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Key outcomes:

- Proclamation: Motion to proclaim March 2025 as Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month in Lawrence County, Ohio — approved (Finley yes; Holliday yes; Copley yes).

- Floodplain permits: Motion to approve floodplain permits submitted by the Soil and Water Conservation District — approved (Finley yes; Holliday yes; Copley yes).

- Appropriations and transfers: Motion to approve appropriations and transfers dated 02/25/2025 under $75,000 submitted by Acting Administrator Dylan Bentley — approved (Finley yes; Holliday yes; Copley yes).

- Auditor certificate: Motion to receive and file the amended official certificate of estimated resources submitted by the Lawrence County Auditor’s office — approved (Finley yes; Holliday yes; Copley yes).

- Donation: Motion to approve a $500 donation for the Chesapeake Community Center — approved (Finley yes; Holliday yes; Copley yes).

- Letter filed: Motion to receive and file a letter regarding terms of appointment submitted by Katie Jones, executive director of the Ironton Metropolitan Housing Authority — approved (Finley yes; Holliday yes; Copley yes).

- Petition referral (Bridal Road 3467): Motion to receive and refer the petition for Bridal Road 3467 regarding gravel maintenance and blacktop to the Lawrence County Engineer’s Office for review and to cc the Perry Township trustees — approved (Finley yes; Holliday yes; Copley yes). The petition was the subject of an extended public discussion during the meeting.

- Sale of ambulance: Add-on motion to sell a 2011 Triton ambulance — approved (Finley yes; Holliday yes; Copley yes).

- Executive session: Motion to meet in executive session regarding personnel matters — approved.

All recorded roll-call votes in the transcript show the three commissioners voting in favor when roll calls were taken. Where mover and seconder were not named in the record, the minutes show the motions were moved and seconded prior to roll-call votes.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Lawrence County Commissioners Meeting February 25, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","The board approved multiple routine items including a proclamation, floodplain permits, appropriations/transfers, a $500 donation, and referred a petition for Bridal Road 3467 to the county engineer; commissioners also approved sale of a 2011 ambulance and entered executive session on personnel.","taxTitle","Lawrence County, Ohio","taxId",64133,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":44,"_45":79,"_47":80,"_49":50,"_51":81,"_53":82,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":83,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":84,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6290511,"Commissioners proclaim March 2025 Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month; county plans events",108,532000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2530867-317aadbcf2a542a56d179461de9c3413&start=424&end=532","/articles/6290511/Lawrence-County/Ohio/Commissioners-proclaim-March-2025-Developmental-Disabilities-Awareness-Month-county-plans-events","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6290511-254a48ea5e111144ef5de26d98107166/orig.mp4?Expires=1771139270&Signature=FNLI5RDj7Xo~dUQSkpG3hQl2wYimxjl9h~cg0AIVIvU09NdXPeYnvsC-wLd1TbjsMQGDX2fCyi6nwbL2JGA5otImUbCR6Sg1SnH3gUaHZNL3jIS7cNp02oxFtnRxDUeWsxXjmvFCBPVoO9F~stdh7GSxpXdZZUgBdhst6qStQXfc8OxwS7J7wn-KnTKb5SkpEV2OB8kiIBc4QniWtrgcvF2aWfBs-4GkiWwUwTvAuE3XMlOGLeBTk9CEyLZfOilZtRDtJKGacJxju1nORlJRGnYjVqYnUrqLgpTcrHO3nPR22szhEOhgOunJlmt8mSb6swRD~vRri-DbGhpuIPD4VQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Lawrence County Board of Commissioners on Feb. 25 proclaimed March 2025 as Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month, noting the county DD program serves more than 600 individuals and encourages inclusion across the community.

\"Now, therefore, the Lawrence County Commissioners do hereby proclaim the month of March 2025 as Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month, and we encourage all citizens to help make our community a place where everyone feels like they belong,\" Deanna Holliday, vice president of the board, read from the proclamation.

Julie, a representative of the Lawrence County Developmental Disabilities program, thanked the commissioners and outlined a schedule of events. \"I just wanna say thank you for your continued support for Lawrence County Developmental Disabilities... We have a lot of great events coming up, and we look forward to seeing everyone there,\" she said.

County staff also announced a March 22 chili fest to benefit the DD program, with vendors and about 20 chili entrants, and a free family fun fest on April 29 supported by an Ohio Children's Trust Fund/Nationwide Children's Hospital award (a $10,000 regional grant noted by staff). Commissioners approved the proclamation by voice vote during the meeting; the proclamation was signed by President Colton Copley, Vice President Deanna Holliday and Commissioner Mike Finley.

The board encouraged community participation in DD Awareness Month programming and said details would be posted on county social media and websites.","The Lawrence County commissioners proclaimed March 2025 as Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month and heard from county DD staff about upcoming events including a chili fest and month-long programming.",{"_33":86,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":87,"_41":88,"_43":89,"_45":90,"_47":91,"_49":92,"_51":93,"_53":94,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":95,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":96,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6290516,"Resident presses commissioners to advance Bridal Road 3467 petition after paperwork delay",934,2364000,3298000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2530867-317aadbcf2a542a56d179461de9c3413&start=2364&end=3298","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2530867-317aadbcf2a542a56d179461de9c3413/thumbnail_2364000.jpg","/articles/6290516/Lawrence-County/Ohio/Resident-presses-commissioners-to-advance-Bridal-Road-3467-petition-after-paperwork-delay","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6290516-af96a84106945fc26a1aea4b6db31993/orig.mp4?Expires=1771139270&Signature=CL~SAkgjrW1RVOF7v3qiwB~MxXt6j2RNc7GU~M~nhYBtmLvLJEJhuFWBdARrdEyDqk9OaSuR4JrqhdFEpV4hwc5~yduGMHXdm7PtJswiCiPeeI1fQbK0byGPRhjDx3IAFy09TWyVgXPp~Q5TjGfoRPV~F2etQvYiknZ9WVlvwM96cCFNHbv864JjiNssiQ-KngiV1ixgzfTK1GSvQf4c8j5LPT87eDiNxiW8OpFfk7bUm4JzGtGAfdQBxxKc59cUVXBTlbwRaT3Tqq9vyyKHScfCi~47i2zCAFwgRxTjX21aMk~V6MnqMhxDOCZ16ej3mBwlZzI6etZcJ7XjMI778Q__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Ken Snapier, a Bridal Road 3467 resident, told the Lawrence County Board of Commissioners that a petition he said he filed in February 2016 to have his private road brought into public maintenance was delayed by lost paperwork and procedural questions.

\"The reason that I wanna bring this up is because this is a failure of government,\" Snapier said at the meeting. He said paperwork submitted years earlier reappeared in November 2023, that some signers have since died, and that petition language and signature counting created further delays.

Snapier asked the commissioners to make sure the petition is processed and to consider blacktopping the road and renaming it for Donald Long, a Lawrence County Medal of Honor recipient. He said he had gathered signatures quickly and resubmitted corrected paperwork after officials raised technical concerns about the original form.

Commissioners and staff described the formal process for converting a private drive into a township or county-maintained road. They said the county engineer must review petitions, confirm whether the township trustees have been consulted and determine whether the road meets standards before a final acceptance or dedication can occur. Commissioners told Snapier they would forward the petition to the county engineer for review and copy the Perry Township trustees.

The board approved a motion \"to receive and refer the petition for Bridal Road 3467 to gravel maintain and blacktop to the Lawrence County engineer's office for review and cc the Perry Township trustees.\" The vote was recorded as: Mike Finley, yes; Deanna Holliday, yes; Colton Copley, yes. The motion passed.

Commissioners and staff also cautioned that acceptance typically requires the road to be brought to county standards and that some administrative steps — including precise petition language and township input — may still be required before final dedication.

After the vote, commissioners told Snapier they would work with him and county staff to correct any remaining petition language and to expedite review where possible.","A resident urged the board to move a 2016 petition to convert Bridal Road 3467 to public maintenance to the county engineer for review; commissioners voted to receive and refer the petition to the engineer and to notify Perry Township trustees.",{"_33":98,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":99,"_41":100,"_43":101,"_45":102,"_47":103,"_49":104,"_51":105,"_53":106,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":107,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":108,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6290521,"Lawrence County 9-1-1 director reports new technology, high call-volume performance",694,1005000,1699000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2530867-317aadbcf2a542a56d179461de9c3413&start=1005&end=1699","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2530867-317aadbcf2a542a56d179461de9c3413/thumbnail_1005000.jpg","/articles/6290521/Lawrence-County/Ohio/Lawrence-County-9-1-1-director-reports-new-technology-high-call-volume-performance","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6290521-882b2ac754903438ac5ffc65fe1fe90c/orig.mp4?Expires=1771139270&Signature=lEhmVsc2gOJSQuRnxAmu~r7BnXzH~RLm~y4Ja~8wXFc5zhRSrV9lSOq485bZ0AcvbppgzXSfMRT~FjhkB-2QxkWtYdhGVBdipzrkxmvvPdMSmPVNs7Iu9punq-FKBVcZTZotNMr8mqfj~nYMcLoaFhYTZc1ABeYSHwBwJwIrKayyErOuZSV8CpnAikKqkOAAd6ZzQoMEO5vxUwDZEOCOB~rV~DovE8OGhV26OoMB-N6RMqVs4Ed1O9a9ZdFFd69LMLzsXprdyu2OjPyAeqim4aYqpWn4qf7cW9rOVPd2rVFIUjgNyxwxna7bXV~Iz4dbKkv4oJrJdaMDqaDfhA4reQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Nick, a 9-1-1 center staff member, told the Lawrence County Board of Commissioners on Feb. 25 that the county's emergency dispatch center answered 43,772 phone calls in 2024 and is rolling out several new technologies intended to speed responses and improve situational awareness.

The update matters because those changes affect response times and the information first responders receive before they arrive on scene. Nick said the center handled 22,993 9-1-1 calls, processed 587 text-message calls, and dispatched 26,550 incidents for fire, EMS and law enforcement last year.

\"98% of 911 calls answered in Lawrence County were answered within 3 seconds,\" Nick said, noting that the center met state compliance standards. He said average call-entry time — the interval from when the call is started in the CAD system to notification of responders — was under 90 seconds. He told commissioners the dispatch team developed a fire-dispatch protocol intended to improve fire response and lower ISO insurance ratings across the county.

Nick outlined new capabilities already deployed: the center can now receive 9-1-1 texts and live video transmitted from callers' phones, and it can access health-data fields on a caller's smartphone when a 9-1-1 call is placed. \"We also can now transmit live video from someone's cell phone back to the dispatch center,\" he said, highlighting use cases such as domestic-violence incidents or large fires. He added that health data is visible to dispatchers only during and for a few minutes after a 9-1-1 call.

He described adoption of the what3words addressing system for locations without a conventional street address and an \"I am responding\" app that feeds live updates to volunteer and career firefighters. Nick said the center is integrated with the National Weather Service for live event reporting and that the county is moving toward vehicle tracking and mobile data for sheriff and EMS vehicles.

Nick also told the commissioners that dispatch helped the sheriff's office obtain grant funding for data modems and a new body-camera program that he said totaled \"about 300 and some thousand dollars\" in grant money.

Looking ahead, Nick said the center expects a radio-console upgrade to increase channel capacity and interoperability, tower upgrades, and stricter state requirements for 9-1-1 addressing that will require coordination among county offices to reconcile inconsistent maps. He asked the board for support when those addressing changes and a possible migration of law-enforcement dispatch into the county center require interagency coordination.

Commissioners and county staff discussed public outreach; the county will issue social-media and press-material guidance explaining the new text and video features and how residents can populate health data on their phones to help emergency responders.","County 9-1-1 staff told commissioners the center handled 43,772 phone calls in 2024, adopted text and live-video capabilities, and met state response targets while pursuing further radio and mapping upgrades.","actionData","errors"]

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