Commissioners approve routine hires, transfers and meeting cancellation; multiple motions carried
April 18, 2026 | Ashland, Ohio
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The Action County Board of Commissioners on April 23 approved a series of routine personnel, finance and administrative items during its weekly meeting.
The board concurred with the appointment of Addison White as a paid student intern with the Ashland County Department of Job and Family Services at $16 per hour, effective April 27, 2026. Commissioners said the internship is grant-funded and ‘‘no local taxpayer dollars’’ were required, and the motion carried on a roll call.
Other approvals included travel authorization for Deborah Myers, clerk of court, and two legal-division staff to attend the Ohio Clerk of Courts District 7 meeting in Norwalk on May 14 (estimated expense $90); authorization for county attorney Robert DeSano to sign airport-related grant agreements with the Ashland County Airport Authority and the Ohio Department of Transportation at no cost to the county; and several small intra-fund transfers and appropriations connected with workers’ compensation, payroll and American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) accounting.
The board declared a group of older sheriff’s vehicles and assorted items surplus and authorized their sale through GovDeals in accordance with Ohio law. Commissioners explained the fleet replacement policy and noted items seized in connection with criminal matters are handled through public auction rather than private sale.
The board also authorized a $532.50 payment to a law firm for four pending humane-society cases and approved hiring Richard Wilkins as an information-technology specialist at $24 per hour with a one-year probationary period. Commissioners voted to cancel the board’s April 28 meeting because no agenda items had been scheduled.
Each motion was moved and seconded on the record and carried by roll call. No formal dissents were recorded in the minutes presented at the meeting.
What’s next: routine posting of approved personnel and auction items will follow standard county procedures and the cancelled meeting will not take place unless new business is filed.
The board concurred with the appointment of Addison White as a paid student intern with the Ashland County Department of Job and Family Services at $16 per hour, effective April 27, 2026. Commissioners said the internship is grant-funded and ‘‘no local taxpayer dollars’’ were required, and the motion carried on a roll call.
Other approvals included travel authorization for Deborah Myers, clerk of court, and two legal-division staff to attend the Ohio Clerk of Courts District 7 meeting in Norwalk on May 14 (estimated expense $90); authorization for county attorney Robert DeSano to sign airport-related grant agreements with the Ashland County Airport Authority and the Ohio Department of Transportation at no cost to the county; and several small intra-fund transfers and appropriations connected with workers’ compensation, payroll and American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) accounting.
The board declared a group of older sheriff’s vehicles and assorted items surplus and authorized their sale through GovDeals in accordance with Ohio law. Commissioners explained the fleet replacement policy and noted items seized in connection with criminal matters are handled through public auction rather than private sale.
The board also authorized a $532.50 payment to a law firm for four pending humane-society cases and approved hiring Richard Wilkins as an information-technology specialist at $24 per hour with a one-year probationary period. Commissioners voted to cancel the board’s April 28 meeting because no agenda items had been scheduled.
Each motion was moved and seconded on the record and carried by roll call. No formal dissents were recorded in the minutes presented at the meeting.
What’s next: routine posting of approved personnel and auction items will follow standard county procedures and the cancelled meeting will not take place unless new business is filed.
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