The Trumbull County Board of Commissioners approved a set of routine administrative actions at its first regular meeting of 2026, including accepting video recordings as the official minutes for December sessions, approving county bills, several permits and procurement requests, and authorizing officials to execute grant-related documents.

Clerk-read items passed by voice or roll-call votes. The board voted to: dispense with reading the 12/16/2025 workshop and 12/17/2025 regular meeting minutes and accept their video recordings as official minutes; approve county bills; conform the City of Niles boundaries to a 31.3801-acre annexed parcel; notify the Ohio Department of Liquor Control that a public hearing is not requested for a Class C1/C2 transfer from Dials Market and Cafe Inc. to William Green; and approve the 2025 county highway system mileage certification (verified at 456.696 miles as of 12/31/2025) in accordance with Ohio Revised Code section 4501.04.

The board also approved concurrence with the county engineer on special annual supplier fleet permits for JM Logging and Lumber and Yoho’s Action Septic Tank and Supply Inc., special hauling permits for Bay Crane Midwest and DD and S Express Inc., and received and placed on file the Trumbull County dog kennel activities report for December 2025. The board authorized a letter of support for a City of Niles/JRD Holdings application to the Residential Economic Development District (REDD) program (FY2026) contingent on a cooperative agreement among affected local governments.

On administrative grant matters, commissioners authorized President Tony Bernard to execute documents related to ongoing and open grant programs, approved Ohio Department of Development security role-assignment forms for online grant management, and approved authorized signature cards for CDBG drawdowns naming Anthony Bernard, Rick Hernandez, Denny Malloy, Julie Green, Nicholas Coggins and Emily Moran.

Other approvals included the purchase of a surplus 2016 Ford Explorer K-9 cruiser from the Warren Police Department for $2,000, and authorization to advertise public hearings to revise Trumbull County erosion and sediment control rules to comply with federal Clean Water Act requirements.

Most motions were approved unanimously on roll-call votes. The meeting ended after additional commissioner remarks and public comment; an adjournment motion passed on voice/roll call.