The Board of Hocking County Commissioners met in regular session this 26th day of June 2018 with the following members present: Jeff Dickerson, Sandra Ogle and Gary Waugh.

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

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

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

AGENDA: Motion by Jeff Dickerson and seconded by Gary Waugh for Mark Stout, Lisa Schwartz, and Georgia Ricketts-Smith to speak in open session and prior to Nate Simons.

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

MARK STOUT, LISA SCHWARTZ AND GEORGIA RICKETTS-SMITH:

Mark Stout, Hocking County IT Director, discussed election security. The Department of Homeland Security is offering a service called the fishing campaign; this is to see if they can hack into devices and get private information that should not be leaked out of the county. They will also do a vulnerability scan to make share our systems cannot be compromised from the outside. Mark said the Department of Homeland Security will be sending agents down to the office to try and connect to wireless networks from the inside.

Mark commented there were documents that had to be signed to allow homeland security to come into our network and he will be sending them to the Prosecutor for review.

Lisa Schwartz commented she appreciated having Mark available to their office. She said that next month they will be going to training in Athens for cybersecurity.

Commissioner Ogle requested Mark submit a monthly report.

Sue Morgan asked if this was by choice. Mark said no, the state is mandating it.

William Kaeppner said he has a solution for casting ballots. A punch card system.

NATE SIMONS:

Nate Simons of HAPCAP presented a change order for Logan City Water Valve Replacement. He said the state has already approved the change order. The amount will increase from $247,150.36 to $273,350.36.

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

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

Nate also presented an engineering/architectural request for qualifications recommendation for the City of Logan – Park and Recreation Facility Improvements for Stantec (244 points).

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

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

Commissioner Ogle commented her grandson works for Stantec.

ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION:

Common Pleas	-	Special Projects Common Pleas Misc. Expense Special Projects D48-04 $30,000.00

Motion by Gary Waugh and seconded by Sandra Ogle.

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

APPROPRIATION TRANSFER:

Sewer	-	$3000.00 from P38-06 contract services to P38-02 supplies

Motion by Gary Waugh and seconded by Sandra Ogle.

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

EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION:

Commissioner Ogle read an Emergency Proclamation for Hocking County. On Thursday, June 21, 2018 at around 5:00 PM Hocking County experienced flooding in the townships of Green, Starr Falls. The declaration is not limited to those townships.

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

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

EMAIL:

Commissioner Ogle read an email from Andrea Lewis requesting to use the courthouse parking lot on Saturday, June 30, 2018 for the Backyard BBQ event.

Commissioner Ogle stated the organization will have to show have to show proof of insurance before they can approve.

PUBLIC COMMENT:

William Kaeppner stated he was out due to his pacemaker being removed. He also discussed the 17M bike trail and reasons why Hocking Valley Scenic Railway is against the trail.

ADJOURNMENT Motion by Gary Waugh and seconded by Sandra Ogle.

Vote: Ogle, yea, Dickerson, yea, Waugh, yea. All yea, motion carried.

Rose Marshall, 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 June 26, 2018.
Rose Marshall, Clerk	Jeff Dickerson, President