Votes at a glance: routine approvals, contracts, hires and appointments — Trumbull County commissioners

The Trumbull County Board of Commissioners approved its regular agenda items in a single session. The following is a concise, itemized listing of motions taken and outcomes recorded during the public meeting (all motions below were approved by voice/roll call unless otherwise noted):

- Item 1: Dispense with reading of minutes for the 12/09/2025 workshop and 12/10/2025 regular meeting and accept video recordings as official minutes — approved. - Item 2: Approve bills — approved. - Item 3: Authorize transfer of unused fund appropriations within amounts certified by the County Budget Commission — approved. - Item 4: Authorize the commissioner's office to make fund transfers to close out the 2025 accounting year — approved. - Item 5: Transfer monies (as listed) — approved. - Item 6: Approve additional appropriations — approved. - Item 7: Transfer appropriations (as listed) — approved. - Item 9: Authorize Richard Hernandez to sign and accept substantial completion for Trumbull County Engineer's Office Upgrade Project (650 North River Road, Warren) — approved. - Item 12: Acknowledge 60-day notice from Merkin and Associates (Comfort Keepers) to withdraw from homemaker/personal care contract and reallocate funds — acknowledged/approved. - Item 13: Acknowledge 60-day notice from Merkin and Associates (Comfort Keepers) to withdraw from chore contracts effective 02/09/2026 — acknowledged/approved. - Item 14: Amend prior agenda to correct agency name (Care Builders at Home LLC) — approved. - Item 15: Amend prior agenda to combine and increase Country Neighbor Program Inc. allocation to $35,000 for northern-tier services (contract ending 08/31/2026) — approved. - Item 16: Grant special hauling permit to Rich's Towing and Service for overweight equipment over county roadways — approved. - Item 17: Approve ODOT professional services agreement with Environmental Design Group, LLC for TRU South Main Avenue project (ID 118731) for $172,184 — approved. - Item 18 & 19: Approve professional services agreements with Manek and Smith Group, Inc. to support public hearing and closure transition planning for a section of Niles-Warren River Road in Howland Township ($3,700 and $4,950) — approved. - Item 20: Authorize signatures on memorandum of understanding for community partners encountering alleged child victims — approved. - Item 21: Approve employment of Alexa Crawford as social worker with Trumbull County Department of Job and Family Services ($20.86/hour, effective 01/05/2026) — approved. - Item 22: Approve agreements creating 10 training opportunities and 6 job opportunities ($128,222.98 total) — approved. - Item 23: Receive and place on file the 2024 annual report for Trumbull County Department of Job and Family Services — filed. - Item 24: Award Dawn Incorporated the sole bid for 4th-floor office renovations at 106 High Street for $75,865 — approved. - Item 25: Authorize planning commission to seek $250,000 in state capital funding for Mosquito Lake interceptor preliminary engineering study and send letter of support — approved. - Item 26: Amend Land Bank agreement to decrease ARPA match from $2,000,000 to $1,000,100 — approved. - Item 27: Amend TNP agreement to increase emergency home repair funding to $1,900,000 and per-unit cap to $25,000 — approved. - Item 28: Authorize application for up to $30,000 through the TechRED program — approved. - Item 29: Approve agreement with Community Legal Aid Services Inc. for CDBG fair-housing services ($27,400) — approved. - Item 30: Approve non-reimbursable agreement with Guard Plus LLC to extend sanitary sewer near Timberline Drive and Elm Road (Bezetta Township) — approved. - Item 31: Approve use of state/county opioid funds for Thrive peer-support program ($150,000) — approved. - Item 32: Accept October financial report for the Trumbull County Tourism Bureau — filed. - Item 33: Approve employment of Reyna Russell as dispatcher/telecommunicator ($17.96/hour, effective 12/28/2025) — approved. - Item 34: Notify Ohio Department of Liquor Control that public hearing is not requested on listed liquor permit transfer — approved. - Items 35 & 36: Appoint John Homlaitis (term 01/01/2026–12/31/2028) and Ralph Smith (term ending 12/31/2026) to Senior Services Advisory Council — approved. - Item 37: Approve updated Master Treasury Services agreement with Farmers National Bank and Internet wire transfer addendum — approved.

All items listed above were recorded as approved by the commissioners present; roll-call confirmations recorded consistent 'yes' votes for each item in the public minutes where a roll call was taken.

The board concluded routine business and moved to public comment and an executive session later in the meeting.