Mahoning County commissioners on Tuesday approved a slate of routine but consequential actions including contractor awards, a proposed five-year sales-and-use tax renewal to fund roads and infrastructure, the reappointment of Marty Loney to a regional port authority board and the declaration of an aging county bus as surplus.

Budget Director Jen told the board she would ask the Mahoning County Board of Elections to place a five-year renewal of the county’s existing sales-and-use tax before voters, saying the proceeds would continue to support road and infrastructure repair and maintenance. The board approved that resolution, along with a lease with Cadence Care Network and other measures, by roll-call votes with the commissioners present voting yes.

The board approved several vendor agreements: city printing and mailing services for the county newsletter (estimated $43,808.95, general fund); a $6,554 installation of a hot-water boiler pump at the Camel Wastewater Treatment Plant; a GPS data-collection and GIS-mapping contract with Great Lakes Community Action Partnership estimated at $6,798; and a $5,937.50 equipment installation for a sheriff’s vehicle. Commissioners approved these contracts on a single motion and roll-call vote.

Public-health and safety items included authorization of travel for an Emergency Management representative, Connor, to attend a national cardiac-arrest seminar in Phoenix. "Nationally, our out of hospital cardiac arrest survival is anywhere from 1 to 10 percent," Connor said, and he described bringing best practices back to Mahoning County to improve survival. That travel request was approved.

The board also awarded the North Wickliffe Neighborhood Sidewalk Improvements Phase A tree-removal contract to Wilshek Tree Service LLC for the low bid of $94,000 (non-general fund). A sanitary engineer presented low-bid records for wastewater projects, identifying Sunbelt Solman Services and Workman Industrial Services/APO Hort Company as low bidders for separate plant and digester work in Mineral Ridge and Boardman Township.

Susan of Veterans Services asked the board to declare a 2017 Ford 14-passenger bus surplus under the Ohio Revised Code; commissioners approved the surplus declaration. The board also approved a moral-obligation payment of $630 to Falls Way Equipment Company for rental services.

On appointments, the board reappointed Marty Loney to a four-year term on the Lehi Mesa Court 40 board effective Jan. 1, 2026. A speaker representing the Western Reserve Port Authority praised Loney’s long service, saying the authority is executing more than $45,000,000 in capital improvement projects that have supported local redevelopment and economic activity.

Longtime purchasing official Jimmy Fortunato spoke about his 31 years of county service and described improvements in procurement and cooperative purchasing during his tenure; commissioners thanked him for his work. The board adjourned; the clerk noted the next meeting is scheduled for next Tuesday at 10 a.m.

Votes at a glance: approval of minutes and bills; approval of journal entry #1; approval of vendor agreements (printing, boiler pump, GIS mapping, vehicle equipment); award of $94,000 tree-removal contract; approval to submit a five-year sales-and-use tax renewal to voters; lease authorization with Cadence Care Network; OPWC application authorization for 2025 road and bridge improvements; moral-obligation payment $630; bus declared surplus. All listed motions were adopted by roll-call votes recorded in the meeting.