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Commissioners review routine hires, grants, equipment purchases and personnel matters
Summary
At the workshop commissioners received updates and approvals on items including engineer items on overweight permits and bridge design, HR actuary services and reserves, termination of a probationary telecommunicator, a salt-spreader grant purchase and temporary procurement options for used cruisers.
The Trumbull County Board of Commissioners used its March 3 workshop to review a slate of administrative and procedural items.
County engineer Gary Schafer said the office will temporarily stop issuing blanket overweight permits under frost-law conditions and review exceptions case-by-case; he also described a $19,300 ODOT contract modification for additional design services on the Old Town Viaduct project.
Human resources reported retaining an actuary for $1,500 to complete mandated self-insurance reporting for 2025, and staff outlined that 2024 health-insurance claims totaled about $20.2 million with roughly 5.5 (units not specified) in reserves as of Dec. 31, 2025. HR said cost-containment efforts are ongoing and staff will return with proposals targeted for mid-year rollout.
9-1-1 leadership recommended terminating one probationary telecommunicator after four months of training and multiple coaching sessions; commissioners were told other candidates exist to fill vacancies.
The board reviewed a Bureau of Workers' Compensation safety grant that will cover 75% of a two-salt-spreader purchase, leaving the county with an estimated $3,031.34 net cost. The sheriff’s office also detailed an option to buy used cruisers for roughly $9,600 each as an interim fleet solution for vehicles with 100,000–130,000 miles.
Other items included design-firm prequalification for projects under $50,000 and notice that staff will bring an electric-aggregation agenda item once final numbers are available. The workshop ended with a motion to adjourn that commissioners approved by roll call.
What happens next: staff will return to the board with formal agreements, bid documents or contract authorizations as needed for specific purchases and personnel actions.
