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Trumbull County commissioners approve routine budget, personnel and project measures; earmark updates discussed
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Summary
The commissioners approved minutes, bills, transfers and multiple personnel and procurement items, approved grants including $50,000 for jail MAT and $40,000 to Glen Bay Niles Recovery Housing, and heard updates on potential federal earmarks and the large Maplewood sewer design need.
The Trumbull County Board of Commissioners conducted routine business, approving minutes, bills, transfers, appropriations and several personnel actions, while also receiving updates on local infrastructure projects and federal earmark progress.
On the consent portion of the agenda the board voted to accept video recordings as official minutes for the April workshop and regular meeting, approved bills and multiple appropriations and transfers. The clerk presented a list of agreements between the Trumbull County Department of Job and Family Services and area institutions authorizing 11 training opportunities and 21 job placements at a total reported cost of $273,137.51; the board approved the agreements.
Commissioners also approved several infrastructure and procurement actions: concurrence with county engineer to grant right-of-way permits to Enbridge Gas Ohio, ASW Pipeline LLC and Brightspeed of Ohio; rejection and readvertising of bids for the West Market Street bridge rehabilitation project; authorization of road closures on April 23 for bridge inspections; and approval of change order No. 2 with Woodford Excavating LLC for the Meadowbrook Sanitary Sewer Improvements, which the clerk recorded as a $32 reduction with a revised contract total of $3,997,727.49.
Personnel and service items approved included hiring Edward Walton as a sanitary engineers maintenance worker (effective 05/11/2026 at $21.97/hour), hiring Jessica Myers as a full-time 9-1-1 dispatcher at $20/hour (effective 04/26/2026), and accepting the retirement of Michael Salamani, transit administrator, effective 05/08/2026.
Health and safety grants and contracts: commissioners authorized use of $50,000 in state and county opioid funds to support the medication-assisted treatment program at the Trumbull County Jail and approved a $40,000 opioid fund grant to Glen Bay Niles Recovery Housing (29 North Road, Niles) from fund 079. The board also approved a $13,992 contract with Spielman Electric LLC to remove poles along McMullen Drive to accommodate new power lines related to the County Marks water/tower project.
Clerk and staff presented other items: authorization for the coroner's office renovation equipment advertisement, notice to the Ohio Department of Liquor Control that the county will not request a public hearing for a Class D-5 liquor permit (Sip and Saver LLC), and approval to purchase two courtyard cameras for the Family Court Detention Center from VEC (transcript lists inconsistent dollar amounts for this item; see clarifying details).
Earmark and project updates: a commissioner said correspondence indicates Congressman Joyce advanced several Trumbull County earmark requests for review, including $3,000,000 for the Maplewood sanitary sewer project and other projects totaling several million dollars; commissioners cautioned the awards were "moved forward" for consideration and not yet final. Sanitary engineer Gary Newborough outlined the next design-engineering steps for the Maplewood project and said design will likely take 12'18 months and require significant funding, requesting county consideration for design cost support so the county can pursue EPA design loans and principal forgiveness programs.
The meeting closed after public comment (a career fair announcement from John Gargano, JFS) and a unanimous vote to adjourn.
Votes at a glance: the board recorded unanimous approval for routine consent items and the individual measures summarized above; where transcript amounts or formatting look inconsistent they are reported as presented in the meeting record.
