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Commissioners approve routine business: cybersecurity program, bridge bid readvertisements, legal counsel appointments and multiple permits
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The Trumbull County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a slate of routine business on Sept. 17, including authorization for a county cybersecurity program, bridge project re-advertisements tied to ODOT grants, legal counsel appointments in court matters, and multiple engineering permits and bonds.
The Trumbull County Board of Commissioners completed a series of routine approvals at its Sept. 17 meeting, unanimously passing motions on donations, appropriations, permit concurrences, bridge project re-advertisements, maintenance bonds and several legal and contracting items.
Key approvals included: - Acceptance of a $250 donation from Trumbull County Auditor Martha Yoder to reimburse the Auditor's Office for an annual finance reporting fee (recorded as compliant with the Ohio Revised Code as stated in the meeting). The motion passed unanimously. - Authorization for the Trumbull County Auditor, in conjunction with the Trumbull County Prosecutor, to develop a cybersecurity program consistent with the requirements cited as “Ohio Revised Code 9.64 c” and submit the program for board review and approval; the motion passed unanimously. - Authorization for several right-of-way, hauling and operator fleet permits requested through the County Engineer's Office to companies including Drain Designs, Village Energy Cooperative Association, Eastern Natural Gas, Custom Utilicon, Rich's Towing and Services, Omega Logging Inc., Dahl Lumber Company and Hard Knocks Enterprise, Inc.; all motions passed unanimously. - Authorization for the Clerk of the Board to re-advertise for bids for the TRU Old Town Viaduct (Weathersfield No. 6) and TRU South Main Avenue (Warren City No. 1) bridge rehabilitation projects; both projects were described as being funded at 95% through a local major bridge grant obtained via the Ohio Department of Transportation; motions to re-advertise passed unanimously. - Acceptance of a maintenance bond issued by Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland for the Howland Scopes Center Improvements Project (maintenance bond equal to 20% of final project cost; bond period 05/28/2025–05/28/2027) and approval of final payment to DeSalvo Construction Company, Inc., as inspected by GPD Group; motion passed unanimously. - Approval to join with the Trumbull County Prosecutor to apply to the Court of Common Pleas to appoint Montgomery Johnson LLP as legal counsel for the Court of Common Pleas Domestic Relations Division at a rate of $250 per hour, and to apply for appointment of attorney Jennifer Ciccone (Ciccone Law Firm) as legal counsel for the Trumbull County Clerk of Courts in related appeals and administrative matters; motions passed unanimously. - Rejection of the only bid received for Contract B of the Golden Triangle Infrastructure Improvements Project (bidder Shelley and Sands Inc., $276,001.16); motion to reject the bid passed unanimously. - Issuance of notice to proceed and notice of commencement for Woodford Excavating LLC for the Pendleton Gilmer sanitary sewer improvements project (Project No. 6-S-22) in the combined sanitary sewer district; motion passed unanimously. - Exercise of the board’s option to terminate the agreement with Buckeye Energy Brokers, Inc., as allowed by the contract’s termination provisions; commissioners clarified that termination of the option does not necessarily end the county’s aggregate program with Buckeye but prevents automatic roll-over terms that could lock the county into extended pricing; motion passed unanimously.
Other administrative items on the consent agenda — transfers, appropriations, bid awards for courthouse concrete and mortar repair (contract awarded to Restoration and Sealants Inc., $12,560, with no general fund monies requested), a petition to set a public hearing on a proposed road vacation, and advertisement for physician services for the jail — were also approved without recorded opposition.
Votes: all listed motions under these items were approved by unanimous vote of the three commissioners present.
Next steps: staff will proceed with required procurement notices, file required court applications for counsel appointments where applicable, and advance bridge bid advertising according to ODOT grant timelines.
