At their Jan. 15 meeting, the Mahoning County Commissioners carried multiple motions to approve travel, departmental agreements, change orders, appointments and resolutions, with roll-call votes recorded on each motion.

Key approvals included juvenile-court and probate travel and training budgets for 2026 (examples cited: juvenile court items with estimated amounts of $2,500, $7,500 and $1,500; probate travel estimated at $19,000). The board approved agreements across departments, including an annual licensing and maintenance agreement for check-scanning equipment, advertising agreements for the Veteran and Business Bureau, and a lease for Jobs and Family Services office space at the Oak Hill Renaissance Building for $814,812 (non‑general funds).

Engineers reported two change orders that were approved: a final change order with Lindy Paving for the 2024 OPWC road and bridge safety upgrade program and 2025 resurfacing totaling $808,007.29 (non‑general funds), and change order number 8 with Murci and Gaffney Excavating for the Western Reserve Road widening project ($15,082.34, non‑general funds). The board approved appointments to its various boards and commissions and a set of resolutions that included a temporary change of meeting location to the Veterans Center at 1915 Belmont Avenue for Jan. 21, a rescission of a December 18 resolution due to a clerical error, and appointment of Art Concert as county apiary inspector for 2026.

The board also authorized support for grant applications: a $35,000 application to the State Emergency Response Commission (no match required), and sheriff’s-office applications to the Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services for two violent-crime reduction funds ($250,000 and $65,344.80, no match required) and a 2025 drug law-enforcement fund application ($250,000, local match required). Several small “moral obligation” payments and emergency-repair contracts for sanitary and facilities work were also approved. All motions presented on the published agenda received affirmative votes during roll call.

The meeting concluded after directors’ reports and a brief discussion of housing outreach; no formal policy changes or new ordinances were adopted.