BOC Meeting 10/22/2026

At the Portage County, Ohio Board of Commissioners’ regular meeting on October 22, 2026, commissioners approved up to $37,000 from the CDBG housing revolving loan fund for an owner-occupied home rehabilitation, citing urgent furnace repairs for a household with a baby. Staff also discussed setting aside up to $40,000 from the same restricted fund for eligible change orders on six or seven housing projects; that journal entry was to return the following week and was not approved at this meeting. A proposed $10,000 cash match for the Summit Medina Business Alliance’s 2027 small-business counseling program was likewise deferred for a journal entry next week. The county’s budget review noted $2.5 million in contingency before listed supplements and approximately $2.14 million remaining afterward, along with higher-than-budgeted sales-tax and interest revenue and a property-tax shortfall projection.

Commissioners approved a $102,200.70 EMPG grant reimbursement request and a $93,940 budget amendment for the Portage County Sheriff’s Office Ohio Attorney General 2026 Quick Response Team grant. They also accepted bids and awarded the contract for Village of Mantua sanitary sewer rehabilitation, project MV-021-160; the transcript does not provide the contractor or award amount. Other approved agreements included home-aide services for eligible adult protective services clients with Addis Healthcare South Carolina, Inc. dba Arcadia Home Care and Staffing; discarded-electronics collection with Greenboard IT LLC; and random DOT drug and alcohol testing with Nationwide Drug and Alcohol Testing Services LLC. A $9,925 quote for ADA-related door work was presented without a recorded approval vote, and a $5,000 Mahoning Road resurfacing-related request was approved. The commissioners also discussed a $9,925 ADA door quote and other facility needs; no vendor selection or approval was stated for that quote.