Commissioners approve consent agenda, grant increases, permits and property actions

The Trumbull County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to approve a slate of routine and substantive items at their meeting.

The board approved minutes and video recordings for previous meetings, bills, transfers and several appropriation requests, and signed an addendum increasing a community corrections grant award for the Trumbull County Adult Probation Department by $101,886. Commissioners also authorized payment of the Ohio EPA annual discharge fee of $8,086 for the county stormwater Phase II program; adopted a resolution recognizing county 9-1-1 personnel as first responders; authorized city hospital revenue bonds; granted multiple hauling, supplier fleet and right-of-way permits; approved two corrective-action items tied to floodplain/FEMA/ODNR audit findings and a related real-estate escrow payment of $18,769.69; established an installment payment plan for curb-box/service-connection assessments at $650 per curb box; approved a personnel slate for Job and Family Services hires; renewed a one-year contract with Trinity Services Group Inc. for food-service consulting at the Adult Justice Center; and approved a one-day unpaid suspension for a building-maintenance employee.

Why it matters: several of the approved items carry direct budgetary impacts (grant increases, escrow for property purchase, EPA fee, contract renewal) or ongoing legal/administrative implications (corrective-action plans tied to state and federal audits; installment assessments placed on property tax duplicates).

Key details: - Grants: The county approved an addendum to the fiscal-year 2026–2027 grant agreement that increased the CCA 2 Community-Based Correction Program award by $101,886; together with the TCAPP grant the transcript records a combined total for the adult probation department of $2,713,057 (TCAPP $1,227,333; CCA 2 $1,485,718). The grants run from July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2027. - EPA fee: Payment of $8,086 to the Ohio EPA for the county stormwater Phase II annual discharge fee, authorized by Ohio Revised Code 3745.11(l)(4) (as read into the record). - Real estate/escrow: The board authorized entry into a purchase agreement and escrow for multiple parcels related to 44024 Meadowbrook Drive, Leavittsburg, with an escrow check of $18,769.69 to Valley Title and Escrow Agency. - Curb-box assessments: The board established installment payments for State Road Water Regionalization Project No. 2 (W-TW-23); the curb-box/service-connection assessment is $650 per curb box and will be certified by the county auditor and placed upon property tax lists and duplicates. - Contracts and personnel: Renewed Trinity Services Group Inc. contract for one year (10/19/2025–10/19/2026) for food-service management consulting at the Trumbull County Adult Justice Center; approved 10 hires for the Department of Job and Family Services to begin 11/03/2025 with full benefits and a nine-month probationary period.

Votes at a glance (each item recorded as approved by affirmative roll call unless noted): - Item 1: Approve minutes/video recordings of 10/07/2025 workshop and 10/08/2025 regular meeting — outcome: approved (vote recorded as yes by commissioners). - Item 2: Approve bills — approved. - Item 3: Transfer monies — approved. - Item 4: Approve additional appropriations — approved. - Item 5: Approve transfer of appropriations — approved. - Item 6: Approve and sign grant addendum increasing CCA 2 award by $101,886 for Trumbull County Adult Probation (grant terms 07/01/2025–06/30/2027; TCAPP $1,227,333; CCA 2 $1,485,718; total $2,713,057) — approved. - Item 7: Receive/place on file September 2025 activities report for Trumbull County dog kennel — approved. - Item 8: Adopt resolution recognizing Trumbull County 9-1-1 professionals as first responders — approved. - Item 9: Authorize payment to Ohio EPA $8,086 for 2024 annual discharge fee (ORC 3745.11 cited) — approved. - Item 10: Adopt resolution authorizing county to approve issuance of hospital facilities revenue bonds of the City of Salem and related documents — approved. - Item 11: Concur with county engineer to grant special hauling permits (JRO Transportation Services Inc.) — approved. - Item 12: Concur with county engineer to grant special annual supplier fleet permits (TK Excavating; Ohio Firewood Brothers LLC) — approved. - Item 13: Concur with county engineer to grant right-of-way permits (Charter Spectrum; Gary Lorino) — approved. - Item 14: Concur with corrective-action plan (Planning Commission, legal counsel, MS Consultants Inc.) for 44024 Meadowbrook Drive, Leavittsburg; authorize real estate purchase agreement and escrow check $18,769.69 — approved. - Item 15: Concur with corrective-action plan and authorize president to sign notification letter for 447 Fairlane Drive, Orwell — approved. - Item 16: Establish installment payment plan for curb-box/service-connection assessments for State Road Water Regionalization Project No. W-TW-23; assessment $650 per curb box — approved. - Item 17: Amend agenda item to correct agency awarded senior service levy distribution (correct award to Access Family Services, d/b/a SCOPE) — approved. - Item 18: Approve personnel actions for employment of 10 Job & Family Services candidates (names read into record), start date 11/03/2025, full benefits, nine-month probationary period — approved. - Item 19: Exercise option to renew Trinity Services Group Inc. contract for food-service management at the Adult Justice Center through 10/19/2026 — approved. - Item 20: Approve one-day unpaid suspension for a building maintenance employee — approved.

Ending: The board recessed to executive session under ORC 121.22(G)(1) to consider personnel matters after public comment and later reconvened and adjourned.