The Mahoning County Board of Commissioners on Aug. 14 approved two grant amendments: an addendum from the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections that increases community-based corrections funding by $185,884 and a Seventh Amendment with the Western Reserve Port Authority adding $175,000 for work at the county campus of care. The board approved the items by roll call during its regular meeting.

The ODRC addendum was presented by Anna from grants management, who said the $185,884 addition "brings the total community based corrections facilities award to $5,700,000." That award was described as funding for community-based corrections facilities and programs overseen through the county's facility governing board. Anna's remarks were presented during the grants-management agenda item.

Commissioners also approved the Seventh Amendment with the Western Reserve Port Authority. Sarah Lau, representing the Port Authority, told commissioners the amendment shifts money within the project budget and helps finish the county's capital-improvement list for several buildings that had been vacant. "They sat empty for nearly 10 years," Lau said, and the amendment will help "get to the finish line" on renovations, noting the work is progressing "bit by bit." The Port Authority was identified on the record as the contracting partner for the campus-of-care scope expansion.

Both approvals were treated as amendments to previously authorized grant awards; the transcript shows the board voted to adopt the resolutions during the meeting's resolution batch and approved the items by roll call. No additional conditions or implementation timelines were recorded in the meeting minutes excerpt.

Officials did not provide a detailed line-item breakdown of how the newly added $185,884 or the $175,000 will be spent during the meeting; Anna summarized the ODRC addendum amount and the Port Authority representative described the purpose in broad terms. Any further spending specifics, reporting milestones, or implementation dates were not specified at the meeting.

The board's next regular meeting was announced for the following Thursday at the same location.