At its June 23 meeting, the Ohio County Fiscal Court approved the purchase of a new cruiser for the sheriff's department, approved an infrastructure project in the Fourth District, changed the status of an employee, closed a section of a road and contracted more mowing help.— Ohio County Sheriff Tracy Beatty approached the court about purchasing a new vehicle for the department. Beatty explained his office was able to save some money at the end of the year and he believed it was enough to buy a new cruiser. The money was left over from the department’s salaries and insurance budget.Beatty said he would get together with County Treasurer Anne Melton to make sure the money was available without going over his budget.The sheriff’s department advertised for bids and received one bid from John Jones Auto Group for a 2015 Dodge Charger Pursuit AWD and for a 2015 Dodge Durango. Beatty was unsure which vehicle he would choose, but $36,000 should pay for either one, plus or minus some equipment costs, which the sheriff would pay for out of his Drug Fund money.Beatty explained he would liked to have used a local car dealership, but those dealerships did not have the vehicles already on the lot.Ohio County Judge-Executive David Johnston made a motion to accept the bid from John Jones Auto Group for a 2015 Dodge Charger Pursuit AWD or a 2015 Dodge Durango and reserve the amount for up to $36,000 to pay for the vehicle. The motion also authorized Melton to issue the check. Fourth District Magistrate Larry Keown seconded the motion.After a roll call vote, the motion passed unanimously.— Johnston informed the fiscal court the Fourth District was ready to receive coal severance money for an infrastructure project. The project scope and budget had been turned into the fiscal court and all that was needed was a motion to authorize Melton to issue a check.Keown made a motion for Melton to issue a check for Coal Severance Project D298-4th District Infrastructure, based on the project scope and budget, not to exceed $50,000. The motion was seconded by Fifth District Magistrate Larry Morphew.After a roll call vote, the motion passed unanimously.— The Administrative Code Committee made some changes to the Administrative Code Ordinance and for those changes to go into effect, two readings of the ordinance must be approved by the fiscal court.During the June 9 meeting, the court approved the first reading and Morphew made a motion to approve the second reading of Administrative Code Ordinance 2015-6 at the June 23 meeting. First District Magistrate Sam Small seconded the motion.After a roll call vote, the motion passed unanimously.— Melton informed the court the full-time custodian at the Community Center resigned and instead of hiring a replacement, a part-time custodian will be moved to full-time.Johnston made a motion the court approve the status change of custodian Patricia Atherton from part-time at $9 per hour, to full-time, with an increase in pay to $11.75 per hour, upon a six month review. The status change was effective June 14.After a roll call vote, the motion passed unanimously.— Third District Magistrate Joe Barnes informed the court the Road Viewing Committee viewed a section of Stroud Lane and the section met the specifications for closing.Barnes made a motion the fiscal court approve the closing of the 800 feet section of Stroud Lane. Johnston seconded the motion.After a roll call vote, the motion passed unanimously.— At the June 9 meeting of the fiscal court, the court contracted Darrel Leach to mow for the county when needed. Leach would be paid $75 per hour.At the June 23 meeting, Johnston informed the court it received a letter from B.J. Ward about mowing for the county.Johnston made a motion the court approve the contract hiring of B.J. Ward at $75 per hour for mowing, as needed. Keown seconded the motion.After a roll call vote, the motion passed unanimously.