Mahoning County awards $3.72 million Market Street bridge contract, approves package of contracts and change orders

Mahoning County Board of Commissioners on Thursday, March 20 approved the low bid of $3,723,104.50 for the Market Street Bridge Rehabilitation Project and a package of related contracts, change orders and appointments, commissioners said at the meeting at the county courthouse.

The board awarded the Market Street Bridge Rehabilitation Project to BG Trucking and Construction Inc. and approved a separate agreement with Manic Smith Group Incorporated for construction administration and contract administration services for the same project in the amount of $350,181. County staff said the Market Street award is a non‑general‑fund project with roughly 95% funding from the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT), as reported at the meeting.

The commissioners also approved a resolution authorizing a total contribution of $334,000 for a project referenced during the engineers' briefing, with $244,000 described in the meeting as a generated amount and $90,000 described as for the sanitary engineers; staff said funding has been identified through the Ohio State University Extension. The resolution language and the numbers were presented by county staff during the engineering items.

Separately, the…