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Mahoning County commissioners approve 2026 agreements, budget items and OPWC application
Summary
The board approved a package of travel requests, vendor agreements, change orders and resolutions including 2026 appropriation approvals and authorization to apply to the Ohio Public Works Commission; the YMCA of Youngstown received a $1.25 million youth-program agreement.
The Mahoning County Board of Commissioners on Dec. 11 approved a slate of 2026 contracts, travel requests, change orders and resolutions and authorized staff to file applications with the Ohio Public Works Commission.
Commissioners voted to approve travel a–d, which staff said include training and conferences for port staff, probation officers and risk-management personnel and carried on a roll call vote. Several vendor contracts and advertising agreements were approved under non-general-fund authority, including a full-page ad with Great Lakes Publishing for the 2026 Ohio State bridal guide ($16,006.60) and a distribution agreement to place the county’s bridal guide at Pennsylvania Turnpike service plazas ($4,320), both presented by Tara Mady of the Convention & Visitors Bureau.
Audrey from Jobs and Family Services presented an agreement with the YMCA of Youngstown for youth development programs in the amount of $1,250,000; the board approved that contract as part of the package. The sanitary department obtained authorization to submit an application to the Ohio Public Works Commission for state capital and local transportation improvement funding, and the board authorized the president to prepare and submit those applications.
The meeting record shows several construction and maintenance items cleared for payment or change orders: a change order to EG Trucking and Construction for the Market 333 project (~$106,773), a final change order for Rudnick Excavating on the Middletown wastewater/5 Points improvement project ($26,759.60), and vehicle-repair contracts for county fleets. Facilities presented a moral-obligation payment of $7,450 to Munzik Masonry for emergency repairs at Oak Hill, which was approved.
Staff also described a data/IT procurement resolution described in the record as “in excess of 77,250 thousand” for 2026 to purchase computers, networking hardware, software and AV equipment through state cooperative purchasing vendors; the board authorized the resolution as presented. The record indicates many purchases will be routed through cooperative contracts (CDW, Dell, EMC, Tyler Tech, ProTech, Verizon, Ricoh, Mitel TSI).
The board approved the full set of resolutions in letters a–r including an enterprise-zone agreement with GPS Land Holdings LLC in Austintown Township and appropriations for the 2026 criminal/administrative justice fund and general fund.
The meeting adjourned after a routine roll-call vote.
Next steps: staff will proceed with vendor agreements, file the Ohio Public Works Commission applications as authorized and implement the approved change orders and contracts.
