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Commissioners approve grants, contracts and payments including NOPEC and criminal-justice grants
Summary
The board approved a package of routine items—grant acceptances, contracts, amendments and final payments—including NOPEC energized community grant funds, multiple criminal justice grants for the sheriff’s office, professional services contracts, and the Fairlane WWTP final payment.
At a regular session, the Portage County Board of Commissioners approved multiple routine fiscal and contracting items by roll call, including grant acceptances, contract awards, an amendment to a stormwater maintenance contract, and a final payment for a wastewater-treatment project.
Key approvals included authorization to accept Northeast Ohio Public Energy Council (NOPEC) energized community grant funds and two grants from the Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services: a 2025 drug law enforcement grant (grant number 2025DLLEF26922) and a 2026 violent-crime reduction grant (2026VCLTF6909) on behalf of the Portage County Sheriff’s Office Drug and Violent Crime Unit. The board also accepted a proposal from Quality Control Inspection, Inc. (QCI, Inc.) for construction administration and inspection services, awarded a general engineering contract to Youthhentics Inc., approved a one-year extension and $20,175 increase for stormwater partial data maintenance services, and awarded an architectural contract to 4 Points Architectural Services Inc for a CDBG-funded ADA restroom update.
The board voted to process ACH/wire/journal payments as presented and approved the final payment of $86,552 to Hummel Construction Company for the Fairlane WWTP building improvements (project SU-1, 23-120). Most motions passed on unanimous recorded roll calls (Jill, Sabrina and Mike recorded as 'Yes' where a roll call was taken).
Why it matters: these approvals move forward infrastructure projects, community-development grants and public-safety grant funding; they authorize county spending and contractual obligations for ongoing work.
What’s next: Contracts and grant paperwork will be executed and invoices/journal entries processed by county staff per standard procurement and budgeting procedures.
