Fairfield County Commissioners | Full Meeting | August 26, 2025

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The full meeting of the Fairfield County Commissioners' weekly meeting for August 26, 2025. Note: this meeting occurred at 3:00pm rather than the usual morning time of 9:00am.

The meeting began with a Listen & Learn session on Economic Development with Economic and Workforce Development Director Rick Szabrak.

This was followed by to verbal presentations/updates from community organizations Citizens to Protect Children and Elderly and The Salvation Army.

Next was the Public Comments period beginning at 26:10 running through 31:56 with Stephanie Taylor of Habitat for Humanity giving updates and then Walnut Township resident Sherry Pymer informing the commission of her disappointment with the decision of the Ohio Power Siting Board in regard to the Eastern Cottontail Solar Project and that a request for re-hearing is in the works. Sherry is part of Citizens for Fair Fields, an anti-industrial solar citizen's group.
https://www.habitat.org/
https://opsb.ohio.gov/
https://citizensforfairfields.org/

The remainder of the meeting related to the regular Legal Update and County Administrative Update(s) and the commission's "voting pattern".

Agenda Links:
https://www.co.fairfield.oh.us/COMMISH/agenda/review-agenda-08.26.25.pdf
https://www.co.fairfield.oh.us/COMMISH/agenda/agenda-08.26.25.pdf

This is a recording off a public access Microsoft TEAMS Meeting. This will be an on-going series whenever possible to capture the regular meetings.

More information about the County Commissioners' meetings can be found at https://www.co.fairfield.oh.us/COMMISH/. We also encourage more online and most importantly, in-person participation. The meetings occur most Tuesday mornings at 9:00a at 210 E. Main Street, Third Floor, Lancaster, OH 43130