Mahoning County commissioners approve travel, contracts, change orders and grant applications
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Summary
The board approved routine travel and training, agreements and change orders — including a $808,007.29 final change order for Lindy Paving — and authorized support for several grant applications, including $35,000 to the State Emergency Response Commission and multiple violent-crime and drug-fund applications to the Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services.
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.