At a recent Fayette County Commissioners’ meeting, Fayette County Engineer Steve Luebbe was authorized to purchase a 2021 John Deere loader for $179,312 — trading a 2009 John Deere loader with an allowance of $54,000, making the total due $125,312 from Murphy Tractor and Equipment.

Also during the meeting, Fayette County Auditor Brenda Mossbarger was authorized to enter into a Master License Agreement with ISSG, Inc. The purpose of the agreement is for property tax software to be provided. Property Tax Software is a cloud-hosted, web-based tool for managing the life cycle of Real Property.

Two re-appointments were made. The first was of Phil Bartley to the Residential Building Board of Appeals for a five-year term to end September of 2025. The second was of Ron Weade to the Fayette County Fair Housing Board for a four-year term to end October of 2024.

A subscription for the software includes system management, hosting, storage, nightly extracts to county’s ftp server and current third party integration. The contract will end on Jan. 13 of 2024.

Stay with the Record-Herald weekly for more updates from the Fayette County Commissioners. The Fayette County Commissioners’ Office is located at 133 S. Main St., suite 401 in Washington Court House, and their office hours are Monday-Friday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. They can be reached at 740-335-0720. Condensed minutes from the meetings are available on the county website.