Morrow County — The Morrow County Board of Commissioners on Sept. 24 approved the minutes from Sept. 24, 2025 and a package of routine bills, appropriations and administrative items, voting unanimously on each recorded motion.

The board approved bills numbered 1 through 146, accepted multiple payments and voided an NSF check, and appropriated unappropriated certified funds for several local projects including a Chesterville sewer item and other routine transfers. Commissioners also approved appropriations for the dog and kennel fund and allocations for community social‑service programs.

The board approved administrative items from the county Job & Family Services (JFS) office. That included a Prevention, Retention and Contingency (PRC) plan for Johnson Family Services, adoption of a JFS compensation plan structure and administration for a social service aid position, and adding a section on the use of agency credit cards (identified in the meeting as section 5.15) to the JFS personnel policies and procedures manual. All of those motions passed on roll call with the three commissioners present voting yes.

Commissioners also authorized several transfers: funds for foster care in the JFS budget, transfers tied to the Workforce Investment Act within the JFS fund, and other transfers related to county administrative needs. County staff said some program service costs for 2025 were higher than expected; the meeting referenced waiver costs running roughly $47,000 above initial projections and that transfers were intended to cover those overruns.

Motions and vote records (at the meeting): the minutes for Sept. 24, 2025; approval of bills 1–146; payments and appropriations for Chesterville, Johnsville, Simulco and Caterman customers; appropriation for Chesterville sewer; appropriation for Veil Avenue (general fund line); dog and kennel fund appropriation; social‑service fund appropriations; foster‑care appropriations; transfers for Workforce Investment Act and other JFS funds; and approval of JFS PRC and compensation/credit‑card policy items. Each recorded roll call in the meeting shows the three commissioners present — Mason, Abraham and Siegfried — voting yes on the motions recorded in the transcript.

Why it matters: the approvals keep county operations funded and allow the JFS office to continue eligibility and client services while addressing higher‑than‑expected program costs. Adoption of the JFS compensation structure and the credit‑card policy language affects internal administration and financial controls for social‑services staff.

The board did not indicate any dissent or amendment to the measures during the recorded votes. Several items were read aloud by county staff during the consent/finance portion of the meeting before the motions and roll‑call votes. No additional implementation deadlines were specified on the record; staff said some implementation items (for example, contract payments and accreditation work) will occur on timelines extending into early 2026.