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Votes at a glance: Trumbull County commissioners approve appropriations, contracts, personnel actions; two fund-creation proposals fail for lack of second
Summary
At the March 19, 2025 meeting, the Trumbull County Board of Commissioners approved the annual appropriation resolution, multiple contracts and bids, personnel actions, and funding matches for transportation projects; two proposed new funds were not seconded and died.
The Trumbull County Board of Commissioners used its March 19, 2025 meeting to approve the annual appropriation resolution, award county contracts, confirm personnel actions, authorize grant applications and matches, and take other routine actions. Two proposed new funds for the auditor's office and a GIS enterprise fund died for lack of a second.
Key outcomes included approval of the appropriation resolution and a floor transfer of $349,007.2356 into the general fund so the county budget would balance to zero for the fiscal year. The board approved personnel actions including the hire of Heidi Gross as an eligibility referral specialist at $20.05 per hour and the promotion of Melissa Binion to fiscal administrator at $38.30 per hour, both with nine-month probationary periods.
The board awarded multiple engineering and materials contracts and accepted grant-funded bridge and road-rehabilitation bids. Notable contract awards included the US Bridge Division of the Ohio Bridge Corporation for two bridge-rehabilitation projects (one for $152,212.25 and one for $189,947.82), and approval of consultant-agreement modification No. 38499-1 with DLZ Ohio Inc. for a Market Street rehabilitation project with no net adjustment. The board also authorized a memorandum of understanding with Gustavus Township and American Transmission Services Inc. (on behalf of FirstEnergy) for power-line upgrades.
The board approved a $94,186.59 local match for a Transportation Improvement District application at Mines Road and State Route 46 to improve competitiveness for up to $500,000 in grant funds. The commissioners authorized the purchasing administrator to submit an appropriation request of $3,340,500 to Congressman Joyce's office for community project funding to build a county dog kennel.
Several vehicle-decommissioning items were approved to scrap unsafe vehicles to a Youngstown recycler (transcript contained two spellings: "Metallico Youngstown" and "Metallica Youngstown"; the transcript is inconsistent). The board also accepted the 2024 annual report of the Tax Incentive Review Council and concurred with county-engineer permits and hauling requests for named companies.
Two agenda items proposing new funds died for lack of a second: the proposed GIS Enterprise Fund for the Auditor's Office and the Auditor's Office Computer Service Fund. The board created Fund 82, the Office of Economic Development Fund, for use by the Trumbull County Planning Commission, citing ORC Section 307.07.
Votes on routine items were recorded as affirmative by Commissioners Malloy, Bernard and Commissioner Rick Hernandez unless the transcript noted otherwise. The board moved into executive session later in the meeting under Ohio law for attorney consultations and personnel matters, and then returned to complete public comment.
