Votes at a glance: Contracts, grants and staffing approved by Clermont County commissioners

The Clermont County Board of Commissioners approved a package of consent and non-consent items at its Dec. 30 meeting, including transportation agreements, grant applications, procurement contracts and personnel actions.

Key votes and approvals:

- Approval of regular session minutes for Dec. 18 (unanimous roll call).
- Personnel action for Tracy Braun (commissioner’s aide) — salary increase effective Dec. 23, 2024; motion passed (two yes, one abstention by Commissioner Painter).
- Memorandum of Understanding between the Board (on behalf of Clermont County Transportation Connection) and Clermont County Senior Services Inc. for coordination of CTC operations (effective Jan. 1–Dec. 31, 2025) — approved unanimously.
- Authorization for Andy Mays, director of Clermont Transportation Connection, to file ODOT urban transit grant applications for FY2026 in the amount of $747,400 and to authorize administrators to execute related documents — approved unanimously.
- Adoption of Resolution No. 156-24 for the State FY2024 urban transit program in the amount of $197,995 (no local match) for vehicle replacement and routing software — approved unanimously.
- Subrecipient agreement with Felicity-Franklin PTO to administer a CDBG-funded 'Cool Tools for School' program, not to exceed $10,000 — approved unanimously.
- Award of janitorial services contract to GSF USA for an estimated $690,147.64 for Jan. 6, 2025–Jan. 5, 2026, with options to extend — approved unanimously.
- Amendments to personnel classification: addition of Records Management Administrator and reclassification of a systems coordinator supervisor to records management administrator — both approved unanimously.
- Amendment to annual appropriation resolution to reduce contract services/other expenses by $25,000 — approved unanimously.
- Employment of outside counsel Isaac Wiles, Burkholder & Teter LLC for up to six months beginning Jan. 1, 2025, not to exceed $63,000 — approved unanimously.
- Corrections to publishing dates and extensions for multiple bid and proposal advertisements (MGS Water Treatment Plant, O'Bannon Trunk Sewer Relocation, outdoor kennel expansion and dog kennel management RFP) due to a publishing error by the Clermont Sun — approved unanimously.

Most motions were forwarded by members present and passed by roll-call vote with Commissioners Batchelor, Corcoran and Painter voting in the affirmative on the listed items unless otherwise noted. Several items involved routine administrative authorization to execute grant documents or to proceed to advertisement for bids.