Meeting of June 14, 2022
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Summary
Ohio County Fiscal Court – June 14, 2022
The court handled routine business including approval of minutes, bills, claims, and financial statements from the treasurer's and clerk's offices for May 2022.
A resolution was approved to support a CDBG grant application for 'Project Honor,' a project tied to a company planning to bring 35 jobs to the area, with grant funding based on $20,000 per job. A representative from the grant company attended to receive the signed resolution.
The court appointed Deborah Phelps to the library board and passed a resolution enabling the fiscal court to have more say over library board appointments under a new state law, including the ability to reject appointees after two tries. Amendments to the administrative code were also adopted, along with a second ordinance related to 'two consoles' (likely dispatch console consolidation), both requiring roll call votes since they were ordinances.
Several personnel actions were approved, including pay corrections and transfers in the clerk's office and road department, and seasonal hires for the golf course pro shop. The road committee reported plans to declare surplus two John Deere tractors, a Volvo semi, and two three-point hitch pushoffs for sale on GovDeals.com, and to advertise for bids on a new mowing tractor and side-mount bush hog.
The court also discussed a citizen request for a fire hydrant on Highway 69 North serving at least six families, deciding to review cost estimates further before committing funds at a future meeting. Committee updates covered an upcoming jail committee meeting and a tri-county jail informational session. The meeting closed with reminders to check on elderly neighbors during hot weather and a discussion about new state restrictions on constables' duties, before adjourning.
Agenda (19)
- 0:00
Call to order, prayer, and pledge
Judge Executive called the meeting to order and Sam Small led a prayer and pledge of allegiance.
- 1:19
Approval of May 24th minutes
Minutes from the May 24th meeting were approved with no discussion.
- 1:43
Approval of bills and claims
Bills, claims, payments and transfers were reviewed and approved.
- 3:39
Treasurer's May 2022 financial statement
The court acknowledged the treasurer's May 2022 financial statement.
- 4:02
Clerk's May 2022 financial statement
The court acknowledged the clerk's May 2022 financial report.
- 4:30
CDBG resolution for Project Honor
The court approved a resolution supporting a CDBG grant application tied to a company bringing 35 jobs to the area, with funding based on $20,000 per job.
- 6:17
Library board appointment and resolution
Deborah Phelps was appointed to the library board, and a resolution was passed giving the fiscal court more authority over library board appointments under a new state law.
- 8:53
Administrative code amendment
The court introduced and approved a motion accepting changes to the administrative code.
- 9:27
Ordinance second reading scheduling
A second reading and brief public hearing on the ordinance were scheduled for the next meeting.
- 10:04
Ordinance 20226 regarding two consoles
A motion was made and passed via roll call for an ordinance pertaining to consolidating two consoles.
- 10:49
Executive session / recess
The court took a brief recess for the judge to meet privately with Joe Barnes and Sam Small.
- 11:32
Personnel: Sheila Moore pay correction
A correction was made to Sheila Moore's title and pay rate in the clerk's office.
- 12:20
Personnel: Chandra Smith transfer to road department
Chandra Smith was transferred to the road department as administrative assistant at a new pay rate effective July.
- 14:41
Personnel: golf course seasonal hires
Emma Render and Angela Hardesty were hired as seasonal employees at the golf course pro shop.
- 16:10
Road committee report and surplus equipment motions
The road committee reported plans to sell surplus equipment on GovDeals.com and to advertise for bids on a new mowing tractor and bush hog.
- 18:45
Other committee reports
Updates were given on the jail committee meeting schedule and a tri-county jail informational session.
- 21:01
Fire hydrant request on Highway 69 North
A citizen request for a fire hydrant serving at least six families was discussed; the court decided to review costs further before funding.
- 24:37
Constable duties discussion
Court members discussed new state restrictions limiting constables to serving papers unless they attend the police academy, and debated whether the county should pay for training.
- 26:31
Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned with a reminder about a special call meeting.
Motions & votes (17)
- 1:57
passedApprove bills and claims
Moved by Larry Cam · seconded by Sam Small · unanimous
- 3:50
passedAcknowledge/receive the treasurer's May 2022 financial statement
Moved by Sam Small · seconded by Joe Barnes · unanimous
- 4:09
passedAcknowledge the clerk's May 2022 financial report
Moved by Jason Bullock · seconded by Bill Eric Cam · unanimous
- 5:04
passedApprove CDBG application resolution for Project Honor
Moved by Larry King · seconded by Joe Byrne · unanimous
- 6:17
passedAppoint Deborah Phelps to library board
roll call: Johnston yes, Cam yes, Morpheu yes, Small yes
- 7:25
passedAdopt resolution on library board appointment authority
seconded by Joe Barnes
- 8:53
passedAccept changes to administrative code
seconded by Jason Booker · roll call: Johnston yes, Cam yes, Small yes, Bullock yes, Barnes yes
- 10:11
passedOrdinance 20226 pertaining to two consoles
roll call, Johnston yes
- 11:32
passedCorrect Sheila Moore's title/pay to Clerk 2
roll call: Johnston yes, Cam yes, Morphew yes, Small yes
- 12:32
passedTransfer Chandra Smith to road department as administrative assistant
roll call: Johnston yes, Cam yes, Small yes
- 13:46
passedApprove pay rate change for administrative assistant position (level 2)
roll call: Johnson yes, Cam yes, Small yes
- 14:43
passedHire Emma Render as seasonal golf course employee
roll call: Johnson yes, Cam yes, Small yes
- 15:05
passedHire Angela Hardesty as seasonal golf course employee
- 16:10
passedDeclare two John Deere tractors, a Volvo semi, and two pushoffs as surplus
unanimous
- 16:45
passedAdvertise for bids on a mowing tractor and side-mount bush hog
seconded by Jason Booker
- 21:37
tabledMove forward with fire hydrant request paperwork for review
- 26:31
passedAdjourn the meeting
Transcript (22 segments)
- 0:00
[Music] call this meeting oh i came fiscal court to order on this uh 14th day of june 2022 at five o'clock i'm going to ask sam small to lead us in a prayer and a pledge to flag about it please graciously heavenly father lord we just come to you tonight lord we just ask that you would just watch over this meeting and the proceedings and that everything we do here be pleasing unto you or we just ask that you and guide us in our decisions we make lord we ask that you be with this county in the future and everything that has to do with what we can do we just ask that you would bless all those that's here and all those that are not i pray these things in jesus name amen amen i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united for which it stand
- 1:12
one nation under god indivisible with liberty and justice from wrong before you have the minutes of the may 24th meeting need a [Music] is there any discussions corrections or additions [Music] discussion corrections or addition being none on thursday like sign bills are approved before you have the bills claimed payments and transfers including like this so where is that lately [Music] i'll second it have have motion to larry cam second to sound small is there any questions or corrects or any uh discussions where i should say it on the bills there you go was there like this yes yes it was clipped with your package it's just one one sheet
- 2:27
your new the new package you see it there yeah okay [Music] oh [Music] straightforward [Music] [Music] is [Music] say aye opposed like signs the bills and claims are there you have uh
- 3:39
the treasures made 22 2022 uh that makes a motion to acknowledge the treasurer maintained through financial statements a second motion to sound small second but joe barnes to uh acknowledge or receive any any discussion being none on favor say aye [Music] before you have the clerks made 2022 financial statement i'll make a notice mostly to acknowledge the clerk's may 22 uh financial report motion with jason bullock second bill eric cam is there any discussion or questions on that bing then i don't say aye all right post like sign oh she carrick next we have resolutions to approve the cdbg application for project honor that's good somebody tell me a little bit about what that's about um the group that's uh that's going to uh bring the business here is applied for a grant to help them and it's based on uh
- 4:51
twenty thousand dollars a job and that up and they're applying for 35 jobs you make money yeah most from larry king exactly second by joe byrne is there any further discussion [Music] yes cares and it's signed and uh we're going to pause just a second for miranda to deliver that to jenna that's jenna boaz from the grad in our company tonight appreciate you being here thank you appreciate it thank you i'll just step out of here call me no get what you want to go watch the ground as you go out thank you you're welcome gotta go to henderson so a little bit of difference thank you [Music] what's the resolution for that
- 6:10
uh i'll explain that let's do the appointment first and i'll explain [Music] uh i will point to the library board for the term specified deborah phelps russia johnston yes count yes morpheu yes small yeah yes yes and while we're on that line where we on that line new law has been passed there's been a new law passed that effective the first of the year we're going to have a more say so in the floor departments for the library basically we have the right to reject the board of appointments that they send us and we can appoint our own after two tries with and this uh this uh we had to implement this resolution to allow us to use that uh system so is that all live so the libraries are all taxing districts
- 7:24
libraries libraries count main motion like most blood cam second but joe barnes any further discussion can i ask one question on that real quick you sure can why why is that not all taxi districts why is it just uh what was the reasoning that's the general assembly yeah okay i just i didn't know what we already did yeah that thing that's that's probably the best answer most of you know this was done by the state then yeah okay i just didn't know because i knew at one time they talked about all taxing districts and why they just singled out this is really watered down from what we asked for uh or what the judge executives and the manchester association asked for but it is a start and i believe also which is not in this resolution it's law i believe we have to prove their tax increase if it's overcompensated right but anything overcome anything compensates just like us it just kind of goes all right yeah that's that's i think david i'm going to take care of
- 8:37
it [Music] i want to introduce uh there's some changes that's been small change has been made in administrative told and i want to introduce a motion to accept those changes i'll stay in motion motion blur count secretary jason booker is there any discussion beyond that further discussion being none row caller it's an ordinance johnston yes count yes yes small yes bullock yes barnes yeah we will uh have a second reading on that in the two weeks who's going to publish that for us we got to advertise that was the library performance that was the uh and we'll have a brief public hearing before the next video as well um [Music] uh ordinance pertaining to the