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Mahoning County commissioners approve routine travel, contract changes and board appointments
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Summary
The Board approved a slate of travel requests, agreements, change orders, fund transfers and appointments on the consent agenda, and agreed to hire outside counsel for the Solid Waste District; vote tallies were recorded by roll call but the transcript does not give per‑item counts.
At its Dec. 18 meeting, the Mahoning County Board of Commissioners approved routine travel requests, several agreements and change orders, and made multiple appointments as part of the consent agenda.
An unidentified member moved to approve the previous minutes and remaining bills; the motion was seconded and a roll call was taken with commissioners answering 'Yes.' The board also approved journal entry number 1 and a slate of travel requests across departments, including an OMB request for staff to attend the Tyler Connect conference in Las Vegas (April 2026) estimated at $9,000 and engineering travel for ODOT‑related meetings estimated at $25,000 from non‑general funds.
Agreements adopted on consent included a Job and Family Services catering contract with Elmtree Catering Inc. for $3,191 and several home repair and chip repair contracts read into the record. Change orders approved included a final change order for Yankee Clipper Company on the 2025 countywide striping program ($15,391) and a $50,200 change order for the Mahoning Avenue Industrial Corridor upgrade with Shelly and Sands.
Resolutions approved on the consent agenda included vouchers to Hall Public Safety (for sheriff's department equipment), employment of outside counsel Tim Stusick to assist the Mahoning County Solid Waste District on host‑agreement matters ($25,000), and transfers between county funds (including $400,000 from the general fund to the dog warden fund and $161,001.10 to an employee separation reserve fund). One resolution supported an application to the Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services for a 2026 violent crime reduction fund grant of $250,000 (no local match).
The board made appointments to the Western Reserve Transit Authority effective Jan. 1, 2026 — including Thomas Costello and Gene DeCapola — and reappointed John McNally and Gennaro Russo to the planning commission for three‑year terms. Appointees thanked the board in brief remarks.
Motions were moved, seconded and recorded by roll call multiple times during the meeting; the transcript records affirmative 'Yes' responses but not itemized per‑item vote tallies, so exact vote counts are not specified in the record. Where specific dollar amounts or vendors were announced, the clerk read those amounts into the record and the board approved them on consent.
The meeting concluded with holiday remarks and adjournment; the board confirmed the next meeting date as Dec. 30.
