Mahoning County commissioners approve routine agenda items, contracts and funding for law-enforcement task force

The Mahoning County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved the consent agenda and a series of contracts, travel authorizations and funding allocations during its Jan. 23 meeting in the Hearing Room.

The approvals covered routine business — minutes and bills — and a set of departmental contracts and resolutions, including awards for wastewater services, agreements to fund a local law-enforcement task fund and an employee assistance program for county employees.

Commissioners approved the minutes of the Jan. 16 meeting and payment of bills, then moved through advertised bids, travel authorizations, departmental agreements and contract change orders. The board voted, by roll call, Yes — Commissioner D'Favio; Yes — Commissioner Remedio Reghetti; Yes — Commissioner Travciani — on each recorded motion.

Key approvals included: the advertisement for bids for the 2025 countywide road-striping program; a legal notice requesting release of funds for what was described in the meeting transcript as "new ship grants"; travel authorizations for multiple departments including grants management (estimated $3,000), juvenile court (several items totaling an estimated $11,500 across categories), and the county treasurer's continuing-education travel; and multiple departmental contracts and change orders. Contracts approved in the meeting record included:

- An agreement with Compass Media for advertising services in 2025 in the amount of $4,475 (non-general funds). - Multiple Healthy Homes contracts and change orders for property remediation work at identified addresses (amounts reported in the meeting record varied by property; see clarifying details). - A contract with a medical provider (listed in the record as Dr. DeChalice) for medical management of workers' compensation, estimated at $10,000, and a separate psychiatric medical-management agreement estimated at $5,000 (both recorded as non-general funds). - Three-year agreements for grit and screening transportation and disposal at county wastewater treatment plants: Waste Management (recorded at $19,622.28) and Republic Services (recorded at $23,850), both identified as non-general funds. - Sheriff’s office repairs and program contracts including a vehicle repair estimate of $2,856.52 and a social-services program contract with Direction Home of Eastern Ohio in the amount of $27,500 payable to Mahoning County.

The board also adopted sanitary-engineering awards reported in the agenda: an award to USAL Co., LLC for phosphorus removal work at the Boardman Wastewater Treatment Plant, recorded as a three-year contract with an estimated $115,814.16 per year (the meeting record states this was the only bid); and an award for transportation and disposal of wastewater sludge to Browning-Ferris/Republic Services for a three-year engagement recorded in the meeting as an estimated $569,025 per year (also reported as the only bid).

Separately, commissioners approved a resolution providing additional funding to the OMB Valley Law Enforcement Task Fund in the amount of $150,000, which the meeting record states was used to help upgrade body armor. The board approved a two-year contract for employee-assistance services with All 1 Health Resources, Inc., doing business as Impact Solutions LLC, recorded in the agenda as $35,267.40 for the first year.

Votes at a glance (items recorded on the meeting agenda and approved by the board): - Approval of previous minutes and payment of bills — approved (3-0). - Advertisement for bids: 2025 countywide road striping — approved (3-0). - Legal notice requesting release of funds for "new ship grants" — approved (3-0). - Travel authorizations: Grants Management ($3,000 estimated), Juvenile Court (multiple items totaling approximately $11,500 across categories as recorded), Treasurer continuing-education travel — approved (3-0). - Agreements: Compass Media advertising $4,475; Healthy Homes contracts at multiple addresses (amounts recorded per agenda); medical-management contracts for workers' compensation ($10,000 and $5,000); sanitary transportation/disposal agreements (Waste Management and Republic Services) — approved (3-0). - Sheriff’s office agreements: vehicle repairs and Direction Home of Eastern Ohio $27,500 — approved (3-0). - Change orders for Healthy Homes projects (three items recorded) — approved (3-0). - Sanitary engineering awards: USAL Co., LLC and Browning-Ferris/Republic Services for sludge transportation/disposal — approved (3-0). - Additional funding to OMB Valley Law Enforcement Task Fund: $150,000 — approved (3-0). - Employee assistance program contract with All 1 Health Resources, Inc. dba Impact Solutions LLC: first-year amount $35,267.40 — approved (3-0).

The meeting record shows no recorded negative or abstaining votes on the motions taken at the Jan. 23 session. Several agenda items were presented by department representatives and routine contract details (scope, funding source) were read into the record by staff. Where the meeting transcript produced ambiguous or partial dollar amounts or garbled program names in spoken remarks, this article records the text as given in the meeting record and flags those values as reported in the transcript rather than independently verified.

Looking ahead, commissioners set the next regular meeting for 10 a.m. next Thursday in the Hearing Room.