The Marshall County Commissioners reorganized in the first meeting of the year on Monday morning.
Kevin Overmyer was retained as the commission president while Mike Delp was appointed as vice president.
All department heads were reappointed who include EMA Director Clyde Avery, Maintenance Director Doug Masterson, Jail Maintenance Director Gary Masterson, Marshall County Historical Society Museum Director Linda Rippy, IT Director Michael Marshall, Veteran’s Service Officer Pam Schweitzer-Betz, Building Commissioner Chuck DeWitt, Weights and Measures Director Jerry Huss, County Attorney Jim Clevenger, and Highway Supervisor Jason Peters.
Other appointments include:
Argos Plan Commission: Dale Blanch
Bourbon Plan Commission: Patty Kitch, Eric Sechrist
Marshall County Plan Commission: Terry Barnhart, Matt Miller, Dave Hostettler, Stan Klotz
BZA: Matt Miller
ABC Board: Jan Fisher
Drainage Board: Randy Gringle, Dave Stults
MACOG: Kevin Overmyer
MACOG Regional Economic Development Board: Trend Weldy, Joe Martin, Jr.
Sick Bank: Rhonda Ferguson, Matt Hassel, Mindy Relos-Penrose
Safety Committee: Mike Delop, Jason Peters, Doug Masterson, Gary Masterson, Clyde Avery, Janet Howard, Matt Hassel, Tori Stull, Court Security, health department, surveyor
Central Dispatch Committee: Kevin Overmyer
Solid Waste Board: Kevin Overmyer, Mike Delp, Stan Klotz
Unsafe Building Committee: Mike Delp
Stan Klotz, who attended his first meeting as a commissioner, stated that he’d like to set up a work session with the county council members to discuss the roads and the plan to work on them. He said the gathering would also give Highway Supervisor Jason Peters a chance to talk about his budget. Peters explained that there is a change in the Motor Vehicle Highway (MVH) budget where half of MVH funds will be placed into an MVH Fund and half will be placed into the MVH Restricted Fund for use for construction, reconstruction and preservation efforts. There may be other provisions for that fund, specifically maintenance, but no further information was available during Monday’s meeting.
That joint session meeting was not scheduled during the commissioners meeting, but a notice will be issued once a date is confirmed.
On the topic of a highway engineer, Klotz talked about a policy of contracting an engineer on an as-needed basis. Commissioner Mike Delp noted that’s the current practice. He added that the initial idea of a highway engineer was to have someone full-time that would be available to take over the duties of the highway supervisor and engineering.
One other issue the commissioners are planning to tackle this year deals with concerns on failing septic systems in the county as the Marshall County Health Department is involved in litigation along those lines.
