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EMA director seeks approval for renovation contract, commissioners ask funding and timeline questions
Summary
Trumbull County EMA director presented a low-bid recommendation for headquarters renovation and said the contractor would have 90 days to complete the work; commissioners discussed remaining ARPA revenue-replacement funds and asked for fund numbers and documentation before final approval.
John Hickey, identified in the workshop as Trumbull County EMA director, asked commissioners to approve awarding the EMA renovation contract to Murphy Construction as the lowest bidder.
Hickey described the procurement process and said the contractor would have 90 days after contract signing to complete the work. He reported building-trades input and said some work items — cement and fencing — had been bid separately. Hickey also said he needs a fund number before moving forward (John Hickey, EMA director, transcript label 6).
Commissioners and administrative staff confirmed that revenue-replacement funds from the American Rescue Plan Act remain available for the project and can be used for eligible expenditures; the clerk said the county did not need additional approvals to spend revenue-replacement funds but that the finance office must identify the exact fund number. “Those were our funds to spend as we wanted to,” one administrator said, noting the ARPA revenue-replacement designation (Clerk, transcript label 3).
Next steps: commissioners asked staff to provide the official fund number and supporting backup before any formal contract signature. The board asked staff to monitor change-order activity closely during construction because bidders substantially higher than the low bid were seen on earlier packages, and the EMA director agreed to do so.
