Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Meeting Votes topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Trumbull County commissioners approve routine agenda items, transfers and contracts
Summary
At a regular meeting, the Board of Trumbull County Commissioners approved minutes, routine personnel actions, contracts and grant amendments, and authorized transfers including a $2 million donation transfer to the commissioners' contingency fund.
The Board of Trumbull County Commissioners on Wednesday approved a series of routine agenda items including minutes, personnel changes, vendor contracts and grant amendments.
The action package included approval to transfer a $2,000,000 donation from the Clerk of Courts to the commissioners' contingency fund, ratification of an amendment to a Clean Ohio Trails Fund agreement with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources extending the agreement and acknowledging $500,000 in grant funds, multiple permits and vendor contract awards for the county engineer, and several personnel hires and transfers.
The approvals were presented by the clerk and passed by unanimous voice vote. Items approved included acceptance of video recordings as official minutes for previous meetings (listed as agenda items 1 and 2), routine bills (item 3), a $380 county administrator membership dues payment (item 5), and personnel appointments and transfers for the sanitary engineers, 9-1-1 dispatch and building maintenance departments (items 14–16). The board also approved agreements for information services and child support IV-D program services (items 23–25), and prequalified professional design firms pursuant to ORC 153.68 (item 27).
A resolution authorizing Trumbull County to approve issuance of hospital facilities revenue bonds of Allen County was adopted after brief discussion mentioning Mercy Health/St. Joseph’s and local hospital preservation efforts (item 7). The board also approved the Trumbull County Engineer annual township meeting date and location, awarded aggregate bids for county engineering work, and granted rights-of-way and hauling permits for specific companies named in the agenda (items 8–13).
The board ratified amendment number 3 to the Clean Ohio Trails Fund agreement between the Ohio Department of Natural Resources and the Trumbull County Commissioners to extend the project period to Feb. 28, 2026; the commissioners noted the Metro Parks' role in securing the local match for Western Reserve Greenway phase 4.
The meeting concluded after the commission completed all 27 listed agenda items by unanimous votes where recorded.
Votes at a glance (selected items): - Transfer of $2,000,000 donation to commissioners' contingency fund — approved (Mister Bernard: Yes; Mister Malloy: Yes; Mister Hernandez: Yes). - Amendment No. 3, Clean Ohio Trails Fund agreement (ODNR/Trumbull County) — approved; extends agreement to 02/28/2026 and acknowledges $500,000 in grant funds (Yes, unanimous). - Award of aggregate contracts for county engineer (02/11/2025–02/10/2026) — approved (Yes, unanimous). - Approval to proceed with State Line Road sanitary sewer improvements, Brookfield Township (county project 1-s-19) — approved following public hearing results showing property-owner support (Yes, unanimous).
The board did not defer or table any of the listed items; recorded outcomes in the minutes show affirmative votes for each motion presented.
