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Politics & Government

Washington County Commissioners Meeting In A Nutshell

Here are some of the main things addressed in this week's meeting of the Washington County Commissioners.

MARIETTA, OH — There was a meeting of the Washington County Commissioners today. Commissioner Schilling couldn't make it because he was exposed to someone positive for COVID-19. Commissioner Kevin Ritter said that he had spoken to Schilling and all decisions made were made without any dispute from Schilling.


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Two more items were added to the initial agenda. Here is the initial agenda.

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UNFINISHED BUSINESS
JFS – Engineer Contract for 202 Davis Avenue
JFS – Engineer Contract for 204 Davis Avenue
Engineer – Request for Newport & Wesley Townships

NEW BUSINESS
Approve Agenda
Approval of previous meeting minutes
Bills from various departments
Resolution – Transit Grant Application Authorization
Additional Appropriation – CDBG
Additional Appropriation – CDBG HOME
Additional Appropriation – Belpre Outpost
Additional Appropriation – Family & Children First
Additional Appropriation – Jail
Transfer – Belpre Outpost
Then & Now
ODOT – 2022 Certifications and Assurances
Jail Contract – Ohio University
Jail Contract – City of Athens
Delinquent Sewer Accounts
Certification of Delinquent Sewer Accounts
DATES TO REMEMBER
County Home Meeting, 11 a.m. Tuesday April 13, at County Home
Finance Committee Meeting, 10 a.m. Tuesday April 20, at Courthouse

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One of the items added was from the building department for the Village of Newport. The other was for COVID-19 task force request number nine. All items of new business were approved. The items of unfinished business were all removed from the agenda. Commissioner Ritter says they may take them up again in the future as items of new business.

There were a number of issues concerning the Devola sewer system that were addressed. We will cover these in an upcoming story.


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