Delaware County Commissioners Meeting - October 29 2026

The Delaware County Board of Commissioners meeting was held October 29, 2026. The board approved amendments to a child-placement services contract with Safe House Ministries, Inc. for youth placements; the transcript provides no contract value. It also approved a resolution selling a retiring county engineer’s vehicle to Morgan County for $4,500, outside the usual online auction process, to address Morgan County’s urgent equipment needs before winter. The board approved fund transfers and supplemental appropriations, including grant-related funding, and discussed extending the Stratford Ecological Center’s 2025 community enhancement grant reimbursement period to September 30, 2027, due to construction delays. The extension was to be handled through an amended agreement and did not require a board vote. A litter-grant increase and debt-service payment adjustments were also discussed; the specific amounts are unclear in the transcript.

Other actions included accepting sheriff’s transport reports, approving a veterans parade proclamation, and terminating the county’s Volunteer Peace Officers Dependence Fund Board. During public comment, a speaker alleged that a former treasurer had spent $13.75 million outside policy and questioned commissioners’ oversight and investment safeguards; no board response is captured. The meeting also included discussion of Amazon’s planned $5 billion data center investment in Sunbury, presented as private development rather than a county procurement or spending action. The recorded procurement-related approvals passed unanimously.