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Votes at a glance: Medina County commissioners approve bridge projects, transit MOU, personnel changes and appointments
Summary
At its regular meeting the Medina County Board of Commissioners approved multiple resolutions including bridge replacements, road projects, sanitary department contracts, a transit memorandum of understanding, personnel actions, finance items and appointments to the Community Improvement Board; all recorded roll calls were affirmative.
The Medina County Board of Commissioners approved a package of resolutions and recorded votes on a range of county matters during Wednesday's meeting. Most items were routine and passed unanimously on roll call.
Key approvals (motion and second not specified in meeting record unless otherwise noted):
- Approval of meeting minutes for Tuesday, Feb. 25, and the Feb. 25 special meeting — passed (roll call: Sweatick yes; Hambley yes; Harrison yes).
- County Engineer resolutions (nine items): findings that public convenience and welfare require replacement of Bridge No. 9 on Congress Road, Bridge No. 23 on Camp Road and Bridge No. 34 on Kennard Road; approval of road closures for multiple culvert replacements; authorization for the engineer to advertise for bids for the County 441 thin overlay project; acceptance and awarding of the 2025 Medina County 405 motor paver and chip seal project; 2025 pavement planing and repair project; 2025 Medina County 4401 thin overlay project; and ODOT 422 single chip-and-seal project; and related permits — all approved (roll call recorded as unanimous).
- Sanitary Engineer (Jeremy Cinco) — five resolutions approved: amend prior resolution authorizing purchase of a 2025 EnviroSight TV truck (trade-in of existing unit), authorize change order No. 1 for the 2023 home sewage system replacement project, award sewage system design services contract for the 2024 home sewage system replacement project, authorize agreement with Davie Resource Group for wetland delineation for the Plum Creek pump station project, and enter a new agreement with Wade Trim for professional design services to model the Columbia Road water main — all approved (unanimous roll call).
- Transit (Shannon Ryan) — memorandum of understanding between Medina County Public Transit and the Northeast Ohio Area Wide Coordinating Agency (the MPO) approved (roll call unanimous).
- Human Resources (Holly) — personnel changes resolution approved to record one new hire in job family services; three rate increases (one in senior and adult services, one in the dog shelter, and one in transit); one employee return from leave; and staffing/maintenance adjustments — approved (unanimous).
- Finance (Brett) — seven resolutions: expenditure adjustments among temporary budgets; amendment to the felony delinquent care and reclaim grant (no change to grant amount, only a program budget shift); transfer of inventory between offices; an excess property resolution listing surplus items to be disposed; expenses for the county engineer's conference in Columbus; expenses for other county officials; and weekly bills totaling $1,093,317.82 — all approved (unanimous roll call).
- Community Development / CHIP (Denise) — two resolutions approved: authorize a partnership application with the cities of Brunswick, Medina and Wadsworth for the Program Year 2025 Community Housing Impact and Preservation (CHIP) program, and authorize a professional services agreement with Kleinfelder to prepare the partnership application — approved (unanimous roll call).
- Commissioners resolution in support of State Issue 2 (state capital improvement program bond renewal on the May ballot) — approved; commissioners urged local voters to consider that the program is funded with bonds paid from existing state revenues, not a tax increase (roll call unanimous).
- Appointments to the Medina County Community Improvement Board — five reappointments (Dennis Hanwell; Thomas James; Robert Hulasko; Richard Monroe; Carol Carter) and one appointment to fill a vacancy (Julie McNabb) were approved (roll call unanimous).
- For the record: commissioners noted receipt of notice for a liquor permit transfer for River Sticks Market / River Sticks Mall LLC at 7958 Wadsworth Road in Liverpool/Dofer Township; the notice was entered into the record and no hearing was requested.
- Executive session: the board voted to enter executive session to discuss pending litigation (roll call unanimous), then adjourned from the executive session.
All roll-call votes reported in the transcript show three affirmative votes by the sitting commissioners (Sweatick, Hambley and Harrison) on recorded resolutions. Details such as ordinance/resolution numbers, contract values and some project-specific identifiers were not provided in the transcript and are listed in the county's official minutes and resolution documents.
