The Board of Hocking County Commissioners met in regular session 11th day of December 2017 with the following members present: Jeff Dickerson, Gary Waugh, and Sandra Ogle.

MEETING: The meeting was called to order by President Dickerson.

MINUTES: Motion by Gary Waugh and seconded by Sandra Ogle, with corrections to be made.

Vote: Ogle, yea, Waugh, yea, Dickerson, yea.

AGENDA: Motion by Gary Waugh and seconded by Sandra Ogle.

Vote: Ogle, yea, Waugh, yea, Dickerson, yea.

HAPCAP:

Lena Osborne asked the Commissioners for permission to move forward on the CDBG PY2017 grant.

A motion was made by Sandra Ogle giving the President, Jeff Dickerson permission to sign the contract, Gary Waugh second the motion. All yea, motion carried.

Lena also gave a year-end review for CDBG PY2016 and PY2017.

Lena also left a draft contract between the Commissioners and HAPCAP for the Commissioners to look over and make a decision at a later time. The contract is good for 5 years.

Nathan Simons informed those present about HAPCAP’s Fair Housing, Discrimination, and Landlord’s rights. He left some handouts with information also.

STANTEC:

Gary Silcott spoke about the Rockbridge project. Sandy Ogle made a motion to give permission to Stantec to apply for a loan, Gary Waugh second the motion.

Vote: Ogle, yea, Waugh, yea, Dickerson, yea. Motion carried

Melissa Zoller from the Buckeye Hills Regional Council spoke about their organization.

911 DIRECTOR:

The Commissioners spoke to Sandy Wintermute about a conversation that they had with the Logan City Service Director and the City of Logan Fire Dept. about paying for some new equipment needed. Sandy was unaware of any new equipment needed and didn’t ask anyone to pay for anything. Jeff said there must have been some miscommunication and Sandra said she will have the City Service Director contact Sandy to discuss the situation.

EXECUTIVE SESSION:

Jeff made a motion to go into executive session with Lanny North, Caleb Moritz, and Ben Fickel at 9:36 a.m. to discuss possible litigation involving the Sheriff’s Dept.

Vote: Ogle, yea, Waugh, yea, Dickerson, yea.

Left executive session at 10:10 a.m. with no business conducted.

GENERAL BUSINESS:

Brian Blair had emailed the Commissioners about an easement.

Request to set up a new fund from the Sheriff’s Dept. Fund Name: VAWA Grant

Gary made a motion to approve the new fund, Sandra second the motion, all yea, motion carried.

ADVANCE REQUEST:

Sheriff’s Dept. Advance $11,138.50 from T-83 to General Fund

Motion by Gary Waugh to approve request, Sandra Ogle second the motion

Vote: Ogle, yea, Waugh, yea, Dickerson, yea.

ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION:

Commissioners	-	Lodging Tax Visitors Bureau BGG96-01 $39,440.15

Lodging Tax Other BGG96-02 $1,944.25

Motion by Gary Waugh and seconded by Sandra Ogle to approve.

Vote: Ogle, yea, Waugh, yea, Dickerson, yea.

Municipal Court - Ho. Co. Integrated Intervention CCA State Reimb R49-18 $876.10

Motion by Gary Waugh and seconded by Sandra Ogle to approve.

Vote: Ogle, yea, Waugh, yea, Dickerson, yea.

APPROPRIATION TRANSFER:

Municipal Court	-	Supplies A06A03 $5,000.00 Salaries Employees A06A02

Motion by Gary Waugh and seconded by Sandra Ogle to approve.

Vote: Ogle, yea, Waugh, yea, Dickerson, yea.

Municipal Court	-	Fringe Benefits R49-14A $24.93 State Reimb R49-18

Operating Supplies R49-15 $155.82	State Reimb R49-18

Program Expenses R49-16 $15.21	State Reimb R49-18

Motion by Gary Waugh and seconded by Sandra Ogle to approve.

Vote: Ogle, yea, Waugh, yea, Dickerson, yea.

A resolution was passed with the recommendation of the Hocking County Finance Report Review Committee to allow Balestra, Harr CPA to perform the 2017 GAAP Conversion Financial Reporting and Audit.

Motion by Gary Waugh and seconded by Sandra Ogle to approve.

Vote: Ogle, yea, Waugh, yea, Dickerson, yea.

An agreement between Hocking County, Ohio and MFCD, LLC was signed to continue the software support and related services.

Motion by Gary Waugh and seconded by Sandra Ogle to approve.

Vote: Ogle, yea, Waugh, yea, Dickerson, yea.

Commissioner Dickerson made a motion to change the time of 2 meetings for the month of December 2017. Dec. 13th time changed to 1:00 p.m. and Dec. 20th time changed to 10:30a.m.nsecond by Gary Waugh.

Vote: Ogle, yea, Waugh, yea, Dickerson, yea.

Ben Fickel suggested to the Commissioners to consider hiring a full time grant writer to start bringing in money to help the county.

ADJOURNMENT Motion by Gary Waugh and seconded by Sandra Ogle at 10:30a.m.

Vote: Ogle, yea, Waugh, yea, Dickerson, yea. Motion carried.

Christy L. O’Nail, Clerk
Board of Hocking County Commissioners
This is to certify that the above is the true action taken by this Board of Hocking County Commissioners at a regular meeting of the Board held on December 11, 2017.
Christy L. O’Nail, Clerk	Jeff Dickerson, President