Washington County Commissioners approved several additional appropriations and transfers Friday.

During a county commission meeting Friday morning commissioners approved two additional appropriations to the Washington County Board of Elections fund, $39,452.50 for contract services and $26,824.47 for advertising and printing.

“These funds pay for the election support days and ballots for the Nov. 5 general election,” according to a letter from Board of Elections Director Mandy Amos. “And also, for our annual software fees for Triad for 2025. We had an unexpected bill from RBM this year for software and hardware fees that had previously been included in our amount paid to RBM for our voting equipment in 2019.”

The commissioners also approved five additional appropriations for the sewer fund, including $30,000 for contract services, $5,000 for electric, $10,000 for operations and maintenance for State Route 339, $15,000 for operations and maintenance for State Route 60 and $5,000 for operations and maintenance.

They also approved additional appropriations including $7,226 for the building department fund for health insurance, $6,017 for the clerk of court title fund for health insurance and $4,000 for the auditor real estate assessment fund for contract services,

The commissioners approved several transfers during the meeting including, $55,000 for the engineer fund from operating supplies to maintenance and repair materials road; $5,200 for the treasurer fund from supplies to contract services; $1,000 for the soil and water fund from contract repair to service fees and $50 from health insurance to life insurance; and $3,000 for the sheriff fund from fuel to K9.

Other items addressed at the meeting included:

¯Approved an amendment to a water and wastewater infrastructure program grant agreement that updated the expiration date of the grant agreement to June 30, 2025.

¯Tabled a resolution that would have the county auditor certification the total current tax valuation of Washington County and the dollar amount of revenue that would be generated by a an .5 mill of tax to support Washington County Children’s Services.

¯Approved paying bills totaling $1.107.156.78.

¯Approved one Then and Now, which is a purchase order for more than $100, for $19,295.98.

¯Approved a bid notice and specification for the Sheriff’s Office for a robotic device and device package. The deadline for submittal of sealed bids is 10:15 a.m. Dec. 26 and bids will be opened immediately after, according go the bid notice.

¯Approved a change order for $12,950 for Atlantic Emergency Solutions for a Reno Volunteer Fire Department Community Development Block Grant project for purchase of a CET skid unit skeeter pack for a Polaris vehicle.

¯Approved a contract and notice of award accepting the bid of Big Hometown Motorsports, Marietta, to provide a 2025 Polaris Ranger XP 1000 NorthStar vehicle for the Reno Volunteer Fire Department at a cost of $29,895.18.

¯Approved paying an invoice for $36,000 to Veregy East LLC for a pump stations improvement project and an invoice for $287,323.55 to RDR Utility Services Group for the Devola Sanitary Sewer project.

¯Approved a change order for $16,249.39 for Ohio West Virginia Excavating for a bridge project and a change order for $13,741.74 less than the original price for Shelly and Sands for a paving project.