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WHAT: Wednesday meeting
PRESENT: Mauro Cantalamessa, Niki Frenchko and Denny Malloy
Commissioners:
• Approved a new contract with Warren to provide police dispatch for the city at the county's 911 center in Howland.
The contract will cost the city $631,839 through the end of 2024, with the city paying the county in monthly installments of $157,959.
• Passed a resolution naming March 17-23 National Agriculture Week in Trumbull County, honoring the work of farmers and farm families in Trumbull County.
• Passed a resolution honoring Donald R. Freer, who was a pilot for the U.S. Army Air Corps 8th Air Force, 91st Bombardment Group. The Warren G. Harding graduate was commissioned in 1944 as a second lieutenant in the Air Corps. In December 1944, Freer's plane was shot down over Berlin. He was held as a prisoner of war at Stalag 1, where he remained until April 28, 1945.
He served in the Air Force Reserve until 1955. Freer later earned a bachelor of science degree in industrial engineering at The Ohio State University. Freer died on Jan. 16, 2024. He was 101.
• Approved using $416,594.50 of the county's American Rescue Plan funds to alleviate flooding on Wildman Drive near the intersection of Crestwood Drive in Brookfield Township by doing stormwater upgrades.
• Approved using $350,000 of the county's ARP funds for sanitary and stormwater sewer upgrades for the Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport.
• Approved using $100,000 of the county's ARP funds to help Family and Community Services, Inc. / Valley Counseling Services through programs such as Big Brothers / Big Sisters, a foster grandparent program, senior services programs, a domestic violence shelter and programming for veterans.
• Approved using $199,998 in ARP funds to build commercial building bathrooms at the Trumbull County Fairgrounds.
• Approved a resolution allowing the acceptance of $332,248 to fund the Child Assault Prosecution unit of the Trumbull County Prosecutor's Office. The funding is from the Trumbull County Children Services Board.
• Approved an agreement for the purchase of a computer voice stress analyzer for $7,795. An organization called Operation Underground Railroad Inc. will pay $3,897.50 toward the purchase of the device, with Trumbull County's Sheriff's Department paying the remaining $3,897.