Meeting oft the Fulton County Commissioners- -Tuesday, May 18, 2021 Present: Commissioner Ulsh, Commissioner Bunch and Commissioner Shives 8:30a a.m. att the Commissioners' Office Absent: None Others Present: Gako- Asahi Shimbum Newspaper and Cassidy Pittman-Fulton County News Chairman Ulsh opened the meeting with ar moment of silent prayer and recited the Pledge of Allegiance tot thet flag. Motion by Commissioner Shives to approve ther minutes oft the May 11, 2021 meeting. All int favor. Motion by Commissioner Uisht to approve the accounts payable dated May 17, 2021 int the amount of $75,092.08. Alli int favor. Fund 100 General Fund 35,583.41 $0.00 $35,583.41 257.08 3,250.00 2,102.34 591.83 45.03 837.41 16.88 31,725.75 682.35 $75,092.08 Manual Checks TOTAL GENERAL FUND Fund 227 SFC Technology Grant Fund 231 SFC Evidence Based Practice Fund 235 Law! Library Fund 238 911 Fund 240 Hazmat Fund 243 Offender Supervision Fund 256 Domestic Relations Fund 275 Medical Assistance Transportation Fund 801 Pass thru Funds TOTAL ALL FUNDS Motion by Commissioner Buncht toa approve the payroll dated May 21, 20211 int the amount of $120,347.01. Alli int favor. The Commissioners met with Barbara Covert andJ Joyce Lynch from the Employment and Training Office. Motion by Commissioner Ulsht to authorize endorsement to the Commercial Lease Agreement between the County of Fulton and Employment and Training Inc. fora ap period beginning. July 1, 2021 through. June 30, 2023. Alli inf favor, Motion by Commissioner Shivest to authorize endorsement tot the Proclamation for designating May 16-22, 2021 as Emergency Medical Services Week. Alli inf favor. The Commissioner held a Safety Committee Meeting. The Commissioners met with Mikel Lamb, Wessel & Co and Lisa Beatty Fiscal Administrator regarding Business Matters. Motion by Commissioner Ulsht tot transfer $505,000 from PLGIT to Raymond. James. Alli inf favor. Motion by Commissioner Uisht to endorse a letter ofs support for Southern Alleghenies Planning Development Commission's Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy Annual Update tot the Economic Development Association. Alli int favor. Commissioner Ulsh askedi for public comment atv which time Gako from the Asahis Shimbum Newspaper asked whyt the percentage was low for Fulton County residents getting the COVID vaccine. Commissioner Shives statedi it's ani individual choice, thatt there isal lot of conflicting information andi thate everyone has tor maket the! best decision for themselves. She also indicated. shel hadr received the vaccine and hadr no issues. Commissioner Ulshs stated he isn'tg getting the vaccine. Hei is not encouraging people to be vaccinated: ast tellingt them whatt to do goes against our constitution and it'sa ani individual's personal choice. He said hel has made some phone callsf for concerned elderly residents before the vaccine was readily available and received three different stories ast to whyt there was a delay of receiving ana adequate numbers oft the vaccines. Commissioner Bunch stated when he has! been asked his opinion that het tells people to research andr maket their own decision. Gako askedi Ift the Commissioners: thought politics played into the decision not tol be vaccinated. Commissioner Ulsh answered he didn't thinkt that was the case. Hes saidt there was so many conflicting stories oni the virus itself. Commissioner Bunch: stated that two weeks agor masks still hadt to be worn eveni ifv vaccinated: and that now that requirement is lifted. The summary" was Motion by Commissioner Uisht to accept the proposal from Upward Broadband for broadband deployment int the Ft. Littleton thate everyone has thet freedom to do whatever they feeli ist best fori their personal situation. area int the: amount of $33,551.82. Alli inf favor. Motion! by Commissioner Ulsht to adjourn at: 11:55 a.m. Alli int favor. Jtua 1ubh StuartL.Ulsh, Chair Paula. J.S Shives Respectfully: Submitted, Lisa Mellott-McConahy &