Votes at a glance: Ashland County Board approves appointments, ordinances, hazard plan and dispatch grant award

The Ashland County Board on June 23 moved through a set of routine and policy votes:

- Appointments: The board appointed Marcus JMA to the planning committee and Randy Harvey as the citizen representative to the Tri County Corridor Commission; both motions were approved by voice vote.

- Minutes: The board approved the May 5, 2026 county board meeting minutes by voice vote.

- Resolutions and reports: The board approved resolution R06-2026-1539 supporting sustainable funding for local public health departments; accepted the Forestry Department’s 2025 annual report (staff noted a corrected net timber-sales figure from the printed packet: corrected figure 523,252.2); adopted R06-2026-1540, the 2026 Ashland County Hazard Mitigation Plan; and approved R06-2026-1541 to join the statewide public safety interoperable communications system.

- County code and ordinances: Supervisors approved an update to the county code of ordinances that reorganizes and republishes existing rules to make them searchable and more accessible; supervisors asked staff to provide highlights in the future and raised targeted questions about trail-camera rules and camping/criminal conduct language.

- Grant award: The county administrator reported that Ashland County won an innovation grant for the joint dispatch program that will pay $172,634 annually for five years (total $863,170) with a condition that dispatch spending remain below 2025 levels times 1.15.

Several items will be subject to additional staff follow-up or reporting, including comparative forestry revenue figures, clarifications on trail-camera time limits and the Health and Human Services department providing caseload numbers for the transitional housing program funded under the opioid-resolution action.