of-command concerns.

  • 17:32

    Jail committee report - regional jail partnership

    An update was given on a productive meeting between Ohio, Butler, and Edmonson county judges regarding a potential multi-county regional jail partnership, including cost-sharing and location discussions.

  • 23:50

    New littering/cleanup committee proposal

    A new committee was proposed to address littering and roadside trash, with plans to involve economic development, tourism representatives, and hold a public forum.

  • 28:26

    COVID-19 update

    The judge reported improving COVID case numbers overall but noted two recent deaths, urging continued caution with masks and vaccination.

  • 30:23

    Magistrate comments - tire amnesty announcement

    Magistrate Sam announced upcoming tire amnesty days at the county park location.

  • 32:37

    Beaver Dam water quality notice discussion

    A resident's concern about a delayed public notice regarding a water quality test failure in Beaver Dam from the previous year was discussed, with magistrates explaining the regulatory notification process.

  • 37:45

    Adjournment and next meeting announcement

    With no further business, the meeting was adjourned, with the next meeting/budget workshop scheduled two weeks later.

Motions & votes (8)

  • 0:32

    passedApprove the minutes of the March 23rd meeting

    Moved by Sam · seconded by Larry Markey · voice vote, ayes

  • 1:04

    passedApprove bills, payments and transfers

    Moved by Jason · seconded by Larry · roll call, all yes

  • 1:42

    passedAcknowledge treasurer's March 2021 financial statement

    Moved by Sam · seconded by Jason Bullock · voice vote, ayes

  • 2:10

    passedAcknowledge county clerk's March 2021 financial report

    Moved by Larry Camp · seconded by Sam Small · voice vote, ayes

  • 3:31

    passedPass resolution for rural/county road aid transportation funds (gas tax)

  • 7:44

    passedApprove road department resolution list (chip and seal, sheriff vehicles, road repair funding)

    seconded by Justin · roll call, all yes

  • 8:40

    passedApprove hiring Cassidy Stevens as payroll clerk at $15.93/hour effective April 25th

    roll call, all yes

  • 37:40

    passedAdjourn the meeting

Transcript (31 segments)

  • 0:01

    [Music] in these times as we need it so much in your name we pray amen i pledge allegiance of america and to the republic for which you stand one nation under god indivisible with liberty and justice for all before you you have the minutes of the march 23rd meeting i need a motion to prove so much motion but sam second by larry markey is there any discussions corrections or additions on the message discussion corrections relations being there i don't folks say aye all right polls like sign let's pass uh before you have the bills paid payments and transfers i'll make the most of it except most of my jason second second but larry morpheus [Music] discussion is there any discussion professional deals declining defendants

  • 1:19

    and transfers big man miranda brokaw johnston yes down yes northview yes small yes block yes motion carriage before you have the uh grazer march 2021 financial statement is that oh here it is on the back of that i'll make a motion to acknowledge yes most of the same smiles a second second jason bullock is there any discussion or questions for our treasure being known on thursday eye opposed life sign before you you have the clerk best ralph's march 2021 financial report motion by larry camp to acknowledge that second segment sam small any discussion any discussion being done all the time say aye opposed like saying don't you care the next we have to it seems like it's been no time ago but we have to again

  • 2:33

    we have to pass the uh resolution on the transportation for the money we get from the cra from our gas tax money so i'll make a motion how much is the difference is it well it uh increased enough that it replaced that money we were short in construction material so it was i think it was like 47 000 more than last year so i put that in construction management let's get it one time a year uh no they sent us two checks one in august and one in january sixty percent in august and forty percent in january oh there's what do you think the next one will be up to or you don't have no idea well this is the county road so it's based on what that contract says it's based on yeah this but this is how they figure what we get out of our gas tax money so you got the motion in second miranda wait one second i'm sorry technically i'll second it no well one of you both of you just made the motion second at the same time so i figured the other one just pick you judge you have two spots to sign in and

  • 3:50

    everybody else needs to sign on the very back of the room yeah solid actually this time it looks like you have two places to sign yes i do [Music] and then i found the other place i'll give you the whole package [Music] i can't see i want to apologize to you for not being

  • 5:19

    here last week or last meeting the judge had forgotten i told him i wouldn't be here because i was quarantined and so i am sorry for not being here would apologize to everybody did you get that did you i never got it but my daughter did and even my wife got it after her shot after the shots but she didn't have no symptoms but she tested him there you go i think i went over this with their baby tulare yeah that's their next item of business if you notice matter of fact one thing on there was specifically by your uh suggestion i already messed it all up he's not changing he showed up yeah they was going to take it all the way to your district the three of them were going to buy it three of them there's three portions we just thought that duster here we just do that [Music] the next three is that 480 of chip and sale but she took it three blocks so get the money back quicker so when so much is done she'll turn it in and turn it turned in okay the next one's cars for the sheriff's office and they know that this year next may be

  • 6:33

    the end of that and then on down here on road repair and maintenance that's your suggestion that's for the using the chip and seal machine packs with places that need to be patched okay oh one question on this well i mean we won't physically have the money but we have enough in savings to spot us okay i guess that's a question i want to know if we had enough money to get started with check and see on this beautiful weather yes to uh yes say like him in my district a couple hundred thousand dollars or whatever we do have that yes okay that's good okay uh so i need a motion and a second on the house bill so um for discussion i'll explain something the motions reading that this list you're approving it's got a resolution number and then when the co-service people dlg sends a resolution i'll sign so that's this way you don't have to deal with it again but it'll be exactly this list did you get a second juice okay so is there any further discussion i

  • 7:48

    think that's real cop johnson yeah yes yes yes pull up yes that motion carries we feel pretty safe with that amount right there i mean well if there was any if there was any uh difference it would be in that last line item and that's going to be the roof on the ambulance service unless it's repairs fixed is it if it fixes the ambulance service and will be on the road department's uh bill then the next thing i have is a is a personnel hiring i'm going to put up cassidy stevens as her payroll clerk at 1593 per hour effective april the 25th uh and of course that's the person that's replacing uh and we need this uh we need a roll call though did she pass all the qualifications yes okay johnson yes yes yes yes yes

  • 9:09

    okay that motion carries and i have signed the order here [Music] okay the next thing's committed reports and i'm going to do it first now go first uh we meaning the management department and myself have been concerned for some time about our employed morale so we came up with a survey and i had kenny all tree to go about that he interviewed every county employee and here is the stats that come from that you know [Music] for insurance they're supposed to happen today okay i think so sorry i can't spell i think that one gets gruntled in one pocket yeah we're still you know i'm waiting for that i thought i had enough here we go uh and i was very pleased with it