Commissioners approve consent items; discuss airport reappointment and runway-lighting options

Morrow County commissioners on March 25 approved routine consent business and heard updates about airport personnel and equipment.

During the consent portion, the clerk (S4) read incoming payments and appropriations from several sources — including opioid settlement payments, reimbursements listed from township or agency accounts, receipts for jail phone/commissary services and scrap-metal sales to the engineer’s office — and announced an appropriation tied to a grant referenced in the record. The board moved and seconded approval of the listed consent items and recorded affirmative roll-call responses from members present.

Speaker S1 asked the board to submit a letter requesting reappointment of an airport official (transcribed as “Armendar Lee”) for another four-year term, saying the individual "brings a big good perspective and a lot of historical ... corporate memory." Chair (S3) responded with a short endorsement: "Tom's a good guy." The request was presented as a recommendation; the clerk did not record a formal vote on the reappointment during the session.

S1 also described the county’s work on airport runway lighting, saying some legacy fixtures are no longer manufactured and that staff are exploring options such as acquiring used fixtures from nearby airports or transitioning to LED fixtures over time.

The commissioners heard an operational update from S2 that a replacement truck for the dog warden will be taken to Crestline for panel work and is expected to be in service the following day; attendees expressed appreciation for the vehicle.

The meeting included brief procedural motions to recess and then return to regular session and closed after routine adjournment. A ribbon-cutting event was noted as expected to occur about a half hour after the meeting.