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Meeting of January 23, 2024

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Summary

Ohio County Fiscal Court – January 23, 2024

The court approved routine business including minutes, bills/claims, and payment of a late list item for salt purchases. A significant portion of the meeting dealt with a crop ground lease near the county park: the original 5-year agreement with the Westerfields had expired, and after discussion the court voted to extend it for one year while planning to rebid the contract afterward.

The court gave first reading approval to a revised county ordinance (2024-25) that cleans up outdated repealing language from a 2012 ordinance without substantive changes. Several personnel hires were approved for the senior center, park, and animal shelter, all part-time positions at $13.53/hour.

The court also passed a resolution to join the Delta Region Authority (in addition to the Mountain Region Authority) to improve eligibility for federal funding opportunities. Another resolution authorized payment of about $44,878 to reimburse costs for upgrading the jail's court video/software system, part of a statewide upgrade program funded through DLG.

Committee reports noted progress on broadband utility pole placement in the northern part of the county, and ongoing issues with the fire department's radio repeater system, which is not reaching handheld units and may need replacement. A road committee meeting was scheduled to discuss potential equipment purchases.

During member comments, discussion arose about improving fencing at the animal shelter to prevent animals from escaping or being abandoned outside secure areas; the county administrator will look into costs. The meeting closed with lighthearted personal remarks before adjournment.

Agenda (11)

  • 1:23

    Approval of January 9th minutes

    The court approved the minutes from the previous meeting without corrections.

  • 1:58

    Bills, claims, and transfers approval

    The court approved bill and claims payments including a late list item for extra salt purchases.

  • 2:39

    Crop ground lease extension near county park

    The 5-year lease with the Westerfields for 40 acres of crop ground expired; the court voted to extend it one year while planning to rebid the contract later.

  • 6:38

    First reading of ordinance 2024-25

    The court held a first reading on a cleaned-up version of a 2012 ordinance, clarifying repealing language with no major changes.

  • 8:18

    Personnel hire - Senior Center meal driver

    Approved hiring Mary Alice Meadow as a part-time meal driver at $13.53/hour.

  • 9:32

    Personnel hire - Park part-time position

    Approved hiring Haley Snider as a part-time employee at the park at $13.53/hour.

  • 9:58

    Personnel hire - Animal Shelter part-time position

    Approved hiring Hannah Roach for a part-time animal shelter position at $13.53/hour.

  • 10:34

    Delta Region Authority resolution

    The court passed a resolution to join the Delta Region Authority to qualify for additional federal funding opportunities.

  • 11:47

    Court video system grant reimbursement resolution

    Discussion of a statewide grant program to upgrade jail court video software, requiring the county to front the cost before reimbursement.

  • 14:28

    Committee reports

    Updates given on broadband utility pole installation progress and ongoing fire radio repeater issues.

  • 15:59

    Magistrate comments and animal shelter fencing discussion

    Magistrates discussed scheduling a road committee meeting and raised concerns about animal shelter fencing to prevent animals from escaping.

Motions & votes (10)

  • 1:33

    passedApprove the minutes of the January 9th meeting

    Moved by Jason · seconded by Michael · unanimous

  • 2:22

    passedApprove bills, claims, and transfers including late list

    Moved by Kenneth · seconded by V · unanimous

  • 5:51

    passedExtend crop ground lease with Westerfields for one year

    seconded by Ken · unanimous

  • 7:45

    passedApprove first reading of ordinance 2024-25

    Moved by Larry Mor · seconded by Jason · unanimous roll call

  • 9:20

    passedApprove hiring of Mary Alice Meadow as part-time meal driver

    unanimous roll call

  • 9:43

    passedApprove hiring of Haley Snider as part-time park employee

    unanimous roll call

  • 10:12

    passedApprove hiring of Hannah Roach as part-time animal shelter employee

    unanimous roll call

  • 11:20

    passedApprove resolution 2024-9 to join the Delta Region Authority

    seconded by Jason · unanimous

  • 13:04

    passedApprove resolution 2024-10 to pay $44,878 for jail court video software upgrade, to be reimbursed

    Moved by Landon · unanimous

  • 14:02

    passedConfirm vote on Delta Region Authority resolution that was previously discussed but not formally voted on

    unanimous

Transcript (17 segments)

  • 0:00

    [Music] call this meeting of Ohio K Fiscal Court order on this TW uh 23rd day of January 2024 at 5:00 CL I'm going to ask Justin count if he will to listen a prayer and a pledge to the flag we bow our heads first off thank you Lord for all the um blessings that you've given us whether we realize all of them or not and we humbly ask for all your wisdom as we come together for this County may we may we granted insight into into the decisions that we that we have to make and may they be just and and fair May our efforts be for the greater good and we thank you for your never ending Grace and it's in your name we pray amen pledge ALG to the flag of the

  • 1:12

    United States of America to the stands one nation under God indivisible with liy and jice for all before you have the minutes of the January 9th meeting I need a motion to approve make motion to approve motion by Jason second second by Michael is there any uh discussion Corrections or additions is there any discussion Corrections or additions being none on in favor say I I oppose like sign the amend are approved before you you have the bills claim payments and transfers including late list on the late list of the we had to purchase some more salt we didn't have the amount well we're trying to say we St yes okay make a motion motion by Kenneth second second by v um any discussion on the bill claim

  • 2:30

    payment and transfers discussion being none I favor say I POS like sign bills are PID B come forward you got a little technicality in need technically that crop ground that we have um in front of the park there that contract ended and that was a 5-year contract we're going to have to we're going to have to renew that contract on the crop ground and the westerfield's had that so I'm asking for an extension on that crop ground for them to maintain and farm crop that out basically um like I said it was only a 5year agreement and that was at uh $200 an acre and and that was uh $8,000 a year and that's 40 acres of crop ground that they have there so that's just something that we have to do and that time has come so yeah and I have to go down and sign it down to the Farm office for them to get their

  • 3:43

    government how how much it's $200 an acre 40 AC have they proposed the contract to you Bo or is it the same one the contct extend it I can't remove then we can bid it out for the four 2025 years judge no it had been three then that one was five and but we it slipped up on us we need and the thing that they're the thing that they're they put a lot of time and effort money into that so that the way they wanted to do it is basically on that five years that's that's why they felt better with that so actually they've done some to it recently so what you're saying is we're extending it this year but we'll we'll bid it again I'm fine with that whatever you side they it looks like they just went through and dipped all the ditches you know on their own they do a lot got it but we B it twice whatever Justin recommends I'm I'm for whatever y'all decide I'm fine too I just didn't know do we have to is there we have after B is no no if you choice we can go and give another five years now whatever I'm almost positive I either wrote the first

  • 4:57

    one or they wrote it so they wrote the first first one okay and I don't know I don't know if you have found it yet but I know have a cop Dale said he has a copy list that he and then get a cop as well because all but I need to go down and sign that farm L that's why we need to get it done tonight yeah yeah I mean if what I mean if the court wants to do whatever they want to do as far as the contract terms but whatever you decide then yeah I'm totally fine I mean they they've been good to us they help us out and they take care about extended a year that we'll visit it before Before Time s up on next time one now when we least that stuff we don't have to go for theirs we can go for whatever we decide yeah it it that's how we' done it in the past it was extend that one year I'd like to make a motion that we extended for the one year and revisit it um they've done an exceptional job keeping the property looking good in front of our party and uh if that's okay I'd like to make the motion that we go ahead and and they just di the ditches out mic hear a second to extend that for a year

  • 6:11

    we'll revisit it have a second I'll let them I'm sorry second Ken thank you both thank you all all in favor say I I post like sign motion Carri and uh that in a minut not go down any more sign um before you have the ordinance [Music] 2024-25 this language is incorporates and adopt everything in the 2012 so there's really not uh much Amendment um other than we need to clarify that the uh uh this ordinance will be the one that's in effect the last one actually said that it was repealing itself so I mean there just it just had some language issues back in 2012 and so we're just kind of cleaning that up but I don't think there's any

  • 7:25

    significant change at all okay uh uh here uh I think we'll have to do first and second reading because of an ordinance so do I have a motion for the first reading so Move Motion by Larry Mor second with Jason B yes Bennett yes Johnson yes Callaway yes morphew yes mckenny yes okay that first reading of that ordinance passed we'll have it back on to the next one uh have two three personnel matters here I need to bring up three uh the first one is at the uh Senior Center a meal driver is that right rip yes uh a meal driver uh a level one 1353 an hour beginning 1214 the name is Mary Alice Meadow how

  • 8:38

    many hours per week is needed uh let me see here that's going to be the change that's going to be the part time yeah not the PRN PR so it's they called today the one that they were originally going to hire for parttime no longer wants a job so they want that one is part-time and they're looking for someone else's okay part time no no more than 20 [Music] hours Bennett yes Johnston yeah callway Mor yes mckenny yes back to the next one is at the park uh and it is a uh yes yeah parttime and it's uh Haley Snider uh 1353 an hour beginning 1 2124 uh that's it yes Bennett yes Johnson yes callway