06/03/2026
APPOINTMENTS FOR THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 2026
ASHLAND COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
9:00 a.m. Pastor George Swain, Homerville Grace Church Opening Prayer
9:05 a.m. Dave Ashley, Ashland Co. Board of Developmental Disabilities Levy information
9:15 a.m. Cindi Herring, CEBCO CEBCO insurance reports
BUSINESS FOR THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 2026
ASHLAND COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
1. Approve the minutes of the Boards’ meeting of Thursday, May 28, 2026
2. Authorize a resolution to award the recycling drop-off services contract to Kimble Recycling and Disposal, Inc. and authorize Jim Skora, Solid Waste District Coordinator, to enter into a contract to procure recycling drop-off services with Kimble Recycling and Disposal, Inc.
3. Authorize the approval of a resolution declaring the necessity to levy a tax for the renewal of a 2.1 mill levy for three years for the benefit of the Ashland County Board of Developmental Disabilities
4. Authorize Then & Now Certifications and payment of warrants for health department and dog & kennel
5. Accept a proposal in an amount not to exceed $146,000.00 from VSWC Architects for engineering and architectural services for the Savannah Park Improvement Project, to be paid for using Community Development Block Grant funding, as recommended by Nikki Hiller, Clerk
6. Approve the following items be declared surplus and not needed for the use for which they were acquired and authorize that the items be disposed of by GovDeals internet auction in accordance with Ohio Revised Code 307.12:
Prosecutor- (5) file cabinets, (1) file closet
7. Authorize the following revisions to the Personnel Policy Manual, to be effective June 5, 2026:
1. Except as provided in paragraph 2 below, upon retirement from active service with the County, an employee who has ten or more years of service with the state, the County, any other political subdivisions, or any combinations thereof may elect to be paid in cash for up to one-fourth (1/4) the value of the employee's accrued but unused sick leave credit. The payment will be based on the employee’s rate of pay at the time of retirement. The maximum aggregate payment to the employee shall not exceed the value of thirty (30) days' accrued, unused sick leave. The payment shall be based on the employee's rate of pay at the time of retirement. The above payments will only be made after written demand and presentation of a copy of the employee's Public Employees Retirement System retirement check. A payout under this provision will eliminate all of the retiring employee's sick leave balance.
2. The cash payment for an employee who has ten or more years of service with the County as of June 5, 2026, will be equal to the total number of accumulated but unused sick hours earned by the employee, not to exceed four hundred (400) hours. All other payout conditions remain the same as in Paragraph 1 above.
3. Employees are only eligible for this payment upon disability or service retirement under any state or municipal retirement system in this state. Employees who have previously retired under a state or municipal retirement system and have been re-employed by the county are not eligible for this payment upon separation from such re-employment.
4. Prior employment with separate political subdivisions whose boundaries are coterminous with the county and that receive funding or other services from the county, such as, without limitation, the Ashland County General Health District or the Ashland County Soil and Water Conservation District shall count toward the ten-year eligibility threshold for retirement payout for employees retiring from the County under paragraph 2 above. However, this policy is not applicable to employees retiring directly from such other political subdivisions. Employees of those political subdivisions are subject to the policies of their appointing authorities.
5. This policy applies to all county offices and departments under the direct authority of the Board of County Commissioners and all other county offices and departments that receive at least one-half of their funding from the General Revenue Fund. This policy is not intended to abrogate any collective bargaining agreements (CBAs) or to prevent any county appointing authorities or bargaining units from entering into a CBA with differing terms as authorized by state law. The terms of any CBA pertaining to payout of sick leave prevail over any contrary provisions of this resolution.
6. Paragraphs 1 to 4 of this policy shall be inserted into the county personnel policy manual to replace current Section H of the sick leave policy on Page 49 of the manual. A copy of this policy shall be forwarded to county department heads and elected officers.
8. Concur with the re-appointment of Tom Zupan and Joe Kollar to the Ashland County Airport Authority, for a term from July 14, 2026 to July 13, 2030
9. Authorize the following appropriations:
Sheriff Trust- $26,698.80 to Fund #53, #5040 equipment
-for anticipated expenses
Dog & Kennel- $23,700.00 to Fund #3, #2010 contract service
$55,000.00 to Fund #3, #1011 wages
$7,700.00 to Fund #3, #1020 PERS
$798.00 to Fund #3, #1040 Medicare
-for current & anticipated expenses
CHIP- $49,338.00 to Fund #68, #9040 other expense
$7,916.00 to Fund #67, #9040 other expense
-for current & anticipated expenses
10. Consider the cancellation of the Boards’ meeting scheduled for Tuesday, June 9, 2026
11. Authorize a resolution to declare an emergency regarding replacing key components of the main elevator in the county office building, which allows the Board to move forward in selecting a contractor to make the emergency repairs
12. Approve the following transfer:
Commissioners- $87,198.00 from Fund #1, department #35, commissioners other, #8010
transfers to Fund #3, Dog and Kennel
-for anticipated remaining year expenses
13. Authorize a one-year contract with Christina Spring for nursing services to be provided at the jail, to be paid for from Fund #305, Jail Operations, as recommended by Sheriff Schneider
14. Accept a retirement resignation from Dennis McKay, Custodian, to be effective June 30, 2026
15. Authorize the re-appointment of Cindy Kyser, Chad Brown, and Tom Gaus to the Mental Health & Recovery Board, for a term of July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2030
16. Authorize the appointment of Dr. Dwight McElfresh and Carly George to the Mental Health & Recovery Board, for a term of July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2030
