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Mahoning County commissioners approve contracts, change orders and grant-support resolutions
Summary
At its March 12 meeting the board approved multiple agreements, change orders, record-of-bids and resolutions, including support for a VOCA victims-services grant and several non-general-fund contracts; roll calls recorded affirmative votes for each motion.
The Mahoning County Board of Commissioners on March 12 approved a series of routine agreements, change orders, bids and resolutions during its regular meeting.
Clerk moved and the board approved previous meeting minutes and two bills for payment. Named roll-call responses recorded Commissioner Remedi, Commissioner Traficant and Commissioner Vivacqua as voting "Yes" on that motion.
Agreements presented and approved included two auditor agreements with Hamatronic for use and maintenance of real-estate and cost-data services (transcript lists amounts with unclear phrasing), a non-general-fund advertising agreement with Great Lakes Publishing not to exceed $50,000, engineering services including a Bureau of Motor Vehicles tax-district audit ($10,000) and a tree-removal contract ($10,000), and smaller change orders such as Office Depot processing mailings ($9,652.13) and signage/photo plaques ($250.86). The board approved agreements A–E and change orders A–B by roll call.
The board also approved records of bids for a neighborhood sidewalk improvement project and a set of resolutions. Notable items included a moral-obligation payment to Pitney Bowes for services (transcript cites a not-to-exceed amount of $1,500) and a resolution to reduce maximum truck weight limits on specified county bridges in Austintown, Canfield and Poland Townships.
District directors presented a moral-obligation payment to Straightline Interiors LLC to upgrade key security check-in areas for $19,500. The prosecutor’s office presented a resolution supporting a State of Ohio Attorney General VOCA Victims of Crime grant application to expand the Victim Witness Program ($25,730.56) with a required 20% local match; the board approved resolutions A–G by roll call.
A motion to adjourn passed with recorded affirmative votes by Commissioner Rodriguez, Commissioner Cantu and Commissioner Cavazos.
All formal motions recorded at the meeting were approved; no contested votes or failed motions were recorded in the transcript.
