Trumbull County
WHAT: Commissioners meeting Wednesday
PRESENT: Frank Fuda, Niki Frenchko and Mauro Cantalamessa
Commissioners:
• Approved a five-year lease for the Trumbull County Child Support Agency to occupy 159 E. Market St., Suite 200, formerly known as the First Place Bank Building, from 2023 to 2027. The 2023 annual rate will be $33,777, which will decrease yearly to $27,406 in 2027, not including operating expenses;
• Approved a five-year lease for Trumbull County Department of Job and Family Services for the building located at 280 North Park Ave., formerly known as the Park Porter Building, from 2023 to 2027. The annual rate for 2023 will be $147,629, which will decrease yearly to $128,720 in 2027;
• Approved a $293,929 contract between Trumbull County Department of Job and Family Services and Trumbull Metropolitan Housing Authority for the Youthbuild Trumbull County program from Sept. 1, 2022, to Aug. 31, 2023. The program provides training services to youth ages 16 to 24 in need of tutoring, alternative education, occupational skill training, work experience, adult mentoring and guidance counseling;
• Approved a $227,721 contract with the engineering firm Aecom, Inc., of Akron to provide technical services for an engineering study for the Maplewood Park sanitary sewer improvements project in Hubbard Township. The funding will come from American Rescue Plan Act money;
• Ratified a letter of support for Eastgate Regional Council of Governments joint application to the U.S. Department of Commerce National Telecommunications and Information Administration for the Ohio Middle Plan proposal for infrastructure;
• Approved a new collective bargaining agreement between Trumbull County Children Services and Communications Workers of America, Local 4300, for three years beginning Oct. 5. In 2022, full-time union employees will receive a one-time lump sum payment of $475 and part-time employees $237 in lieu of retroactive pay and a 3 percent general wage increase. In 2023 and again in 2024, employees will receive a 2 percent wage increase;
• Granted the following right-of-way permits: Byler’s Business Services to install 30 feet of 12-inch, HDPE double-wall conduit for a driveway access across from 5200 Old State Road and across from 5184 Old State Road in Farmington; Dan Miller to install 30 feet of 12-inch, HDPE double-wall conduit for a driveway access about 2,150 feet north of state Route 87 in Bloomfield; Dominion East Ohio to install gas service line at 941 Johnson Plank Road in Bazetta; Rudzik Excavating Inc. to install around 4,660 feet of sanitary sewer line on State Road between state Route 305 and Nezbar Drive in Champion; and Dominic Spelich to install 12-inch, double-wall pipe for a second driveway on North Park Avenue about 550 feet south of Hyde Shaffer Road in Mecca;
• Approved hiring Bailey D. Slyk as a custodian with the Trumbull County Maintenance Department at $16.26 per hour, starting Oct. 3;
• Accepted the resignation of Leesa Heim as personnel manager and outreach coordinator at the Trumbull County Office of Elderly Affairs, effective Sept. 23;
• Accepted a $366,799 grant through the Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services for the TAG Law Enforcement Task Force, effective April 4, 2022, through March 31, 2023. No local contribution is required for the grant;
• Rejected all bids and readvertised for the installation of a new roof for the Trumbull County Board of Elections, 2497 Youngstown Warren Road, due to an irregularity in the bidding process. Someone had asked bidders if they could complete the project in the time frame set before the bids had been awarded;
• Approved an agreement allowing the Trumbull County Board of Elections to continue to lease 2911 Youngstown Warren Road SE to use as an early voting center after the building was sold to a new owner. Commissioner Frank Fuda said the sale was contingent on the board of elections continuing to use the space for this election, but it likely won’t be able to do so in future elections;
• Set the next commissioners meeting for 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the fifth-floor meeting room at the Trumbull County Administration Building, due to the Columbus Day holiday on Monday.