County staff seek payment approvals and authorization to apply for $3 million multimodal grant to extend trail

County maintenance and planning staff presented several payment requests and a multimodal grant application.

Staff requested approval of small reimbursements and invoices including $1,434 to MD Electrical (training wages), $2,990 to a cooling vendor (split between workforce programs), and $13,131.32 to the City of Midco for quarter-two 2025 code-enforcement wages (split across two CDBG fiscal years). The transcript shows a larger partial payment request to the Tribune for $802,878.15 related to Stow Memorial Library public notices; staff said that invoice is paid from the county's FY2021 CDBG program.

Planning staff requested approval to submit a $3,000,000 grant application to the Commonwealth Finance Authority for a multimodal transportation grant to extend the customer trail toward Crawford Business Park. The requested resolution would authorize the planning office to apply, partner with Economic Progress Alliance as project manager, and pay a $200 application fee. Staff said this is the last year the program has no municipal match requirement.

The transcript records presentation of these items but does not include explicit recorded votes or final approvals in the meeting text.