Portage County holds public hearing on draft solid waste management plan; no public comment

The Portage County Board of Commissioners held a public hearing to seek citizen input on the draft Portage County Solid Waste Management Plan update and said the required 30-day public comment period ran May 20–June 19, 2025, in accordance with Ohio Revised Code Section 3734.55.

The hearing was convened during the board's regular meeting; a staff member who said they wrote the draft with input from the plan's policy committee was present to respond to questions. "I wrote the plan with the input of the policy committee, so I'm just here to respond and follow procedure," the staff member said.

The staff member and commissioners confirmed the draft plan was posted on the county website during the comment period. The board recessed its regular meeting to conduct the hearing, invited oral testimony under oath, and reported that no members of the public offered comments. After the hearing the board reconvened its regular meeting and moved to adjourn.

No substantive debate of plan provisions was recorded during the hearing, and the transcript shows no formal amendments or policy votes on the draft during this session. The minutes referenced during the meeting (motion to suspend the 06/24/2025 regular meeting minutes) and the procedural motions to recess for and to adjourn the hearing were handled during the same meeting.

The transcript does not specify next procedural steps or a schedule for plan adoption; it records only that the draft was posted for public review and that no oral comments were made at this hearing.