Commissioners' Board Meeting 10/20/26

At its October 20, 2026 meeting, the Lorain County Commissioners approved a stormwater contract award to eBrown Excavating LLC of Norwalk for the Fortune Ditch/Dixon Ditch restoration project. The bid was $995,863.09, with a 10% contingency bringing the authorized total to $1,095,449.40. The county received nine bids; officials described the bid process as competitive. Costs will be paid from the stormwater account, with possible reimbursement through tax-increment-financing revenues, and North Ridgeville is expected to reimburse the county $146,156. The commissioners also approved sanitary-sewer agreements with Pulte Homes of Ohio LLC and acceptance of the sewers in phases 5 and 6 of the Del Webb Hickory Green subdivision, and approved a five-year host-community agreement with Lorain County Landfill.

Other fiscal actions included approval of a $420,000 transfer from Community Development to reimburse the General Fund for advances supporting grant-funded programs. The board reduced a proposed $150,000 funding item to $100,000, deferring the remaining $50,000 pending a detailed plan for the county’s CEFA reporting needs. The commissioners also discussed a countywide budget shortfall and possible funding for the microtransit system, but made no transportation funding or procurement decision. Votes on the listed resolutions were approved by the commissioners present; the transcript does not provide a separate roll call for every item.