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Trumbull County commissioners approve grant amendment, CDBG hearing notice and multiple routine items
Summary
The Trumbull County Board of Commissioners on Jan. 29 approved a package of routine and programmatic items, including an amendment to the county’s FY2025 Ohio Department of Youth Services subsidy grant, authorization to publish the 2025 CDBG hearing notice and procurement steps for ARPA-funded sanitary-lateral work.
The Trumbull County Board of Commissioners on Jan. 29 approved a package of routine and programmatic items, including an amendment to the county’s FY2025 Ohio Department of Youth Services subsidy grant, authorization to publish the 2025 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) public hearing notice and the county’s plan schedule, and steps to solicit price proposals for an ARPA-funded sanitary lateral assistance program.
The actions move forward grant changes, vendor permits and procurement steps the county said are needed to continue services and make projects eligible for funding and bidding. Commissioners also accepted substantial completion for the Elm Road water-improvement project, approved the hire of a new 9-1-1 telecommunicator and made multiple appointments to the Senior Services Advisory Council.
Votes at a glance
- Item 4: Adopted resolution acknowledging purchase orders and compliance with Ohio Revised Code 5705.41(D) (motion approved, commissioners voting yes). The resolution designated listed December 2024 purchase orders as then-and-now purchases in compliance with ORC 5705.41(D).
- Item 5: Authorized Rick Hernandez, president of the board, to sign Amendment No. 1 to the FY2025 Ohio Department of Youth Services subsidy grant to add a restorative-justice program and realign other program funds (motion approved, unanimous).
- Item 6: Concurred with the county engineer to grant special annual supplier fleet permits to Soltis and Son Enterprises LLC and Jacob E. Weaver Company LLC (motion approved, unanimous).
- Item 7: Authorized publication of the legal notice for the 2025 CDBG public hearing and the Community Development Implementation Strategy (CDIS) schedule; scheduled the public hearing for Feb. 18, 2025, at 6 p.m. at the Trumbull County Board of DD, 45 North Road, Niles (motion approved, unanimous).
- Item 8: Authorized Trumbull County Sanitary Engineers to send notification letters and make price-proposal packets available for Phase 3 of the ARPA Countywide Sanitary Lateral Assistance Program; bid opening set for Feb. 21, 2025, at 10 a.m. (motion approved, unanimous).
- Item 9: Authorized the president to sign and accept substantial completion for the Elm Road Water Improvements project (motion approved, unanimous).
- Item 10: Approved hiring Jake Halatech as a telecommunicator at the Trumbull County 9-1-1 Center effective Feb. 2, 2025, at the hourly rate recorded in the personnel paperwork; probationary period specified in the personnel action (motion approved, unanimous).
- Items 11–14: Accepted the resignation of John Barco from the Senior Services Advisory Council (effective Jan. 27, 2025), appointed Jim Ciccolo to finish that unexpired term, and reappointed Robin Rowland and Sandra Scott to new terms (motions approved, unanimous).
Procedural notes and postings
During discussion of the CDBG notice, Julie Green of Trumbull County Planning told commissioners the county will distribute flyers to municipal offices, post notices in the planning office and the planning commission’s website, publish in the newspaper and request posting on the commissioners’ website. For the ARPA sanitary-lateral procurement, the county said price-proposal packets will be available at the Sanitary Engineer’s Office (842 Youngstown-Kingsville Road, Vienna) and a $75 fee per packet will be charged; only proposals from registered licensed drain layers who pick up packets will be considered valid at the scheduled opening.
The board entered and later reconvened from an executive session on personnel matters pursuant to Ohio Revised Code 121.22(G)(1). After reconvening, the meeting moved to public comment and adjourned to a special budget meeting scheduled for 1 p.m.
Ending
Most votes were taken with unanimous approval from the commissioners present. Several items approved at the meeting require follow-up steps by county departments—publication of the CDBG notice and distribution of ARPA proposal packets among them—before public or procurement deadlines.
