Mahoning County commissioners approved a resolution to purchase an above‑ground UL‑listed FireGuard fuel tank for vehicle fueling at the Colonial County Board of Developmental Disabilities during the Aug. 28 session.

Holly (executive director, name given as newly appointed in the meeting) introduced the item as a purchase of an above‑ground tank for vehicle fueling. A staff member identified as Bill told commissioners the county's underground diesel tanks, "that have been in the ground since the eighties have lost the product protection on the on the, diesel fuel tank." He said the county elected to remove the old underground tanks rather than repair them and will install an above‑ground tank; he also said unleaded fueling will be handled at the county fueling station going forward because the county has fewer unleaded fleet vehicles than in the past.

Nut graf: The resolution replaces aging underground fuel infrastructure with an above‑ground UL‑listed tank at a county facility for safety and maintenance reasons, and it signals a shift in how the county will distribute unleaded fuel across county departments.

The meeting record lists the purchase amount as $33,009.09 in the resolution text read into the record. Commissioners approved the resolution by roll call. The transcript does not include installation dates, warranty terms, or a procurement contract number in the public reading.

Discussion versus decision: staff explanation that the underground tanks had reached the end of their useful life was discussion; the formal action recorded was approval of the purchase resolution.