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Portage County commissioners approve series of bids, contracts and adopt 2026 hazard mitigation plan; executive session held
Summary
The board unanimously approved multiple routine motions — releasing mortgages for housing projects, accepting bids for road materials, entering negotiations with engineering firms, awarding a CDBG accessibility contract, and adopting the Portage County 2026 Hazard Mitigation Plan update — and later held an executive session on employee compensation with no action reported.
At its March 19 meeting the Portage County Board of Commissioners approved a series of routine but consequential actions including partial mortgage releases tied to housing projects, acceptance of multiple public-works bids, selection of engineering firms for bridge and general services, award of a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) accessibility contract, and adoption of the county’s 2026 Hazard Mitigation Plan update.
The board voted to sign partial releases of mortgage for properties listed in the Portage Housing One project (instrument number 20515521). It also authorized the auditor to process standard payments and journal vouchers for the meeting period and approved budget amendments recommended by the Department of Budget and Financial Management.
On infrastructure and procurement items the board accepted bids for limestone, slag, gravel and storm sewer pipe for the Portage County Engineer and declared Thrasher Group, Inc. the most qualified for construction-administration services for a bridge replacement in Charles Township; MS Consultants, Inc. and a pair of firms identified as most qualified for other engineering services were similarly advanced into negotiations. The board also agreed to enter into a contract award for a CDBG ADA project in Garfield (contract award noted in the record).
The board acknowledged a memo from the Portage County Board of Elections listing extended voting hours and training sessions for the May 5, 2026 primary and authorized an application to the Ohio House Appropriations Committee for capital-community project funds for project MW-25-010 (Village of Mantua water-distribution replacement Phase 2). Commissioners then authorized adoption of the Portage County 2026 Hazard Mitigation Plan update.
Under Ohio law the board moved into an executive session to consider the compensation of a public employee; after returning to open session the board reported no action taken. The meeting recessed for a public-comment period and the board announced a wind-and-solar community meeting scheduled for March 26 at 6:30 p.m. at the county Emergency Operations Center on State Route 59.
Votes recorded in roll calls on the motions reported in the transcript show consistent affirmative votes by commissioners identified in the record as Jill, Sabrina and Mike; where the record explicitly listed other names those are noted in the minutes. The board did not take separate or final action on the previously discussed OSU Extension funding request at this meeting.
