General Session - Tuesday, September 29, 2026

Franklin County Board of Commissioners general session, September 29, 2026: The board approved a contract modification with CESO, Inc. for the Zuber Road/Plum Run South drainage project, adding up to $14,000 for engineering and eminent-domain support; the revised contract amount was stated as $200,781. It also approved $6,000 in property-owner compensation for the Clark State Road/Wagner Road roundabout project. Other approved spending included a four-year Axon Evidence agreement amendment and system upgrade for the Prosecutor’s Office (about $1.86 million; the transcript’s exact amount is garbled), a $382,000 appropriation to purchase a parking lot behind the ADAMH building, and $2.5 million per year for three years from opioid settlement funds for the Franklin County Crisis Care Center. Additional appropriations covered ADAMH costs and $400,000 for guardianship services, among other items.

The board approved refugee employment-services subgrant agreements totaling $395,582 with Community Refugee and Immigration Services, Ethiopian Tewahedo Social Services, Jewish Family Services, and US Together; discussion also referenced an additional $200,000 in county general funds to sustain partner services. Other actions included $530,000 for justice-program appropriations, an additional $5,000 for Legal Aid expungement services, a consultant agreement with S4 Consulting for leadership coaching and training, and a four-year dental-plan contract extension with Aetna valued at $1,457,630. The board also approved 66 purchase orders for county agencies, but the total amount is garbled in the transcript. The meeting opened with Hispanic Heritage Month remarks; other agenda items included grant closeouts and annexation petitions.