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Medina County commissioners approve routine resolutions, contracts and agreements
Summary
Commissioners approved multiple resolutions including a road closure, engineering contract for a water-main replacement, personnel and union contract actions, finance measures and an amended Emergency Management Agreement; all votes were unanimous.
Medina County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously on a package of routine resolutions and contract actions during a regular meeting that also included department updates and project briefings.
The board approved a resolution to close Fen Road for roadside construction; authorized the county sanitary engineer to enter a professional design-services agreement with Jones & Henry for the Columbia Road water-main replacement between Boston Road and Grafton; approved four personnel-related resolutions from Human Resources (new hire, a promotion, multiple rate increases and two table-of-organization amendments) including ratification of a three-year contract between Medina County Transit Drivers Association and the Medina County Public Transit Department; adopted six finance resolutions (including print-shop revenue and a gasoline-rotary fund, authorization to purchase 6,900 gallons of regular unleaded gasoline, travel expenses and weekly bills totaling $1,581,350.54); authorized issuance of a request for proposals for the county natural gas aggregation program; and ratified an amended 2023 Emergency Management Agreement for all subdivisions after the Village of Spencer submitted required documentation.
Why it matters: The votes finalize near-term project contracts, personnel changes and the county’s recurring financial authorizations, enabling construction and service activities to proceed and formalizing the transit union contract.
Most of the approvals were routine and faced no recorded discussion. The water-main design authorization advances a specific capital project on Columbia Road that will require later construction procurements and implementation by county or contracted crews. The natural gas aggregation RFP will determine a supplier for the county’s residential aggregation program when the current program expires in June.
Votes at a glance (recorded roll calls) - Approve minutes from March 4 — Yes: Swedeck, Hambley, Harrison; outcome: approved. - Necessity to close Fen Road for roadside construction — Yes: Swedeck, Hambley, Harrison; outcome: approved. - Authorize sanitary engineer to contract with Jones & Henry Engineers for Columbia Road water-main design (Boston Road to Grafton) — Yes: Swedeck, Hambley, Harrison; outcome: approved. - Human Resources package (personnel changes, promotion, rate increases, table-of-organization amendments for solid waste and transit, and a three-year contract with Medina County Transit Drivers Association) — Yes: Swedeck, Hambley, Harrison; outcome: approved (four separate resolutions). - Finance resolutions (print-shop revenue $1,591.82; gasoline rotary fund $19,316.46; authorize purchase of 6,900 gallons of regular unleaded at $1.873/gal; county engineer travel expenses; Veterans Association out-of-state travel to Washington, D.C.; weekly bills $1,581,350.54) — Yes: Swedeck, Hambley, Harrison; outcome: approved (six separate resolutions). - Authorize issuance of request for proposals for county natural gas aggregation (current program runs through June) — Yes: Swedeck, Hambley, Harrison; outcome: approved. - Ratify amended 2023 Emergency Management Agreement following Village of Spencer documentation — Yes: Swedeck, Hambley, Harrison; outcome: approved.
The meeting adjourned into and later out of executive session by recorded roll call votes.
