The Lake County Board of Commissioners on an otherwise brief agenda approved a series of routine resolutions and financial actions, including a change order totaling $173,172.25 for a road resurfacing project and adoption of the county's annual tax budget for the year ending Dec. 31, 2026.

The approvals were handled by voice vote during the meeting. Commissioners voted aye on motions including certifying unpaid water and sewer sums to the county auditor, participating in a cooperative purchasing agreement and executing a roof contract, reappointing three members to the Wickliffe Tax Incentive Review Council and multiple routine payment and appropriation actions. A separate resolution approving payment to CT Consultants Inc. for $24,619.35 recorded one abstention.

Highlights of the actions approved

- Change order No. 1 for the Lake County road resurfacing project 2025 with Shelley Company Incorporated in the amount of $173,172.25 (LCE project number 2024-009). Vote: approved (voice).
- Resolution certifying unpaid water and sewer sums and administrative charges to the Lake County auditor. Vote: approved (voice).
- Resolution authorizing participation in the US Communities program through the Master Intergovernmental Cooperative Purchasing Agreement and Omnia Partners and executing a contract with Garland DBS Incorporated for roof replacement at the Gary L. Kron Water Reclamation Facility, in an amount not to exceed $600,000. Vote: approved (voice).
- Reappointment of Nino Baffa, William Margalis and Scott Tennant to the City of Wickliffe Tax Incentive Review Council to three-year terms expiring Aug. 11, 2028. Vote: approved (voice).
- Resolution approving payment of bills as listed on the Commissioners' Approval Journal in the amount of $5,494,006.70. Vote: approved (voice).
- Resolution approving payment of bills to CT Consultants Incorporated as listed on the Commissioners' Approval Journal in the amount of $24,619.35. Vote: approved; one abstention recorded.
- Resolution approving purchase orders as listed on the Purchase Order Approval Journal in the amount of $902,681.66. Vote: approved (voice).
- Resolutions increasing appropriations and transferring cash and appropriations within various general and non-general fund accounts. Vote: approved (voice).
- Resolution adopting the annual tax budget for the year ending Dec. 31, 2026. Vote: approved (voice).
- A motion to have the record reflect congratulations to County Administrator Jason Boyd on 25 years of service to Lake County. Vote: approved (voice).

The meeting record shows no additional substantive debate on these items beyond the standard motion, second and voice roll calls. The next regular commissioners meeting is scheduled for Thursday, July 17, at 10 a.m., followed by a public workshop at 10:30 a.m., according to the meeting agenda.