Who oversees the Belmont County Board of Commissioners? That is what Martins Ferry City Council member Suzanne Armstrong sought to find out during the board’s town hall meeting at the Martins Ferry Recreation Center on Tuesday.

The special meeting provided the opportunity for all county residents to ask the board any questions they wanted. The event was organized by city resident Richard Hord.

During Tuesday’s meeting, Armstrong asked the board who oversees its activities. Commissioner J.P. Dutton replied that there is technically no entity or person who oversees the board. Although there isn’t an oversight committee, he added that the board reports to the residents of Belmont County.

Dutton added that the board gets audited annually by the Ohio Auditor of State’s office and that every

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