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Lake County commissioners approve resurfacing contract, utilities projects and $7.2 million in payments
Summary
At its regular meeting, the Lake County Board of Commissioners awarded a $1.64 million resurfacing contract, authorized multiple utilities projects and approved $7.2 million in payments and purchase orders; most measures passed on unanimous recorded votes.
The Lake County Board of Commissioners on April 15 approved a slate of resolutions that included awarding a $1,637,634.45 contract for a 2025 resurfacing project, authorizing bids and appropriations for several water and sewer replacement projects, and approving payment of bills totaling $7,201,294.51.
The most significant single contract approved was an award to the Shelley Company, Northeast Division, for the Lake County resurfacing project 2025 in the amount of $1,637,634.45. The board also approved a $1,005,650 estimate of cost and authorization to advertise bids for a wheel wash system at the Lake County solid waste facility (project 481L2024) and set multiple bid opening dates for county road and salt contracts.
Other actions approved included transfers and increases of appropriations for Department of Utilities capital projects (Mentor Avenue waterline replacement, Rockefeller Road waterline replacement 490W2025, Madison Trunk Sewer Replacement Phase 1 492S2025, Manchester Road water line replacement 496W2025), certification of unpaid water and sewer sums to the county auditor, and the release of retainage on pay application No. 7 to Town Center Construction for Erie Street office renovations in the amount of $35,245.34.
The board authorized the county administrator to execute a contract for a lakeshore improvement project in Willoughby, approved a subgrantee agreement between the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services and the Lake County Department of Job and Family Services, and assigned authority to Suzanne Casar to act as the county designee for intercounty adjustments of allocated funds.
The commissioners also approved an excess workers' compensation and employers liability insurance agreement through USI Insurance Services for Midwest Employers Casualty Company effective May 1, 2025, through May 1, 2026; adopted a regular meeting schedule beginning May 8, 2025, and revised the workshop meeting schedule beginning May 15, 2025; and approved payment of bills and purchase orders totaling $7,878,540.57 combined ($7,201,294.51 in bills and $677,246.06 in purchase orders).
Most items were moved, seconded and approved on recorded votes shown in the meeting minutes with the three commissioners present recorded as voting in the affirmative (displayed as “Yes” or “Aye”). No defeats or abstentions on the recorded items were reflected in the transcript.
Several budget and transfer items were routine fiscal housekeeping actions needed to fund ongoing utilities projects and department operations; the county clerk recorded each motion, second and vote on the record.
