Ohio County Fiscal Court voted unanimously to add a 1,475-foot waterline extension on Horton Spur to the county’s project list, the court confirmed at a public meeting. The court also approved amended minutes correcting an ordinance number and approved bills and claims; two agenda items — Resolution 25-20 and a rental agreement for the North Fire Station — were tabled to the next meeting.

The Horton Spur proposal, discussed as an addition to the county’s waterline projects list, would extend service roughly 1,475 feet and is intended to connect three existing households with two additional homes expected to be built within about a year. A motion to add the Horton Spur waterline was made and seconded and carried on a roll-call vote recorded as Yes from Vivint, Morphew, Michael McKinney and Bullock.

During the meeting the court corrected a clerical error in previously approved minutes that misnumbered the bio-digester ordinance. The minutes were approved as amended to reflect the ordinance number change from 25-5 to 25-6. A separate motion to approve bills, claims and transfers was also carried on a unanimous roll call of the four members recorded in the transcript.

Two items were deferred: Resolution 25-20, described during the meeting as "a resolution allowing the execution of certain agreements and lease documents," and a rental agreement for the North Fire Station. The court said two members were absent for aspects of that business and moved both items to the next meeting.

Committee reports noted procurement activity for road maintenance: a road committee opened a single bid for a pothole patcher and said the bid will be addressed at the Nov. 18 meeting. The court also confirmed it will hold one meeting each in November and December (Nov. 18 and Dec. 16), both at 5:00 p.m.

Actions and vote records from the meeting were recorded in the transcript and are summarized below.

Votes at a glance

- Minutes approved (amended ordinance number change to 25-6): roll call recorded Yes — Vivint, Morphew, Michael McKinney, Bullock.

- Bills and claims (payments and transfers) approved: roll call recorded Yes — Vivint, Morphew, Michael McKinney, Bullock.

- Treasurer's Sept. 25 financial statements acknowledged: motion made and seconded; no roll-call vote transcripted.

- Resolution 25-20 (execution of certain agreements and lease documents) and North Fire Station rental agreement: motion to table carried; roll call recorded Yes — Vivint, Morphew, Michael McKinney, Bullock. Tabled to next meeting.

- Horton Spur waterline extension (approximately 1,475 feet) approved: roll call recorded Yes — Vivint, Morphew, Michael McKinney, Bullock.

The meeting record shows routine, unanimous actions on several items and the deferral of agreements requiring additional members or information. The Horton Spur extension is intended to provide water service to a small cluster of homes; the county did not provide a funding breakdown or implementation timeline at the meeting.