Trumbull County Commissioners-Workshop 11/10/2026

Trumbull County Commissioners workshop, November 10, 2026: The agenda included several procurement and project items. Commissioners discussed a proposed $25,666.30 change order for the Golden Improvement Project, a requested conversion of MS Consultants’ $348,000 agreement to a lump sum for bidding-phase services, an estimated not-to-exceed $16,976 electrical circuit addition at a wastewater facility, and additional funding authority—described as roughly $2 million—for a zero-interest sewer-project loan. Other items included an engineering-services funding modification for the South Main Avenue Bridge, a $4,561 change order for Deckland Construction’s county coroner’s office renovation, and a zero-dollar quantity adjustment for the Smith Stewart Roads project. The agenda also called for rejecting all proposals for leased office space for a renovated public-safety dispatch site. The transcript does not clearly capture substantive votes on these items; the only audible vote was to adjourn.

The county engineer reported that Morton’s mine supply disruption would limit participating communities to about 30% of their salt orders through the ODOT contract. Other contracted suppliers reportedly lacked available supply, and an alternative supplier quoted about $175 per ton; the county may mix salt with aggregate and continue seeking supply. Commissioners also considered extending the Educational Highway closure through December 18 to facilitate Mercy Health’s planned turn lanes. Other procurement-related items included a proposed six-month termination notice to the county’s current online credit-card payment vendor because it is not compatible with Tyler, with a replacement vendor to be selected, and a sheriff’s application for $500,000 in Ohio Attorney General funding over two years. A township sheriff-services agreement included payment of $13,432.85. The meeting concluded with a debate about whether prior informational budget meetings complied with open-meetings practices; no resolution of that debate is evident in the transcript.