At a regular meeting, the Lake County Board of Commissioners approved a series of routine resolutions awarding contracts, accepting grants and authorizing payments for county projects and operations.

The board approved an award of $686,000 for the St. Clair Street overlay project in Painesville City and the Village of Fairport Harbor, a $686,350 contract for a wheel-wash system at the Lake County Solid Waste Facility, and multiple water and sanitary sewer project approvals for Hidden Village Estate Subdivision Phase 6 in Perry Village and a Mount Royal sanitary sewer extension in Concord Township. The board also accepted grants and authorized payment of county bills, including a fiscal-year vouchers warrant and a $36,435.43 Coverdell grant subaward to the Lake County Scribe Laboratory.

The approvals advance local road, sewer and solid-waste infrastructure and finalize routine financial authorizations. Several items included project identifiers and dollar amounts on the record; most passed unanimously at the meeting. One payment to CT Consultants drew an abstention from a commissioner.

Most significant votes and amounts approved at the meeting included: a $686,000 award for the St. Clair Street overlay (PID 121606); a $686,350 contract to Cook Paving and Construction Co. Inc. for the solid-waste facility wheel wash (Project 481L2024); $418,753.50 for a waterline for Hidden Village Estate Subdivision Phase 6 (JET 25-18); $401,393.30 for sanitary sewer work for Hidden Village Estate Subdivision Phase 6 (JET 25-18); and county payment authorizations totaling $2,792,268.59 as listed on the commissioners’ approval journal.

Utilities Department representative Mr. Roethlisberger reported a recent bid opening for the final phase of Lakeshore Boulevard and said “the low bid was about 5% below the engineer’s estimates,” noting the county expects to proceed with that work in the coming months.

Suzanne of the County Department of Job and Family Services told the board the state budget had just concluded action in the legislature and was being sent to the governor; she said county staff will monitor how the budget affects county JFS operations and will report back when more information is available. County staff member Jason provided project updates, saying the county has started the Vision 2050 comprehensive planning process and that the public safety center construction is progressing, with recent concrete pours and preparations to begin steel erection in mid-July.

Administratively, the board authorized execution of a memorandum of understanding with the Village of Perry for the 2025 Center Road drainage improvement project; accepted a fiscal-year Community Corrections grant agreement with the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction for Lake County Adult Probation; and accepted a Coverdell grant subaward to the Lake County Scribe Laboratory effective Jan. 1 through Dec. 31, 2025.

Less-critical financial housekeeping passed as well: approval of Job and Family Services vouchers dated July 11, 2025, for $100,576.65; payment of bills to CT Consultants Inc. for $37,684.41 (one commissioner abstained on that vote); numerous purchase orders and appropriation transfers and increases across general and non-general funds.

The board’s next scheduled meeting was announced for Thursday, July 10 at 10 a.m.; the board said there would be no meeting the following week. The session closed with a motion to adjourn that carried on recorded votes.

Votes at a glance

- Resolution awarding bid for St. Clair Street Overlay Project (PID 121606) — Awarded $686,000 — Outcome: approved (recorded votes: Commissioner Beveridge Aye; Commissioner Pletchney Yes; Commissioner Regevich Yes).

- Resolution approving Mount Royal Sanitary Sewer Extension (job number 205-40 or “20Five-forty” recorded) — Approvals and plans at $7,700 — Outcome: approved (Beveridge Aye; Pletchney Yes; Regevich Yes).

- Resolution certifying unpaid water and sewer sums and administrative charges to the Lake County Auditor — Outcome: approved (Beveridge Aye; Pletchney Yes; Regevich Yes).

- Resolution awarding contract for Lake County Solid Waste Facility Wheel Wash System (Project 481L2024) to Cook Paving and Construction Co. Inc. — $686,350 — Outcome: approved (Beveridge Aye; Pletchney Yes; Regevich Yes).

- Resolution approving waterline for Hidden Village Estate Subdivision Phase 6, Perry Village (JET 25-18) — $418,753.50 — Outcome: approved (Beveridge Aye; Pletchney Yes; Regevich Yes).

- Resolution approving sanitary sewer work for Hidden Village Estate Subdivision Phase 6, Perry Village (JET 25-18) — $401,393.30 — Outcome: approved (Beveridge Aye; Pletchney Yes; Regevich Yes).

- Resolution increasing appropriations/transferring cash within County Department of Utilities Sewer Fund (Lake Road Relocation project 484S2024) — Outcome: approved (Beveridge Aye; Pletchney Yes; Regevich Yes).

- Resolution approving County Department of Job and Family Services vouchers (warrant date 07/11/2025) — $100,576.65 — Outcome: approved (Beveridge Aye; Pletchney Yes; Regevich Yes).

- Resolution authorizing payment to various Lake County police prosecutors for 2025 (details on recipients not specified in record) — Outcome: approved (Beveridge Aye; Pletchney Yes; Regevich Yes).

- Resolution authorizing execution of a memorandum of understanding between Lake County Stormwater Management Division and the Village of Perry for the 2025 Center Road drainage improvement project — Outcome: approved (Beveridge Aye; Pletchney Yes; Regevich Yes).

- Resolution accepting FY2026–27 Community Corrections Act grant and authorizing execution of grant agreement between Lake County Adult Probation and the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction — Outcome: approved (Beveridge Aye; Pletchney Yes; Regevich Yes).

- Resolution accepting a 2024 Coverdell grant subaward (PCNFS 9318) to the Lake County Scribe Laboratory — $36,435.43 (effective 01/01/2025–12/31/2025) — Outcome: approved (Beveridge Aye; Pletchney Yes; Regevich Yes).

- Resolution approving payment of bills on the commissioners’ approval journal — $2,792,268.59 — Outcome: approved (Beveridge Aye; Pletchney Yes; Regevich Yes).

- Resolution approving payment of bills to CT Consultants Inc. as listed on the approval journal — $37,684.41 — Outcome: approved (recorded: Beveridge Aye; Pletchney Yes; Regevich Abstain).

- Resolutions approving purchase orders, increasing appropriations to various non-general fund accounts, and transferring appropriations within various general and non-general fund accounts — Outcome: approved (recorded votes on the record: Beveridge Aye; Pletchney Yes; Regevich Yes).

Discussion versus decisions

- Discussion only: utilities reported a favorable low bid on Lakeshore Boulevard (no final award recorded in this meeting for that project), staff provided updates on the Vision 2050 comprehensive planning process and progress at the public safety center, and Job and Family Services staff said they would monitor the state budget for operational impacts.

- Direction/assignment: staff were asked to continue monitoring the state budget and to report back when details are available.

- Formal actions: all resolutions listed above were moved, seconded and recorded; outcomes are listed in “Votes at a glance.”

Proper names referenced in the meeting record include Lake County; Village of Perry; Painesville City; Village of Fairport Harbor; Cook Paving and Construction Company Inc.; Lake County Scribe Laboratory; Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction; CT Consultants Inc.; Lake County Adult Probation Department; and the county Utilities Department.

The meeting record did not specify individual movers or seconders by name for the motions beyond the general “so moved” and “second” recorded for each resolution.