Trumbull County Commissioners-WORKSHOP 09/29/2026

Trumbull County Commissioners workshop, September 29, 2026. Procurement and budget discussions included a proposed $200,000 allocation for the Planning Commission’s 2026 home sewage treatment system grants and a septic-system contract award to S&P Septic Excavating. The grant-funded work covers five households receiving full assistance and one receiving partial assistance; another partial-assistance award is pending the homeowner’s local match. Commissioners also discussed sanitary-sewer project change orders: $186,152.76 for unsuitable soils and foundation undercut work at a treatment plant, which had already been performed, and a proposed additional $267,000 for anticipated poor soils on the Pendleton/Gilmer project. Commissioners raised concerns about notice and approval procedures for change orders. No formal vote on these items is recorded in the transcript. Warren Township trustees also objected to restoring paved roads with chip seal after sewer construction; commissioners called for further coordination with the township and Ohio EPA before upcoming phases, without settling a funding or paving decision.

Other items included a proposed budget transfer of increased interest revenue, with possible additional appropriations of $150,000 each for the prosecutor and Board of Elections and $200,000 for the sheriff discussed for a future agenda; these amounts were not shown as approved. The board discussed authorizing Warren County to issue 2026 revenue bonds to refinance an Otterbein Homes facility in Cortland, with Trumbull County having no responsibility for bond payments. A county vehicle trade was also discussed: a 2021 high-roof van valued at $35,000 would be exchanged for two work vans with $1,000 out of pocket, subject to confirmation that the transaction is legal. Other proposed actions included a minimal-fee addition of Lordstown to the county stormwater permit, a name change to an existing agreement with HBK Advisory, and an update to the sheriff’s security-services arrangement for JFS. The workshop transcript does not record formal votes on these agenda items.