Mahoning County commissioners approve contracts, change orders and Mahoning Avenue closure

Mahoning County Commissioners on Jan. 29 approved a slate of routine contracts, several construction change orders and a planned road closure tied to a corridor upgrade. The actions included agreements for recycling site leases, lead-hazard and CHIP home-repair contracts, and an extension of county roll-off waste and recycling services.

Staff explained that recycling site leases are negotiated with municipalities and that fees vary with container counts and site footprint; leases include ancillary services such as snow removal. Commissioners approved advertisement for bids for the county’s annual household hazardous waste collection drives and voted to approve agreements listed as letters A–F and change orders A–D. Engineering staff reported a decreased change order of $1,206.35 on the Market Street Bridge Rehabilitation Project and a one-year, no-price-change extension with Ohio Valley Waste Services for roll-off waste and recycling services.

Engineers also described a planned closure of Mahoning Avenue in Jackson Township, beginning Feb. 16, 2026, for 67 days to install a 20-by-6-foot precast concrete culvert as part of the Mahoning Avenue Industrial Corridor upgrade. The commission approved the road closing.

The approvals were carried by roll call votes recorded during the meeting; specific individual vote tallies were read into the record as affirmative by roll call. The actions were presented by county engineering, recycling and procurement staff.

Next steps include posting the household hazardous waste bid in the local paper for two weeks with openings scheduled on the third week, and implementation of the approved contract extensions and change orders.