There will be a two-cent increase in the county’s vision plan after the commissioners approved a renewal with its current insurance carrier.

At its regular Thursday meeting Vision Service Plan was chosen to provide coverage from July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2014. The new premium will be $8.01 per person, up from $7.99 with a $25 copay.

Commission President Les Boggs also reported that since the adoption of the prescription discount card program 766 county residents have used the plan getting 2,037 prescriptions for a savings of $23,637.

“Sometimes we hear people say they have to choose between food and medicine,” Boggs said. “Since saving money with this, it has made a difference. The price of medicine can be very expensive.”

In other business the commission:

• Approved a $10,000 grant from the Ohio Department of Safety to fund overtime for the sheriff’s office;

• Approved design work for resurfacing County Roads 1 and 4.