# October 1, 2026, Mahoning County Commissioners' Board Meeting


**Body:** Mahoning Commissioners
**Date:** September 30, 2026
**Jurisdiction:** SLED

**Tags:** Construction & Infrastructure, Public Safety, Physical Infrastructure, Grants & Funding


Mahoning County Commissioners’ board meeting — October 1, 2026. Commissioners approved advertising a rebid for rehabilitation improvements at the Damascus wastewater treatment plant (Improvement No. 528). They also approved agreements for mobile command post repairs with Ringwood Chevrolet, dental-plan administrative services with 90 Degree Benefits, emergency services from APO Pumps and Compressors (estimated at $5,000), and professional engineering services from Kimley-Horn ($37,167). Resolutions included a $57,723 moral-obligation payment to Sherman Creative Promotions and authorization for government-center bonds of up to $25 million and sales-tax-supported bonds of up to $30 million. The transcript indicates the resolutions were approved, though the roll-call responses are partly garbled.

The board unanimously approved naming the new Board of Elections facility after Joyce Kale Pesta. Commissioners discussed a proposed 2.4-mill, five-year developmental-disabilities levy for the fall ballot; the presenter described projected costs and the plan to let an existing levy expire, but no levy vote occurred at this meeting. The board also supported a fiscal-year 2027 Ohio Department of Public Safety grant application, including a $46,200 Safe Communities grant, and a $20,530.50 Justice Assistance Grant with Youngstown. A Continuum of Care grant application was also discussed, with no award confirmed. Other agenda items included travel and journal-entry approvals and community presentations; no vendor selection or contract award was identified for the wastewater project.

**Source:** Mahoning Commissioners