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Commissioners approve routine grants, contracts and procurement items in unanimous roll calls
Summary
The Portage County commissioners recorded unanimous roll-call approvals for processing payments, budget amendments, multiple grant applications and awards (including Ohio EPA water loan, hazardous-materials preparedness grant and airport improvement grant), bid acceptances and several engineering and procurement actions.
At the April 2 meeting the Portage County Board of Commissioners approved a series of routine resolutions, authorizations and procurements by roll call. For each listed motion, commissioners recorded affirmative votes from Jill, Sabrina and Mike.
Key formal actions approved on unanimous roll calls included:
- Direction to the auditor to process April 2, 2026 payment requests, including wires and journal vouchers, contingent on verification by the auditor and the Department of Budget and Financial Management.
- Processing of budget amendments for April 2, 2026 as recommended by the Department of Budget and Financial Management.
- Authorization to apply for and enter into a Water Supply Loan Account (WSLA) agreement with the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency for advanced metering infrastructure for the Portage County Water Resources Department.
- Authorization to apply for a $32,950 hazardous-materials emergency-preparedness grant on behalf of Portage County Emergency Management Agency.
- Acceptance of an Ohio Department of Transportation Airport Improvement Program grant for the Portage County Regional Airport (AWS upgrade project) and acceptance of a FY23 Emergency Management Performance Grant supplement (federal grant number ENC-2023-3P-00003).
- Authorization of multiple county purchases and awards, including roadside mowing contracts, construction inspection and bridge services contracts, and the award of the Lobert Road Bridge rehabilitation contract to Ohio Bridge Corporation (DBA US Bridge).
The minutes show no recorded 'no' votes for the motions listed at the meeting; several items referenced specific resolution numbers (e.g., amendment to resolution 26-0125, and references to prior board resolutions 21-0396 and 21-0878 in the payments motion). Where roll calls were read aloud, each recorded vote was 'yes' by the three commissioners present.
