The Mahoning County Board of Commissioners on Oct. 30 approved routine business by roll call, including prior minutes, vendor agreements, change orders, chemical bid awards and multiple resolutions and small emergency payments.
Key approvals included:
- Approval of previous minutes (Board Meeting No. 42) and approval of bills for payment (motion and roll call).
- Travel authorization for the dog warden to attend a 2025 winter conference in Columbus; estimated cost $325.
- Agreements (a'd): Youngstown Mirror and Glass Company to replace a Justice Center window ($5,500, general fund); JDM Real Estate for lead-hazard control and healthy-homes work at 434 N. Glen Ellyn ($11,840, non-general); W and W Construction for home repair at 366 Sixth Street ($8,700, non-general); and Grama Matter Systems for pump station monitoring services ($8,715, non-general). These agreements were presented by facilities and sanitary staff and approved by roll call.
- Change orders (a'e): upgrades and additions for an EMA mobile command post and multiple home-repair/lead-control change orders (examples summarized on the record); an extra-work final with J.S. Bova Excavating for the Burgess Run interceptor sewer replacement (improvement 531, phase 1) for $2,142 (non-general). Commissioners approved change orders a'e by roll call.
- Record of bids (a'b) for Mahoning County Metropolitan Sewer District: polymer award to Tidewater Products/Polydyn; lift liquid caustic soda awards to PVS Sal Chemical and Jones Chemical.
- Resolutions (a'g) including authorization of a credit card for the Mental Health and Recovery Board; an amended local match of $19,687.50 to the county Continuum of Care; a $2,500 sponsorship grant to Oh Wow for the downtown holiday parade; and several "moral obligation" emergency payments for troubleshooting, emergency repairs and a fitness-for-duty exam (examples: $220 to Gruenau Fire Protection; $2,859.50 for generator service; $1,500 for a fitness-for-duty medical exam). All resolutions were approved by roll call.
Where roll-call tallies were recorded in the transcript, commissioners voted affirmatively. The meeting record does not show substantive debate or amendment on the consent items; presentations were descriptive and concluded with motions, seconds and roll-call approvals.
The board also received administrative updates and public comments but took no separate votes on funding requests raised during public comment.