Trumbull County Commissioners-REGULAR MEETING 09/30/2026

At its September 30, 2026 regular meeting, the Trumbull County Commissioners approved an $86,607 award to S and P Septic and Excavating Inc. to replace five home sewage treatment systems, and approved several sanitary sewer project actions. The board approved a $186,152.76 change order with A. P. O’Horo Company for the Meadowbrook project, bringing that contract to $13,226,152.76; the vote was 2–1, with Commissioner Bernard opposed. It also unanimously approved a $267,769.42 change order with Woodford Excavating LLC for the Pendleton Gilmer project, funded by Ohio EPA Water Pollution Control Funds, bringing the contract to $9,011,558.42. Commissioners discussed establishing a countywide process requiring advance notice of change orders, with an emergency provision anticipated in a forthcoming resolution; they emphasized that the Woodford change order was presented before work was performed.

The board renewed Trinity Services Group Inc.’s adult justice center food-services contract for its fourth and final extension, and approved the $32,674 purchase of a used 2023 Ford Explorer from Liberty Ford for the Sheriff’s Department, with insurance proceeds reducing the net cost to $25,743.87. Other actions included accepting a $130,058.40 maintenance bond for the Sheridan Drive sewer improvements and approving a resolution supporting Otterbein Homes revenue-bond refinancing for facilities in Trumbull County; bond counsel stated the bonds are backed solely by Otterbein revenues and involve no taxpayer funds. The commissioners also approved routine bills and appropriation actions, tax levies, permits, personnel actions, and an amendment to an existing administrative policy, whose details were not specified in the transcript.