Clinton County Board of Commissioners: the Veterans Services fund, the permits and the Infirmary Cemetery veterans

The board. Kerry R. Steed was elected president for 2026 and Mike McCarty vice president at the December 22, 2025 reorganization; Brenda K. Woods is the third commissioner. Clerk of the Board Lisa Hipke, [email protected]; County Administrator Mary Ann Haines Foland; 1850 Davids Drive, Suite 208, Wilmington, Ohio 45177; 937-382-2103, fax 937-383-2884; [email protected]. The board meets Mondays and Wednesdays from 8:00 a.m. The Agendas and Minutes page posts the Action Agendas and Meeting Minutes as PDFs by year folder; the window's 120 minutes files (the 2025 and 2026 MINUTES folders, January 2025 through October 2026 - image scans read by OCR) and 104 action-agenda files were downloaded and read whole. The veteran items, in order: - January 22, 2025: the topics list carries "Veterans Service"; January 27, 2025: the board executes a letter to the Veteran Service Commission (c/o Mr. Jeff Rollins) answering the Commission's January 17 letter and offering to schedule a meeting through Lisa Hipke; the topics list carries "Veteran's letter". January 29, 2025: "Veteran's meeting". - February 3, 2025: the board meets with the Veteran Service Commission on the 2025 budget - present with the board were Brian Shidaker, Leslie Rose, Glenn Figart, Kelly Hopkins, Jeff Rollins, John Walker and Anthony Greene. - February 12, 2025: Additional Appropriation No. 297 - "Fund No. 1281 GF Veteran Services $70,286.00"; the topics list carries "Veteran Services". - February 19, 2025: the letter "To: Courthouse Employees and Veteran Employees, RE: Courthouse Parking" assigns "Veteran Services are assigned spaces 7-11 in the back row"; the topics list carries "Veteran's request for parking spot" and "Veteran Services". - March 19, 2025: the travel resolution authorizes "Veteran Service expenses: $2,695.00 for mileage, lodging and meals" for Anthony Greene, John Walker, Kelly Hopkins, Glen Figart and Leslie Rose. March 24, 2025: the board meets with the Veteran's Commission on the yearly update. - September 8, 2025: a permit for use of public property "for Clinton County Veteran Services Commission to pass out candy at the Veteran's Memorial, 43 S. Walnut Street, Wilmington, OH on October 18, 2025" - the applicant Jeff Rollins, Executive Director, the organization Clinton County Veteran's Commission/American Legion. - September 29, 2025: the travel resolution authorizes "Veteran Services: ... $3,772.20 for mileage, lodging and meals" for John Walker, Leslie Rose, Kelly Hopkins, Anthony Greene and Glen Figart. - October 22, 2025: a permit "for Veterans Service Commission to hold a Veteran's Day Remembrance event at the Veteran's Memorial located at 43 S. South Street, Wilmington, OH on November 11" - contact Kelly Hopkins - and a letter to Jeff Rollins and the Veteran Service Board enclosing "a copy of the second written complaint received by the Board of Commissioners regarding staff member Jeannie Longstreth". October 27, 2025: the topics list carries "Veterans Services" and "Infirmary Cemetery". - November 3, 2025: the topics list carries "Veterans Day". November 10, 2025: the board meets with Jeff Rollins and the Veterans Board on the 2026 Veteran Service Budget (present: Tony Greene, Glenn Figart, Kelly Hopkins, John Walker, Leslie Rose), and approves an Amazon quote of three cordless vacuums at $399.00 each "for the Prosecutor's Office, Veterans Service Commission and the Sheriff's Office". - December 10, 2025: an amendment to appropriation - "Fund No. 1281 GF Veterans Services $2,245.00". December 31, 2025: an additional appropriation - "Fund No. 1281 GF Veteran Services Comms $2,144.18". December 1, 2025 topics: "Veterans Services". - February 2, 2026: the board meets with Jackie Bickel on "Leadership Clinton-Veterans renovation, Board Room, Hall of Heroes, Pantry" with Jeff Rollins and Jim Alcorn present, and holds a work session carrying "Veterans Services". February 18, 2026: an amendment to appropriation no. 415 - "Fund No. 1281 GF Veteran Services $1,000.00". February 23, 2026: the board meets with Kelly Hopkins on the "Veterans Service annual update" and holds a work session carrying "Veterans renovations". - March 2, 2026 topics: "Veterans renovation". March 16, 2026: the travel resolution authorizes "Veterans Services Office: Authorize Kelly Hopkins, Anthony Greene, Glen Figart and John Burton to travel. Estimated expenses: $2,174.48". March 18, 2026 topics: "Veterans Services". March 25, 2026: the board meets Ron Green King on "Veterans Services: Outreach and Communications Coordinator", and the topics list carries "Veterans Services". - June 10, 2026 work session: "Veteran's Commission". June 15, 2026: "the Board held a meeting at the Veterans Services Office to tour and discuss: a) Leadership Clinton renovations b) Internet connectivity c) Office space needs". June 24, 2026: the topics list carries "Veterans Services Procurement Card request". June 29, 2026: the travel resolution authorizes "Veterans Services: Authorize Kelly Hopkins, Leslie Rose, Tony Greene and Glenn Figart to travel. Estimated expenses: $3,444.96"; the same date's resolution recognizes the Infirmary Cemetery's "newly identified veterans Walter (Barton) Roberts (d. 1840) and George Wright (d. 1857) of the American Revolutionary War", "no veteran - especially those who stood at the very inception of our republic - should rest in anonymity", timed with "the state's ongoing Ohio Revolutionary War Veterans Graves Project and the national America 250 semi quincentennial celebrations"; the board also meets Hopkins, Rose and Figart on "Veteran Service office space and technology needs" and the procurement card. July 1, 2026: the board meets at the Infirmary Cemetery site "to recognize and honor: a) Clinton County Infirmary Cemetery b) Discovered Revolutionary War Veterans". - July 15 and 20, 2026: the topics list carries "Veterans office space". August 3, 2026: the board meets Ken Wilson on "Senior Services Levy Renewal, Veteran Directed Care, Senior Services update". - August 26, 2026: the board executes the letter to Martin Marietta confirming "that your $300,000 contribution will be used for a public park. The park will be named 'Veterans Legacy Park' as sponsored by the Martin Marietta's Military and Veterans Community (MVC)". - September 21, 2026: a permit "for Clinton County Veteran's Commission to hold a silent watch for suicide awareness among veterans at the Clinton County Veterans Memorial on September 19, 2026" - applicant Jeff Rollins, Executive Director. September 28, 2026: a permit "for American Legion Post 49 for Veterans Day Remembrance to be held at the Veterans Memorial on November 11, 2026" - "Court House Veterans Memorial / Inside of Court House if Raining". - October 7, 2026: the Operation Green Light proclamation - "the Clinton County Board of Commissioners hereby designates November 4-11, 2026 as Operation Green Light for Veterans and encourages the citizens of Clinton County to join together in honoring and supporting our veterans by shining a green light in their honor" - with the topics list carrying "Veterans office space" and the county's insurance schedule valuing the Veterans Office at $3,459,900; October 14, 2026: the board meets Ron King on the "Operation Green Light for Veterans Proclamation presentation". October 26, 2026 topics: "Veterans sound system". No veteran benefit was adopted, narrowed or repealed; the appropriations fund the commission's own account (the Auditor's Fund 1281) and the rest is the county's veteran grounds, offices and proclamations.