Lake County commissioners approve routine contracts, bonds and payments; appoint college trustee
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At a regular meeting, the Lake County Board of Commissioners approved multiple routine resolutions authorizing contracts for utilities and solid-waste services, accepted maintenance bonds, approved payments and purchase orders totaling multimillions, and appointed Kenneth Michael Benz to Lakeland Community College’s board.
The Lake County Board of Commissioners on an undisclosed January meeting day approved a slate of routine resolutions, moving forward contracts, bond acceptances, and large payments while appointing a trustee to a local college.
The board voted to authorize an agreement with Maniket Smith Group Incorporated for services to the Lake County Department of Utilities and separately approved two agreements with Bell Environmental Engineering Incorporated — one for 2026 engineering and environmental support and another for 2026 air compliance services at the Lake County Solid Waste Facility. All resolutions were moved, seconded and approved by roll call.
Commissioners accepted a final estimate and released retainage of $28,673.07 to Tucson Incorporated, alongside accepting a three-year maintenance bond of $68,954.39 tied to a one-acre cell construction improvement phase at the county’s solid waste facility. The board also accepted combined three-year maintenance bonds of $73,496.76 for Hidden Village Estates Phase 6 and $21,385.69 for Booth Farms Phase 5, both in Perry Village.
The finance department’s resolution approving payment of bills as listed on the commissioner’s approval journal totaled $4,459,477.67; the board also approved purchase orders totaling $2,634,255.53. A separate resolution certified unpaid water and sewer sums and administrative charges to the Lake County Auditor.
In personnel and governance business, the board appointed Kenneth Michael Benz to the Lakeland Community College Board of Trustees to complete the remainder of a five-year term expiring March 6, 2030. The board also designated the Clerk and Assistant Clerk to attend Certified Public Records Training as required by Ohio Revised Code section 109.43.
All formal motions recorded in the public meeting were approved by roll call. Several roll-call segments in the transcript include inconsistent name spellings for one commissioner (variants recorded as Plecnik, Klitschnick, Pletchner); that inconsistency appears in the meeting record and is noted for the clerk’s review. The board adjourned the public session and moved into executive session for personnel matters with a workshop scheduled to follow.
What happens next: The clerk announced the next meeting is scheduled Thursday, Jan. 22, at 10 a.m., with a workshop at 10:30 a.m.